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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 02/24/1969 24, ,1969 ADJOURNMENT Since there was no further business to come before the meeting, adjournment was declared at 10:30 p.m. Approved: -NSrman W. Forrest, P~'e~ident EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 24, 1969 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, Littleton, Stallwood and Wall. Directors absent: None. O~hers Present: General Manager-Secretary Rickert; Assistant Manager- Engineer Garcia; Auditor-Treasurer Hendricks; Recording Secretary Dudley; Attorney Farrell; Consult- ing Engineer Halwes; Spencer Sparks and James Fiscalini. MINUTES There was one correction of a typographical error in the minutes in the first motion, other- MOTION wise the minutes were approved as submitted, by raotion by Director Littleton, seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously. CORRESPONDENCE CALIFORNIA WATER Letters had been received from the California RESOURCES ASSOCIATION Water Resources Association and from the Southern California Water Utilities Association, Inc. and copies had been sent to directors with the agenda. There was no action necessary or taken on the C.W.R.A. lette~:~ MOTION After discussion of the cost of membership in the Southern California Water Utilities Associa- tion, motion was made by Director Stallwood, duly second~ by Director Disch and carried unanimously ~o pay the membership fee according to the number of services at 2¢ per meter (service) . REPORTS - ~ MA/qAGER'S - The General ~anager reported 8 more property ADDITIONAL LATERALS owners on V.l~la Avenue had been in and. initiated IN VILLA AVENUE UNDER an annex~10~>in order to have connections to RAMPAC CONTRACT the sewer sY~mbeing~'~ installed in the area. He stated th~'la~erals could be installed on Ramfac's contract with a change order, but the properties could not be hooked up until the annexation c~ars the Local Agency Formation Commission. '~" Feb. 24, 1969 1493 MOTION Upon motion by Director Littleton, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, the addition of the 8 laterals was approved subject to the conditions and progress of the annexa- tion under Change Order No. 1. VANDALISM AND BURGLARY Authorization was requested to proceed with PROTECTIVE MEASURES additional vandalism protective measures at FOR DISTRICT YARD District yard, having had estimate from Federal Alarm Systems on installation of electric eye protection by signal. MOTION Upon motion by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously, the staff was directed to proceed with the protective measures discussed. AUTHORIZATION Authorization was requested by The Bank of REGARDING SECURITIES California(Fiscal Agent) for withdrawal of Securities from State of California Veterans and Pledge of Securities with Federal National Mortgage Association. The properly executed papers were presented by Attorney Farrell. MOTION Upon motion by Director Littleton, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, the Auditor-Treasurer and Attorney were authorized to sign the prepared documents for the Bank of California, to be accompanied by a Certification of the minutes of this meeting granting such authorization subject to approval of Legal Counsel. RETIREMENT The General Manager requested authorization for POSTPONEMENT REQUESTED retirement of Alice Dudley to be postponed from FOR ALICE DUDLEY April 1, 1969 which is the "normal retirement date" to August 1, 1969 which is the first day of the month following her 70th birthday, all in accordance with the provisions of Agreement with Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. MOTION Upon motion by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously, the postponement for retirement to August 1, 1969 for Alice Dudley was approved. STORM LEAKS The General Manager reported the heavy, pro- longed rains are again causing the outside walls of the new portion of the building to leak badly all around the outside, damaging the carpet in his office and the draperies at the outside windows. Repairs will have to be made when the storm is over. BEAR VALLEY MUTUAL The General Manager reported on his and the WATER COMPANY ANNUAL Auditor-Treasurer's attendance at the Bear STOCKHOLDERS MEETING Valley Mutual Water Company's Annual stock- holder's meeting for information only. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SEWER STUDY FOR TRACT Engineer Halwes was called upon to present the 7323 NORTH OF ATLANTIC feasibility and cost study for sewer to Tract EAST OF ORANGE STREET 7323 located north of Atlantic Street and east- erly of Orange Street. If easements can be obtained to install the sewer facilities in the proposed alignment of Rainbow Lane, Tract 7098, the cost would be approximately $4,000.00. If not, the only other route would be south on Orange Street to Nona where it would have to cross the alignment of the eventual freeway location and the distance would be greater, costing about $7,000.00. ~4§4 Feb. 24, 1969 WATER STUDY TRACT The District Engineer reported on the water 7323 study as follows: The engineers estimate that the construction of an off-site water main to serve Tract 7323 is, it was reported, $16,884.00. In addition, it was reported that the construc- tion of a pressure regulating station was estimated to cost an additional $4,000.00. It was recommended by the staff to have the pressure regulating station installed if the District desired to serve water to Tract 7323 and to charge an extra $7.00(facility charge) for each new service that would receive water ~-' through this pressure regulating station. This extra $7.00 charge would remain until such time as the upper system would be extended to the area at which time the pressure regulating station would be used only during emergencies to bring water from the Foothill System to the Upper System. MOTION Upon motion by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, the staff and engineer's recommendations for water and sewer service to Tract 7323 including the pressure regulating station were approved. SEWER STUDY FOR Engineer Halwes presented the feasibility and TRACT 8015 cost study on furnishing sewer service to Tract 8015 on Lynwood Drive easterly of Victoria Avenue requested by the San Gorgonio Land Company, W. E. Leonard. The Tract contains 41 lots and would require sewer main extension from Victoria and Mirada at an estimated cost of $22,000.00. MOTION Upon ~otion~by· Director ~Disch, duly seconded by Director Littleton and carried by a majority, the District is to proceed with sewer~instal- ~ lation for Tract 8015 recommended by the Sewer Committee and staff at a cost of $22,000.00. Director Wall abstained from voting. WATER STUDY FOR It was reported that the possibility of serving TRACT 8015 water to Tract 8015, located on Lynwood Drive easterly of Victoria Avenue had been studied by the staff and Water Committee and reported the cost of the main extension would be approxi- mately $5,500.00. MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Littleton and carried by a majority, approval of the water main extension to serve Tract 8015 was given upon the recommendation of the staff and Water Committee. Director Wall abstained from voting. DISCUSSION, CITY OF The General Manager reported on the meeting SAN BERNARDINO 5% with Mr. M~akley of the City of San Bernardino UTILITY TAX METHOD OF regarding the method of collecting the 5% COLLECTION FROM Utility Tax from customers in the City who are DISTRICT served water by this District. A method of posting to ledger cards for the City at the end of each month was worked out whereby the City employees would then figure the tax and bill the customers. The City would pay for the time involved preparing the ledger cards. This method will be presented to the Mayor and Council and the District would be notified of their action. MOTION Upon motion by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, the Manager is to direct a letter to the Mayor and City Council outlining the proposed method for their action thereon. Feb. 24, 1969 :[495 RESOLUTION NO. 1208 Resolution No. 1208 was presented for accept- CERTIFICATE & NOTICE ance of a Certificate of Completion filed by OF COMPLETION WATER the District's Engineer, of the water main INSTALLATION IN installation within Tract 7459 by Tri-City TRACT 7459 Highland Sewer Company and authorization for Notice of Completion to be prepared and recorded. MOTION Upon motion by Director Littleton, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 1208 was adopted. NEW BUSINESS - COURSE IN ACCOUNTING Announcement was made of a course in Accounting FOR ENGINEERS IN for Engineers in Management to be presented at MANAGEMENT the University of California at Berkeley March 17th through 21st, 1969 at a cost of $280.00. It was felt that much could be gained by having Engineer Garcia attend. MOTION Upon motion by Director Littleton, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, author- ization was granted for Engineer Garcia to be enrolled for the above course at a cost of $280.00 plus subsistence allowance and expenses. LECTURES ON PLANT Attention was called to the offering of a series ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE of 8 lectures on Plant Electrical Maintenance & TELEMETER PRINCIPLES and Telemeter Principles for operators of water FOR OPERATORS OF works at a rate of $10.50 per hour plus expenses WATER WORKS for as many as wish to attend the lectures which would be from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. It was felt that it would be valuable instruction for Jim Karp and Herb Deese, pump maintenance men, at least, and any others who are interested in attending and would eventually save the District the price ~of calls to .take caTe'of small matters in that work. MOTION Upon motion by Director Wall, duly seconded by Director Littleton and carried unanimously, the presentation of the course for District employees who would benefit by a study of Plant Electrical Maintenance and Telemeter Principles was ap- proved. ONE DAY COURSE FOR Attention was brought to a one day course on WOMEN AT UNIVERSITY Effective Contribution as a Major Work Force in OF CALIFORNIA AT Business and Industry for women, planned by RIVERSIDE the Business and Professional Women's Clubs of San Orco District to be held at the University of california at Riverside on Saturday, March 15, 1969 for a fee of $10.00. Marjory Dorr is interested in attending. MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, authorization was given for reimbursement to Marjory Dorr who will attend the course des- cribed above at $10.00 for the day. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS The following warrants were approved by motion FOR MONTH OF by Director Wall, duly seconded by Director JANUARY, 1969 Disch and carried unanimously: Water Division ~4101 - 4207 (General $175,403.62 #2483 - 2552 (Payroll) 15,104.57 $190,508.19 Sewer Division #325 $50,000.00 ANNOUNCEMENTS - ~ :1.496 Feb. 24, 1969 I.D.A. SEMINAR Announcement was made of the Irrigation Districts PRECEEDING THE Association Convention and pre-convention CONVENTION AT Seminar in Sacramento April 8th and 9th, 1969 SACRAMENTO at $30.00 per individual studying Public Employee-Employer Relations. MOTION Upon motion by Director Littleton, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unani- mously, authorization was given for staff members and a director who can, to attend the whole convention and/or the Seminar described above on the usual basis. BROCHURE COMMITTEE TO The Chairman announced he would like to dis- PUBLICITY COMMITTEE continue the Brochure Committee and re-appoint the same members to a Publicity Committee to keep the District constituents well informed about this District. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, motion for adjournment was made by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by District Director Wall and carried unanimously at 9:00 p.m. ~~ H~ G .~'R~retary Board of Directors Approved: EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING MARCH 10, 1969 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, Littleton, Stallwood and Wall. Directors Absent: None. Others Present: General Manager-Secretary Rickert; Assistant Manager- Engineer Garcia; Auditor-Treasurer Hendricks; Recording Secretary Dudley; Attorney Farrell; Consulting Engineers Rowe and Halwes; Spencer Sparks, Joseph Bonadiman and Mr. Cook. MINUTES There being no additions or corrections to the minutes of the regular meeting of February 24, MOTION 1969, motion was made by Director Wall, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unani- mously to approve the minutes as submitted. DISCUSSION OF WATER The General Manager reviewed the facts set MAIN INSTALLATION forth in the Memo regarding the discussion of REFUND REQUEST BY a requested refund on a water main installation JOSEPH BONADIMAN on Marshall Boulevard almost ten years ago.