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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 05/11/1965ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before this meeting, motion for adjournment was made MOTION by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously at 10:20 p.m. H~~a~~tary Board of Directors APPROVED: n W. Littleton, President EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING May 11, 1965 CALL TO ORDER The President called the meeting to order at 7:30 P. M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE All those present joined in the Pledge of Alleg- iance 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; Associate Engineer, Cole; Auditor- Treasurer, Bragg; Assistant Office Manager, Lyons; Recording Secre- tary, Dudley; Attorney, Farrell; Consulting Engineers, Rowe and Halwes; Marjory Dorr of this office; Jan Held of East Valley Publications; Spencer Sparks of Southern California Water Company; Constituents, Venn Botts and Mr. Mrs. H. E. Snodgrass; George Gustafson and Jerry Myers of Sage Pipeline and Contractor H. C. Jarrell. MINUTES The President inquired if there were any addi- tions or corrections to the minutes of the regular meeting of April 27th, 1965. MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director LeVesque and carried unanimously, the minutes were approved as submitted. PUBLIC HEARING ON The Secretary presented the Petition for Annexa- ANNEXATION 1964-26 tion No. 1964-26 which has been continued from STUBBLEFIELD 534 the regular meetings of April 13th and April 27th ACRES, HIGHLAND 1965, together with the Affidavit of Publication AREA of Notice of Hearing showing that the publication had been made as required by law. The Secretary also stated that the boundaries of the annexation had been approved by both the San Bernardino County Boundary Commission and the Local Agency Formation Commission and forms of such approval are on file in District records. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest, approval was recommended for the loan from the bank on the basis of the re- ported rate of interest. The Auditor-Treasurer reported that finances are in better shape than anticipated and recommended that no loan be authorized at least until next Board Meeting to see if it would be needed then. MOTION WITHDRAWN After this explanation, the above motion and second were withdrawn. MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously, the above matter of the loan is to be tabled until the regu- lar meeting of May 25, 1965. CONTINUING Mr. Snodgrass was present with copies of District's CONSIDERATION OF letter to him of October 15, 1964 and Main Exten- WATER SERVICE TO sion Quotation form dated October 9, 1964. Each SUZANNE LANE director was presented with a folder of information compiled by the District refuting some of the claims made by Mr. Snodgrass. The discussion was completed by referring the matter to Attorney Farrell who stated that the District would still have to stand by its Ordinance and that Mr. Snodgrass would have to pay the quoted figures for the installation of a 6 inch main and blow- off in Suzanne Lane to connect the properties as they are sold. MOTION Upon motion by Director Wall, duly seconded by Director LeVesque and carried unanimously, District is to follow the requirements as outlined in the governing Ordinance as recommended by Legal Counsel. The details of the matter as set forth in the Ordinance were read for clarification to all con- cerned. EUCALYPTUS STREET The General Manager reported that the installation AREA WATER SYSTEM of the water lines in the Eucalyptus area are ABOUT COMPLETE complete and there are 10 services to be completed then the job will be done. The Booster Pumps at 5th and Palm are being installed so that the pres- sure to these lines will be increased. LETTER FROM S.B. The General Manager reported on a letter received UNIFIED SCHOOL from the San Bernardino City Unified School District DISTRICT RE WATER regarding the water shares or water rights required SHARES CURTIS JR. as a condition for the District to serve the property HIGH SCHOOL on which will be built the Curtis Jr. High School at 6th and Tippecanoe Streets, formerly State land. They offered to pay to the District $600.00 per acre for 20 acres or $12,000.00 and would like to have District agree that if the State would make water shares(preferably North Fork) available prior to August 15, 1965, they would transfer them to us and have the $12,000.00 refunded. If the shares become available after that time, it would be necessary to consider the transfer on the basis of current market prices. They would like District's position on this on or before May 17, 1965. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, the District will accept the proposition regarding water shares for the Curtis Jr. High School area as set forth in their letter of May 11, 1965.