1 TO: City Council
FROM: Andrew Vialpando, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Lina Hernandez, Deputy City Manager/Public Works Director MEETING DATE: October 15, 2024
SUBJECT: Dissussion and Consideration to Approve the Sanitary Sewer System Master Plan
RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file the Sanitary Sewer System Master Plan.
BACKGROUND
The City of Lomita owns its own network of sewer lines, known as the sanitary sewer collection system. The system serves our population of approximately 20,000 residents and consists of roughly 36 miles of sewer lines. The City’s legal authority to own and operate the sanitary sewer system is derived from its incorporation as a City. In 1964, the City entered into an agreement with the County of Los Angeles to consent and grant jurisdiction to annex portions of the sewer system into the Consolidated Sewer Maintenance District (CSMD). By that action, the City has entrusted the management, operation, and maintenance of its local sanitary sewer system to the CSMD. The City, however, maintains ownership of the sewer system, and is responsible for ensuring that the public sewer infrastructure is correctly designed, adequately sized, and easily maintained.
The City does not yet have sewer master plan. A sewer master plan is essential in providing the City with responsible path forward in planning for future development. With the State’s requirements to provide for housing production in accordance with the adopted City’s housing element, the City is forecasting an increase in the number of housing units in the coming years. The completion of this sewer master plan is timely to ensure sufficient sewer capacity for all future needs.
The City commissioned Psomas to complete the Sanitary Sewer System Master Plan in July 2023.
CITY OF LOMITA
CITY COUNCIL REPORT
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2 DISCUSSION
The Sanitary Sewer System Master Plan involved developing a hydraulic model of the City’s wastewater collection system and to identify capacity issues under existing and future buildout conditions. The Sanitary Sewer System Master Plan identified Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) projects for sewer line segments that are capacity deficient under future buildout conditions or that require excessive maintenance. Future buildout conditions are based on growth according to the City’s Preferred General Plan Land Use Plan (November 2023 version). The recommendations resulting from the Sanitary Sewer System Master Plan will be brought before the City Council consideration with the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Master Plan at a future date.
FISCAL IMPACT
None for the approval of the Sanitary Sewer Master Plan. Projects resulting from recommendations in the plan will be added to the City’s Capital Improvement Plan as part of annual budget adoption process for consideration by the City Council.
OPTIONS
1. Receive and file.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Sanitary Sewer Master Plan
Reviewed by: Approved by:
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Gary Y. Sugano Andrew Vialpando
Assistant City Manager City Manager
Prepared by:
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Lina Hernandez
Deputy City Manager/Public Works Director