HomeMy WebLinkAbout4437_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 4437
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDLANDS FINDING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY EXISTS
AT FRIENDLY HILLS MOBILE HOME ESTATES AND
AUTHORIZING OUTSIDE SEWER CONNECTIONS PURSUANT TO
REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 19 AND ORDINANCE
NO. 2052 .
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of Section 16 of
Measure "N" this Council has enacted a guideline interpreting
Section 6 of Measure "N" not to include outside sewer connec
tions made by Council in order to alleviate a public health
emergency; and
WHEREAS, such Council order is to be made by
resolution;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Redlands as follows:
1 . The Redlands City Council hereby finds that a
public health emergency exists at the Friendly Hills Mobile
Home Estates located at 2140 Mentone Boulevard in Mentone
because of the following facts:
On September 19 , 1988 , the County Environmen-
tal Health Services Department put Friendly Hills on notice
to abate the health hazard posed by the intermittent sur-
facing of raw sewage from their onsite sewage disposal sys-
tems with notice that a failure to comply would result in a
violation of Section 18 .700 of the Health and Safety Code.
They also requested that Friendly Hills take steps to connect
to the Redlands sewage system
The County Environmental Health Building
Inspector, Mr .Bob Massey, personally observed and
photographed the surfacing sewage on 9/16/88 flowing out of
Friendly Hills at the southwest corner of the park and onto
Nice Avenue, then down Nice to Crafton Avenue. While the
problem with surfacing effluent has been intermittently
present since 1982, according to the County Health, the
problem has gotten worse with repeated overflows in the last
few months and the frequency of overflows is increasing . The
County Health has determined that the onsite system at
Friendly Hills has failed, there is no room on the property
to expand the system and the only way to abate its health
emergency is to connect to the City sewer system.
During the month of October , 40 ,000 gallons of
septage has been pumped from the Friendly Hills onsite system
and trucked to the Redland' s Wastewater Treatment Plant in an
attempt to eliminate the surfacing of effluent. This method
of preventing sewage overflow is subject to failure at any-
time and is not an acceptable system to protect the health
and welfare of the public according to the County Health and
Regional Board .
The Regional Water Quality Control Board has
said that Friendly Hills has violated its discharge permit
due to surfacing sewage. They have requested that Friendly
Hills connect to the City of Redlands sewage system.
The City of Redlands operates a municipal
well, the Crafton Well, located on Crafton Avenue within 600
feet of Friendly Hills . The City Utilities Department is
concerned about the potential direct contamination of the
well due to surfacing effluent or improperly treated waste-
water entering the groundwater . Well contamination from
nitrate and/or household hazardous waste is also a concern .
The County Environmental Health Department,
Regional Fater Quality Control Board and the Utilities
Department have presented oral testimony regarding a public
health emergency at the Council meeting of November 1, 1988 .
2 . The City Utilities Department is hereby
authorized to connect 152 units at the above location as soon
as such connections are otherwise legally authorized and
without regard for the yearly limits set forth in Measure
"N" and its implementing laws .
3 . The Water Board is hereby instructed not to
count the sewer connections hereby ordered against the 150
yearly connections authorized by Measure "N" .
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 15th day of
Novembe , 1988 and effective on the day
Ordinance 2852 is in effect .
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Mayor of the City of Redlands
ATTEST:
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Resolution No . 4437
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