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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 10/14/1969 EAST SAN ~SERNARDINO COUNTY WAT~.R DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 14, 1969 CALL TO ORDER ~ae meeting was ca~led to order at 7:30 Po and bid presentation time was dedlared closed. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE All'those present Joined in the Pledge of &11egiance to the Flag of the Un, ted States · cfA marl'ca. ~OLL CALL Directors Present: D~sch, Fortes:, Little:on, Stallwood and Wall Directors Absent: None OthersPresent: General Manager-Secretary Rickert; Assistant Manager~Engineer .Garcia; Auditor-Treaeurer't~endricks; ~Recording Secretary Kleiber~ Attorney Robert FarrelI~ Consulting ~ng~neer, Don Ralwes, Spencer Sparks, Contractors, O. B. Northington,-~. Spatrisano, Ramfac,~ -and Mr. and ~rs. Dick Doss, Pacific Clay Pipe Company MINUTES There being no additions or corrections to the minutes of the Regular }~eting of MOTION September 2R, ~969, motion made by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, the minutes were approved as submitted. There being no additions or corrections to the minutes of a Special ~eting held September ~6, MOTION ·1969, mo,/on made by Director Little:on, ~uly Seconded by Director Disch and carried unanimously, the minutes were approved as submitted. BID OPENING - S~R The Secretary opened an~ read the fo11~ing MAINS & APPURTENANC~.S bid proposals which were acco~panied by the IN ~A~N & C~NTER STS. requ~re~ ten percent bid bonds for ~he in- JOB S-760 stal~atL0n of sewem mains and appurtenan~s in · . Main Street and Center Street. Job S-760. I. C~L Constr~ct~o~ Co. $22,129.40 2. O. ~. Bud Northington, Inc. 3o Re, fac, Inc. 23,463.00 4. W. R. Company ~112.60 5. City Cone:ruction 2~,021.60 6. Montclair Sewer Cons:. 17,79~.20 Engineer's ~sti~ate MOTION U~on motion by DireCtor L~ttleton, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried Unanimously, the above bid proposals were handed to the engineers for checking and reco~endationo. ENGINEER'S REPORT After thoroughly checking ~he b~d proposals above for a=curaoy, they r~or~ed an e~ror of .S4 cents £n the W. R. C~a. ny b~d, and re_co~m~nded the acceptance of the low of Montclai~ Sewer Cons:tucSon Company at · - $17,795.20, subject to the approval of Legal Counsel. MOTION Upon motion by D~rec~or Litt~eton~ duly seco~lded by Director Wall a~ c~ried · unanimously, ~he contract was aw&=~e~ to Montelair Sewer Construction Company on their lo~ b~d, snb]e~t to the approval of Legal Cou~sel. 'CORP~. SP~DENCE - SENATORS ~RPHY & Secretary Rickert read letters from Senator CRANSTO~ Murphy and Senator Cranston, date~ September 23, 1969 and October 4, 1969, thanking the District for their interest in the Bill regarding Opposition to R~du=t~on of Tax-Fxempt Status of Sta~e and Local Bombs., Mr. Pdckert stated ~hat the m~ast, re was defeated before the Senate. C.L. MC L~UGHLIN CO. A letter for information purposes from JOB W-TIT T£ 8004 Cont~a~or MO Laughlin advising ~ngineer Garcia that Pacific~ast Boring was employed on an hourly basis by ~hem On Job W-717 Tract 8004, was read bF Secretary Rickert. C.L. MC LAUGHLIN CO. A l~t~er from C. L. Mc Laughlin was read to EXTENSION OF TIM~ the Directors, regarding his request for an JOB ~'~717 extension of time on Contract Job ~-717, Tract 8004, installation of a l~-inch water main within Highland:Avenue, due to additional work in preparing Job site for construction. Staff had reviewed this reques= for an extension of time, stating Contractor Mc Laughlin has done a good job, and was not at all out of line because of major rock problems in that area and the delay caused by the relocation of the water ..... ma~n lnHlghland Avenue (State ~ighway and therefore rec~eaended th~s request be granted. .Upon mo~ion by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director ~';all and carried unanimously, Contractor Mc Laughlin was granted the three- day extension on Contract for Job ~;-717 to Tract 8004. LAFC NO. 813 A letter received from the Local Agency Formation Cc~mis~ion was presented for information 9urposes only on_annexation to ~he City of San Bernardino, North.of Highland and east of Denair Avenue on LAFC No. 813. The Engineering Department had .~repared a plat of the area to discuss with the Board ~mbers. L~"C LETTERS A list of letters from the Local Agency NO. 772, 773, AND Formation Commission were read and sm~marized 685A_ for infor~ation only on LAFC Numbers 7?2, 773 and 6SLA~ appr~ving annexation to County Service Area for lighting. No. 68§A action was to reaffirm previous LAFC action on an appI!cation for detachment in South San Bernardino County Water District to the City of San Bernardinc. ROBERT HANCOCK - A le~er was read to the Directors dmted REQUESTING A SE~ER September 30, 1969, from Robert W. ~ancoek LINE - TOP OF asking the poss~bility of getting a sewer PERRIS HILL in the area cf }~nte Vista Drive that is located en top of Perris Hill. !4r. Rancock had included a map of ~he area for the proposed sewer line. General Manager Rickert pointed out that a previous study had been made for ' ' Mr. Spoor requesting a line in the same area and explained that an installation of this type would create extensive work and was not economically feasible to Mr. Hancock Or the District. Considerable discussion ensued, stating the facts in this area on necessary easements~ the height of the hill and the major factor being nearly solid rock terrain. MOTION Upon motion by Directom l'lall, duly second~ by Director Llttleton a~d carried unani~usly, S~aff ~ was autho~i~ed to e~la~n to Mr. llan~ck ~at a sewer ~in~ ~n ~ha~ ar~a ~y nos be e~n~i~lly feasible. ~e District w~14 m~ a st~ly If ~. H~o~ w~ld pay the ~. Fisher would grant an nascent through his pr~er~ to ~ake ~e project work~le. ~A~R' S ~ORT - POP~ SE~R Sacral 1at'rs we~ r~d fr~ ~g~ ~ " ~z~ F~re11, =on~rn~g sewer e~t. Sec~ ~ert ~e ~way P~loca~on had ~d 6,' precluding s~ %o ~. P~pete, bu~ a ~s of getting s~er ~TION 'Upon motion by Director Llttle~on, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimo~sly, the District is to ~eminate the sewer line at the Smith east property line of their easement, if a ~ontact to Attorney Hellyer by Attorney Farrell does not eliminate the .estimate~ $200.00 Attorney fees for the Poppett easement by ~o~rt or, er. REPORT ON WATER ~h%XN General Malinger Rickert gave a report au the wa~er LEAK, LOT 28, TI{ 7459 main leak and damaged sewer lateral in. Lot Wa R. ~USTER Tra~t 7459 belonging to '.~, R. Buster. A c(~plete report was given by E~neer Garola, and he' read '-' e~oerpts, from all correspondence relating ~o the severed sewer latera/, and 'recommended payment of the damaged sewer lateral in the amount of $153.40. HOTI(H~ Up°n mo~lon by Director Stallwoo~, duly seconded by Director I'lall and ~arrisd ~nanimously, ~aff is to pro~eed with this s.olu~lon of the "' ' . .. problem as =e~xmmended. ' DISC~SSIO~I OF LETTER General .Ma~a~e. r Rl~ker~ e~lalained that we ha~ met ON CATHODIC PRO-. with the officials of tbs ~O~thern California Gas COMPANY 'pz~bl~s and make his rec~memdationa em cathodi0 protection of thei~ mains, in the Foothill, .Elated a~ea. A s~gge~t~d letter ~.o the Cas Company was · dis .~%"'dSse~ by At~or~ey .Far~ell flr~d ha ~he .Letter be forwarde~ to .the Gas Co~ }~o action DRAPES FOR DISTRICT Coat es~.ma~es fGr lngtalling drapes in the fron~ office, w~e~'s l~n~e' ',~nd kitchen Were pres. ented. }~IOll Upcai motion by Director S~!!wood, ~uly se~on~e~ by DireCtor Littleton a~ ~ar~ied unanimously, Author- isatl~n was approved for h~ving the drapes made for _the District office rooms as stated above. ATTY GREEN LETTER A letter dated October 1~, 1969, fr~ AttOrney ON M~TERING - F~AT- Green was'read on }let~ring - Flat-Rate SerVice. Mr. .~ATE SERVICR~ Rlcker% said ~he Dis~r!ct had approximat~ly meters on the flat-rate. MOTION ~ maim by Director Dlsch, duly seconded, by DireCtor lqall and carried uhanimously, Staff is '' authorise~ to develop a program of notifica~ion to the cust~ers ~hnt are ~oing from flat-rat~ to .a metered rate and p~esent to Boaz~ }Io[%~mber X~ORT WATER COST Consulting Engineer R~ was scheduled to $~UDY a~ Import Water Cost Study, but sent a letto~ of ~he Boa~d' Members, that he cOUld pre=ent the 3 MOTION Upon motion by D£rector Ditch, seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimou~l¥, the reco~enda~on ~o make his r~por~ on October 27, 1969. S~RY S~P ~e Staff and Person~el Cool,tee /NC~ASES ~D ~e foll~img ~tep =aise~ and adju~ents~ Fr~soo Alvarez - Gardner ~nge 2~C $2.68~r to 25D $2.81~%r Erie=tire Nov. 1, 1969 Jos~phine Bodi - Ac=o6nt Clerk II Range 23B $402.00/~ %o 23C $424.00/mo. Effective Nov. ~, 1969 Bill Casada - Mete~ Repa~n%an ~nge 29C $3.Z6~r ~o 29D Effec~ Nov. 1, 19~9 He.er% Deeee - Pro~uction ~erator R~e 29C $].26/hr to 29D Effective No~. 1~ 1969 ~ge 2~C $2.96~ ~o 27D Effe~vu NOV. 1, 1969 May F. Kleiber - Secre~zy 'to ~eraI Manager $550.00/~ May ~9, 1969 to Effe=~ve Nov. 1, ~9 ~sl~e La~ - Mechanic ~ng?' 31C. $3.45~ $o 31D Effective NoV. 1, 1969 ~ Shoulders - Janitress R~ge 21B $2.01~r to ~1C $2.21~r Effeo~ve ~ov. 1, 1969 Effe=ti~e Nov. 1, 1969 Director D~sch of ~e Personnel dis~ssed ~. Titan's lncreas~ Of ~ becaus~ ~e s~ff felt 1) ~s m~ ~s doing an ~t~n~ Job an4 h~ pro~n himself capable of m~in~ decisions ~d d~sn't ha~ to cai1 ~e Staff for ~ty decisions 'that he 'can m~ke. ~ls has proven a g=~at ~ime ~aver for the Staff. 2) In ~ooking over the ~mparison of his s~ep raise and other entities in ~e area, ~he t~o s~eps would put h~ eqval w~ ~hem. In con- clusion~ ~. Tll~an has sho~ his ability get along with cust~ers. -' MOTiO}~ ~on ~on by D~reo~or Disch, duly su~nded by Director S%a11~oo~ and carried unani~ously, the Board reco~ends all employees who were reconm~ended for a =mla~ raise, be granted ihcre~e effective as of No~mbe~ 1, 1969~ ~T~R FROM N. P~LB A letter da~4 0c~ober ~, 1969 fr~ Neil C~Y PLYING DEPT. Directo~ of Planing, County Planning ~: EAST VALLEY ~nt regarding the East Valley Pla~ing D!reo~r. Th~s was for lnfo~Rtion only. _584 October 14, 1969 LBTTER FROM EADIE A letter dated October 3, 1969 & PAYNE RE: SEWER and Payne. had been sent to Directors prior RATE STUDY, CITY to Board Meeting. The ~orrespondence cov-_red OF SAN BERNARDINO the Sewer Rate Study, City of San Bernardino and Sewer Revenue Bond Coverage Covenant. The Chairman announced that a further discussion would be held Friday, October 17th at at the District for Board Members and Staff. RESOLUTION NO. 1283 Resolution No. 1283 was presented for acceptance CERT. OF COMPLETION of a Cert/ficate of Completion by Don }Yalwes, BOOSTER STATION AT ' Engineer of C. M. Engineering for I~well D. PLANT 9A -. LO'./ELL Thompson, Contractor of booster station and THOMPSON, CONTRACTOR appurtenances at Plant 9A, Job W-639 BI, on October 10, 1969, and authorizing execution and filing of a Notice of Completion. MOTION Upon motion by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by' Director Wa1! and carried unanimously, Resolution Nco 1283 %~as adopted. REPORTS : EAST-~IGI{LAND ORANGE · Gene~al Manager Rickere: stated that he was COMPANY REPORT awaiting the East IIighland Orange Company RePort from:Attorney Edwards and Mr. Jennings, an~l~'~-~O~l~-pre.sent this when available. . UNFINISHED .BUSI}~ESS - CHANGE BID OPENING' Authorization was asked t~o change the bid DATE OF WATER & · opening date of 'the water and sewer mains for' S. EWER OF THE the Crosst~m Freeway Relocation, Del ROsa CROSSTOWN FREE%~AY Avenue {o Highland and Arden Avenue, from RELOCATION November 24, 1969 to October 27, 1969, per request of the Division of Highways. These are Jobs W-762 and Job S-76~, with a completion date of January 16, 1970o Mf~TION Upon motion by Director Littleton, duly seconded by' Director ~{all and carried un~imously, that General Manager be ' authorized to move this date up to October ~7, 1969, for the kid openings as requested. AUTEORIZATION FOR Change Order No. 1 for Ramfac, Inc., on Job PRESIDENT & SECRETARY S-717, was presented with request for $62.00 TO EKECUTE CHANGE for Installing sewer lateral in 27~9'6' Atlantic ORDER ~1 - PJ%MFAC Street. Secretary .Rickert read and explaine~ JOB S-717 the request. MOTION Upon ~otion by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, .the $62.00 was granted Ramfac, Inc., on Change Order No. 1, to Job S-717. NEW BUSINESS - P~QUEST BID opENING General Manager Rickert requested authomizat/on FROM SB COUNTY ON. to request bid opening from San Bernardino 1/2, ToN AND I TON County under participating bid contract on a TRUCK . . 1/2 ton and 1 ton truck~ MOTION ~ ~ .... Upon motlo~ by Director Wa11~ duly seconded · by Director Llttleton and carried unanimously, request for the trucks %:ere approved a ~udget i~em for 1969-70. ...... .... 1585 RESOLUTION NO. 1282 ? Resol'~tic~l NO. 1282 ~as presea~ fo~ QUITClaIM & CO~Y~CE of Quitclaim an~ Con~yance of Wate~ Rights OF WA~R ~G~S FROM San Be~ardino County FX~d Con~o~ SB CO~ F~OD CON- on parcel of 1~ south of Base Line, west of TROL DISTRI~ Barton, along ~in Creek, e~e~ted by D. Mikese11.~ ARRO~EW WA~R' CO. Actihg Chai~an; BO~f Supe~fso=s of County F1~4 Co~rol- MO~Io~ Upon ~tion by .Direc%o~ Stal lw~a, duly seconded by Di~C~or Littleton an~ carrie~ unanimously~ Resolution No.' 1282 wa~ adopted.  A~HORIZATION TO USE Au~rization was r~uested, for authorizatign BOND-F~D CHEWING for ~e Auditor-Treasurer to use ~e existing AC~U~ NO LONGER Bond-Fund Checking Account, no%longer in use, I~ USE, FOR CROSS- for ~e pu~o~e of a s~cial account for pay- ~ F~EWAY ALIGN- ment on charges for material purchases and ~ PUR~ES · l~bor for relocation of water and sewer mains ~OR In ~e Crossto~ Freeway Alig~ent. MOTION Upon mo~ion by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unani~usly, approval 'is granted Auditor- Treasurer to use existing Bond-Fund Checking Accost for a special ac~'~t for pa~ent on charges for purchases and labor for water and sewer mains in the Cr~ssto~ Freeway Alignment. ~O~CEMkNTS - IDA FA~ CO~NTION A copy of the info~ation on the Irriga~ion 'DEC. 2-5, 1969 ~S District Agent's fall convention was sent to .~GE~ each Director. The convention is to be held December 2 - 5, 1969, in Los Angeles at -~e Hilton Hotel. : MOTION Upon motion by Director stallwood, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, Staff end Directors that want to attend the IDA fall convention are authorized to go at the expense of the District. ASSEMBLY BiLL Attorney Robert Fa=re!l read excepts from No. 325 Asse~ly Bill 325 and defined various te~s from this Bill. He stated that he wilt send copies to General Manager ~ckert to send~.%o each Board Me.er. DIST~ STATION ~neral Manager Rick~,=t brought to ~e attention WAGON ~f ~he Board, ~at since the District's s~ation wagon was n~ equip~d w!~ z'aOio and for - ~nience and ne~SSi%y, %ha~ he would like for Engineer G~oia to be al!~e~ to t~e ~e vehicle h~e at nights, but still b~ allowed lot ~e Die.lot's use during ~e day. In the e%~nt of major cata~troph~.e~, Mr. Garcia ~uld l~t entirely ~P. to ~eneral Manager discretion.