County of Monterey - File #: 13-0654

• File #: 13-0654
• Name: Toro Area Wastewater Report by Wallace Group
• Type: General Agenda Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/12/2013
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 7/16/2013
• Final action: 7/16/2013
• Title: a. Receive a report on the Toro Area Wastewater Service Feasibility Study, dated May 14, 2013, prepared by Wallace Group, a California Corporation; and b. Direct the Director of Public Works to return to the Board of Supervisors when the Community of Toro has secured a minimum 67 percent vote from the homeowners in support of the formation of a Community Services District.
• Sponsors: Public Works / RMA

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/16/2013	Board of Supervisors	approved

Title
a. Receive a report on the Toro Area Wastewater Service Feasibility Study, dated May 14, 2013, prepared by Wallace Group, a California Corporation; and
b. Direct the Director of Public Works to return to the Board of Supervisors when the Community of Toro has secured a minimum 67 percent vote from the homeowners in support of the formation of a Community Services District.

Report
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:

a. Receive a report on the Toro Area Wastewater Service Feasibility Study, dated May 14, 2013, prepared by Wallace Group, a California Corporation; and

b. Direct the Director of Public Works to return to the Board of Supervisors when the Community of Toro has secured a minimum 67 percent vote from the homeowners in support of the formation of a Community Services District.

SUMMARY:
On October 23, 2012, the Board of Supervisors received a report from Resource Management Agency - Public Works (RMA-PW) on Board Referral No. 2012.05 regarding a feasibility study of various alternatives for wastewater treatment for the Toro Community and approved the RMA-PW's recommendation to conduct a feasibility study.

RMA-PW engaged Wallace Group, a California Corporation, a firm with expertise in managing wastewater treatment systems, to undertake a feasibility study to determine potential entities suitable for administration, operations, and maintenance of the Toro Area Sanitary Sewer System; evaluate the condition of the existing collection system and wastewater treatment plant; expand on a technical memorandum they prepared for the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (MRWPCA) to determine the feasibility and costs to send all effluent from the Toro Area to the MRWPCA wastewater treatment plant; provide an in-depth analysis of Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) and other requirements, costs, and steps necessary to convert from a private to public utility for collection system operations an...