Sewer Lawsuit

Well, this sure won't happen here as we know where our sewer lines are,* but an interesting lawsuit was filed in Scranton, Pennsylvania last month. Unknown, old sewer pipes under private property needed easements by the company that bought the old sewer system. Homeowners were offered too small of a compensation for those easements, which would allow the new company to dig up their property if the sewer lines needed work.

http://lancasteronline.com/news/pennsylvania/scranton-homeowners-file-suit-over-undisclosed-sewer-lines/article_db853374-be76-5eda-9dcd-bf877d0455d8.html

Unlikely that our Board of Supes would sell our sewer system to an private company, but it is good to know what goes on elsewhere in the world of sewer.

Happy New Year to all who read this blog, all two of you!


* Sewer easements did occur here in Los Osos, allowing the sewer pipes of one property owner to cross under property of another. Hopefully, this was in the county-owned right -of-way, so no legal mess would occur here like in the above mentioned story. Documentation of pipes has improved in this town as old, unknown pipes were hit accidentally and marked for future excavation.

Roads and Easements, vis-à-vis the Sewer Project!

Off the Board of Supes agenda for the Tuesday, June 16th meeting:

0. Consent Agenda - Public Works Items: 

20. Submittal of bid opening report for 2014-15 Micro Surfacing, Los Osos, to award thesubject contract to Telfer Highway Technologies, the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $1,103,955. District 2.

22. Submittal of a resolution authorizing conveyance of utility easements to Pacific Gas & Electric and to Southern California Gas, by separate easement deeds, for the Los Osos Wastewater Project – Water Recycling Facility, Los Osos. District 2. 
    

Most interesting are the maps on each of these items, check them out! Is your street on the map in Item 20? Mine is!

And, oh yeah, then there is this item in Closed Session:

0. PENDING LITIGATION (Government Code, section 54956.9.) It is the intention of the Board to meet in closed session concerning the following items: Existing Litigation (Gov. Code, section 54956.9(a)). (Formally initiated.) (3) ARB, Inc. v. County of San Luis Obispo; 

Looks like this continues down the path of endless litigation, like so many court cases in Los Osos over the years......