Consent Item 4g
STAFF REPORT
City Council Consent Item
DATE: October 20, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
FROM: Brian Issa, Public Works Director
THROUGH: Amy Nilsen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Public Works/Engineering Department Monthly Report STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Receive report as an informational item.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Public Works Director and engineering staff engaged in the following activities during the month of September.
NPDES Compliance
• Staff continue to work with Jacobs Engineering on design of the new aeration basins currently proceeding toward 60% design. We started the scoping process to define the SCADA upgrade project.
• SHN continues to analyze groundwater monitoring data in pursuit of a basin plan amendment to allow continued use of the percolation ponds through amendment of the basin plan.
• Staff are working with Jacobs to verify that a no-cost solution that staff has proposed for diurnal flow equalization will not cause unforeseen problems Grants and Funding
• The City received grant funding for design and installation of 10 EV charging stations at the corp yard. Engineering staff have been working on coordination and permitting to get this project underway
• Staff submitted a Rural and Tribal Assistance (RTA) grant for PAED for Ross Hill/Kenmar.
• Staff attended a debrief on the results of the 2025 RAISE grant program where the City’ application for the 12th Street interchange ranked extremely high but was not funded.
Staff is working to resubmit a revised application for the 2026 BUILD program with hope of obtaining construction funding.
Kenmar Interchange
• Staff have been working with GHD and the owner of the Mill Site to look at the impacts of development of the southern portion of the site on traffic at Kenmar and Ross Hill. The City obtained a scope and fee from GHD for a traffic impact analysis Consent Item 4g
• GHD continues to work with CalTrans and the City on designs for the Kenmar interchange which have reached 60% completion.
Clarifier Recoating
• Staff ended up terminating the contact for recoating of the clarifier. Managing the delinquent contractor consumed extensive amounts of time for all engineering staff Community Development Coordination
• With the return of Katey Schmidt, staff have been meeting regularly to coordinate development application review as well as to review and update the City’s permitting software and overall development process. Regular meetings between PW and CD have been reinstated.
Utilities Division
Water Distribution System
• The utilities crew read meters, changed out 11 dead meters, and completed the meter worksheet.
• Backflow testing is ongoing.
• The utilities crew upgraded 11 single port radios, and 0 dual port radios. • Hydrant flushing is ongoing.
• The utilities crew installed no new water services this month. • On-call personnel responded to 16 after-hours callouts. • The utilities crew completed 14 shutoffs for nonpayment. • The Utilities crew flushed 11 hydrants, completing pressure zone one, and repaired five water leaks.
Table 1. Water leaks in September 2025
Wastewater Collection System
• There were zero Sewer Plugs and Zero Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs). • The utilities crew cleaned 5,713ft of sewer lines.
• On-call personnel responded to 1 after-hours callout.
Date Location Pipe
Information
Estimated
Leak Rate
(Gallons
per Minute)
Leak
Duration
Total
Estimate
Leak
Volume
(Gallons)
9/1-9/30 Hydrants N/A N/A N/A 131,800
9/9/2025 Sensetraro/Francesco 6” Valve 600 60M 36,000
9/10/2025 End of Francesco 2” Blow off 750 10M 7,500
9/14/2025 Vancil at High St 2” Blow off 650 60M 39,000
9/15/2025 1175 Vancil St 1” Saddle 150 60M 9,000
9/20/2025 625 Summer St ¾” Poly 25 2H 3,000
TOTAL: 226,300
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Service Call Summary
• Underground Service Alert (USA): There were zero miss-marked USAs. • The utilities division completed a total of 68 Service calls. Figure 1 shows the breakdown by type.
Figure 1: Service call breakdown
Miscellaneous Tasks
• The Utilities division continues to add to our GIS database, focusing on water meter and radio transmitter inventory to better assist our radio upgrade CIP Water Treatment/Wastewater Division- Chief Plant Operator Wastewater Treatment
Table 2. September wastewater plant effluent flows for the past five years in Million Gallons (MG) and Million Gallons per Day (MGD).
26 14
20 8
CONNECTS
OCCUPANT CHANGES
DISCONNECTS
SERVICE ACTIONS
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Service Calls By Type
Service Calls By Type
Year 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Monthly Flow, MG 25.590 26.330 26.620 20.850 21.370 Maximum Daily Flow, MGD 0.980 1.140 1.320 0.820 0.820
Average Monthly Flow, MGD 0.853 0.878 0.887 0.695 0.712 Consent Item 4g
Figure 2. September wastewater plant effluent flows for the past five years in Million Gallons (MG) and Million Gallons per Day (MGD).
Wastewater Events & Maintenance Tasks Completed:
• Staff conducted a giveaway for compost. Approximately 1,000 yards was given away to residents.
• Staff conducted maintenance on cl2 analyzers.
• Staff cleaned the contact basins and secondary
clarifiers.
• Staff spent significant time on draining and
cleaning the Anaerobic digester for contractor to
make repairs to digester wall.
• Staff cleaned and replaced extensive portions of
gas piping and all outdoor valves on anaerobic
digester (see photo inset right).
Water Treatment
Table 3. September potable water production for the past five years in Million Gallons (MG).
Figure 3. September potable water production for the past five years in Million Gallons (MG). 0 5
10 15
20 25
30 0
0.2 0.4
0.6 0.8
1 1.2
1.4 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Flow, MG
Flow, MGD
Total Monthly Flow, MG MAX Daily Flow, MGD AVG Daily Flow, MGD 0 0.5
1 1.5
2 2.5
32 34
36 38
40 42
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Flow, MGD
Production, MG
Production Max Daily Avg Daily
Year 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Production, MG 40.281 36.360 36.879 36.393 35.7803 Maximum Daily, MG 1.938 1.677 2.197 1.557 1.635
Average Daily, MG 1.343 1.212 1.229 1.213 1.192
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• Staff made repairs to Kenmar booster pump #2.
• Staff made repairs to Drake Hill pump #3 back flow preventer. • Staff assisted Electrical contractors replacing burnt wires on Booster #2 at CCF.
General Services and Streets - General Services Superintendent The following is a list of scheduled assignments completed by the General Services staff in September:
• Staff removed a failed storm drain and
replaced it with a new culvert and drainage
inlet box on South Loop Road.
• Staff replaced a NO OUTLET sign on
Strongs Creek Boulevard from a vehicle
collision.
• Staff removed the HOPS banners and
replaced them with Museum banners on Park
Street.
• Staff rearranged desks at City Hall.
• Staff replaced temporary cold patches in the
water ditches and failed asphalt in multiple
locations in the city (see photo inset right).
• Staff assisted in notifications and traffic
control for the Annual Paving Task with Mercer Fraser. The resurfacing tasks were on South Fortuna Boulevard, Ross Hill, and South Loop Road. Staff placed rock along the edge for shoulder back.
• Staff removed trash and leveled the spoil material at the shop. Staff seeded and placed straw over the seed.
• Staff trimmed and lifted the tree branches on Rohnerville Road across from Newburg Park. • Staff troubleshot the solar streetlight on 12th Street. • Staff opened the drainage inlets in the arena.
• Staff performed storm patrol during inclement weather. Staff rodded the storm drain culvert on Kenmar Road.
• Staff prepared for the special event Fortuna Vintage Market, on the second Saturday of the month. Staff had 5 hours total. Two hours of placing barricades and signs set up prior to the event. Three hours total in the AM closure, PM opening, and removal of barricades and signs. Approximately $325 for two staff members.
• In addition to the special tasks noted above, staff also engaged in the following regular routine maintenance activities including USA’s, street sweeping, recycling and trash management, collect batteries at City Hall, road maintenance, Dog Park maintenance, vegetation management including sniping of curbs, and safety training and inspections.
Staff are available for questions, requests, and emergency responses to the community.
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
Receive Public Works Department Monthly Report. Consent Agenda vote.