REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Settlement Agreement in the Amount of $800,000 with the the City of San Jos? Related to a Claim Regarding the Rancho Rinconada Sewer Service Area in San Jos? and Approve Budget Modification No. 12 in the Amount of $800,000
Report
BACKGROUND
In the mid-1950s, an area known as Rancho Rinconada was being developed as a mostly single-family residential area. At the time, this area was in a pocket of the County that had no direct access to a sewer collection system. The City of Sunnyvale entered into a series of agreements with the developers that allowed the Rancho Rinconada sewer system to be tied into a 15-inch City sewer main that was extended 1.7 miles for that purpose. The agreements required developers to construct sewers that met the City's standards and allowed the City to collect fees from the homeowners and businesses to reimburse the City for the costs of providing on-going sewer service. There are 1,881 primarily residential parcels located outside the city limits that are currently serviced by the City's wastewater collection and treatment system. A map of the service area outside the City is provided as Attachment 1.
In January 2021, the City reached out to the City of San Jos? (CSJ) to investigate a change that was made to the City of Sunnyvale's sanitary sewer main crossing at Bollinger Road west of Lawrence Expressway. The pipe segment in question carried sewage from Sunnyvale's main on Kimberly Street into the main on Newsom Avenue. During routine flushing of Sunnyvale's system in December of 2020, the City's sewer crews discovered that a new manhole had been constructed downstream of the City's manhole on the east bound side of Bollinger Road in the area between the right vehicle lane and the bike lane. Sunnyvale's pipeline was plugged, and a new sewer pipe was constructed diverting the flow to the east into the CSJ sewer system. This diversion of sanitary sewer flow from ...
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