Administration coordinates the various work activities of each division and provides high-level strategic management for the Department. This includes preparation of operating and capital budgets, identifying potential outside funding sources for various activities, coordinating with other government agencies to provide critical services, tracking Division performance, and re-viewing and resolving personnel matters.

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The Engineering Division serves as the professional engineering resource for the City in the areas of design, development review, and project man-agement and program administration. The division monitors departmental operations and capital budgets to manage and prioritize work effort. This includes a variety of tasks, both routine and special, such as assessment and technical coordination of landslides and other soil movements; archiving of record maps and construction plans; coordinating a program of valley gutter maintenance; easement acquisition and recording; applications and administration for federal, state, and local grant programs; boundary coordination of utilities, streets and other systems with adjoining agencies; and technical assistance for code enforcement and legal actions.

The Streets Maintenance Division is responsible for the maintenance and repair of City travel ways and the City assets within them providing safety for motorists, bicycles and pedestrians, as well as a clean appearance for residents and businesses. This is accomplished through programs such as asphalt and concrete repair, pavement marking refreshment, intallation and maintenance of traffic signs, graffiti abatement, and litter removal.

The Stormwater Division primarily focuses on reducing the amount of sediment, nutrients, bacteria, oils, metals, organics, pesticides on City streets by performing semimonthly street cleaning of the City’s residential, commercial, and industrial areas; thereby reducing the amount of pollutants washed into local waterways. Additionally, all programs performed by the Division work in conjunction with each other in order to adhere to, or exceed requirements set by the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit, as well as reduce the possibility of street flooding during significant rain events.

San Bruno's water system consisting of five wells, 100 miles of pipeline, 9,000 valves, 985 fire hydrants, eight pumping stations, eight storage tanks and 13 pressure zones, and water connections with the San Francisco Public Utility Commission and North Coast County Water District. The Water Division maintains and operates the water supply and distribution system so that water delivered to its customers meets all Federal and State water quality standards, pressure and quantity mandates, as well as meeting secondary standards such as taste and color through active distribution system infrastructure assessment and flushing programs.