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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 05/13/1974 EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING MAY 13, 1974 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Philip A. Disch. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE All those in attendance joined in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. ROLL CALL Directors Present: Disch, Forrest, Littleton, Stallwood & Wall Directors Absent: None Others Present: General Manager-Secretary Rickert; Asst. General Manager Hendricks; Attorney William Farrell, representing Robert Farrell; Don Halwes from CM Engineer- ing, representing Joseph A. Rowe, Consult- ~ing Engineer; and Recording Secretary Yorgesen. MINUTES OF REGULAR There being no additions or corrections to the ADJOURNED MEETING OF minutes of April 29, 1974, upon motion by APRIL 29, 1974 Director Littleton, duly seconded by Director Wall and unanimously carried, the Minutes of April 29, 1974, were approved as submitted. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVE- The General Manager reviewed'a brochure that MENT AGENCY PUBLIC had been given to all Board Members re an MEETING Announcement of Progress Report of San Bernard- ino County Planning Department Environmental ~ Agency. A public meeti~ng will be held Thurs- day, May 16, 1974, 7:20 p.m. at the San Bernar- dino Convention Center. Information Only. No Action. SENATE BILL 1971 The General Manager reviewed Senate Bill 1971, CHINO BASIN PRODUCTION which was i~'trQduced by Senator Ayala for CHARGES Chino Basin Municipal Water District on Chino Basin Production Ch'ar~e~ with the Board Members. He indicated that the bill was still in Committee Study and was having amend- ments added to it, that it could be some time before it was out of Committee aS~the~'appears to be opposition to the Bill in the Chino area. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY The General Manager announced that the Associa- SPECIAL DISTRICTS tion of San Bernardino County Special Districts MONTHLY MEETING monthly meeting for May would be held MOnday May 20 at the Green Tree Inn in Victorville at 6:30 p.m. He reported that the Victorville Fire Protection District would be the Host Dis- trict and Brannfors, Roger and White, CPA's for the West San Bernardino County Water District, would present the program called "Business Out- look for the Special Districts". Directors Forrest, Littleton and Wall indicated they would be attending. DISCUSSION OF MR. WEST'S SEWER CONNECTION AT The General Manager stated that this item has 26112 Fifth St. been on the agenda previously and Mr. West has File 387!.1 not accepted the cost for sewer connection pro- vided him and the District's recommendation. 5/13/74 Mr. West at this time is asking for an esti- mation of costs for extending a sewer line at District cost and inquiring how many years the District could allow to finance the costs and the terms he could arrange to pay off the amount. He indicated that he is going to build apart- ments or condominums and wants the benefit of a larger sewer main. He indicated that he would l~ke l0 to 12 years to pay off the extension costs. The Genemal Manager stated he reviewed the property with Don Halwes of CM Engineering and he had estimated the costs and would make an oral report. Mr. Halwes stated that the cost of extending the line would be approximately $6,500.00 for construction. He indicated that he could not estimate the engineering costs as he did not know to what extent a survey would have to be made of Mr. West's property to establish the corners. He stated the extension could not be made into the 5th Street sewer, it would have to go into the 6th Street sewer main with 360 feet of sewer l0 to 12 feet deep and two man holes 10 to 12 feet deep. The General Manager indicated that Mr. West also owned property on 6th Street at Whitlock. The Gen. Mgr. stated that he had told Mr. West that it would be his responsibility to connect the property into either the existing Whitlock or 6th Street sewer line. Mr. West has sent to the Board two drawings of his property indicat- ing how he wished his properties to be served. MOTION Upon motion of Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Wall and unanimously carried the staff was directed to inform Mr. West that the District would adhere to its original ordinances, that if Mr. West wants to pay for the connection, extension costs, plu~ the engineering, that we will be willing to extend this credit for a two year period, however, there will be a book- charge involved. COMPUTER INSTALLA- A progress report on installation costs of the TION RECAP AS OF IBM Systems 3, Model 6 Computer as of May l, MAY 1, 1974 1974, was given by Assistant Manager Hendricks. He indicated that he did not receive the 1% sales tax break that he had previously felt might be available. He explained that the power in- stallation was greater than anticipated as the line had to be brought from the back of the building rather than from the vault. He in- dicated that we are presently running $3,000.00 over the initial estimated cost. The Board Members were given sheets of an actual run from the computer of a typical water meter book bill- ing. He indicated it had taken 10 minutes to run on the computer in comparison with approxi- mately 45 minutes to the conventional billing machine. For information only, no action. DEVELOPMENT OF SEWER The General Manager indicated that Assistant TRANSMISSION, STOR- Manager Hendricks and Joseph Rowe, Consulting AGE AND TREATMENT Engineer, had discussed available State and FACILITIES FOR DIS- Federal funding in the form of grants or loans TRICT for development of water transmission, storage and treatment facilities for the District. The Assistant Manager stated that power usage is expected to be up to $250,000.00 next year, which is about $100,000.00 more than last year. He stated that he had talked to Harold Bare who is employed with CM E~gineering and handles all their financing for various agencies. He in- dicated that power costs are going up astronomi- cally, therefore, if a plant could be developed 5/13/74 using gravity water, rather than pumped water, it would save the District a substantial amount of money. Therefore, the District should attempt to obtain funds to build a plant at the mouth of the Santa Ana. Mr. Bare's letter indicated that we should apply for the money now so that when it becomes available we will be on the lists to receive it. The General Manager after reviewing the letter,a copy of which was given to each Director, suggested that H.U.D. would probably be the best source for an application. MOTION Upon motion by Director Wall, duly seconded by Director Littleton and carried unanimously, the General Manager was authorized to contact Mr. Bare to forward a letter of intent or applica- tion to H.U.D. for funding the construction of a Water Treatment Plant in the area of the mouth of the Santa Ana River. APRIL BILLING OF The Auditor indicated that the new wa~er rate WATER RATES ADJUSTMENT adjustment for the month of April indicated a 31% increase. Research shows that more water agencies are going to the Ready to Serve charge and one price per 100 acre feet for billing water usages. For information only, no action. RESOLUTION 1974-22 Attorney ~arrell drafted Resolution 1974-22 for ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY the purpose of the District adopting local guide- ACT lines of Implementing the California Environ- mental Quality Act as amended and for preparation of Environmental Impact Report and Rescinding Resolution 1973-15. The General Manager recom- mended adoption of Resolution 1974-22. MOTION Upon motion by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously.~ Resolution No. 1974-22 was adopted as presented. SARATOGA DEVELOPMENT This item was continued from the April 22nd and COMPANY AND PLUNGE April 29th Board Meetings. The General Manager CREEK JOINT STUDIES stated that he felt the District should cooperate in studies of the Plunge Creek Water Supply with the Saratoga Development Company since there may be a need for this source of surface water to the District in the future when all of the Saratoga Development Company's land is developed. However, since Joseph A. Rowe, Con- sulting Engineer, was going to report on this a~-this meeting, he suggested that we wait until the Board Meeting of May 28th to hear the Consulting Engineers explanation of a joint study and evaluate the benefits of such report before taking any action. After some discussion MOTION Upon motion by Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Littleton and carried unanimously the General Manager was directed to instruct Consulting Engineer Rowe to present a written report and the Saratoga Representatives to be present for the May 28, 1974, Board Meeting. RESOLUTION 1974-23 Resolution No. 1974-23 was presented for Release RELEASE OF LIEN of Lien for Delinquent Sewer Charges for Bill SEWER CHARGES FOR and Janet Cagle/FHA, 7157 Dundee Street, High- BILL & JANET CAGLE/ land, CA. The General Manager recommended FHA 7157 DUNDEE ST. Release of Lien as the Auditor had certified HIGHLAND that the sewer charge had been paid in full. 5/1 3/74 MOTION Upon motion by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by Director Wall and unanimously carried, Reso- lution No. 1974-23 was adopted as presented. RESOLUTION 1974-24 The General Manager explained that this Director,s ACCEPTING DIRECTOR'S Deed is for a parcel of land located just below DEED FOR EASEMENT Atlantic Street that had been previously granted (STATE OF CALIFORNIA by the State of California, Transportation Depart- DEPARTMENT OF TRANS- ment in the form of an encroachment permit for a PORTATION) 12 inch water main installation, prolongation at LaPraixStreet. The State Commissioner has approved the Director's Deed. The General Manager recommended acceptance. MOTION Upon motion of Director Littleton, duly seconded by Director Stallwood and carried unanimously, Reso- lution 1974-24 was adopted as presented. RESOLUTION NO. 1974-25 The General Manager stated that we had a fully ACCEPTING DEDICATION executed Dedication of Sewers from Alfred W. OF SEWERS, TRACT 8545 Brannfors for the sewer collection system within BY ALFRED BRANNFORS, Tract 8545 that the Certificate of Completion had ARDEN AVENUE & FOOT- been signed by Consulting Engineer Rowe and a HILL DRIVE letter from the Engineering Department of the City of San Bernardino had been received indica- ting all conditions of their permit were satisfied. He recommended acceptance of the sewers for public use and maintenance and operation by the District. MOTION Upon motion of Director Stallwood, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously, Resolution No. 1974-25 was adopted as presented. LETTER.OF APPRECIA- A copy of a letter received from a customer com- TION ON STAFF PERFOR- mending the service of District employees was MAN C~ presented to Board Members. The General Manager commented that it is unusual to get a letter . complimenting employees for their performance. He Indicated the office and field personnel were to be congratulated on the manner of handling the problem. PUBLIC SECTOR LABOR The General Manager reported that he had attended LAW CONFERENCE the Public Sector Labor Law Conference and found it very informative. He indicated that in view of the changes appearing in the State and Federal laws for governmental agencies, we shouted stay informed and abreast as much as possible by attending such conferences. Information only no action taken. SEWER ARBITRATION The General Manager informed Board Members that HEARING he had received a partial set of Interrogatories from the City of San Bernardino through Attorney Ed Taylor's office, copies of which were given to each Board Member. He stated that he had called a meeting with our professional consult- ants, Kenneth Patterson, Joseph A. Rowe, Robert Farrell and Howard H. Hendricks immediately, as three of the members were going out of town for one week, in order to review the Interrogatories. He indicated that at the meeting a letter had been drafted commenting on the answers to each of the Interrogatories and had been sent to Attorney Denslow Green. The arbitration hearing is tentatively set for June 18, 1974. HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY Director Disch reported that he had talked with John Ferguson re the Human Resource Agency. This agency would pay 100% employee costs for training 5/13/74 on the job. He felt we might consider this in the future when a job opening occurred. Information only, no action taken. COST OF LIVING President Disch indicated that several weeks ADJUSTMENT ago it had been suggested that a 5% cost of living raise be incorporated into the budget. He directed figures be computed from 6 to 10% for their consideration at the BudgetlMeeting~ FINANCE COMMITTEE Director Stallwood, Chairman of the Finance MEETING CALLED Committee called a meeting on May 24, 1974, at 3:30 p.m. to consider the 1974-75 Budget figures before it is presented to the Board. CONTRACT WITH STATE The General Manager reported that two 4" water OF CALIFORNIA FOR meters had been set for the State for watering FREEWAY WATER the landscap~n~on the cross town Freeway (Golden To Arden). A purchase order for $6,800.00 had been received from the state for service. In addition, the State has been requested to install two backflow devices. They will pay installation costs for these as well as install them to Dist- rict specifications. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Director Stallwood, duly seconded by Director Wall and carried unanimously the meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Secretary, Board of Directors President, Board of Directors ~mmm 5/13/74