City Council 24 Oct 2023 Comments
Item 10.1 Private Sewer Lateral Ordinance
Sue Rodman, City Resident & member of Measure H & L Committee I am glad to see this ordinance, it is much improved from than the original.
As a long-time member of the Measure H & L Committee, I am aware of the problems caused for the City wastewater treatment plant from problems with private sewer laterals.
The City Wastewater treatment plant is perhaps the city's most valuable and expensive asset.
All of us, as customers of this treatment plant, have an interest in keeping it in good working condition.
We also have a responsibility to protect public health and safety by preventing sewage spills on our property.
This seems to be a common-sense ordinance to protect city infrastructure and the public. 20 ys is shore sectorable tian the oviginal 10 gutinse frame.
I have a few questions:
1- My home was built in 1987, and I purchased the property in 1998. The pipe materials are 6" Plastic PVC with cleanouts that conform to this ordinance. 2- I have never had a problem with the sewer line; no known blockage, leaks, or spills. It also has no documentation of its condition. 3- Since it has no current Certificate of Lateral Compliance, and it is more than 20 years old, how soon do I need to comply with this ordinance? 4- May I have a qualified plumbing company do a camera evaluation to determine condition of that sewer line?
5- If they find the line is intact, with no leaks or blocks in that evaluation, will that qualify for a Certificate of Lateral Compliance?
6- If they find the line is not up to city standards in this ordinance, I will get it repaired or replaced.
MICHAEL KUEHN < [email protected]> 10/24/2023 2:19 PM National Wildfire Institute letter to Congress
To [email protected] <[email protected]> • MICHAEL KUEHN <[email protected]>
My name is Michael Kuehn I have been a resident of Eldorado County since 1975. I have a Bs in Forest Management and a MS in Watershed Management. I was the Forest Hydrologist and a member of the Planning Team for the Eldorado National Forest from 1975 I am here today because a week ago I was inspired by the Ken Burns Documentary, American Buttalo. Among other things, the story showed how divergent interest groups and mortal enemies over a period of decades were able to save the buffalo from extinction. Great things can happen when the forces of self interest and basic humanity recognize their commonalities and come together for the "common good".
On Sept 28, 2022 | wrote a letter to the editor titled "A Glass Half Full or Broken" in response to a meeting of Forest Service Retirees, where the Washington D.C. and California Regional offices expounded the same tired rhetoric. I challenged their business as usual "glass half full" optimism, stating half of the glasses are broken and pointed out that earth scientists, foresters, wildland firefighters and others have been warning for decades that we are on an exponential path to an environmental catastrophe, as happened with the Caldor Fire.
We destroyed or killed most of the "old growth habitat" and the very "threatened and endangered species" the "environmental groups" were trying to save. In the steep and severely burned portion of the Caldor Fire area we have lost a thousand years of soil formation thus reducing site productivity and the ability of the forest to recover. It saddened me that there was not one response to my letter. It appears that our public institutions are willing to go where the tax dollars are and spend billions of tax payer dollars trying to mitigate the damage rather than return millions of dollars to the taxpayer through enlightened management that emulated nature and the natural physical, biological and ecological processes.
I want to convey, that if this situation concerns you, please add your name to the National Wildfire Institute letter to Congress which is in your handout.
Michael H. Kuehn
(530) 957-2058
National Wildfire Institute 10/19/2023 DRAFT
To Whom It May Concern:
The attached letter, developed by the National Wildfire Institute [NWI], will soon be sent to selected Congressional Committees and Subcommittees whom address forestry issues - specifically forest maintenance and the impacts of unplanned wildfires. These Suggested Committees and Subcommittees include:
1. The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry
2. The House Committee on Natural Resources
3. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
4. Senate Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources
5. House Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies [Appropriations]
6. Senate Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies [Appropriations] The letter is being supported by the NWI and others concerned about the resiliency of America's forested landscapes from unplanned wildfires. At this point we have 47 names supporting the letter to Congress; our goal is to obtain at least 100. Please join the NWI and others and add your name.
The letter includes four [4] basic points being advanced to Congress. These are:
1. We are faced with a National Emergency. That is, horrific damages to property and lives lost due to catastrophic unplanned wildfires.
2. Forest maintenance, especially on the National Forests, needs to be enhanced. This is the primary cause of the destructive wildfires. Our forestlands are clogged up with vegetation.
3. Unplanned wildfires must be put out as quickly as possible. The concept of "backing off to the next best ridge" or "managed fire" or "beneficial fire" or "let it burn" must be stopped. In a recent note the NWI concluded: "... We urge you not to be fooled by the intellectual argument that unplanned wildfires are helpful to ecosystem health. They may be in the future, but clearly NOT NOW. The current landscape scale conditions, especially in the western part of America, will not allow the "managed fire" concept to work; it's too dangerous and damaging. For now, using fire to treat excess fuels is foolish."
4. Be aware of the foundational document known as A Call to Action. This document, started almost three years ago, now has 69 contributors from professional in landscape scale conservation. Several have concluded that it is one of the most comprehensive documents about forests and fire that is available today.
We need your permission to place your names on the growing list of other names. Your support will be incredibly helpful to the success of forestland stewardship throughout our country. 1 Page
National Wildfire Institute 10/19/2023 DRAFT
NATIONAL WILDFIRE INSTITUTE
Supporting Healthy Forests That Resist Catastrophic Fire Name of Committee or Subcommittee:
Today the Nation's forested landscapes, especially our National Forests, are being destroyed by unplanned wildfires. The dominant contributing factor has been decades of inadequate forest maintenance. The reasons for this lack of forest maintenance are low funding levels; a lack of properly skilled employees to carry out land stewardship actions; ambiguous direction; and a plethora of legal challenges by special interest groups.
The National Wildfire Institute and many others are pleased to endorse a document entitled, A Call to Action and the continued passage of H.R. 934 legislation design to codify and augment the forces behind the A Call to Action. We strongly believe your review of this material will assist your committees and subcommittees in finding realistic solutions to this National Emergency of catastrophic unplanned wildfires due to the extreme lack of forest maintenance.
The "America's Forests in the Balance, A National Emergency: A Call to Action [known simply as, A Call to Action]", is hyperlinked to this 1-page summary. This document, crafted by sixty-nine [69], and counting, contributors is gaining momentum as a logical means to address the National Emergency we are facing.
Conclusions by learned professionals suggest that the great American forests of the west may be brushfields by 2045 if nothing changes. The A Call for Action is about change. Just click on the links in the 1-page summary to see the full document and its summary. The latest revision [rev. 17.0] of A Call to Action calls for a National Emergency to be declared; adequate funding to be secured; forest maintenance to be greatly expanded; and, outdated tactics such as the concept of beneficial or managed fire to be stopped while land conditions remain so volatile for unplanned wildland fires.
Should you hold Hearings on this critical subject, we can provide knowledgeable witnesses and other related material that support the need for an even stronger Congressional role, especially for the 8 critical actions listed in A Call to Action.
We fully acknowledge and appreciate your on-going attention helping to ensure that our Nation's forests, especially America's National Forests, are protected and maintained in a manner that ensures the continued delivery of valuable goods and services -- along a rural to urban land gradient -- to the American people, forever.
Very respectfully,
Miac I. Raina
Michael T. Rains
National Wildfire Institute
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National Wildfire Institute 10/19/2023 DRAFT
National Wildfire Institute and Other Supporters:
# Name # Name
# Name Brett L'Esperance
1 William A Derr 18 Ted ("Stub" Stubblefield
USDA Forest Supervisor [ret.] CEO
Special Agent in Charge
Dauntless Air
California Region
USDA Forest Service [ret.]
19 F. Dale Robertson 36 Nick Smith
2 Bob Zybach, PhD
President, NW Maps Co. Chief Healthy Forests, Healthy
USDA Forest Service [ret.] Communities.
Phil Aune 20 Edward W. Few
USDA Forest Service [ret.] Deputy Director, Law Enforcement rinity County Supervisor [ret. USDA Forest Service [ret.] 4 Court Boice Aurry Taylo Steve Arney
Smokejumper [ret.] and Author USDA Forest Service [ret.] State Representative
Oregon District 1 Too Steep and Too Rougl
ames D. Peterse 22 39 Babs McDonald, Ph.D.
5 ounder and Presiden USDA Forest Service [ret.]
Evergreen Foundation "A Service-Disabled Veteran Owned
Author of First Put Out the Fire Set Lausines Amos S. Eno 6 23
PFMc Wildfire Pros USDA Forest Service [ret.] President USDOI, Undersecretary [ret]. LandCAN.org
Charles N. Sheley 24 41 Richard Williamson
7 Editor Smokejumper Magazine Educator USDA Forest Service [ret.] National Smokejumper
Association
8 Bruce E. Van Zee 25 Quentin Rhoades Mack Moore
USDA Forest Supervisor [ret.] USDA Forest Service [ret.] Partner, Rhoades and Erickson. PLLC
9 Frank Packwood 26 Guy McMahan Sharon R. Norrish
Special Agent Curry Wildfire Prevention Forestland Activist USDA Forest Service [ret.] Placerville, California
10 Kevin Murphy 27 Larry Boggs 44 Larry Alexander
Agency Principal USDA Forest Service [ret.] Executive Director Gallo and Murphy Allstate Northern California Resource Center 11 Nadine Bailey 28 Bill Connelly 45 John Culbertson
Family Water Alliance, Inc. District 1 Supervisor USDA Forest Service [ret.] Butte County, California Author: Interviews with
Smokejumpers that left the Program
12 Robert Williams 29 John R. Hawkins 46 Michael Frenn
Pine Creek Forestry, NJ Fire Chief, California [ret.] California Office of Emergency Services [ret.]
David Moore 30 Curt Weidmer, MD, MPH 47 John D'Agostini 13 Sheriff, El Dorado County, CA [ret.]
Associate Director County Health Officer, El Dorado County, CA Software Development @ SIG [ret.]
Member, Board of Directors, El Dorado
County Fire Protection District. CA [ret.]
14 Annie Robinson 31 Jack Lane 48
USDA Forest Service [ret.] USDA Forest Service (ret.]
15 Carl Pence 49
California RFP 3187 USDA Forest Service (ret.]
16 Matthew Spradlin Michael H. Kuehn 50
Write and Co-Producer: 'SA Fores Service Aaka Region
American Forest Fires: The Untold
Story
17 Rachel Lee Hall 34 Nathaniel Parks 51
Forest Under Stress (FUS) Fellow, Truman National Security 3| Page
MICHAEL KUEHN <[email protected]> 10/24/2023 2:19 PM National Wildfire Institute letter to Congress
To [email protected] <[email protected]> • MICHAEL KUEHN <[email protected]>
My name is Michael Kuehn I have been a resident of Eldorado County since 1975. I have a BS in Forest Management and a MS in Watershed Management. I was the Forest Hydrologist and a member of the Planning Team for the Eldorado National Forest from 1975 to 1989.
I am here today because a week ago I was inspired by the Ken Burns Documentary, American Buttalo. Among other things, the story showed how divergent interest groups and mortal enemies over a period of decades were able to save the buffalo from extinction. Great things can happen when the forces of self interest and basic humanity recognize their commonalities and come together for the "common good".
On Sept 28, 2022 I wrote a letter to the editor titled "A Glass Half Full or Broken" in response to a meeting of Forest Service Retirees, where the Washington D.C. and California Regional offices expounded the same tired rhetoric. I challenged their business as usual "glass half full" optimism, stating half of the glasses are broken and pointed out that earth scientists, foresters, wildland firefighters and others have been warning for decades that we are on an exponential path to an environmental catastrophe, as happened with the Caldor Fire.
We destroyed or killed most of the "old growth habitat" and the very "threatened and endangered species" the "environmental groups" were trying to save. In the steep and severely burned portion of the Caldor Fire area we have lost a thousand years of soil formation thus reducing site productivity and the ability of the forest to recover. It saddened me that there was not one response to my letter. It appears that our public institutions are willing to go where the tax dollars are and spend billions of tax payer dollars trying to mitigate the damage rather than return millions of dollars to the taxpayer through enlightened management that emulated nature and the natural physical, biological and ecological processes.
I want to convey, that if this situation concerns you, please add your name to the National Wildfire Institute letter to Congress which is in your handout.
Michael H. Kuehn
(530) 957-2058
National Wildfire Institute 10/19/2023 DRAFT
To Whom It May Concern:
The attached letter, developed by the National Wildfire Institute [NWI], will soon be sent to selected Congressional Committees and Subcommittees whom address forestry issues - specifically forest maintenance and the impacts of unplanned wildfires. These Suggested Committees and Subcommittees include:
1. The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry
2. The House Committee on Natural Resources
3. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
4. Senate Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources
5. House Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies [Appropriations]
6. Senate Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies [Appropriations] The letter is being supported by the NWI and others concerned about the resiliency of America's forested landscapes from unplanned wildfires. At this point we have 47 names supporting the letter to Congress; our goal is to obtain at least 100. Please join the NWI and others and add your name.
The letter includes four [4] basic points being advanced to Congress. These are:
1. We are faced with a National Emergency. That is, horrific damages to property and lives lost due to catastrophic unplanned wildfires.
2. Forest maintenance, especially on the National Forests, needs to be enhanced. This is the primary cause of the destructive wildfires. Our forestlands are clogged up with vegetation.
3. Unplanned wildfires must be put out as quickly as possible. The concept of "backing off to the next best ridge" or "managed fire" or "beneficial fire" or "let it burn" must be stopped. In a recent note the NWI concluded: "... We urge you not to be fooled by the intellectual argument that unplanned wildfires are helpful to ecosystem health. They may be in the future, but clearly NOT NOW. The current landscape scale conditions, especially in the western part of America, will not allow the "managed fire" concept to work; it's too dangerous and damaging. For now, using fire to treat excess fuels is foolish."
4. Be aware of the foundational document known as A Call to Action. This document, started almost three years ago, now has 69 contributors from professional in landscape scale conservation. Several have concluded that it is one of the most comprehensive documents about forests and fire that is available today.
We need your permission to place your names on the growing list of other names. Your support will be incredibly helpful to the success of forestland stewardship throughout our country. 1 Page
National Wildfire Institute 10/19/2023 DRAFT
NATIONAL WILDFIRE INSTITUTE
Supporting Healthy Forests That Resist Catastrophic Fire Name of Committee or Subcommittee:
Today the Nation's forested landscapes, especially our National Forests, are being destroyed by unplanned wildfires. The dominant contributing factor has been decades of inadequate forest maintenance. The reasons tor this lack of torest maintenance are low funding levels; a lack of properly skilled employees to carry out lanc stewardship actions; ambiguous direction; and a plethora of legal challenges by special interest groups.
The National Wildfire Institute and many others are pleased to endorse a document entitled, A Call to Action and the continued passage of H.R. 934 legislation design to codify and augment the forces behind the A Call to Action. We strongly believe your review of this material will assist your committees and subcommittees in finding realistic solutions to this National Emergency of catastrophic unplanned wildfires due to the extreme lack of forest maintenance.
The "America's Forests in the Balance, A National Emergency: A Call to Action [known simply as, A Call to Action]", is hyperlinked to this 1-page summary. This document, crafted by sixty-nine [69], and counting, contributors is gaining momentum as a logical means to address the National Emergency we are facing.
Conclusions by learned professionals suggest that the great American forests of the west may be brushfields by 2045 if nothing changes. The A Call for Action is about change. Just click on the links in the 1-page summary to see the full document and its summary. The latest revision [rev. 17.0] of A Call to Action calls for a National Emergency to be declared; adequate funding to be secured; forest maintenance to be greatly expanded; and, outdated tactics such as the concept of beneficial or managed fire to be stopped while land conditions remain so volatile for unplanned wildland fires.
Should you hold Hearings on this critical subject, we can provide knowledgeable witnesses and other related material that support the need for an even stronger Congressional role, especially for the 8 critical actions listed in A Call to Action.
We fully acknowledge and appreciate your on-going attention helping to ensure that our Nation's forests, especially America's National Forests, are protected and maintained in a manner that ensures the continued delivery of valuable goods and services -- along a rural to urban land gradient -- to the American people, forever.
Very respectfully,
Minau J. Rava
Michael T. Rains
National Wildfire Institute
2 Page
National Wildfire Institute 10/19/2023 DRAFT
National Wildfire Institute and Other Supporters:
# Name Name # Name
1 William A Derr Ted ("Stub") Stubblefield 35 Brett L'Esperance Special Agent in Charge USDA Forest Supervisor [ret.] CEO California Region Dauntless Air
USDA Forest Service [ret.]
2 Bob Zybach, PhD 19 F. Dale Robertson 36 Nick Smith
President, NW Maps Co. Chief Healthy Forests, Healthy
USDA Forest Service [ret.] Communities.
3 Phil Aune 20 Roger Jaegel 37 Edward W. Few
USDA Forest Service [ret.] USDA Forest Service (ret.] Deputy Director, Law Enforcement Trinity County Supervisor [ret.] USDA Forest Service [ret.] 4 Court Boice 21 38 Steve Arney
State Representative Mury laper fret.) and Author: USDA Forest Service [ret.] Oregon District 1 Too Steep and Too Rough
5 James D. Petersen 22 39 Babs McDonald, Ph.D
Founder and President C-PEAK LLC JSDA Forest Service [ret.
Evergreen Foundation "A Service-Disabled Veteran Owned
Author of First Put Out the Fire Small Business"
6 Frank Carroll 23 Lyle Laverty 40 Amos S. Eno
PFMc Wildfire Pros USDA Forest Service [ret.] President USDOI, Undersecretary [ret]. LandCAN.org
7 Charles N. Sheley 24 Phoebe Simmington 41 Richard Williamson Editor Smokejumper Magazine Educator USDA Forest Service [ret.] National Smokejumper
Association
8 Bruce E. Van Zee 25 Quentin Rhoades 42 Mack Moore
USDA Forest Supervisor [ret.] Attorney USDA Forest Service [ret.] Partner, Rhoades and Erickson, PLLC
9 Frank Packwood 26 Guy McMahan 43 Sharon R. Norrish
Special Agent Curry Wildfire Prevention Forestland Activist USDA Forest Service (ret.] Placerville, Califomia
10 Kevin Murphy 27 Larry Boggs 44 Larry Alexander
Agency Principal USDA Forest Service [ret.] Executive Director Gallo and Murphy Allstate Northern California Resource Center 11 Nadine Bailey 28 Bill Connelly 45 John Culbertson
Family Water Alliance, Inc. District 1 Supervisor USDA Forest Service (ret.] Butte County, California Author: Interviews with
Smokejumpers that left the Program
12 Robert Williams 29 John R. Hawkins 46 Michael Frenn
Pine Creek Forestry, NJ Fire Chief, California [ret.] California Office of Emergency Services (ret.]
13 David Moore Curt Weidmer, MD, MPH 47 John D'Agostini Associate Director County Health Officer, El Dorado County, CA Sheriff, El Dorado County, CA [ret.] Software Development @SIG [ret.]
Member, Board of Directors, El Dorado
County Fire Protection District, CA [ret.]
14 Annie Robinson 31 48
USDA Forest Service (ret.] USDA Forest Service [ret.]
15 Joe Reddan 32 Carl Pence
California RFP 3187 USDA Forest Service [ret.]
16 Matthew Spradlin 33 Michael H. Kuchn 50
Write and Co-Producer: Regional Hydrologist, Alaska Region American Forest Fires: The Untold USDA Forest Service [ret.] 17 Rachel Lee Hall 34 Nathaniel Parks
Forest Under Stress (FUS) Fellow, Truman National Security 3 | Page
MICHAEL KUEHN <[email protected]> 10/24/2023 2:19 PM National Wildfire Institute letter to Congress
To [email protected] <[email protected]> • MICHAEL KUEHN <[email protected]>
My name is Michael Kuehn I have been a resident of Eldorado County since 1975. I have a BS in Forest Management and a MS in Watershed Management. I was the Forest Hydrologist and a member of the Planning Team for the Eldorado National Forest from 1975 to 1989.
I am here today because a week ago I was inspired by the Ken Burns Documentary, American Buffalo. Among other things, the story showed how divergent interest groups and mortal enemies over a period of decades were able to save the buffalo from extinction. Great things can happen when the forces of self interest and basic humanity recognize their commonalities and come together for the "common good".
On Sept 28, 2022 | wrote a letter to the editor titled "A Glass Half Full or Broken" in response to a meeting of Forest Service Retirees, where the Washington D.C. and California Regional offices expounded the same tired rhetoric. I challenged their business as usual "glass half full" optimism, stating half of the glasses are broken and pointed out that earth scientists, foresters, wildland firefighters and others have been warning for decades that we are on an exponential path to an environmental catastrophe, as happened with the Caldor Fire.
We destroyed or killed most of the "old growth habitat" and the very "threatened and endangered species" the "environmental groups" were trying to save. In the steep and severely burned portion of the Caldor Fire area we have lost a thousand years of soil formation thus reducing site productivity and the ability of the forest to recover. It saddened management that emulated nature and the natural physical, biological and ecological processes.
I want to convey, that if this situation concerns you, please add your name to the National Wildfire Institute letter to Congress which is in your handout.
Michael H. Kuehn
(530) 957-2058
City of
Placerville City Council Public Comment <[email protected]> Public Comment on Item 10.1 for 10/24/23 City Council Meeting zack kragel <[email protected]> Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 7:54 PM To: [email protected]
The Honorable Mayor and City Council,
I have been a homeowner in the City of Placerville for the past ten years. I ask the City to consider alternatives to the proposed Private Sewer Lateral Ordinance proposed with item 10.1 on October 24, 2023.
As a City resident I pay higher sewer rates with a lower level of service compared to those living in the unincorporated areas of Placerville. Placerville's sewer rates are $205.81 for the first 7.5 hundred cubic feet. El Dorado Irrigation District's (EID) current rates are $0.041091 per cubic feet with a $69.58 base charge, so the Placerville minimum of 7.5 hundred cubic feet would cost $100.40. Placerville sewer costs are 104% higher than EID. EID maintains the sewer lateral from the meter to the sewer main. Residents of the City of Placerville pay 1% more in Sales and Use Tax, and this tax revenue has and can be used to maintain the City Sewer System. So between the sewer rates and Sales and Use tax, city residents are paying significantly more than EID customers for a lower level of service.
I propose the following revisions/alternatives:
a. Determine an appropriate fee that would make it feasible for the City to maintain the sewer lateral from the main to the meter. This would make City sewer service comparable to that of EID. I attended the May 24, 2023, workshop on this topic. This alternative was suggested at the workshop, yet the staff report from City staff does not mention this alternative.
b. Remove the requirement for obtaining a Certification of Lateral Compliance (COLC) upon title transfer/sale of properties. Not all homeowners sell their home to make a profit, some people have to sell to pay medical bills or upon the death of the primary breadwinner. Think of the most vulnerable in our community when making policy decisions, and this requirement would burden those who are struggling and may not have the capital to make these repairs.
I hope you consider my alternatives.
Thank you,
Zachary Kragel
TO: PLACERVILLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Jim Copeland, 1136 Bush Ct., Placerville 95667
DATE: October 23, 2023
RE: PROPOSED PRIVATE SEWER LATERAL ORDINANCE
City Council Hearing Date October 24, 2023
Dear City Council:
While I can understand the necessity for City concerns with private sewer laterals, I believe the proposed Ordinance is excessive and expensive.
The problem seems to be threefold:
1. Older private sewer lines are falling apart.
2. Many older private sewer lines serve multiple parcels with no agreement in place to maintain and repair such parcels.
3. Some buyers of homes on such lines were unaware of the existence of such lines when they bought the homes.
The proposed Private Sewer Lateral Ordinance is loaded with requirements that will restrict owners' ability to sell their homes without major expenditures and time consuming permits and City reviews. The City has not yet determined the fees for private line certification. In addition, the power given to the Development Director to "maintain written regulations, procedures and guidance materials for administration of this ordinance" is far-reaching. It effectively creates another layer of regulation on top of the ordinance itself.
Instead of this proposed ordinance, perhaps there is an alternative that addresses the three problems listed above. Section 845 of the California Civil Code spells out, in clear English, the responsibilities of owners who share a right of way for access to their properties. It is two pages long. Could the City use that Civil Code provision as a template to create a similar, simplified City Ordinance that addresses the goal of private sewer lateral compliance? I would urge you to look into that possibility before passing the current proposed ordinance.
In terms of disclosure of the presence of private sewer laterals to potential homebuyers, I understand that the City cannot compel the creation of Private Sewer Line Lateral Maintenance Agreements. However, is there some way that the City could encourage the development of such agreements that could then be recorded with the County Recorder, thereby providing a disclosure tool at the time of a homeowner's pending sale? I will also be making comments at the City Council meeting, but wanted to offer this as one possible alternative or component of a solution.
Thank you.
City of
Placerville Regina O'Connell <[email protected]> Fwd: Item 10.1, the new version of a sewer ordinance
John Clerici <[email protected]> Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 3:53 PM To: Cleve Morris <[email protected]>, Regina O'Connell <[email protected]», Michael Saragosa <[email protected]>
Got this from Kirk.
John
_ Forwarded message ---
From: <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 3:11 PM
Subject: Item 10.1, the new version of a sewer ordinance To: John Clerici <[email protected]>
Hi John,
I'm concerned about Item 10.1, the new version of a sewer ordinance that once again seems like it's being pushed forward in a rush. Major changes were made in the proposed ordinance since the last draft was presented at a public workshop, making whatever was learned then to now be of no value.
It seems like another workshop would be best to address this brand-new proposal. I contacted two of my neighbors who are on the same private sewer pipe, and they did not know it was on tonight's agenda until I told them. One neighbor was in Spain when I reached him over the weekend and says he will be back in town just before the meeting. Transparency in government is always a good thing and this item certainly deserves to be continued. -Kirk Kirk Smith
Mail: P.O. Box 654
Placerville, Ca. 95667
Phone: [530] 503-7400