SEWER MASTER PLAN UPDATE

DESCRIPTION:

In July of 2005, the City completed a comprehensive sanitary sewer master plan. The plan evaluated all aspects of the city’s sewer program and provided recommendations for improvements. These recommendations included a twenty year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and a twenty year financial program to fund the recommendations. One of the recommendations was to update the sewer master plan every five years. This is important because two important changes in the sewer program have occurred since the master plan was created in 2005. The Town of Los Altos Hills has arranged for its’ own collection system maintenance program and revenue collection from connected parcels, and the City’s sewer service charge methodology changed to correlate charges with the amount of benefit. This project will update the entire master plan, and will include an update of the revenue and expense model.


COST SUMMARY:
Design and Construction $ 150,000

POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES:
Sewer Enterprise Fund $ 150,000

IMPACT ON ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS:
Impact will vary depending upon the results of the study.

ALTERNATIVES:
An alternative is to delay this work. However, it is important that we evaluate and update the report, particularly the financial portion.