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Public Works outlines wastewater, refuse, parking and stormwater capital needs; warns stormwater fee unchanged since 1994
Summary
Nathan Wynne, public works director, told council aging wastewater and stormwater systems, temporary methane flare work and a $60 million electrical upgrade at the wastewater plant will push the department toward debt financing and rate changes; staff said the stormwater parcel tax has not been updated since 1994.
Nathan Wynne, director of public works, gave the City Council a department overview and detailed four public‑works enterprise funds — wastewater, refuse, parking and stormwater — and the capital investment program the department will manage in the coming year.
Wynne said the wastewater treatment plant is a regional facility that serves Live Oak, Aptos, Soquel and Capitola and that the department manages about 160 miles of sewer collection pipes. He described the Headworks project, currently under construction, as a roughly $20 million investment and said staff are evaluating a proposed electrical upgrade at the wastewater facility with an early cost estimate near $60 million.
On refuse and the resource recovery facility, Wynne described a temporary methane flare the city installed after winter 2024 storm damage caused power outages; a permanent…
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