REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on Adopting a Resolution Approving the Update to the Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP) for the City of Santa Clara [Council Pillar: Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure]
Report
BACKGROUND
The State of California has implemented a program for all sewer agencies to develop a Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP), which establishes the methods and programs to meet certain goals pertaining to the effective operation of sewer collection systems. In order to comply with the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) and California State Water Resources Control Board's ("State Water Board") requirement of updating the SSMP every five (5) years, staff has prepared an updated SSMP which contains all elements currently set forth by the State Water Board.
The updated SSMP is comprised of eleven major elements, including:
goals, organization, legal authority, operation and maintenance program, design and performance provisions, overflow emergency response plan, Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) control program, system evaluation and capacity assurance plan, monitoring, measurements and program modifications, SSMP program audits, and communication program. All elements are required by the State Water Board and ensure operational compliance by the City's Sewer Utility. The SSMP serves as written documentation of how the City operates the sanitary sewer collections system. The SSMP was last approved by Council on March 25, 2014 (Resolution No. 14-8123).
DISCUSSION
This revised SSMP reflects updates to the City's SSMP over the last five (5) years since the previous update. Additionally, this SSMP brings the following up to date: organizational structure changes, emergency contact information, FOG program, legal authority, operation and maintenance program, collection system maps, infrastructure, scheduled preventative collection system and pump station maintenance...
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