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completely cover your jurisdiction. Because sewer systems stop short of our jurisdiction in several areas where the water system goes beyond it." He said options might include some mechanism or some equity process to go through to address this issue. City Attorney Schricker said any assessment will probably require a cooperative effort, an agreement or waiver of jurisdiction. David Wolfskill, 751 Canyon Road, said he lived up in the hills, and was not directly affected by the flooding, but understood that the run-off from the hills pooled in those areas. He said he supported the efforts of the staff. Kathleen S., 3125 Hoover Street, described the flooding that damaged her house this winter. She said she enthusiastically supported their flood committee, and encouraged the City staff to continue supporting their efforts. She thanked Director Ingram and said, "he seems especially motivated." Dorothy Miramontes, 50 Broadway, said she had lived there for over 50 years and described the flooding that had damaged her house through the years. She said that the water run-off from surrounding jurisdictions pools in their neighborhood and something had to be done. In response to Mayor Howard's questions regarding the responsibility of Mobile Home Park owners to improve their drainage systems, Director Ingram said improvements accomplished by the City would benefit those parks. He said a coordinated effort to reduce flooding would involve letting the owners of the parks know what they could do to improve their systems. Director Ingram said there was a fine line between private property and public domain, but staff could explore some sort of package that could be offered to "push" the owners in the right direction. He said the owners knew the limitations of their own systems as well as the City's. In response to Vice Mayor Ruskin's questions regarding enforcing higher standards for property owners, City Attorney Schricker said, "The private internal collection systems are somewhat problematic. Unless they are so substandard that they would create a health hazard on the property itself, we would probably not have much authority. If that were the case however, if we could prove they were substandard then we might be able to implement some laws that would call for retrofitting. That would be fairly new territory in that context." Council Member Hartnett said, "I think we do need to proceed to combine the two functions into one enterprise fund with the capital side of the storm drain run-off coming into the sewer fund. I think we have to be careful in what we set out to do so that we can actually accomplish some measurable results, and that what we set out to accomplish and that which we measure will actually be making a difference. My concern is that even the $15 million revenue bond may not make a difference that people expect it might. That it might even be less than a 10-30 year fix for that amount of money... We have to be very careful that we set out to design and accomplish something that really does make a Study Session MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 May 4,1998 Minutes Page No. 446 Page 15