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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 03/13/1967 Feb. 27 and Mar. 13, 1967 was given for the engineers to design the above described project and present plans for Board approval March 27, 1967. T.V. RECEPTORS ASKING The General Manager reported that T.V. Receptors TO SET TWO 20 FOOT have asked permission to set 2 poles 20 feet POLES FOR PART OF above ground on the southwest side of the TttEIR CABLE District property. The District previously indicated by Board action that the lines should be carried underground and this is still recommended. Since that action had already been taken, no further action is necessary and the lines are to be underground. B&PWC USE OF DISTRICT The General Manager reported that Recording OFFICE FOR NOMINATING Secretary Dudley asked permission for the COMMITTEE WORK Nominating Committee of the San Bernardino Business & Professional Women's Club of which she is Chairman, to use the District office and phones the evening of Thursday, March 2nd. MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, permission was given for the use of the office and phones by the Business & Professional Women's Club Nominating Committee Thursday evening, March 2nd. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, adjournment was declared at 10:55 p.m. / Harold G./Rickert~ Secretary Board of'Directors APPROVED:  n W. Littleton, President EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING MARCH 13, 1967 CALLLTO ORDER ~he President called the meeting to order at 7[:3~ p.m. and declared the time closed for receiving bids. 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: GeneralManager-Secretary Rickert; Associate Engineer Cole; Auditor- Treasurer Bishop; Assistant Office Manager Lyons; Commercial Super- visor Isakson; Recording Secretary Dudley; Attorney Farrell; Con- sulting Engineers Rowe and Miller; Mr. M. T. Baxter with Penetryn Western; John Franks of the Free March 13, 1967 1239 Press; Spencer Sparks; Mr. Dick Doss of Pacific Clay Products and Mrs. Doss; Contractor's repre- sentatives David Coon with Pioneer Sewer, A. S. Peich, J. iL. Scott Company, Tri-City Highland Sewer Company. MINUTES There being no corrections or additions to the minutes of the regular meeting of February 27, MOTION 1967, Director LeVesque moved approval of the minutes as submitted. Seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously. BID OPENING - SEWER The Secretary opened and read the sealed bids COLLECTION LINE IN for the installation of a sewer collection line HIGHLAND AVENUE in Highland Avenue from Arden Avenue to 350 feet ARDEN TO 350 FEET east of Eucalyptus Street. All bids were accom- EAST OF EUCALYPTUS panied by ten p~r cent bid bonds sign.~d by the Contractors and their Attorneys in Fact. A. Montclair S.~wer Construction Company, Ontario $7,493.00 B. Hays Construction Company, Riverside 6,961.60 C. Pioneer Sew.mr, Norwalk 9,862.50 D. Michael C. i~ize S.B. 12,134.00 E. J. L. Scott Company Anaheim 7,804.00 F. Tri-City Hi.~hland Sewer Highland 7,708.00 G. A. S. Peich, Pomona 7,563.45 Engineer's Estimate $9,500.01] MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, all bid proposals were referred to the engineers for checking and recommendations. ENGINEERS After checking all bid proposals, the low bid of RECOMMENDATIONS Hays Construction Company had none of the item figures w~itten out therefore the bid was con- sidered irregular and the Engineers recommended the second low bid of Montclair Sewer Construc- tion Company of Ontario be accepted on their bid of $7,493.00. MOTION Upon motion by ]Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, the Contract was awarded to Montclair Sewer Construction Co]npany of Ontario on their bid of $7,493.00 subject to the approval of ]Legal Counsel. SHORT MOVIE - INSIDE At this point in the meeting, all those present DISTRICTS HEMLOCK were invited to view television video tape of STREET SEWER the inside of the Hemlock Street sewer line as presented by Mr. Baxter of Penetryn Western Company with audio in places and some explana- tion by Mr. Baxter and Don Miller. The pictures showed one or two joints near manholes in need of repair and a possible crack or two. This will definitely enable the repairs to be made more easily. No action taken. RESOLUTION NO. 985 Resolution No. 985 was presented, making deter- MAKING DETERMINATIONS minations, ordering annexation, establishing & ORDERING ANNEXATION terms and conditions of annexation and describing NO. 1966-8, INLAND boundaries of Annexation No. 1966-8, Inland Empire EMPIRE INVESTMENT Investment Company. This is the final resolution COMPANY for this annexation. MOTION Upon motion by ]Director LeVesque, duly seconded 1240 March 13, 1967 by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 985 was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 986 - Resolution No. 986 was presented, making deter- MAKING DETERMINATIONS minations, ordering annexation, establishing terms & ORDERING ANNEXATION and conditions of annexation and describing NO. 1966-9, MC DANIEL boundaries of annexation No. 1966-9, McDaniel PROPERTIES NO. 2 Properties No. 2. This is the final resolu- tion for this annexation. MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded ~ by Director LeVesque and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 986 was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 987 - Resolution No. 987 was presented, making deter- MAKING DETERMINATIONS minations, ordering annexation, establishing terms & ORDERING ANNEXATION and conditions of annexation and describing NO. 1966-12, LESTER boundaries of Annexation No. 1966-12, Lester ~ DIVERSIFIED TRACT Diversified Tract No. 7408. This is the final NO. 7408 resolution for this annexation. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 987 was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 988 - Resolution No. 988 was presented, making deter- MAKING DETERMINATIONS minations, ordering annexation, establishing & ORDERING ANNEXATION terms and conditions of annexation and describ- NO. 1966-13, LEE- ing boundaries of Annexation No. 1966-13, Lee- HOUPLIN, CONEJO DRIVE Houplin, 7101 and 7168 Conejo Drive. This is also the final resolution for this annexation. MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director LeVesque and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 988 was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 989 - Resolution No. 989 was presented, making deter- MAKING DETERMINATIONS minations, ordering annexation, establishing & ORDERING ANNEXATION terms and conditions of annexation and describ- NO. 1966-14, PAYNE ing boundaries of Annexation No. 1966-14, Payne BODY SHOP AND Body Shop and Service Station. This is the SERVICE STATION final resolution for this annexation. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, Reso- lution No. 989 was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 990 - Resolution No. 990 was presented for acceptance GRANT DEED ON of a Grant Deed covering a 12/60 interest in WHITTEMORE WELL FROM the Whittemore Well from the San Bernardino S.B. UNIFIED SCHOOL City Unified School District for the Jennie DISTRICT Noyes Thompson Elementary School. MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director LeV~sque and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 990 was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 991 Resolution No. 991 was presented to authorize PANTZER AGREEMENT the President and Secretary to execute the AGRICULTURAL WATER Agreement between George and Marian Pantzer PACIFIC & LA PRAIX and the District for the purpose of acquiring PROPERTY water shares in the Corwin Well and the right for District to provide sewer and water service to their property at Pacific and LaPraix Streets, 7.18 acres. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, Reso- lution No. 991 was adopted. March 13, 1967 1241 RESOLUTION NO. 992 Resolution No. 992 was presented for authoriza- PANTZER AGREEMENT tion for the President and Secretary to execute BASE LINE PROPERTY an Agreement between the District and George and Marian Pantzer for the purpose of acquiring water shares in the Corwin Well and the right for the District to provide sewer and water ser- vice to their property on Base Line between LaPraix and Boulder Avenue, 4.76 acres. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously, Resolu- tion No. 992 was adopted. RESOLUTION NO. 993 - Resolution No. 993 was presented to authorize AGREEMENT BETWEEN WEST the President and Secretary to execute an HIGHI~AND WATER COMPANY Agreement between the West Highland Water & DISTRICT AND ACCEPT Company and the District and accept a Quitclaim QUITCLAIM DEED Deed from the West Highland Water Company for ownership and maintenance of the company's ditches. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, dully seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 993 was adopted. OVERLYING WATER RIGHTS Assistant Office Manager Lyons was called upon REP©RT to present his report on the status of the accumulation of overlying water rights by Deed and Agreement in trust, showing a gain of 69 parcels since tire last report. He also re- ported the letters which had been individually written 25 at a time and mailed to property owners had brought almost no results and asked if they could be dispensed with. MOTION Upon motion by Director Wall, duly seconded by Director LeVesque and carried unanimously, the letters are to be dispensed with and merely be alert to new property owners for more Deed and Agreements. GENERAL WATER DISCUSSION - LETTER - I.D.A. SPRING The General Manager presented a letter from the CONVENTION Irrigation Districts Association as an invi- tation, announcement and reservation information letter for the I.D.A. Spring Convention to be held April 25th through 28th, 1967 at the E1 Dorado Hotel, S~cramento. He called attention to the fact that on Wednesday, April 26th at 10 a.m. would be the County Water Districts Section Meeting which should be of special interest to directors. MOTION Upon motion by ]Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, any director or staff member who could attend was authorized to do so on a per diem basis. LETTER - SURR & HELLYER A letter from Attorney Hellyer of Surr & Hellyer REGARDING ELMER WILSEY setting forth the conditions of sale of the TRUST PROPERTY Elmer Wilsey property in Trust was read. This ADJOINING PLANT 39 property would fill in the rectangular piece DISTRICT PROPERTY of property belonging to the District known as Plant 39, a 270 x 270 foot piece in the north- west corner of Lot 5 in Block 12, 1.67 acres at $9,400.00 per acre or a total of $15,698.00. MOTION After some discussion, motion was made by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, that the District purchase the Elmer Wilsey property above des- cribed and~the ?resident and Secretary authorized 1242 March 13, 1967 to sign escrow papers in accordance with Attorney Hellyer's letter. LETTER - MORAN-HOWELL A letter from Moran-Howell, Inc. was read in REQUESTING CONTRACT which they asked for an extension of time for TIME EXTENSION completion of their contract on water main replacement in the Cottage Gardens area. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unani- mously, Moran-Howell, Inc. was granted an extension of time to March 15, 1967 for com- pletion of the Cottage Gardens Contract although they had asked an extension to March 10, 1967. CORRESPONDENCE - The General Manager explained somewhat a letter ATTORNEY GREEN - ORANGE which had been received from Attorney Green COUNTY WATER CASE regarding the Demurrers in the Orange County DEMURRERS Water Suit. The information was about the same as that which appeared in the newspapers, however, copies of the letter will be duplicated and furnished for each director. GENERAL SEWER DISCUSSION - LEGAL MATTERS Attorney Farrell was called upon for any in- formation for the Board. He stated that Dick Isakson had talked with Mrs. Eastup and learned that she does not need welfare assistance, having means on which to live and that it would be mechanically possible for her to connect to the sewer, therefore he will enter the default. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously, Attorney Farrell was instructed to proceed with the legal action against Grace Eastup to connect her property to the public sewer system. LETTER - CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO A letter from Mayor Ballard of the City of San P~EGARDING SEWER SYSTEM Bernardino was read regarding the possible & TREATMENT PLANT Federal Assistance to conduct a sewer system STUDY and treatment plant study for San Bernardino and surrounding areas. An application form and a letter from Mr. Rigney were referred to, in- dicating that the County should apply for the assistance since it is to cover such a broad area. The City stated they would use their own engineers and it was felt if they do, then this District should be treated the same, with our own engineering firm. Another treatment plant might even be constructed to serve the larger area being considered. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously, a resolution shall be formulated to indicate that if Campbell & Miller and W. P. Rowe & Son are not selected as the principal engineering firm for the overall study, they should be con- sidered the ones to update the study in the East San Bernardino County Water District area and the Water District should receive a portion of the study money if granted, for payment of their engineers. A copy of the resolution to be presented at the March 27th meeting should be sent to the City and the County. MANAGER'S REPORT - EMPLOYEES GROUP LIFE Further discussion was held on the Group Life INSURANCE Insurance program for employees with Dick March 13, 1967 1243 Isakson relating the information received from the various Insurance Companies. The plan of the Standard Insurance Company was accepted. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, the premium payments will be made by payroll deduction. RECOMMENDED STEP The following automatic step increases were INCREASES - recommended by the staff: ERNEST HOLLOWAY Ernest Holloway, Storekeeper - from 29C @ $2.98 per hour to 29D @ $3.14 per ~hour effective March 1, 1967. JOY WALKER Joy Walker, ClErk - from 23A @ $351.00 per month to 23B @ $368.G0 per month, effective March 7, 1967. GABINO BECERRA Gabino Becerra, Utility Crewman - From 23A @ $2.02 per hour to 23B @ $2.12 per hour effective April 1, 1967 LESLIE LACY Leslie Lacy, Mechanic - 30A @ $2.84 per hour to 30B @ $2.98 per hour effective April 1, 1967. EARL LYONS Earl Lyons, Assistant Office Manager - from 34E @ $730.00 per month to 34F @ $768.00 per month effective April 1, 1967. MOTION Upon motion by Director Wall, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously, the step raises were approved as outlined above. RESOLUTION NO. 994 - Resolution No. 994 was presented, having been ENDORSING PRADO prepared by Attorney Farrell, endorsing the REGIONAL PARK PLAN Prado Regional Park Plan as recommended by Attorney Denslow Green. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 994 was adopted. WATER RIGHTS The General Manager stated that a report will ACQUISITION be forthcoming at the next meeting on the expend- itures under the Water Revenue Bond Issue Division II of 1966. CITY CREEK TANK SITE The General Manager reported that the staff has GRADING been working with Mr. Stubblefield of Stubble- bield Construction Company regarding the grading of the tank site and its dedication in fee title to the District, together with all necessary pipel[ne easements and ingress and egress to the site. MOTION Upon motion by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, the staff is to negotiate with Mr. Stubblefield for the excavation of the site and reimburse- ment for the excavation, not to exceed 47 cents per cubic yard. The dirt from the site is to be the sole responsibility of the Stubblefield Construction Company. The estimated dirt to be excavated is 7069 cubic yards more or less. COUNTY SERVICE FIRE Director LeVesque reported that since the DISTRICT NO. 58 election is coming up on the County's Service District No. 58 concerning fire protection for the area of the District, a committee has March 13, 1967 and March 27, 1967 been formed of interested citizens to work toward informing the public of the facts in the matter and to get out the voting public for the election. BEAR VALLEY WELL The General Manager reported that Louis Rozema came into the office reporting that Mr. Hinkley had approached him regarding rhe purchase of the 3rd Street well and 10 acres of land. He said he did not want to get involved between the District and Bear Valley. No action taken. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, adjournment was declared at 10:15 p.m. APPRO~D: EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING MARCH 27, 1967 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 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 Cole; Auditor-Treasurer Bishop; Assistant Office Manager Lyons; Commercial Supervisor Isakson; Recording Secretary Dudley; Attorney Farrell; Consulting Engineer Rowe; John Franks of the Free Press; Spencer Sparks; Gene Collier and M. Davison. MINUTES There being no corrections or additions to the minutes of the regular meeting of March 13, MOTION 1967, motion was made by Director LeVesque, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously that the minutes be approved as submitted. CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 Change Order No. 1 to the D. H. Hallgren Con- D.J. HALLGREN CONTRACT tract was presented, transferring a portion of BEAR VALLEY DITCH water main installation of the Royal Pipelines PALM AVENUE TO TRACT Contract to D. J. Hallgren for installation of 7229 90 L.F. of 12 inch Class 150 Asbestos Cement water main from west side of Tract 7229 to Brad- ford Street along Bear Valley Ditch at the