City Council Agenda
Memo to:
Manteca City Council
From:
Carl Brown, Director of Public Works
Prepared by:
George Montross, Public Works Deputy Director - Water Resources
Date:
February 18, 2025
Subject:
Eckert Cold Storage Ordinance Update
Recommendation:
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Waive the first reading by substitution of the title and introduce an ordinance amending Section 13.16.011 of the Manteca Municipal Code regarding the Industrial Sewer System Service Charge for Eckert Cold Storage.
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Background:
Eckert Cold Storage (Eckert) is a food processor in the City, discharging its industrial wastewater to a dedicated collection and disposal system, known as the Industrial Sewer System. The Industrial Sewer System conveys Eckert's industrial wastewater around the City's sanitary sewer collection system and the City's Wastewater Quality Control Facility (WQCF) into a lined pond to be aerated then discharged to City owned farmland adjacent to the WQCF, where crops are grown, harvested and sold. In 2009, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1439, establishing the industrial sewer service charges for Eckert to cover the costs of the dedicated pipeline and aeration. This process has been active annually since 2009 and the ordinance has been updated through the years. The latest update occurred on February 20, 2024, where City Council adopted Ordinance O2024-03, effective March 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, which set industrial sewer service charges for the 2024 operations. Ordinance No. O2024-03 expired on December 31, 2024 and a new ordinance is required to set service charges for Eckert's industrial wastewater for the 2025 season.
Staff has updated the Industrial Sewer System Service Charge Analysis for the new ordinance, see Attachment 3. This analysis calculates the total annual costs for the City to operate and maintain the Industrial Sewer System. The Industrial Sewer System Service Charge for 2025 is $196,482. This analysis was shared with and agree...
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