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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 08/27/1973 EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 27, 1973 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by President R. E. Stallwood at 7:00 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, Stallwood and Wall. Directors Absent: None. Others Present: Assistant General Manager- Engineer Garcia; Auditor-Treasurer Hendricks; Attorney Farrell; Consulting Engineer Rowe; and Recording Secretary Deeny. MINUTES OF The Minutes of August 13, 1973, Page 3, should AUGUST 13, 1973 be corrected to reflect that following the pre- sentation from Assistant General Manager with regard to AB 2008(Knox) and SB 629 (Stull), Director Disch left the Meeting. MOTION Upon motion of Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Littleton, and carried unanimously by those Directors present, the Minutes of August 13, 1973 were approved as corrected. EXTENSION OF CONTRACT The Assistant General Manager stated District COMPLETION DATE had received a letter from Meyer-AJ Pipeline MEYER-AJ PIPELINE CO. Co. dated August 21, 1973, requesting an extension of the completion date with regard to Job W-872 to the date of August 31, 1973. MOTION Upon motion of Director Littleton, duly seconded by Director Disch, and carried mmm~ unanimously, the completion date for Job W-872 was extended to the date of August 31, 1973. APPELLATE COURT OPINION Attorney Farrell indicated that the Opinion (DISTRICT -vs- CITY OF handed down by the Appellate Court was favor- SAN BERNARDINO) able to District. He further indicated that the City may request a re-hearing in this matter within fifteen days. President Stallwood requested Legal Counsel to check the Joint Powers Agreement with reference to court costs in this matter. Legal Counsel indicated that he would do so, and further indicated that he would notify the Board Members when the fifteen-day time period had elapsed. MOTION Upon motion of Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Wall, and unanimously carried, Staff was directed to contact Arbitrator Bud Carroll who represented District previously, requesting that Mr. Carroll contact Attorney Farrell regarding future arbitration proceedings in this matter. AUDIT REPORT - YEAR Auditor Hendricks indicated that each Board ENDING JUNE 30, 1973 Member had received a copy of the Audit Report for Year Ending June 30, 1973 received from Eadie & Payne. He further indicated that Mr. Ken Patterson of that firm would be present at the Regular Board Meeting of September ll, 1973 to discuss the Audit Report with the Board Members. -1- 8/27/73 AUGUST 27, 1973 "SAWPA" FINAL REPORT The Assistant General Manager stated that District ON RECOMMENDED WATER had received a copy of the SAWPA Preliminary Draft, QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN Section 3, Final Report to the Environmental Pro- FOR SANTA ANA RIVER tection Agency from the Santa Aha Watershed Plan- WATERSHED ning Agency, and indicated that he had discussed this Report with Engineer Rowe who was prepared to present his recommendations in regard to this matter to the Board Members. Engineer Rowe indicated that the Recommended Plan SAWPA was proposing included the extraction of water from our basin to be transported to Corona for domestic use, and he recommended that District send Attorney Denslow Green a copy of this Report for his comments and recommendations, and Mr. Rowe further recommended that District attend any hearings regarding this matter in order that the District's opposition to this Plan would be made clear. MOTION Upon motion of Director Wall, duly seconded by Director Forrest, and carried unanimously, this matter be referred to Attorneys Farrell and Green for their recommendations, and that Engineer Rowe inform legal counsel of those matters he feels require their immediate attention. REPORT EEO-4 Auditor-Treasurer Hendricks informed the Board Members that District will be required to file Report EEO-4 in the future. He indicated that this is an annual statistical survey of the employ- ment of State and local governments. AS this was for information purposes only, no action was taken by the Board. REQUEST TO REPLACE The Assistant General Manager requested authori- PAVEMENT BREAKER AND zation to replace the pavement breaker and to TO PURCHASE "WEED purchase a "weed eater." EATER" Upon motion of Director Disch, duly seconded by MOTION Director Forrest, and carried unanimously, Staff was authorized to purchase a pavement breaker at an approximate cost of $600.00, and to purchase the "weed eater" at an approximate cost of $275.00. FINANCIAL REPORT - The Financial Report for July was presented for JULY 1-31, 1973 review and the matter was postponed until the next Regular Meeting on September ll, 1973. IMPROVEMENT ZONE "Z"- The Assistant General Manager indicated that EAST HIGHLANDS AREA President Stallwood, Attorney Farrell, Engineer Rowe, and he had met with Mr. Hagen and Mr. Coussouli to discuss their position with regard to the forma- tion of Improvement Zone "Z." Mr. Coussoulis indi- cated at that time that they would request a con- tinuance of the September 4 Hearing before the County Board of Supervisors and also that they would provide District with a detailed list of problem areas forseeable with regard to possible negotiation of an Agreement between District and the East Highland Company. The Assistant General Manager indicated that as of this date they had received no communication from either Mr. Hagen or Mr. Coussoulis. MOTION Upon motion of Mr. Forrest, duly seconded by Director Disch, and carried unanimously, that Staff write a letter to the City of San Bernardino regard- ing District's possible use of the existing pipe- line located south of Norton Air Force Base between a point west of Alabama Street and the City's Sewage Treatment Plant No. 2. MOTION Upon motion of Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Disch, and carried unanimously, that -2- 8/27/73 August 27, 1973 MOTION (Continued) Attorney Farrell and Staff attend the September 4 hearing scheduled before the Board of Supervisors in regard to the proposed formation of Improvement Zone "Z." SEWER SERVICE TO PEPPER The Assistant General Manager indicated it appears DRIVE AREA from an informal field investigation that Pepper Drive can be sewered southerly of Highland Avenue and taken westerly at Love Lane. He further indicated that it is his opinion if the residents of the Pepper Drive area wish to request Distr~ct to serve that area, they should provide District with a petition requesting such service. After receipt of a petition, District could then request a complete sewer study of the area be made. No action was taken by the Board at this time. HILLSIDE AREA MASTER Engineer Rowe indicated to the Board Members that WATER STUDY BETWEEN he had only approximate figures on the cost of INDIAN RESERVATION AND reservoirs, power, grading, landscaping, booster EAST OF CITY CREEK stations, etc. with regard to serving water to this hillside area. He indicated an approximate cost would be between $1,600 and $1,700 per acre. This approximate cost would be for the construc- tion of two reservoirs at the 1,820 foot level to serve 350 acres below the 1,720 foot level. He further indicated that he felt the District should contact the Eastern Municipal Water District with regard to the development of hillside areas, as they were familiar with this type of development and methods of financing. MOTION Upon motion of Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Littleton, and carried unanimously, this matter be tabled until the Regular Meeting of September 24, 1973, and that Staff contact Eastern Municipal Water District for their policies and pertinent information and report to the Board Members on September 24, 1973. RESOLUTION 1973.42 Resolution No. 1973.42 was presented requesting NOTICE OF COMPLETION acceptance of Certificate of Completion for TRACT 8545 Coughlin Company for installation of water mains and appurtenances within Tract 8545. The Assistant General Manager recommended acceptance. MOTION Upon motion of Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Wall, and carried unanimously, Resolu- tion 1973.42 was adopted. SAN MANUEL INDIAN The Assistant General Manager indicated that he RESERVATION - PRO- had received a letter dated August 20, 1973 from POSED SEWER MAIN Mr. Hogge of H.E.W. informing him that H.E.W. would EXTENSION fund $38,000.00 for the extension of sewer collec- tion line within Victoria Avenue from the inter- section of Mirada Avenue to the San Manuel Indian Reservation. Attorney Farrell suggested that any Agreement prepared in this regard should contain a pro- vision that the existing sewer located within Indian Service Road be dedicated to District, since it was constructed in accordance with District's standards and H.E.W. desires for District to maintain it. MOTION Upon mot%on of Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Forrest, and carried unanimously, CM Engineering was authorized to prepare Plans and Specifications for the sewer extension to be presented at the Regular Meeting of October 9, 1973; and Staff and Legal Counsel were directed to prepare an Agreement for this sewer main extension. -3- 8/27/73 AUGUST 27, 1973 PROPOSED 1,O00-UNIT The Assistant General Manager indicated that Mr. CONDOMINIUM Lou Chovick, per telephone conversation, had requested a postponement of the authorization for the water and sewer study in that certain prob- lems had developed with the Planning Commission. No action taken by the Board at this time. SEWER SYSTEM SERVING Assistant General Manager Garcia reported that NAFB HOUSING PROJECT the District had received a map showing the orig- inal ~undaries of Norton Air Force Base which indicates the northerly boundary was Third Street. He reported he had discussed the matter with Attorney Farrell and Mr. Rowe. Attorney Farrell reviewed with the Board portions of the Agreement between the Federal Government and the City of San Bernardino in connection with sewer service to the Base, and recommended that the District hold this matter in abeyance until such time that certain questions could be raised that would most benefit the District. MOTION Upon motion of Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Littleton, the following motion was carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Directors Disch, Forrest and Littleton. Noes: Directors Stallwood and Wall. That Legal Counsel and Staff prepare a letter to be presented at the Board Meeting of September 24, 1973 setting forth District's position, i.e., that District should be serving the area of Norton New Housing Development north of Third Street and west of Victoria. HIGHLAND LITTLE The Assistant General Manager reported that he had m~ LEAGUE WATER SOURCE contacted certain representatives of Patton State Hospital, the City of San Bernardino Water Depart- ment, and the City of San Bernardino Parks and Recreation Department to determine the source of water for the Highland Little League. He reported the source is the State's well, form- erly operated by Patton Hospital, located north of Pacific Avenue and east of Arden Avenue, which is now operated by the City of San Bernardino Parks and Recreation Department. PROPOSED RACKET AND The Assistant General Manager indicated that a SWIMMING CLUB racket and swimming club was being proposed to be located at LaPraix Avenue and Pacific Avenue. He indicated that the developers were presently negotiating with the Planning Commission; however, he felt that upon completion of these negotiations the developers would submit a formal request for sewer and water service to District. AWWA ANNUAL CONFER- The Assistant General Manager informed the Board ENCE 9/26-9/28/73 - Members that the American Water Works Association's OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 54th Annual Conference would be held in Oakland, California September 26, 1973 through September 28, ~ 1973. MOTION Upon motion of Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Disch, and carried unanimously, that any Director or Staff Member wishing to attend be authorized to do so at District's expense. ~4- 8/27/73 AUGUST 27, 1973 DEL ROSA MUTUAL CO'S President Stallwood asked about the article which WELL #4 CITY OF SAN appeared in the newspaper concerning the City BERNARDINO'S INTEREST Water Commissioner's approval of the sale of the Del Rosa Mutual Well to the East San Bernardino County Water District. The Auditor-Treasurer explained to the Board Members that the article was incorrect in that the Board of Directors of the Del Rosa Mutual Water Company have not completed a distribu- tion of assets to the stockholders, whereby the District would acquire the well as their form of payment and the City would receive cash as their form of payment. ~ Mr. Hendricks further indicated that this matter had been brought to the attention of District's Board of Directors approximately two years ago, and that the City has now finally acted upon this as there has been a change in Directors that represented the City's interest in the Del Rosa Mutual Water Company. DINNER IN HONOR OF Director LittIeton stated that a dinner honor- WILLIAM R. GIANELLI lng William R. Gianelli, who served as the Director of the Department of Water Resources for many years, would be held in Sacramento on Thursday, August 30, 1973. MOTION Upon motion of Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Wall, and carried unanimously, any member of the Board of Directors wishing to attend is authorized to do so at District expense. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS Warrants for the Water and Sewer Divisions were presented as follows: m~ (Payroll) - 6528 - 6631 - $ 25,004.05 (General) - 11340 - 11473 - $155,770.90 $180,774.94 MOTION Upon motion of Director Littleton, duly seconded by Director Wall, and carried unanimously, the warrants were approved. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 9:35 p.m. until September ll, 1973 at 7:00 p.m. DAVID V. GARCIA, Acting Secretary Board of Directors R.E. TALLWOOD, President Board of Directors -5- 8/27/73