LO on the Next BOS Agenda

Consent Agenda - Public Works Items:

20. Submittal of a resolution adopting the Pre-Qualification Program for general contractors and electrical subcontractors interested in bidding on the Los Osos Water Recycling Facility, pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 20101, for the Los Osos Wastewater

Project, Los Osos. District 2

Link to relevant documents will be posted here when it is available.

Here it is:

http://agenda.slocounty.ca.gov/agenda/sanluisobispo/Proposal.html?select=2451

The project moves ahead another step!

June LOWWP Construction Report Online

Find it at this link:

http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Assets/PW/LOWWP/document+library/PM+Monthly+Update+Jul.+2013.pdf

Dewatering at Mid-Town (Tri-W for Old Schoolers)

Read the latest Dig Los Osos post which explains what is going on at Mid-Town:

http://www.diglososos.com/2013/07/25/dewatering-at-mid-town/

If you want to read the dewatering plan, click here.

Broderson—Explained

Dig Los Osos has a new post on the Broderson leach field and what is being done there to reuse the water returned from the treatment plant. Read about it at this link:

http://www.diglososos.com/2013/07/19/broderson-leach-field/

New Dig Post Shows 30% Pipes Complete!

Read all about it here:

/http://www.diglososos.com/2013/07/12/construction-update-pipeline-installation-30-complete/

Who Is Served?

I am rather bummed to be unable to attend the SLO Green Build presentation tonight. I really, really wanted to attend. And why I can't isn't relevant. But I'll be curious to find out who did attend and how did they find out about it? Was it not for the general public? How would Los Osos citizens get onto the MailChimp list with the announcement of the meeting? (I have been to other very informative events of theirs which is presumably how I got the e-mail as I left mine on a list.) Looking at their online calendar which anyone can view, this looks to be a regular meeting, no details are anywhere that I can find on their website, but on THIS particular topic, is it really "regular?"

The e-mail announcement made it sound like this was a meeting to educate Los Osos Prohibition Zone residents in helping us to achieve water use efficiency and conservation. And for us 4,200 septic tank owners, to learn how we might benefit the groundwater with their reuse with rain runoff instead of abandoning them. And this is a topic of much interest to many of us. We are sitting on the only water will have (discounting our limited rainfall), so conserving it is a message that is important to us all and bears repetition until everyone over the basin has heard it.

Will working parents drive to a San Luis Obispo hotel with a no-host bar? Will older people perhaps without much in the way of transportation attend this meeting in SLO? Was this meeting publicized on either the SLO County Los Osos wastewater website, the Dig Los Osos website or spoken about at the last Los Osos CSD meeting (or even tweeted by Dig Los Osos)? No, it wasn't. So maybe I have spilled the beans on this, my bad.

I hope that there will be a future meeting on this topic better aimed at Los Osos' PZ residents which will be held here in our town, at one of the usual venues, and at 7:00 p.m.. I imagine that this information will get published in a County mailer like the others we have received on the sewer project. But the more ways and the different approaches that we can have to this very important topic will be the most likely way to achieve optimum results.

Don't Miss Wednesday Night!

Don't know where my brain was earlier but this came (again) in the mail today. If you want to know what to do with your used septic tank in 2015, find out here:

Meeting program: Los Osos Wasterwater Project Update View this email in your browser   SLOGB Alliance Tomorrow! Los Osos Septic Decommissioning and Reuse Project (LOSDRP) Presenter: Mladen Bandov When: Tomorrow, July 3rd, 5:30 – 7:00 PM Where: Courtyard Marriott, 1605 Calle Joaquin Road, San Luis Obispo No Host Bar Mladen Bandov will discuss the Appropriate Technology Coalition's involvement with the Los Osos wastewater project. He will cover: The project's unique opportunity to apply appropriate technology for water efficiency and conservation.  How the Coastal Development Permit issued by the California Coastal Commission for the project requires the County of SLO to develop a Septic System Decommissioning and Reuse Plan. The decommissioning of approximately 4,200 septic systems in Los Osos  and the possible on-site reuse of the septic tanks and disposal components to provide stormwater runoff control and groundwater infiltration benefits.  The community outreach and education effort that is tailored specifically to Los Osos to maximize the success of decommissioning and reuse plan.  PROMOTE your company by hosting an Alliance meeting! Contact Kevin Hauber to learn more. The Green Building Alliance is a Team of industry professionals within the SLO Green Build Industry Department. We are dedicated to providing networking and education opportunities to SLO Green Build members, including certification and training.