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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 10/10/19661166 Sept· 26, 1966 NOTIFICATION OF Notification was read of an Assembly Interim ASSEMBLY INTERIM Committee on Municipal and County Government COMMITTEE ON LAFC on Local Agency Formation Commission Law and LAW HEARING District Re-organization Act of 1965 hearing on September 27th, 1966 at 10:00 a.m. in San Diego. This was brought to attention for information only. CORRESPONDENCE FROM The Secretary stated a letter addressed to ATTORNEY GREEN ON THE the Board had been received from Attorney SETTLEMENT OF WESTERN Denslow Green regarding the settlement of MUNICIPAL WATER SUIT the Western Water Suit which was mainly answers to W. P. Rowe's questions and sug- gestions. MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unani- mously by roll call vote, the reading of this letter was tabled until the Board Meet- ing of October 10, 1966· AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. CORRESPONDENCE - Correspondence and Resolution No. 163 of the BOARD OF WATER Board of Water Commissioners of the City of COMMISSIONERS San Bernardino was read requesting Con- gressional Authorization to secure a water pollution laboratory for Southern California· Copies of this material are to be made and provided for each director. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, adjournment was declared at 12:35 a.m. ~do~.D~ie~c~ Secretary APPROVED: · Littleton, President EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 10, 1966 CALL TO ORDER Call to order 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; Associate Engineer oct. lO, 1966 1167 Cole; Auditor-Treasurer Bragg; Assistant Office Manager Lyons; Acting Recording Secretary, Dorr; Consulting Engineers Rowe and Miller; Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Snodgrass; Mr. Sandy Blau; Mr. Gene Poole, J. & B. Welding Company; Mr. Rudolph Skubic and Brandon Nielson, Prudential Insurance Company; Mr. John Colley, Insurance; Mr. Jack Nicholson and Mr. Frank Heller, Occidental Life Insurance; Mr. Venn Botts, Cai-Western Life Insurance Company. GUESTS The President asked the guests who were present to introduce themselves and state their Company. MINUTES The President asked if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes of the regular meeting of September 26, 1966. Director Disch advised that motion No. 3, Page 6 under Employees Hospitalization Insurance Program be corrected to read as follows: "Upon motion by Director Wall, duly seconded by Director LeVesque and carried by majority roll call vote, that the recommendation of the Employee Hospitalization Insurance Program Committee be accepted." "AYES, Directors: Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. NOES, Directors: Disch ABSENT, Directors: None." MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest unanimously carried by roll call vote that the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of September 26, 1966 be approved as corrected. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. BID OPENING - FOR The following sealed bids were opened and read INSTALLATION OF MAJOR by the Secretary for the Installation of Major WATER TRANSMISSION Water Transmission Mains - Foothill System - MAINS FOOTHILL Citrus St., Victoria Ave., to Orange St. SYSTEM - CITRUS ST. Division II Job No. W-617 B.I. VICTORIA AVE. TO ORANGE ST. DIV. II JOB 1. Moran-Howell, Montclair $6,948.40 NO. W-617 B.I. 2. Royal Pipeline Constr. E1 Monte 11,249.16 3. Coughlin Company, S.B. 8,962.00 4. Robert Simon, Redlands 9,003.50 5. Michael C. Mize, S. B. 7,991.48 Engineer's Estimate $9,100.00 MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously by roll call vote, Associate Engineer Cole and Consulting Engineer Rowe were instructed to review the bids for accuracy in order to make recommendations. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. 1168 oct. lO, 1966 MOTION Following the recommendations and explana- tions of the Engineers, motion was made by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously by roll call vote, to accept the low bid of Moran and Howell, Montclair, on their bid of $6,948.40 for the installation of Major Water Transmission Mains Foothill System, Citrus Street, Victoria Avenue to Orange Street, Division II, subject to approval of Legal Counsel. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. RESOLUTION NO. 943 Resolution No. 943 was presented for the accept- ACCEPTANCE OF DEED & ance of a Deed and Conveyance of Water Rights CONVEYANCE OF WATER in the McKey Well on Cypress Street. The water RIGHTS - OLEY B. TULLY rights involved are those developed from use of & ADA E. MC KAY 27195 the McKay Well which has now been sold to Oley & 27211 CYPRESS ST~ B. Tully. MC KAY WELL Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded MOTION by Director Forrest, Resolution No. 943 was adopted by unanimous roll call vote. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. RESOLUTION NO. 944 Resolution No. 944 was presented to release RELEASE OF LIEN - ORVAL the lien against the property of Orval C. C. REDDING & MARY D. Redding and Mary D. Grigsby, located at 7628 GRIGSBY, 7628 WEBSTER Webster Street, Highland, Calif. as the entire STREET indebtedness of $392.48 has now been paid. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, 'duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously by the following roll call vote, Resolution No. 944 was adopted. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 Change Order No. 1 with the Triangle Construc- TRIANGLE CONSTRUCTION tion Company was presented to authorize con- CO. PLANT NO. 33 struction to fill in depressed curb section at Sterling Avenue Driveway, Sterling and Marshall Blvd. - Plant No. 33, 30 feet @ $5.00 per foot. By reason of this change a one day extension of time will be allowed. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and unanimously carried by roll call vote, Change Order No. 1 with the Triangle Construction Company was approved as presented and a one day extension of time is to be allowed. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. REPORT ON EMPLOYEE Directors LeVesque and Forrest, members of the HOSPITALIZATION Employees' Hospitalization Insurance Program INSURANCE PROGRAM Committee presented the agents representing oct. 10, 19e 1169 the three Insurance Companies selected from the group who submitted plans, and who met District Specifications. Presentations were made by the fo]Llowing: Venn W. Botts, Cai-Western Life Insurance Co. Brandon Nielson for John Colley, Prudential Insurance Company. Frank Heller for Jack Nicholson, Occidental Life Insurance Company. Each representative was given 15 minutes to present and discuss his plan, setting forth any specific conditions and making any needed clarification. MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Disch, unanimously carried by roll call vote, it %~as determined that the 3 bids be resubmitted to the Insurance Committee and at the same time, the Staff be directed to come up with a Payment Schedule whereby premiums can be paid from Water District Funds as agreed at the previous regular Board of Directors' meeting. Also.. that the Insurance Committee was to prepare a chart setting forth comparative conditions in order that the Board could properly evaluate and make a determination. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. EXTENSION OF TIME ON Director LeVesque then inquired the expiration HOSPITALIZATION PLANS date on each pi_an from the three representa- tives and was advised by all three that December 31, 1966 was agreeable and indicated an extension of time in writing would be sub- mitted. DISPOSAL OF BALANCE On motion by DJ. rector Disch, duly seconded by OF HOSPITALIZATION Director Wall and unanimously carried by roll PLANS SUBMITTED BUT call vote, the remaining Employee Hospital- NOT CONSIDERED ization Insurance Plans submitted with the exception of the three under consideration, be MOTION returned to the representatives with letter thanking them for submitting a plan. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. FIRE PROTECTION Secretary Rickert reviewed the plans for the COMMITTEE REPORT area illustrated by a map prepared by Chief Mathiot and the County Administrative Officer which outlined the boundaries submitted by Chief Mathiot /!or the proposed Fire Protection District and advised a recreational area had been proposed to be included within the boundaries. It was also mentioned that the Board of Supervisors could create a Fire Pro- tection District without a general election. General discussion ensued. MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director LeVesque and unanimously carried by roll call vote, the Fire Committee was di- rected to review the boundaries of the proposed area and if satisfactory, call a meeting be- tween Mr. Robert Rigney, Chief Mathiot and the Fire Committee for further clarification. 1170 oct. 10, 1966 AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. SETTLEMENT OF WESTERN MUNICIPAL WATER SUIT A letter from Attorney Denslow Green regarding the settlement of the Western Water suit chiefly replies to a letter written by W. P. Rowe, was read by President Littleton for the information of the Directors, copies being distributed. GENERAL WATER DISCUSSION - A.W.W.A. CALIFORNIA A notification of the A.W.W.A. California SECTION ANNUAL Section Annial Conference in Los Angeles on CONFERENCE IN LOS October 26th to 28th, 1966 was read by Secretary ANGELES 10-26-28,'66 Rickert. Brief general discussion was held regarding the import of this conference and possibilities of who should attend. MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously by roll call vote, Associate Engineer Charles Cole of the staff should attend and any member of the Board of Directors who may be able to attend. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. I.D.A. Fall CONVENTION A notification of the Irrigation Districts CORONADO, DECEMBER Association Fall Convention at the Hotel Del 6 -- 9~ 1966 Coronado, Coronado, California December 6-9, 1966 was read by Secretary Rickert. Dis- cussion was held as to who would attend. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unani- mously by roll call vote, any qualified member of the Board of Directors able to go would be permitted to attend. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. MINUTES S.B. CHAMBER The minutes of the San Bernardino Chamber of OF COMMERCE WATER Commerce Water Committee Meeting of Wednesday, COMMITTEE MEETING September 28, 1966 @ 12:00 noon were read by Secretary Rickert with comments by Director Forrest who attended the meeting. The meeting mainly covered economics of providing for an Outfall Sewer and Non-reclaimable Waste Disposal for this area with recommendations for an "Economic Feasibility Study". MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded RESOLUTION NO. 945 by Director LeV~sque and carried unanimously by roll call vote, Secretary Rickert was in- structed by President Littleton to draw up a resolution to be presented to the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District strongly urging them to make the "Economic Study" as proposed in the referenced minutes. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall NOES, Directors: None ABSENT, Directors: None. oct. lO, 1966 1171 REPORT ON NEGOTIATIONS General Manager-Secretary Harold G. Rickert WITH S.B.UNIFIED SCHOOL advised of a meeting between the S.B. Unified DISTRICT ON EASEMENTS School District, Superior Orchards' legal IN CITRUS STREET representative and the East San Bernardino County Water Dlstrict representatives and sub- sequent actions necessary by the County Council prior to the School District's completing an Agreement with the East San Bernardino County Water District. No action taken. REPORT ON WARM CREEK Secretary Rickert made report on what action MUTUAL WATER COMPANY had been taken up to this date and that Mr. NEGOTIATIONS Larry Whitehead had been informed. Also, Attorney Farrell was drawing up a letter of agreement in keeping with ideas presented by the Board of Directors, Consulting Engineer Rowe and Mr. Larry Whitehead as representative of th- Warm Creek Mutual Water Company at previous Board Meetings and would be forwarding this to the Board of Directors of the Mutual and Mr. Whitehead this date to be presented to the Warm Creek Mutual Water Company stockholders for review and action. GENERAL SEWER DISCUSSION - ABATEMENT PROCEEDINGS In the absence of Attorney Farrell, Secret~ry Rickert advised that Abatement Proceedings had ELLIS been commenced in the cases of Ellis and Eastup EASTUP as directed by the Board at prior meetings. SEWER STUDY - LESLIE Consulting Engineer Don Miller distributed maps LANE - DON MILLER on the Leslie Lane area under discussion for sewer study and gave details on the necessary steps and costs for connecting the specified area on Leslie Lane to the public sewer system. MOTION Upon a motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch and unanimously carried by roll call vote, the proposal was rejected until a future date due to excessive cost. AYES, Directors:: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. NOES, Directors: None ABSENT, Directors: None. MANAGER'S REPORT - ORANGE COUNTY WATER Secretary Rickert read a letter dated October DISTRICT VS. CITY OF 4, 1966 from Defense Counsel, Attorney Denslow CHINO ET AL. LETTER Green to which was attached Legal Action No. BY DEFENSE COUNSEL 117628 "DETAILING OBJECTION BY DEFENDANT EAST OBJECTING TO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT TO THE SETTLEMENT CONVENING CONVENING OF A SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AT THIS AT THIS TIME TIME." No action - For information to the Board. RECOMMENDATION FOR The General Manager stated the Staff had re- STEP RAISE AND RANGE viewed and recommended the following: RE-CLASSIFICATION Automatic Salary Step Raise for Jack Dickson, Meter Reader, from 25E @ $2.66 per hour to 25F @ $2.78 per hou~r effective 9-1-66. Range re-classification for Leslie Lacy - Mechanic, from 27C @ $2.66 per hour or $462.00 per month to 3~A @ $2.78 per hour or $485.00 per month effective 10-1-66. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously by llTZ oct. lO, 1966 by roll call vote, the automatic salary step raise for Jack Dickson and range re-classifi- cation for Leslie Lacy were approved. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None. HAROLD SNODGRASS The President recognized Mr. and Mrs. WATER CONNECTION Snodgrass who were present and stated that REQUEST SUZANNE LANE since Legal Counsel, Attorney Farrell was not present, any discussion on the disconnection proceedings would be continued to a time when Legal Counsel could be available, probably at the next Board Meeting on October 24, 1966. MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously by roll call vote, an extension was granted to Mr. Snodgrass for their Suzanne Lane property to October 26, 1966 to allow the same connection to exist to the Blau property on 19th Street until the next Board Meeting when Legal Counsel would be available to discuss the new problem presented by Mr. Harold Snodgrass. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall NOES, Directors: None ABSENT, Directors: None. 12" MAIN EXTENSION IN The Secretary reviewed the situation requesting HIGHLAND AVENUE Associate Engineer Cole to point out the area BETWEEN ELMWOOD AND on the District map and advise reasons for the MERITO STREETS - need of water transmission mains in the ref- ttUNTLEY DEVELOPMENT erenced area and requesting authority from the Board to proceed. The estimated cost is $4,800.00. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously by roll call vote, the Board approved District crews installing the 12" water transmission main to be connected to the District System for the benefit of current and future develop- ment of the area. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall NOES, Directors: None ABSENT, Directors: None. HAWAII TRIP - Authorization was requested to permit Board AUTHORIZATION FOR Members attending the Hawaii Conference of ATTENDES TO TAKE A.W.W.A. to take a local helicopter from San LOCAL HELICOPTER Bernardino to the Los Angeles Airport. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously by roll call vote, Board members were authorized to take the helicopter if departure from San Bernardino could be coordinated with take-off from Los Angeles and the Secretary was authorized to make the necessary reservations. AYES, Directors: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall NOES, Directors: None ABSENT, Directors: None. oct. l0 24, 966 1173 ADJOU~MENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, adjournment was declared at 10:15 p.m. / Harold G. Ri-~ert, S~cre ary /' Board of Directors APPRO~D: Littleton, President EAST SAN BERNARDINO COU~ITY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 24, 1966 CALL TO ORDER .The President called the m-eting 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 and Wall. Director LeVesque arrived at 7:35 p.m. Directors Absent: None. Others Present: General Manager-Secretary Rickert; Associate Engineer Cole; Auditor-Treasurer Bragg; Assist- ant Office Manager Lyons; Recording Secretary Dudley; Attorney Farrell; Consulting Engineer Rowe; Spencer Sparks, John Colley, Mr. and Mrs. Snodgrass and Mr. and Mrs. Blau. MINUTES The President inquired if there were any addi- tions or corrections to the minutes of the regular meeting of October 10, 1966. Director Disch stated'that the correction to the minutes of the meeting of September 26, 1966 in the mc.tion, is still not correct and that it should read - "Upon motion by Director Wall, duly seconded by Director LeVesque and carried by majority roll call vote, the recom- mendation of the Employee Hospitalization In- surance Program Committee be accepted." The rest that was quoted was part of another motion therefore should be deleted. MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried by unanimous roll call vote, the minutes of the October 10, 1966 meeting were approved as corrected. AYES, Directoxs: Disch, Forrest, LeVesque, Littleton and Wall. NOES, Directors: None. ABSENT, Directors: None.