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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 06/29/1970 1684 EAST SAN BERNARDIN0 COUNTY WATER DISTRICT ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING ~UNE 29, 1970 NO QUORUM At 7=30 P. M.,.Director Disch, Acting President in the absence of President Wall, announced that the time for accepting Bid Proposals for the Installation of Water Mains and Appurtenances in Tract 7783 as advertised, was now closed. He stated that due to the lack of a quorum,. the transaction of District business could not be conducted until a majority of the Board was present. CALL TOORDER Directors'Stallwood and Forrest arrived at 7:42 P. M., at which time Acting President Disch called the meeting to Order. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE All those present joined in the Pledge o£ Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. ROLL CALL Directors Present= Disch, Forrest, Littleton and Stallwood Directors Absent= Wall Others Present= General Manager-Secretary Rtckert~ Earl Lyons, Office Manager, Recording Secretary Kinzer~ Consulting Engineer Halwes~ Attorney Robert Farrell~ Contractors of Day Construction Company~ Tri-City Highland Sewer, and Ray Caddy of R & L Construction Company MINUTES Director Dlsch called-attention to the Regular Meeting Minutes of June 8 on Page 2 in the Motion of the Stubblefield Construction Company, in that it should read, ~and carried by the majority of those Directors present, with Director Disch casting the. dissenting vote'. MOTION There being no further corrections, motion was made by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Littleton and carried unanimously by those Directors present, to approve the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 8, 1970, as corrected. BID OPENING - WATER The Secretary opened.and read the following MAINS & APPURTENANCES bid proposals whichwere accompanied by the WITHIN TRACT 7783 required ten percent bid bonds, for the JOB W-740 Installation of Water Mains and Appurtenances within Tract 7783: 1. Royal Pipeline Const. Co. $4,589.30 2. Ace Pipeline Const. Co. $4,960°00 3. Whitlow Const. Inc. $6,819o14 4. Day Constrllction Co. $14,689.00 5. R & L Pipeline Const. CO. $3,979.75 6. Tri-City Highland Sewer Co. $6,154.50 District Estimate $7,300.00 MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Littleton and carried unanimously by those Directors present, the above bid proposels were handed to the Engineers for checking and recommendation. i 6/29/70 :1_685 ~tme 29, 1970 ENGINEEr'S REPORT After thoroughly checking the bid proposals above for acouracyt .Engineer Halwes recoauuended the accept~ o~ th~'.'lOw bid of R & L P~peline Const~ction Comply on ~eir low bid, subject -: ~ tO ~gal' Co~sel~ A~ ~e time, Manager ~ckert asked Ray C~y~ President of the ~ Pi~line COns~uot~n ~any if he ~re la, liar with the a=~a ~f the job site an~ if he ~r~nal~y revie~d ~ project area, and ~ f~her if h~was sa~ed with ~s b~, and he 'replied yes, he h~ ~nstalled lines in the i~ate area for Sou~ern Califo~ia Water Company. ' , ~ ~TZON - U~n ~t~on by Director ~ttleton. ~Uly seuond~ by Direc~r For=est a~ ~rri~ unanimously by ~ose D~rectors' pre~nt, to award the bid to the lo~s~ bidder, R ~:L Pi~l~ne ConS~tion . ~y ~d retain t~ n~t ~ 1~ b~ds ~til appr~a~ by ~gal C~n~l ~d ~e s~gning of IDA ~SOL~X~S ON ~naral ~nager ~ickert presen~d corres~ence PERIPHE~ ~AL da~ed J~e 8~ 1970, f~"the Irrigation Districts Association, includ~g'~o resolutions in cE ~e Peripheral Canak that had ~en mailed to each Director w~ ~e' ~e~da. ensued w~th tha general feeling that the sh~ld sup~zt ~is pr~. ~TION U~n ~tion by Dir~tor Lit~leton, duly second~ by Director Forreat and c~ried ~i~usly by those Directors pre~nt, Staff i~ ~ prepare 'a re~lution stat~g Dis~ict suppo=t of the Peripheral C~al, for ~sen~tion at t~ July 13, 1970, ~ard ~ting. MOTION U~n ~tion by Direc~ Forrest, duly second~ by Direc~r Littleton ~a~ carried unani~usly by those Directors p~t,. ~at Staff prepare - a resolution in sup~=t ~ the Cents1 Valley Project~ ~st Sid~ Div~s~on, for presentation at the July 13, 1970, ~rd ~eting. ~POI~4~ OF ~e ~neral ~ager po~n~ed out ~at it was A~I~RS ~970-7~ the t~ of y~= to ap~nt Audi~rs for the F~scal~ Ye~ 1970-71 for the District~s Se~r and Water D~vision. He said he w~ld ~c~end .. ap~int~ng ~e fi~ of ~Eadie and Pa~e who have ~ the auditing fi~ sin~ the inception of ~e D~strict a~ who had always, perfo~ ~ outst~ding job. MOTION ~n ~on ~ Direc~r .stall~, duly second~ by Director ~ttleton ~d carri~ unanimous~y by those Directore pre--t, Staff Is directed to retain t~ Fi~ of Ea~ and Payne as the Auditors for the District for the Fiscal Year L~ 19~0-71 for ~e Water ~ Se~r Divisions. ION 1360 ~solutiOn No. 1360 wae ~resen~d for acceptance ~NT~T FOR DEPOSIT of, 'Au~orizing t~ ~easurer of District OF ~NIES E~cu~ ~sit C~a~s Wi~ De~s[tory on ~half of Said Dis~i=~".~ Attorney ~bert Farrell prepped ~e Reliction which s~tes ~ctions 53630, et s~f the ~ver~ent Code of the State of Califo~ia provides that b~ks ~y pool collateral for local agency de~sit~ with ~ A~nt of De~sitory and 2 ~/29/70 1686 197o listed The Bank of America, NT&$A, Security Pacific National-Bank, and The Bank of -~ Ce1. as requestors. Attorney Farre11 was called upon to r~ad and discuss the resolution. MOTION . Upon motion by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried unanimously by those Directors present, Resolution No. 1360 was adopted by the following Roll Call Vote: ROLL CALL VOTE.' Ayes, Directors: Disch, Forrest, Littleton and Stallwood Noes, Directors~ None Directors Absent= Wall UPPER SANTA ANA RIVER The General Manager had mailed a copy of the WATER COORDINATING Upper Santa Aha River Water Coordinating Council COUNCIL ANNUAL MTG Annual Meeting Minutes of March 23, 1970, along MINUTES & REQUEST with the request for pay~mnt of dues for the FOR DUES Fiscal Year 1970~71, to each Director. .Mr. Rickert said the dues had h~en reduced, to $25.00 a year and reCOmended the District continue its membership..- MOTION Upon motion by Director Stal-lwood, duly seconded by Director Forrest and carried Unanim?usly by those Directors present, Staff was directed~ to ' ' pay the annual dues. to' the Upper Santa Aha -,. River Water Coordinating Council for the year June 30, 1970 to June 30, 1971. EAST VALLEY PLANNING The General Manager presented the East Valley AGENCY GOALS SEMINAR Planning Agency Agenda for the Goals Seminar JUNE .~:4 of June 24° A copy of the agenda and Guidelines for Study Group Sessions had been mailed to each Director. He stated that when the list of Committees appointed by the Agency w~e received, he would mail to the Board Members. SEWER DISCONNECT - General Manager Rickert asked authority to O'BRIEN, ?545 disconnect the sewer lateral at the O'Brien VICTORIA residence at 7545 VictOria since the O'Briens had passed 'away and the house would be demolished as it had h~en condemned. He stated there was a delinquent sewer charge of $21o00 MOTION Upon motion .by Director Littleton, duly seconded by Director Stallwood and carried unanimously by those Directors' present, Staff was authorized to disconnect the sewer lateral at 7545 Victoria Avenue and that a Creditor's Claim be filed against the O'Brien estate for the outstanding bill of $21.00. CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO A letter and rs~olUtion dated June 22, 1970, REQUEST FOR FREE WATER had been receiv,~.d from Thomas C. Barnett, TO LANDSCAPE FREEWAY Assistant City Engineer, City of San Bernardino, requesting free watei- for the landscaping of the Crosstown Freeway. General Manager Rickert s~m~arized the ~equest and stated the City had prepared a resolution for the District. Legal Counsel was cal?.ed upon and stated there was no limit in the water required or area specified for use in the resolution o He said the State Constitution prohibits public funds to be given to anyone, and in this request, he felt it would really be a gift of public funds° Also, if the State required ~;ater, they would normally make the request dir.~ctly to the Board. The General Manager said thu State had previously discussed with the.Dietri~;t Staff, the supplying of water for the Crosstown Freeway and no agreements were ever reached. 3 6/29/70 June 29, 1970 MOTION Upon motion by DireCtor Forrest, duly seconded by Director Littleton and carried unanimously by those Directors present, the proposal of the City for free water was rejected and Legal Counsel was' authorized to so advise the City. RUSS NEWBERG'S P4~QU~ST The Gene'ral Manager presented a letter dates FOR WATER & SEWER June 29, 1970, from Russ Newberg requesting SERVICE TO PROPOSED the District furnish sewer and water service' MOBILE HOME PARK to his proposed Mobile Home Park at Lynwood LYNWOOD DR. EAST OF Drive~ east of Victoria. He showed a map VICTORIA - FORMER of the parcel where the park would be locate~. T~NATIVE TR. 8015 MOTION Upon motion by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by Director Littleton and carried unanimously by those Directors present, the request Of Russ Newberg is to be turned over to Staff and the appropriate Comittees for review and recommendation for July 13 Board Meeting. LETTER FROM ROBERT The General Manager read a letter dated LOWE SR. RE: INCREASED June. 24 from' Robert Lowe Sro, of 24679 SEWER SERVICE C~ARGE Monterey Street, stating his views on the increase in the ~sewer service charges° MOTION Upon motion by Director Forreet, duly seconded by Director Littieton and carried ~ unanimously by those Directors present, Staff is authorized to answer the letter of Robert Lowe Sr. on the increase of the 'District sewer rates. DISCUSSION ANNEXATION The General Manager presented an article 1969-9, CITY FIRE STN fro~ The Sun, dated June 29, 1970, stating ORANGE & HIGHLAND AVE° the District Annexation 1969-9 for the City of San Hernardino Fire Station at Orange and Highland Avenues, was being determined by the Local Agency Formation Commission, not to split the entire parcel as requested by the City. The LAFC HEaring on this will be held July 8o No action on the part of the Board was necessary or taken at this time. RESOLUTION 1359 Resolution No. 1359 was presented to authorize STUBBLEFIELD INGRESS- ~resident and Secretary to execute Agreement EGRESS EASEMENT AND setting forth Certain considerations and AGREEMENT TO PLANT 99 covenants between District and st~bblefields on Ingress-Egress Easement at Plant 99. The General Manager stated Board action had previously authorized Staff and Legal Counsel to prepare this Agreement and we now have the Agreement executed by all of the Stubblefields, namely~ Arnold II. and Ruby; Walter E. and Arlie; and Jimmy E. and 51artha Stubblefield. MOTION Upon motion by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by Director Littleton and carried unanimously by those Directors present, ResOlution No. 1359 was adopted° FINANCIAL REPORTS - AUDITOR-T~W. ASURER At the time of the meeting, a Financial MONTH OF MAY 1970 Report for ~he Month of May for the Water and Sewer Division, was passed out to each Board Membe. r. No action required or taken. 4 6/29/70 1688 June 29, 1970 APPROVAL OF WARRANTS The following warrants were placed on the ' table for the discretion of the Directors: Water Division t6175 - ~6313 (General) $100,442.13 #3695 - %3764 (Payroll) ~$ 14,968.64 $115,410.77 MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Littleton and carried unanimously by those Directors present, the warrants were approved as submitted. -t-i ANNOUNCEMENTS - AWWA TRIP TO Director Diseh was called upon to give a WASHINGTON, 'Do C. report on his triP'to Washington, D. C. on the American Water Works Association Seminar. He reiterated on the details and said the trip was educational and most gratifying. SURVEY 70 ALASKA Director Forrest stated the trip to Alaska TRIP BY DIRECTORS was we1! planned. He said there were 67 FORREST AND LITTLETON people in the group from all over the United States. Director Littleton discussed highlights of the excursion and brought brochures to the office regarding same. ADJOURNMENT - There being no further business to come before the Board, Acting President Disch declared adjournment at 10 P. Mo Harold G. Rickert, Secretary ~ Board of Directors Phil_ ip/A'. Dls-ch Actin~ President 5 6/29/70