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Council adopts updated public storm drain standards and delegates future updates to Board of Public Utilities
Summary
The council approved revised storm drain design standards to reflect modern regulatory, construction and maintenance practices and delegated future technical revisions to the Board of Public Utilities to speed updates.
The Santa Rosa City Council on a unanimous 6-0 vote adopted revised Public Storm Drain Standards and delegated authority to the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to approve future technical revisions. The standards update modernizes layout and construction guidance for public storm drain infrastructure and aligns the city with current state, federal and industry practices.
Staff said the last full update to the storm drain standards dated from 2005 and the new document addresses regulatory changes, operations and maintenance efficiencies, and material and geometric…
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