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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 11/13/1967 Nov. 13, 1967 13Zl Approved: Littleton, President EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 13, 1967 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. with announcement made of the closing of time to receive bids. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE All those present joined in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. ROLL CALL Directors Present: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. Directors Absent: None. Others Present: General Manager-Secretary Rickert; Auditor-Treasurer Bishop: Engineer Garcia; Recording Secretary Dudley; Assistant Office Manager Lyons; Commercial Supervisor Isakson; Attorney Farrell; Consulting Engineers Rowe and Halwes; Reporter Lucille Rest; R. E. Stallwood; Robert Shaw, Spencer Sparks and Charles Carmack(short time). MINUTES The minutes of the regular meeting of October 23, ~OTION 1967 were approved as submitted by motion of Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously. QUESTION OF Under "Report on Restaurant Sewer Charges:, the CORRECTION TO MINUTES explanation should read as follows: "A Staff OF OCTOBER 9, 1967 study, authorized by the Board of Directors on September 25, 1967, was presented by Commercial Supervisor Isakson. The study showed that the city of San Bernardino, in computing monthly sewer rates for restaurants with banquet rooms, uses only 1/3 of the seating capacity of banquet rooms while the District uses 100% of the capacity. It was recommended that the District also use only 1/3 of t~ capacity of the banquet rooms. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, .duly seconded by Director Forrest, the motion in the October 9th Minutes is to be corrected to read as follows: "That the District use only 1/3 of the seating capacity of banquet rooms in restaurants when computing monthly charges." AYES, Directors: Forrest, LeVesque, ~ittleton, Wall. NOES, Director: Disch ABSENT, Directors: None. BID OPENING - WATER ~ The Secretary opened and read sealed bid proposals MAIN & APPURTENANCES for the installation of water mains and appurten- 12" & 14" DIAMETER ances, 12" and 14" diameter steel pipe to connect STEEL PIPE TO CONNECT the reservoir at Mountain Shadows Plant 99. All RESERVOIR PLANT 99 bid proposals were accompanied by ten per cent MOUNTAIN SHADOWS bid bonds and none showed any Sub-contractors. t322 ov. 13, 1967 A. J. L. Scott Company, Anaheim $9,790.00 B. Royal Pipeline Construction Company of E1 Monte 9,895.00 C. Amick Construction Company of Ontario 13,975.00 Engineer's Estimate $10,500.00 MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, the bid proposals were referred to the engineers for review and recommendation. ENGINEER"S REPORT After carefully checking and reviewing the three bid proposals, the Engineers reported J. L. Scott Company's bid had failed to conform to specifi- cations by leaving out the written figures on one of the unit prices, therefore they recommended, upon advice of Legal Counsel, that Scott's bid be rejected. They reported the other two bids all in order and recommended the acceptance of the bid of Royal Pipeline Construction Company. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously, the contract for installing steel pipe to connect reservoir at Plant 99 will be awarded to Royal Pipeline Construction Company on their next low bid of $9,895.00 with approval of Legal Counsel. MR. ROBERT SHAW The President noted Mr. Robert Shaw present and PRESENT TO PROTEST asked him for his comments.. He showed his bills HIGH WATER BILL for several months which had been running on a minimum at his vacant property at 7475 Valaria, Highland, and all at once the month of September jumped to $32.00. A meter test had been per- formed in the presence of Mr. Shaw and the meter found to be alright. The staff, upon their find- i~g of facts, did not feel they could adjust the bill and suggested to Mr. Shaw that he appear before the Board of Directors. MOTION After considerable discussion and questions, motion was made by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unani- mously, to adjust Mr. Shaw's September bill to the minimum water charge. RESOLUTION NO. 1071 Resolution No. 1071 was presented for acceptance CERTIFICATE & NOTICE of a Certificate of Completion of the installa- OF COMPLETION WATER tion of water mains and appurtenances in Tract MAINS TRACT 7408 7408 by Coughlin Company on November 8, 1967. Job WS-593. The resolution also authorizes the preparation and filing of a Notice of Completion. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, Reso- lution No. 1071 was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 1076 Resolution No. 1076 was presented to authorize DIRECTING DISSOLUTION and direct the dissolution of the Warm Creek OF WARM CREEK MUTUAL Mutual Water Company. All officers of the mutual WATER COMPANY resigned and all water stock is in the hands of the District. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 1076 was adopted. NOV. 13, 1967~323 RESOLUTION NO. 1077 Resolution No. 1077 was presented, initiating INITIATING ANNEXATION proceedings of Annexation No. 1967-10 in order to 1967-10, MAIN, REEDY, provide sewer service to a majority of the property COLE & CLIFTON STREETS owners in the area. The Local Agency Formation HIGHLAND Commission gave its approval of the boundaries and the property owners will be notified of the date of hearing - Monday, December 11, 1967. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 1077 was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 1078 Resolution No. 1078 was presented as the final FINAL RESOLUTION resolution of hearing on Annexation 1967-14 for ANNEXATION 1967-14, sewer service only for James, 7965 Whitlock. JAMES, 7965 WHITLOCK This also was approved by the Local Agency For- mation Commission with notification and hearing waived according to the State Water Code Section 56261 as it applies to all property owners. RESOLUTION NO. 1079 Resolution No. 1079 was presented for release of RELEASE OF LIEN FOR a lien against Lot 5, Tract 5111 for delinquent DELINQUENT SEWER sewer charges which have now been paid in full CHARGES by James M. McShane. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 1079 was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 1080 Resolution No. 1080 was presented for release of RELEASE OF LIEN FOR a lien against Lot 6, Tract 5111 for delinquent DELINQUENT SEWER sewer charges which have now been paid in full CHARGES by James M. McShane. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 1080 was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 1081 Resolution No. 1081 was presented for acceptance CERTIFICATE & NOTICE of a Certificate of Completion of the installa- OF COMPLETION WATER tion of water mains and appurtenances in the MAINS & APPURTENANCES area of Tract 7752 by Sare's Pipeline Construc- TRACT 7752 tion Company on November 8, 1967, Job W-661. The resolution also authorizes the preparation and filing of a Notice of Completion. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 1081 was adopted. REQUEST OF MICHAEL C. A letter was read from Contractor Mize in which MIZE FOR 2 WEEKS he requested an extension of two weeks in which TIME EXTENSION ON to complete his sewer contract in Victoria SEWER CONTRACT Avenue to Citrus Street. Engineer Halwes re- VICTORIA AVENUE ported that on inspecting the job that the contractor did not move in on the job for 5 days after the starting date and felt his reasons inadequate. He stated he is already over the date for completion and the penalty is $25.00 per day for running over the date for completion. He felt the job could be completed by this Friday if the contractor would get right on it. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried, the extension of time on the Mize contract was denied on grounds set forth by the engineers and Legal Counsel. AYES, Directors: Disch, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. 1324 NOV. 13, 1967 NOES, Director: Forrest ABSENT, Directors: None. DIRECTOR WALL LEFT At this point in the meeting, Director Wall THE MEETING asked to be excused for the balance of the meeting. 8:30 p.m. LETTER FROM MRS. RUTH A letter was read from Mrs. Ruth M. Pierce M. PIERCE REGARDING stating she had not received payment for the WATER DAMAGE CLAIM damage to her laundry items from rusty water. AND SLOW SERVICE ON She also called attention to the fact she A CALL called for a service man on account of a leak in a water line. The call was not answered until the next day. Considerable discussion ensued as to means of keeping this sort of thing from happening. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously by those directors present, a letter of apology is to be written to Mrs. Pierce. GENERAL WATER DISCUSSION - REQUEST FROM MR. A Mr. Charles Griffith of 24267 East 6th Street CHARLES GRIFFITH FOR was supposed to attend the meeting but did not WATER SERVICE appear. His residence is within the boundaries of the District and he has District's sewer ser- vice. He requested District water. The method of making water available was explained to him by the staff but he did not wish to accept the explanation that he could have a service installed at our line and run his own line from there to his home. No action was taken in this matter. COST ESTIMATE WATER Engineer Garcia reported on the estimated cost TRANSMISSION MAINS of installing water transmission mains for Base BASE LINE AND Line and LaPraix area. There are 54 lots in LA PRAIX AREA Tract 7386 alone and this line would open up other areas adjoining and near for water service. The cost would be approximately $19,000.00. COST ESTIMATE ALSO ON Engineer Halwes reported at this time on the EXTENSION OF SEWER routing and cost of extending the sewer line LINE BUCKEYE TO at Buckeye to LaPraix and north of LaPraix LA PRAIX & NORTH TO through Tract 7386 to Boulder Avenue with line TRACT 7386 in tract(Stratford Street) to be oversized and the oversizing to be paid by the District. The 54 homes in the tract would be certain connec- tions. The cost on this portion would be approximately $42,300.00. MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried by a majority of those directors present, the Auditor was in- structed to bring back to the meeting of November 27, 1967, a report on the exonomic feasibility and how the sewer and water program can be financed. RESOLUTION NO. 1082 Resolution No. 1082 was presented for accept- ACCEPTING GRANT DEED ance of a Grant Deed from the Stubblefield FROM STUBBLEFIELD Construction Company for the north half of the CONSTRUCTION COMPANY reservoir site at Mountain Shadows Plant 99. FOR NORTH HALF OF The south half was previously dedicated. The RESERVOIR SITE AT title company made this division known to the MOUNTAIN SHADOWS District. PLANT 99 MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously by those directors present, Resolution No. 1082 was adopted. ov. 13, 1967 13Z5 CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 Change Order No. 1 was presented by Engineer TRI-CITY HIGHLAND Garcia on behalf of the Tri-City Highland Sewer SEWER COMPANY Company for replacement of 6" sewer laterals with 6 inch cast iron pipe instead of 4 inch pipe as previously figured. The difference in cost would be $102.00. The staff recommended this Change Order be approved. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously by those directors present, the Change Order No. 1 was approved. MANAGER'S REPORT - RECOMMENDATIONS ON The General Manager reported the staff's recom- SALARY RANGE CHANGES mendations of the following salary range changes & RECLASSIFICATIONS and reclassifications: Gabino Becerra, Utility Crewman from 23B @ $2.12 per hour to 24A @ $2.12 per hour retroactive to July 1, 1967. Francisco Alvarez, Gardener, from 23C @ $2.23 per hour to 23D @ ~2.34 per hour effective November 1, 1967. Russell Gorth, Collector reclassified to Utility Crewman from 26C @ $2.57 per hour to 24E @ $2.57 per hour effective November 1, 1967. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously by those directors present, the recommendations were approved as submitted. TERMINATIONS REPORTED The General Manager merely reported the ter- · m~ minations of Sidney Hill, utility Crewman and Leon Quesada, an extra gardener who was hired merely for temporary work during the summer months. I.D.A. CONVENTION A second announcement has been received from NOVEMBER 29 THROUGH the Irrigation Districts Association about the DECEMBER 1, 1967. Fall Convention in Los Angeles at the Biltmore -- Hotel November 29th through December 1, 1967. The complete program was enclosed and meal reservation forms. Mr. Rickert, Mr. Littleton and Mr. Bishop will attend. APPROVAL FOR BISHOP The General Manager asked approval for Chuck AS DIRECTOR CAMERON Bishop to represent this District as Director MUTUAL WATER COMPANY to Cameron Rancho Mutual Water Company. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously by those directors present, Mr. Bishop was ap- proved to represent the District as a Director with Cameron Rancho Mutual Water Company. STATUS OF 500,000 It was reported that General American Transpor- ~ GALLON STEEL RESERVOIR tation Company expected to get the floor and MOUNTAIN SHADOWS the first ring on the reservoir this week. PLANT 99 LETTER TO COUNTY The staff and Legal Counsel had been instructed SUPERVISOR BREAK by the board to write a letter to the Board of Supervisors regarding the publicity which Supervisor Break released to the newspaper and bring it to this meeting for approval or changes. ~ The letter was read as a rough draft and it was MOTION felt that it was good as written therefore a 1326 NOV. 13, 1.967 motion was made by Director Forrest to authorize the General Manager to complete the letter with copies to Supervisor Break and the Local Agency Formation Commission and have all Directors sign the letter. Duly seconded by Director LeVesque and carried unanimously by those directors present. OPINION OF JUDGES Attention was called to the copies provided IN O.C.W.D. CASE for each Director of the Opinion handed down by the Judges in the Orange County Water District Case~ CUSTOMER BILLS Director Disch reported a customer who pays his bills every 2 months is always getting "duns" and would like to know if something could be done. It was recommended that he pay 2 months in advance or at least one month in ad- vance to avoid the nuisance. There are too many bills rendered to give individual attention in such cases. BROWNING ROAD It was announced that two Petitions for Annexation of the Browning Road area are being circulated. DINNER MEETING Director Forrest suggested that he would like to see the Directors and Mr. Stallwood have a dinner meeting together before the next board meeting on November 27th. This was then made by motion, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously by those directors present. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, adjournment was declared at 9:30 p.m. G. Rick~t, Secretary Board of Directors Approved: ~ W. Littleton, Presideft EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 27, 1967 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE All those present joined in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. ROLL CALL Directors Present: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. Directors Absent: None. Others Present: General Manager-Secretary Rickert; Auditor-Treasurer Bishop; Engineer Garcia; Recording Secretary Dudley; Assistant Office Manager Lyons; Commercial Super- visor Isakson; Attorney Farrell; Consulting Engineers Rowe and Halwes; Reporter Lucille Rest; R. E. Stallwood, Spencer Sparks,