The Los Altos City Council last month lifted a temporary ban that prohibited Los Altos Hills from running more sewer lines across city boundaries and into Los Altos.
The council created the ban after city officials discovered that Los Altos Hills had allegedly violated a sewer agreement between the cities. The Los Altos Sewer Master Agreement permits Los Altos Hills to have up to 1,100 residential sewer connections within the Los Altos drainage basin. Los Altos Hills allegedly violated that agreement by granting 85 sewage capacity rights above that amount, according to a Los Altos staff report.
The additional connections would increase the flow of water to 92 percent of Los Altos’ capacity, according to a staff report.
Los Altos Hills agreed to accept responsibility for the additional capacity rights as an interim measure and plans to dedicate a portion of its capacity rights to Los Altos.
About half of Los Altos Hills’ sewers drain towards Los Altos. The other half drain toward Palo Alto.
Mountain View
Fire department investigates blaze
Los Altos/Los Altos Hills
Mountain View firefighters were investigating a two-alarm fire last week at 111 North Rengstorff that caused $150,000 in damage.
The blaze began at 9:40 a.m., March 15, in a first-floor unit of the apartment complex.
Twenty-two firefighters from Mountian View, three engines, one truck and one rescue unit responded to the fire.
The fire was under control within 15 minutes, fire officials said.
No one was injured.
– Staff Report
