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Seaside sanitation staff report inspections within FOG limits; Wallace Group master plan update authorized on consent agenda
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District staff reported 38 fall inspections, none exceeded the 25% fat‑oil‑grease (FOG) limit, and staff said they will add a second engineering inspector to raise inspection frequency; the consent agenda also included a resolution to contract The Wallace Group to update the sanitary sewer master plan (contract amount unclear in the transcript).
District engineers told the Seaside Sanitation District board on Jan. 13 that recent inspections of local food service establishments showed compliance with the district’s FOG standard and outlined staffing and next steps for the sewer master plan.
Patrick Grogan, an engineer with the district and the city of Seaside, reported that staff performed 38 inspections between October and December and that “none of the locations inspected between October and December were over the 25% FOG limit,” though several locations were close to the limit and were asked to schedule pumping. Grogan told the board the district tracks about 170 food service establishments and schedules roughly 290 inspections a year; many establishments are inspected twice a year.
Grogan said some older inspections remained marked pending because inspectors were missing pumping records or other required documentation. “At a minimum, we mark it incomplete, and then we follow-up a few months later to see if they have gotten the inspections,” Grogan said, describing the follow-up process. Inspectors place notes on files requesting pumping records in a fixed period; if establishments do not provide records electronically, Grogan said inspectors will return and may mark an inspection failed.
When asked whether the district currently imposes monetary penalties for missing pumping records or FOG violations, Grogan responded, “Not currently.” He also said a second engineering inspector is expected to start in February or March, which staff expect will increase inspection frequency and help clear a backlog of pending records by the end of the fiscal year.
Separately, the consent agenda — approved earlier in the meeting — included a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with The Wallace Group to prepare an update to the sanitary sewer system master plan. The consent agenda text on the transcript lists the amount as “not to exceed 247,000, $125,” which is unclear; the transcript does not provide a clear, single dollar figure for that item. Thomas Corman, the district engineer, later updated the board that the Wallace Group will begin the master plan update and that the update will include system modeling and a list of capital improvement projects the district may pursue.
The board discussed clarifying ambiguous language in district policies and agreed to continue that review at the next meeting.
