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Mobility & Infrastructure Committee
May 12, 2022
STORM DRAIN MAINTNENACE
UPDATE
Public Works Department
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2 1. Public Works Department
maintains a storm drain
system consisting of over 5,000
catch basins and 190 miles of
pipes
2. Part of a broader stormwater
program required by the
State Water Board
BACKGROUND
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3 1. Only ≈ 30 days of rainfall per year
2. But there is urban runoff entering
the storm drain system every day
3. Runoff carries with it a variety of
pollutants
BACKGROUND
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4 CATCH BASINS/INLETS
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5 EQUIPMENT
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6 GIS MAPS
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7 GIS BASED SURVEY/QUESTIONAIRRE
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8 PROGRAM STATISTICS
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9 1. Trash : 45,578 lbs
2. Vegetation: 48,454 lbs
3. Sediment: 240,458 lbs
WASTE COLLECTED IN 2021
14%
72%
14%
Trash
Sediment
Vegetation
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10 TRASH
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11 TRASH/DUMPING
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12 VEGETATION
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13 SEDIMENT
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14 1. GIS/Mapping Updates
2. Equipment
3. Field Office/Equipment
Storage
4. State Trash Amendments
CHALLENGES/GOALS
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15 STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
UNIVERSITY AVE.
OTTAWA AVE.
Strategic Priority No. 4 – Environmental Stewardship &
Strategic Priority No. 6 – Infrastructure, Mobility, and Connectivity Goal 4.2 - Sustainably manage local water resources to maximize reliability and advance water reuse to ensure safe, reliable and affordable water to our community.
Goal 6.2 - Maintain, protect and improve assets and infrastructure within the City’s built environment to ensure and enhance reliability, resiliency, sustainability, and facilitate connectivity.
Cross-Cutting Threads
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16 That the Mobility & Infrastructure Committee receive an update on the storm drain maintenance program.
RECOMMENDATION
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