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Council approves funds, task order to update sewer-system management and master plans
Summary
Fillmore authorized transfers and a task order to update its required Sanitary Sewer Management Plan (SSMP) and an out-of-date sewer master plan, funding engineering work needed to meet a state update deadline and reflect recent land-use changes.
The Fillmore City Council approved staff’s request to appropriate funds and hire Willdan Engineering to update the city’s Sanitary Sewer Management Plan and the city sewer master plan, staff said.
Joe (public works), presenting the item, said the state’s revised general water-quality order requires the management plan update by Aug. 2, 2025, and that the city’s current master plan dated to 2006 no longer reflects multiple land-use changes approved since then.
The proposed scope includes modeling current flows, projecting build-out conditions and documenting updated emergency-response procedures. The staff report includes cost estimates of $39,233 to update the SSMP and $196,833 to update the master plan, and requested transfers and appropriations from development-impact fees and the sewer replacement reserve to pay the work.
Council approved the transfer of $188,100 from the development-impact-fee sewer fund (Fund 406) and $20,900 from the sewer replacement reserve fund (Fund 504) into sewer capital, and appropriated $59,000 from Fund 406 to the specified account. The council also approved Willdan’s task-order proposal to proceed with the updates.
Public-works staff said the management plan update focuses on reducing and preventing sanitary-sewer overflows and formalizing emergency-response and communication protocols; the master plan update will reflect housing approvals and recent specific-plan changes that alter sewer demand forecasts.
Council members asked about the frequency of formal updates and possible cost savings from keeping the plan current more continuously; staff replied that the SSMP is intended to be a living document but that the 2022 order introduced substantive changes requiring a comprehensive update now.
The motion to approve the transfers and task order passed by voice vote.
