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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 03/23/1965representatives of the North San Bernardino Water Company are to be invited to attend the next Board Meeting on March 23rd, 1965 for the purpose of reviewing the Agreement. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, adjournment was declared at 11:15 p.m. id G.-Ri~rt, SeCretary Board of DireCtors Approved: n W. Littleton, President EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING MARCH 23, 1965 CALL TO ORDER The President called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. SALUTE TO THE FLAG All those present joined in the salute to the Flag of the United States of America. ROLL CALL Directors Present: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton, Wall. Directors Absent: None. Others Present: General Manager-Secretary, Rickert; Auditor-Treasurer, Bragg; Assistant Office Manager, Lyons; Recording Secretary, Dudley; Attorneys, Ernest A. Wilson and Robert J. Farrell; Engineers, Joseph A. Rowe and Don Halwes; Marjory Dorr of this District; Spencer Sparks of Southern California Water Company; W. J. Engevick and D. Bruce Prout, developers. MINUTES The President inquired if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 9, 1965. MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously, the minutes of the March 9, 1965 Board Meeting were approved as submitted. GUESTS PROUT AND The President noted guests present, Mr. D. ENGEVICK, TRACT 7519 Bruce Prout and W. J. Engevick, and called upon them for their comments. Mr. Prout stated they were here in the interest of ob- taining sewer service only from the District for the construction of 35 homes in Tract 7519 at Cypress and Central Avenue, claim- ing it would cost them $5,000 more to take water service from the District as well as sewer service than to use District sewer service and Southern California water service. After much discussion and explanation by the staff, of the existing water and sewer facilities of the District which abutt por- tions of the proposed development, motion was MOTION made by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously that the District would be more than happy to welcome the annexation of Tract 7519 for the service of sewer and water, but not for sewer only. RESOLUTION NO. 717 Resolution No. 717 was presented to replace the TO BORROW $50,000 action by motion at the March 9th, 1965 Board Meeting to borrow $50,000.00 and authorize the President and Secretary to sign the note. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 717 was adopted and the Presi- dent and Secretary authorized to sign the note for $50,000.00. RESOLUTION NO. 719 Resolution No. 719 was presented to submit to CALLING SPECIAL BOND the voters of this District in a Special ELECTION Election, the issuance of a $3,000,000.00 Revenue Bond Issue for Capital Improvements in the District. Attorney Ernest Wilson was called upon to give a brief explanation of the contents of the details of the resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 719 A RESOLUTION CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT THE PROPOSITION OF AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS UNDER THE REVENUE BOND LAW OF 1941 TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVING AND FINANCING OF ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY AND ADDITION~ AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DISTRICT WATER WORKS AND SYSTEM, DECLARING THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE BONDS AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF INTEREST TO BE PAID THEREON: AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE THEREOF. WATER PROJECT RESOLVED, by the Board of Directors of the East San Bernardino County Water District, San Bernardino County, California, as follows: 1. A special election is hereby called and ordered and will be held in the District on Tuesday, the 18th day of May, 1965, at which election shall be submitted to the qualified voters in the District the proposition of issuing revenue bonds pursuant to the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 of the State of California, for the purpose of providing funds for the objects and purposes set forth in the following proposition, to wit: PROPOSITION: "Shall the East San Bernardino County Water District issue revenue bonds in the principal amount of Three Million Dollars 3,000,000) for the acquisition, construction, im- proving and financing of additional water supply, and additions and improvements to an enterprise, consisting of the District Water Works and System, and all costs incidental thereto, pursuant to the Revenue Bond Law of 19417" 2. The amount of debt to be incurred is $3,000,000, in- cluding all costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of the enter- prise and all engineering, inspection, legal and fiscal agent's fees, costs of the bond election and of the issuance of said revenue bonds, bond reserve funds and working capital and bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period of not to ex- ceed twelve (12) months after completion of construction. 3. The principal amount of the bonds to be issued there- MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously, the Secretary was instructed to write to Mr. White of the Highland Chamber of Commerce requesting the time and place of their meetings and a copy of their financial statement and other pertinent information. FINANCIAL REPORT The President called upon Auditor-Treasurer, WATER AND SEWER FOR Bragg to discuss the financial report for the month MONTH OF FEBRUARY of February for both the Sewer and Water Divisions. AGREEMENT WITH NORTH The President noted Mr. Wm. E. Leonard of the SAN BERNARDINO WATER North San Bernardino Water Company was present COMPANY and called upon him for any comments he might have. He noted a change should be made from the word "may" to "will" on page 5, line 26 of the Agreement. The General Manager explained that the original intent of the agreement was that surplus water would be made available to the development for agricultural purposes, therefore the word may" on Page 5, line 26 was recommended to be replaced by the word "will" as requested by Mr. Leonard. Mr. Leonard called attention to the Exhibit attached to the Agreement where it called for a tank site to be established by June of 1964. Since this date is long past, what is to be done about that? It was determined that a site should be established as soon as possible and that the construction of a tank would de- pend upon the outcome of the May 18th election. ..~ MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director LeVesque and carried unanimously, the Agreement with the North San Bernardino Water Company was approved including the word change from "may" to "will", line 26, page 5. JOINT POWERS The Joint Powers Agreement on Water with the AGREEMENT WITH CITY City of San Bernardino was again brought up OF SAN BERNARDINO for discussion due to the recent developments. ON WATER One point of dissention seems to be that this agreement would hinder City Annexations to the east. Because of misunderstanding, a resolu- RESOLUTION NO. 720 tion was prepared and presented as Resolution CLARIFYING JOINT No. 720 to clarify the District's stand on POWERS AGREEMENT Annexations to the City of San Bernardino. The Board of Directors of the East San Bernardino County Water District does hereby declare that it has been and now is the policy of the said District to encourage annexations to the City of San Bernardino to any parcels of land within the service area of the East San Bernardino County Water District where the owners of said lands indicate their desire to so annex in order to receive services other ~ than water and sewer from the City of San Bernardino." MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously by the following roll call vote, Resolution No. 720 was adopted. AYES, and in favor thereof, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton, Wall. NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, copies of Resolution No. 720 are to be sent to the Mayor and Councilmen, the Board of Realtors and other interested parties. APPOINTMENT OF PROXY The announcement was made of the Annual Stock- FOR ANNUAL MEETING holders meeting of the North Fork Water Company OF NORTH FORK WATER and the Directors were asked to appoint a proxy COMPANY to vote the District's shares. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, the General Manager, Harold G. Rickert, was appointed as Proxy to vote the District's shares in the North Fork Water Company's Annual Meeting. GENERAL SEWER MATTERS REPORT OF SEWER The General Manager and Engineer, Don Halwes, STUDY REEDY STREET reported on the sewer study which was made to NORTH OF BASE LINE estimate the cost of construction of a sewer main in Reedy Street from the existing sewer in Base Line sufficiently far north to serve the property on the northeast corner from the rear of the existing buildings. This estimated cost would be $1,932.00. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, this line in Reedy Street is to be extended. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, the plans were approved and the staff is to proceed with negotiations for the construction. DAMAGE CLAIM BILL The General Manager presented a bill in the FOR SEWER STOPPAGE amount of $236.00 from the Evans Plumbing HICKMAN Company for sewer stoppage damage at the resi- dence of Major Thomas Hickman, 6774 Arden Avenue. Engineer Cole went to inspect the property and made a written report on February 19, 1965. After discussion, Attorney Farrell recommended that the bill be denied as in similar cases previously reported. MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, the claim was denied and all parties concerned are to be advised. LETTER FROM BONINE A letter from Mrs. Jack G. Bonine dated March REGARDING SEWER 16, 1965, was read stating difficulty if they CONNECTION have to connect to District sewer. Having had notices since September, 1964 to connect their property at 7957 Victoria Avenue, Highland, and a report by H. W. Bragg that they are now trying to sell the property, therefore con- tinuance in the normal course of action would seem logical. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch, the request for extension of connection time denial was withdrawn as no request for extension of time was made. The second to the motion was also withdrawn. This matter will proceed in the natural course of events. ABATEMENTS Attorney Farrell presented two abatements, the papers on which have been prepared and are ready for the already authorized signatures of Mar. 23, 1965 the Secretary. The two are against the property of Roy C. Burgan and Roberta Burgan at 26427 Rainbow Lane; also Billy H. Graddy and Ruth M. Graddy of 26413 Cypress Avenue, both in Highland. BAILEY ABATEMENT Attorney Farrell reported a problem with the Bailey abatement as the Non-Military Affi- davit has to be filled out and signed and no one seems to know Mr. Bailey. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unani- mously, Attorney Farrell was authorized to employ Krekel Detective Agency or some other person to get this document completed in order to proceed with the abatement. COBB PROPERTY READY It was reported that the property of Arnold D. FOR ABATEMENT Cobb and Gretchen Cobb at 8168, 70 and 82 Maryland and 25172 and 90 Third Street, San Bernardino, should be abated. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, abatement papers are to be prepared and served on Arnold D. and Gretchen Cobb for the above listed properties. LETTER LOMALINDA The President read a letter from Irving E. UNIVERSITY REGARDING Gray, Assistant Treasurer of Loma Linda Uni- CLIFFSIDE RANCH versity regarding our inquiry to determine EXTENSION whether or not they would be interested in sharing the cost of a main extension on Webster Street to serve the property of Ken Hunter and the Cliffside Ranch. They stated they would not be interested at this time, but would eventually. The General Manager stated the cost of the Webster Street main extension will be ready for the next Board Meeting. INVITATION TO An invitation was read from the Southland SOUTHLAND WATER Water Committee to a luncheon meeting Monday COMMITTEE LUNCHEON noon, April 12, 1965 at the Biltmore Hotel Bowl in Los Angeles with Senator Kuchel as speaker. MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director LeVesque and carried unanimously, any director or member of the staff able to attend should do so at District expense. AWWA REGIONAL SPRING A letter was read announcing the Regional MEETING AT RIVERSIDE Spring Meeting of the California Section of the A.W.W.A. in Riverside at the Mission Inn April 22, 23 and 24, 1965 with accompanying regis- tration forms. MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director LeVesque and carried unanimously, authorization was again given for any direc- tors and staff members to attend at District expense. MANAGER'S REPORT - RESOLUTION NO. 721 Resolution No. 721 was presented along with a AUTHORIZING SIGNING Deed to sell Lot 109, Tract 4086, Plant 52 OF GRANT DEED TO to Roy W. Crosswhite, Jr. and Marian E. CROSSWHITE, PLANT Crosswhite for the sum of $50.00. This is NO. 52 known as the Osbun Well and is no longer in use by the District. Ingress and egress for the purpose of observing the water table in the well will be reserved as well as the water rights and rights to water. MOTION Upon motion by Director Wall, duly seconded by Director LeVesque and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 721 was adopted and the President and Secretary authorized to execute the documents. REPORT ON HIGHLAND The General Manager reported that he and Mr. AVENUE EXTENSION OF Rowe and Don Miller met with Mr. Kane of the SEWER LINE TO State Highway Department regarding the prob- STUBBLEFIELD PROPERTY lems which had arisen in connection with ex- tending District sewer mains east on Highland Avenue from Orange to Palm and from Palm to Stubblefield's tract. They met with success and most of the problems were resolved, however, some further information is needed. He stated that lights will be installed eventually at Palm Avenue and Highland Avenue and will require a bore under Palm Avenue at that intersection for which an engineering study will be needed. MOTION Upon motion by Director Wall, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, a study was authorized to obtain the esti- mated cost of a bore under Palm Avenue. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, the President declared adjourn- ment at 10:35 p.m. G. R~ry Board of Directors APPROVED: n-W~ 'Littleton, President EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETING APRIL 6, 1965 CALL TO ORDER The President called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Directors Present: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque Littleton and Wall. Others Present: General Manager-Secretary, Rickert RESOLUTION NO. 725 The meeting was called for the purpose of AUTHORIZING considering Resolution No. 725 to amend cer- CORRECTIONS T6~ tain sections of the Joint Powers Agreement JOINT POWERS of 1965 between the City of San Bernardino AGREEMENT and the East San Bernardino County Water District. MOTION Following discussion, motion was made by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously by the following roll call vote, authorizing the President and Secretary to execute and sign the amended Joint Powers Agreement of 1965 for water.