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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-02-05; City Council; 6158; Request for allocation of sewer capacity3 3\ CITY OF CARLSBAD Initial: AGENDA BILL NO. ($ I *\ JT n~ , ,,~ .—yr__f_w_jz Dept. Heaa DA T E : February 5, 1980 C. Atty DEPARTMENT: _EngJ.ne_ering 9r ' SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR ALLOCATION OF SEWER CAPACITY FROM THE COUNCIL RESERVE. - PIO PICO NORTH STATEMENT OF THE MATTER The Council has 241.27 EDUs remaining in reserve from the 300 permits they originally set aside. PIO PICO NORTH has requested 5.6 EDUs from this reserve. The Council has indicated that the EDUs held in reserve are to be utilized to benefit the community. EXHIBITS Request from PIO PICO NORTH Memo to City Manager from City Engineer RECOMMENDATION If the Council wishes to grant this request, their action is to direct the City Attorney to prepare documents allocating 5.6 EDUs to PIO PICO NORTH. Council Action: 2-5-80 Council continued the matter to the next regular meeting. Residential / Commercial / Investments Property Management Serving Los Angeles, Orange and North San Diego Counties Triangle Real Estate Company January 23, 1°80 City of Carlsbad 1200 Elm Avenue Carlsbad, Calif. 92008 Attention: City Council Re: Pio Pico '•lorth, proposed office building Honorable City Hivor and Council Members, This letto." constitutes a formal reouest that I may address your membership at the February 5th Council meeting regarding hardship sewer problems we are having on the above referenced project. I had purchased this property in .Time of 1979 after having receiver! -from the seller documented -engineering studies for a proposed seepage pit system. Prior to close of escrow I met with several city staff members to verify all alleper1 facts, in order to avoid future problems and to protect a sizable investment. On September 13, 1^79 final plens were submitted and plan check fees were paid for. At this time T inquired as to the possibility of obtaining a sewer perm.it in order to avoid building a septic system find wan told that none were available. On or about September ?1, 1979, R.V/. Vatson Jr., my contractor, delivered the engineering reports to the engin<=erinr department and arain inquired as to the availability of sewer permits and he was told that none were available. V.Te since found out that the city did in fact allocate permits during the period of September 1 Pth thru October 25th and that a notice o^ such availability was published in a local newspaper. Unfortunately for me, I did not read these notices since 1 don't live here a.ll the time. I have since discussed this problem with many members of the city staff and ca.n certainly understand how difficult their task in in notifying everyone abotit such things. In fact, T find it hnd to see how much progress takes nlace all the time in spite of your many changer in staff personnel r-r.d your attempts to faitly distribute sewer allocation with r,o little supply and such a great demand. T would not wish to '• "• i" th'it position day to day. In the cou^e of developing and testinr our seepare pits we ran into a severe problem. T'he seepage pits were dup (M to a depth of nine feet, as reouired by the health department a.nd tented (positive) on december 2U, 197^. T'he County he]f;th department indicated in a memo prior to thst date that if such a test proved positive thev would ^i ve us a neptic tank permit, f.inc-e the tests proved positive I went out and mnde a substantinl loan commitment to build the project. However, after <]<^1 iverirr- the test results to the county health depprtmen.t, they decided they wanted an additional test to determine Pio Pico North, page 2 if the water table was still at 'he 1*4 foot level. Apparently they need to have the water'table at least five feet be low the bottom of the seenape pit, which is nine :'eet deep. This water tnble bar! been tested prior to my purchasing the property, j.lmost one year apo, and the level war: at lU feet at tha.t time. Now, since the water level is only thro~ fee + below the bottom of the pit this becomes a water -i>.- lity control proMT and the health department will not issue a septic permit. Thin additional testing of" the water level wan something which nobody mentioned n.s beinr '' potential probV'm or requiring further study at time of construction. However, it raker sense to r.e as to why the health department would wish to run sue1' a tent a/rain. I .lust wish I had known that this potential problem, existed so 1 eorl d have better protected my investment. At this time to not be able to complete this project would create a severe financial hardship on me because of loan commitments T have made. It would take 5-6 EDU's to complete this project, now. It is my understanding that under certain circumstances the council may allocate sewer permits. I also would appreciate the councils consideration of the additional benefits which would be derived if this project were built at this time. First of all it helps to promote inner city p.rowth and would not create any extraordinary expense in time or labor for the city since the existinp sewer lines run alone side this property. The property is located only a stone's throw from city hall, an area in which there are no vacancies in anv of the existing office spaces. This would indicate a stronp demand for consumer services in the immediate area for the citizens of Carlsbad. Furthermore this size project would create approximately 9^ additional jobs for Carlsbad residents. Naturally, the city would receive additional tax revenues, as well. In closing, I would like to just say t>",nk you for kird .consideration' of this request and any help or support you can pive re would be very much appreciated. Respectfullv siSxritted, MEMORANDUM TO: City Manager FROM: City Engineer DATE: January 25, 1980 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR ALLOCATION OF SEWER CAPACITY FROM THE COUNCIL RESERVE By memorandum of August 28, 1979, the Sewer Committee recommended to the City Council that 1000 EDUs of the 1300 EDUs available be allocated and the remaining 300 EDUs be held in reserve. The Council adopted a process for allocating 1000 EDUs on September 18, 1979. On November 20, 1979, Oak Communications requested and was granted 55 EDUs from the Council reserve. On January 2, 1980, the Council approved the allocation of 3.73 EDUs to the Aguaculture Farm on the Agua Hedionda Lagoon. The Council has received a request for sewer allocation from the remaining reserve from PIO PICO NORTH. The Pio Pico North office building has been known to the City Engineering Department since September, 1978, when the City addressed a letter to the County Health Department asking for an evaluation of a septic tank system. Evidently the property changed hands in June, 1979 prior to the final approval of a septic tank system by the Health Department. Since the Health Department reviews engineering reports independently of the City Engineering Department, we were not aware of any problems with the proposed septic tank system until last week. The office building is proposed for the corner of Pio Pico and Stratford. LE:mmt