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F__l RELIEF WASTEWATER ALLOCATIONS ALONG U.S.1 - 6TH AVE. �U COR_. The Board reviewed staff memo as follows: TO: The Honorable Members of DATE: September 18, 1984 FILE: the Board of County Commissioners THRU: Terrance G. Pinto SUBJECT: RELIEF WASTEWATER ALLOCATIONS Utility Service Director ALONG U.S. 1/6TH AVENUE CORRIDOR FROM: Ronald R. Brooks/0 . REFERENCES: Environmental Engineering Specialist/Utility Services DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services has declared the U.S. 1/6th Avenue Corridor to be an environmentally sensitive area that is subject to public health hazards and pollution problems due to problem prone and failing on-site wastewater disposal systems. Specifically, the Council on Aging wastewater disposal system is problematic and the wastewater disposal system for the Clock Restaurant has a history of periodic failure. There are proposals presently underway for construction of wastewater improvements by private enterprise along the U.S. 1/6th Avenue Corridor. These improvements will make County wastewater service available to numerous of the existing buildings that have problem prone wastewater systems. County wastewater service along the U.S. 1/6th Avenue Corridor is available only by allocation and most of the existing buildings along the subject Corridor do not have a wastewater allocation. A major portion of the 500,000 gallons per day South County allocation is already committed and the remaining portion is available to individuals or facilities on a priority list. Of the 500,000 gallon - per day allocation only approximately 70,000 gallons per day is actually being utilized. ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS: Alternative I - The Board of County Commissioners could provide a relief allocation and give priority to existing buildings or facilities that are a public health hazard or pollution problem due to problematic and/or failing wastewater systems. This approach would alleviate an existing problem and utilize allocation capacities that presently are not being utilized and will probably not be utilized until some unknown future date. Alternative II - The Board may refuse to allow -relief allocations and not provide for utilization of unused committed or prioritized allocations. Those existing buildings or facilities would then have to satisfy the requirements of the Department of Health and Rehabilita- tive Services. Indications are that this would result in the actual closure of some existing facilities, or a continuation of public health hazards and/or pollution problems. 79 SEP P. 9 1984 Boor '8 FacE 493 I