SANITARY DISTRICT BOARD WANTS TO GIVE THEMSELVES A RAISE AND RAISE YOUR RATESThe Costa Mesa Sanitary District board will discuss raising your rates and giving themselves a raise at their meeting this Monday, 7/9/07 starting at 6:30 p.m. at 628 W. 19 th Street (across from the DMV).
Here's a link to the District's website. You won't find much there, however, because the district doesn't seem to update it very often.
Probably too busy doing whatever it is they do.
As of this writing, the website doesn't even show Gary Monahan as a member of the board. Of course, he was only elected eight months ago.
Unless we're sniffing at the wrong sewer grate, it seems that Costa Mesa's municipal government, which is a different entity than the Sanitary District, also does some of the work that one might expect the Sanitary District to do. But, maybe we have it wrong. Check for yourself.
Here, from the District's Website, is part of what the District says it does:
"The Sanitary District provides two services: collecting and recycling trash for 21,000 residences and owning and operating a 325-mile sewer system...." (emphasis added)
But, here's the link to the City of Costa Mesa's Public Services Department Web page where you'll read that:
"The Streets Maintenance Section is responsible for the maintenance and repair of approximately 188 miles of streets and for the cleaning and removal of debris in the roadway, 14 miles of alleys, 42 miles of storm drains and 319 miles of sewer main lines." (emphasis added)
So, we're confused. Do the City and the Sanitary District both work on our sewer lines? If so, maybe the District should be taken over by the City.
You can contact the Sanitary District at (949) 645-8400 or fax them at (949) 650-2253.
Because the District is closed on alternate Fridays we were unable to get additional information or comments from the District for this issue of the CM PRESS.
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