HomeMy WebLinkAbout05.a.2. (handout) Additional Written Announcements(Hartdoafo
Board Meeting of November 17, 2011
Additional Written Announcements:
District Events
e) Update on Shine and Show for Employees at Collection
System Operations
The announcements included in the November 17th Board agenda packet stated
that the District employee open house of the new Collection System Operations
Building would be on Saturday, December 3rd. The event will actually take place
on Saturday, December 10tH
Human Resource Updates
f) District Recent Staff Promotions
Lee Sutherland and Tom Brown have been promoted to Mechanical
Supervisors in the Plant Operations Department, effective November 8, 2011.
General Updates
g) Tahoe Joe's Restaurant Enforcement Action
The District's Collection System crews responded to an overflow event on Contra
Costa Boulevard in Pleasant Hill in July 2011. The blockage was caused by
significant accumulation of grease in the District's line and Source Control staff
were contacted to investigate potential grease sources to this line. The Source
Control investigation identified only one facility contributing grease to this section
of the District's pipe: Tahoe Joe's restaurant. Inspection of Tahoe Joe's grease
interceptor identified structural problems and significant failure to maintain the
interceptor (not cleaned in over 2 years). The significant nature of the Source
Control Ordinance violations resulted in an enforcement action being initiated
against Tahoe Joe's restaurant which will seek cost recovery for the CSO
response to the overflow, commitment to properly maintaining the grease
interceptor and staff training, and assessment of a small penalty ($1,000). The
Sanitary Sewer Management Plan (SSMP) annual report will include this event
and resolution which will demonstrate the District's commitment to responding to
sanitary sewer overflows resulting from grease blockages.
Additional Written Announcements
November 17, 2011
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h) Pavement Repair Along Dewing Lane, Walnut Creek
On October 19, 2011, Mr. Clark Frentzen sent an e-mail to the Board concerning
the condition of Dewing Lane in Walnut Creek. Mr. Frentzen believed that the
pavement along Dewing Lane had deteriorated at several locations due to
settlement of the District's sewer trench. The public sewer along this section of
Dewing Lane was installed in 1948.
District staff met with Mr. Frentzen on October 28, 2011, to inspect the pavement
and determine whether the District was responsible for any needed pavement
repairs. Staff observed many problems with the pavement. Staff agreed to replace
the deteriorated pavement around one manhole. The other pavement problems
were alligator cracking due to repetitive wheel loads and poor drainage. Mr.
Frentzen accepted the District staff's evaluation.
The District's paving contractor completed the pavement repair around the
manhole during the week of October 31.
i) Recycled Water Leak at Pleasant Hill Community Center on
November 16, 2011
On November 16, 2011 at 11:40 p.m., a recycle water leak was reported to
District on -call staff for the Pleasant Hill Community Center located on Civic Drive
in Pleasant Hill. On November 17, 2011, the leak was isolated and secured by
District. The leak duration was five hours and ten minutes and the spill volume
was 215,000 gallons. Water samples revealed no residual ammonia in the
receiving waters and no visual impact to receiving waterway was observed.
The cause was a failed pipeline repair by construction contractors for the Pleasant
Hill Parks and Recreation Department. There was no property damage resulting
from this event. The source was downstream of the District meter and isolation
valve for the facility and the responsibility of the Pleasant Hill Parks and
Recreation Department.