HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 02/28/1972 F~kST $~N BERNARDINO COUNTY ~ATER DISTRICT
REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 28, 1972
CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to Order at 7:30 P. M.
and bid proposal presentation time was declared
closed.
PLEDGE OF All those present joined in the Pledge of
ALLEGIANCE Allegiance to the Flag of the United States
of America
ROLL CALL Directors Present: Disch, Forrest, Littleton,
Stallwood and Wall
Directors Absent: None
Otkers Present: General Mgr-Secretary Rickert;
Asst Mgr-Engineer Garcia; Auditor-Treasurer
Hendricks; Recording Secretary Kinzer; Con-
sulting Engineer Joseph A. Rowe, Attorney R.
Farrell; John O'Grady, Lucky Porterfield,
and Mr. and Mrs. Max C. Montgomery, President
representing Highland Little League; L.
Kelley of Rheem Superior, R. Kinzer; and
Jim Fiscalini
MINUTES Director Disck noted on tke fifth page of the
Minutes of February 15, 1972, under Bartle
Wells, tkat the Committee met January 29 and
MOTION not February 4, and motioned that the February
15, 1972 Minutes be approved witk this correction,
with Director Forrest duly seconded and motion
carried unanimously.
BID OPENING -
THREE BOLTED STEEL Tke Secretary opened and read tke bid proposal
TANKS - PLANTS 12, for the Designing, Furnishing, Erecting, Painting
40 and 108 and Disinfecting One 130,000 Gallon Bolted
Steel Reservoir and Two 65,000 Gallon Bolted
Steel Reservoirs at Plants 12, 40 and 108.
The bid proposal was accompanied by the re-
quired ten percent bid bond and was as follows:
Rheem Superior of Los Angeles $88,230.00
Engineer's Estimate $55,000.00
Engineer Rowe stated he mailed out four sets
of specifications to Contractors, but they
indicated they were not interested in small
tank installations.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded
by Director Littleton and carried unanimously,
to turn the bid proposal of Rheem Superior over
to tke Engineers for review and recommendation
subject to approval of Legal Counsel.
ENGINEER'S RECCOM- Engineer Rowe stated he wanted to review with
MENDATION RE: the Rheem Superior representative, their break-
RHEEM SUPERIOR down of cost for each item and bring the report
PROPOSAL before the Board at a later date. He said he
could see no major problem for awarding the
Contract at a later date.
HIGHLAND LITTLE Tke General Manager stated he had a hand
LEAGUE PRESENT TO delivered letter today from tke Director of
REQUEST ~ATER Parks and Recreation, Rene Moye. He gave each
SERVICE, SOUTH OF Director a copy of the letter wkich stated
PACIFIC, EAST OF Highland Little League property was in the
ARDEN County and that the District should consider
providing water to the baseball field. No
action was taken on the letter. Max Montgomery
was present as President of Highland Little
League and ke came to tke table at the request
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of President Stallwood. Mr. Montgomery
stated the City had purchased the property
where the ballfield now is, from the State
of California. Ee said he had pursued getting
water from the City of San Bernardino but was
turned down completely as the area was in the
County. He asked the Board to reconsider hooking
up water for the parcel. Director Wall asked
if there was a possibility to get water from
Patton. The General Manager stated he had
been in touch with Mr. Don Perkins of the
State General Services Dept of the State in
Sacramento and they indicated they are
disposing of a portion of Patton farms land
and would dedicate all their water rights to
the District under an agreement as a con-
sideration of domestic water service to the
lands when sold. The General Manager stated
the greatest cost to the Little League in
the past was the cost to meet District Water
Formula. Mr. Montgomery asked the Board for
a letter setting forth requirements. A
discussion ensued on the possibility of the
use of Temporary Construction Water. After
considerable discussion of the matter,
MOTION Director Forrest motioned, duly seconded by
(LITTLE LEAGUE~ Director Littleton and carried unanimously, to
send the ~igkland Little League request for
water to District's Finance and Water Committees
to bring report to Board Meeting of March 27.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded
(LITTLE LEAGUE] by Director Disch and carried unanimously,
that an agreement be prepared by Legal Counsel
whereby the Highland Little League could obtain
from the District, temporary construction water
by an Agreement to terminate no later than
August 31, 1972. A cost estimate to be
determined by the District Engineer of a
Temporary Service.
FISCALINI PRESENT Since Jim Fiscalini was present, President
REQUESTS WATER AND Stallwood asked if he would present his request.
SEWER TO PROPOSED Mr. Fiscalini stated he planned a 62-space Mobile
MOBILE KOME PARK Kome Park at Pacific and Church Street and
PACIFIC & CHURCH wanted to discuss sewer and water service to
STREET the 8.2 acres. Engineer Garcia had prepared
a rough estimate cost of $6,000 for extending
the sewer line 160 feet from Center Street to
Pacific Street or the parks southwest property
corner. The General Manager said they had
reviewed the request on the basis of serving
both water and sewer as the area is within the
service area of the District and the District
has an existing 12~inch water main between
Pacific and Atlantic which could be extended
to serve the area. When Mr. Fiscalini stated
the freeway would be going thorough the area of
the water line extension, the General Manager
said it would be the responsibility of the
State to relocate the line. Discussion of
the District's water formula was explained
and Mr. Fiscalini said he had the required
shares of North Fork. The General Manager
recommended to the Board that the District
extend both water and sewer line to the
proposed development.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded
by Director Disch and carried unanimously, that
the District offer both services of water and
sewer, based upon Staff's recommendation to
the Fiscalini property at Pacific and Church
Street.
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CORRESPONDENCE
SICKLES RECEIVES The General Manager presented a Certificate
CERTIFICATE - BACKFLOW from the University of Southern California
PREVENTION DEVICE noting Donald Sickles, District employee had
TESTER satisfactorily completed the short course in
Backflow Prevention Device Testing. Mr. Sickles
had attended the Foundation for Cross-Connection
Control Research February 14 through 18, 1972.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded
by Director Wall and carried unanimously, to
autkorize the Secretary to draft a letter of
commendation to Mr. Sickles on behalf of the
Baord and have Certificate suitably framed.
DIRECTOR DISCH Director Disch presented his Certificate of
CERTIFICATE OF Professional Education from the University of
PROFESSIONAL EDU- California, Santa Barbara, University Extension
CATION showing he was a registered participant in
The 1972 Special Districts Presidents' and
Board Members' Institute dated January 23, 1972.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded
by Director ~all and carried, the Secretary
was authorized to draft a letter to Mr.
Disck and have the Certificate suitably framed.
GENERAL MANAGER Tke General Manager presented a Certificate
RICKERT, CERTIFICATE from tke American Water Works Association
AWWA EMERGENCY certifying that he, "through participation in
PLANNING tke AmA Seminar on Emergency Planning kas
contributed to the improvement of water
service to the Public".
MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded
by Director Wall and carried unanimously, to
autkorize tke framing of tke General Manger's
Certificate from AW-WA on Emergency Planning.
SHAW, 6696 SUZANNE The Secretary presented Byron A. Shaw's letter
LANE, REQUEST FOR requesting a water line extension to his property
WATER LINE at 6696 Suzanne Lane. He kad an audio-visual
EXTENSION map and pointed out the Shaw easement but noted
the cost of extending the line from 19th to
Del Rosa would be $2,500. The General Manager
said since the District has an existing 8-inch
line in 19th Street, he recommended delaying
the request to extend the line in Suzanne Lane
at tkis time due to economics. That water was
available to Mr. Skaw at 19th Street the same
as the other three owners who are receiving
District water service.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded
by Director Littleton and carried unanimously,
to accept Staff's recommendation and deny the
Shaw request for extending water line in
Suzanne Lane at this time.
MANAGER'S REPORT
EXTEND BID OPENING Tke General Manager requested authorization to
TMR SCHOOL, SEWER extend the bid opening of the sewer extension
to tke TMR Sckool, Fourtk Street and Palm Lane
from March 13, 1972 to March 28, 1972, 7:30
P. M. at the District Office as approval has
not been received from the Corps of Engineers
or San Bernardino County Flood Control District.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Wall, duly seconded by
Director Forrest and carried unanimously, author-
ization was granted to extend bid opening of sewer
extension to TMR School from March 13, 1972 to
Marck 28, 1972 7:3Q P. M. District Office.
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~NLA~D F~S~ & GA~4E The General Manager presented a letter dated
REQUESTS WATER SERVICE February 23 from the Inland Fish and Game
ORANGE ST, SOUTH OF Association requesting water service at
THIRD STREET their Orange Street Property. He said the
property was a considerable distance from
any line of the District. Each Director was
given a copy of the correspondence from the
Association. He explained that the conditions
with relation to District facilities had not
changed since the District gave a quotation
of cost of extension approx~mately four or
five years ago.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded
by Director Wall and carried unanimously,
to authorize the General Manager to answer
tkeir letter notifying them there are no
District facilities in the immediate vicinity
of tkeir property to serve them at this time.
ATTY GREEN'S PUMP TAX The General Manager gave each Director a copy
COMMITTEE MEETING of Attorney Green's report on the Pump Tax
REPORT Committee Meeting dated February 24, 1972.
He stated ke received the report this date
and had not reviewed it. He recommended
autkorization for Engineer's Garcia and Rowe
and himself to meet with the Water Committee
to review Green's report and make recommend-
ation to Attorney Green.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Wall, duly seconded
by Director Forrest and carried unanimously
to accept General Manager's reco~endation
to autkorize Engineers Rowe, Garcia and
himself to meet with the Water Committee
to review Attorney Green's report and make
recon~endation to Attorney Green.
TRUST FUND, BANK OF Resolution No. 1518 was presented authorizing
CALIFORNIA, NATL acceptance of Agreement and authorizing
ASSN. execution of Agreement including Auditor-
Treasurer's authority to make deposits and
withdrawals from Trust Fund at the Bank of
California, National Association. Attorney
Farrell prepared Agreement between the
District and Bank of California, National
Association noting that the District has
the right to terminate Agreement at any time,
and the managing agency account shall be
governed by, and be subject to, Regulation 9
U. S. Treasury, Comptroller of Currency,
entitled Fiduciary Powers of National Banks
and Collective Investment funds in accordance
with Paragraph 9.10 thereof.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded
by Director Disch and carried by the majority,
to adopt Resolution No. 1518, Accepting
Agreement, and Authorizing Execution of same
as drafted by Legal Counsel. Director Wall
abstained from voting.
RESOLUTION 1454 The General Manager presented Resolution No.
ACCEPTING PIPELINE 1454, Accepting Conveyance of Pipeline
EASEMENT, SEVERSON Easement C200.201) from Willis and Berniece
WARM CK CHANNEL Severson in connection with District's
13th Street sewer extension in Warm Creek
Channel and recon~ended acceptance of the
Pipeline Easement.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Disck, duly seconded
by Director Forrest and carried unanimously,
Resolution No. 1454 was adopted.
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RESOLUTION 1515 Resolution No. 1515 was presented, requesting
CERT OF COMPLETION acceptance of Certificate of Completion by
EL CO CONTRACTORS D~strict Engineer and authorizing President
WATER MAIN IN and Secretary to execute Notice of Completion
FIFTH STREET of E1 Co Contractors for installation of water
main in FLftk Street. The General Manager
recommended acceptance.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Littleton, duly
seconded by. Director Forrest and carried
unanimously, Resolution No. 1515 was adopted.
CHANGE ORDER NO. 2 The General Manager presented Ckange Order No. 2
TCE PIPELINE CONTRACT to the TC~ Pipeline Contract for t/%e relocation
JOB W~777, 12~INC~ on the original plan of a 12-inch diameter
WATER MAIN IN BASE water transmission main within Base Line
LINE STREET Street, seven feet north of the centerline,
in lieu of 10.5 feet as shown on the Plans.
Engineer Garcia explained the reason for the
Change Order stating the increase of $1,320
was in order for the Contractor to locate
pipeline south of original location. The
General Manager recommended approval of
Change Order No. 2 to TC~ Pipeline Inc. Contract.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Littleton, duly
seconded by Director Forrest and carried
unanimously, to approve and authorize the
President and Secretary to execute Change
Order No. 2 as presented for the TCH Pipeline
Inc. Contract.
RESOLUTION 1514 Resolution No. 1514 was presented, Initiating
INITIATING PROCEEDINGS Proceedings for Annexation 1971~7, Kaiser
ANNEXATION 1971-7, Foundation Realth Plan, 25411 South Date
KAISER FOUNDATION Street, Highland, for water and sewer service
to all property owners. The General Manager
recommended approval.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Littleton, duly
seconded by Director Forrest and carried
unanimously, Resolution No. 1514 was adopted.
RESOLUTION 1517 Resolution No. 1517 was presented, Initiating
INITIATING PROCEEDINGS Proceedings for Annexation 1971-16, Neal T.
ANNEXATION 1971-16 Baker, Tract 7717 for sewer service to all
BAKER, TRACT 7717 property owners. The General Manager
recommended approval.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Wall, duly seconded
by Director Littleton and carried unanimously,
Resolution No. 1517 was adopted.
AUDITOR-TREASURER
FINANCIAL REPORT
APPROVAL OF WARRANTS The following warrants were placed on the
table for the Directors to read:
Water Division
#8715 ~8850 (General~ $343,706.34
#5220 ~5289 (Payroll} $15,577.09 $359,283.43
MOTION Upon motion by Director Disck, duly seconded
by Director Forrest and carried unanimously,
the warrants were approved as submitted.
SECRETARIAL The General Manager stated that per previous
INSTITUTE Board approval, Jean Hems, Marjory Dorr and
May Kinzer had attended the Secretarial
Institute February 16 and noted each Director
received a c~py, of a letter of thanks.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded
by Director Littleton and carried unanimously,
the Secretary was asked to acknowledge letter
with letter of commendation and if Certificate
received, have suitably framed.
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AW~A EMERGENCY The General Manager reported he attended
PLANNING SEMINAR the four day AW~A Emergency Planning Seminar
SAN MATEO, WEEK OF in San Mateo and was greatly enlightened by
FEBRUARY 21, 1972 emergency measures available. He said the
two Professors conducting the seminar were
Engineers with their PH. D, one from Missouri
State and one from San Jose State. The
Seminar covered all areas of disasters in-
cluding riots, civil disorders, vandalism,
earthquake and floods as they relate to public
water systems and operations. He said most
Districts in this area were in attendance
with some as far away as Wisconsin. He
noted the District would be preparing to
initiate some of the measures covered for
outages, with multipurpose power both in
gas and electric. When another seminar is
available, ke recommended tkat District
Engineer and Field Superintendant attend.
POLLUTION CONTROL Director Disck brought up the subject of
pollution control and motioned, duly
MOTION seconded by Director Forrest and carried unan-
imously, Staff be authorized to investigate and
report on ~une 12, 1972 Board Meeting, their
findings of the cost of converting District
vehicles to butane, propane or natural gas
to further cause cutting down air pollution.
EXTEND SEWER RATE The General Manager stated the report on sewer
ADJUSTMENT REPORT rate adjustment for mobile home parks had not
been completed and asked for an extension of
time to Board Meeting..of April 10.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded
by Director Wall and carried unanimously,
authorization was granted for the extension
of time for sewer rate adjustment report
to Board Meeting of April 10, 1972.
CALLING BIDS RELINING Director Forrest brought up for discussion,
20-INCH BEAR VALLEY the cement lining of the 20-inch Bear Valley
WATER LINE - SET FOR transmission line east of City Creek. The
MARCH 13 General Manager stated he and Engineer Garcia
had checked the situation that morning, with
TCH Pipeline Contractor extending the water
transmission main in Base Line and Webster. He
noted this would be required to be installed to
allow rerouting service to Browning Road
during time 20-inch line would be out of
service. The coordination will depend upon
Pipeline License from Santa Fe RR to complete
a section of the Base Line Main. He asked
for authorization to call for and open bids
for relining the Bear Valley line for March
13, 1972 at the District Office at 7:30 P. M.
as he and the Engineer felt the job could be
accomplished soon after that date for the
summer demand period.
MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded
by Director Littleton and carried unanimously,
Staff was authoirzed to call for and open bids
for relining the 20-inch Bear Valley Trans-
mission line on March 13, 1972 at District
Office at 7:30 P. M. This is a 1971-72
Budget Item.
DIRECTOR FORREST Director Forrest suggested microfilming all
SUGGESTS MICROFILMING District water and sewer documents since
DISTRICT DOCUMENTS inception of the District. After considerable
discussion,
MOTION Director Forrest motioned, duly seconded by
Director Wall and carried unanimously, to
authorize Staff to make a study of costs
regarding microfilming the District's
water and sewer.records and bring report
to Board May 30, 1972.
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ADJOURNMENT At 10 P. M., Chairman Stallwood motioned to
adjourn this meeting to March 3, 1972 at District
Office at 4 P. M. for the purpose of considering
the awarding of the Contract for Three Bolted
Steel Tanks at Plans 12, 40 and 108 and any
other District business, subject to legal
counsel. Motion carried.
Harold G. Rickert, Secretary
Board of Directors
Approved:
R. E. Stallwood, President
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