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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING, OF THE BOARD .OF DXRECTQR.5 QF THE GARLSBAD MUNlCIPAL WATER 'DISTRICT HELD ' QN SEPTEMBER 3, ' '1975? AT 2; QQ.. p .M. AT 6'480' EL CAMIN0 REAL, CARLSBAD, CAL2FORNSA; " ' '
The meeting was called to order at 2;03 P.M. by President Maerkle, with Directors Carmichael , Engelmann, Kelly and MacLeod answering the roll call v Also present were Manager Priday, Legal Counsel Swirsky, L'ngineer Kubota, Pub1 i c Re1 ations Consultant Mitchell and Office Secretary. Mrs. Ruth Honnold and Mrs. Arthur Bonas (arrived at 2:25 P.M. 1 'League of Women Voters' members, Superintendent John Henley, Project Engineer John Pierce, and representing the City of Carlsbad, Administrative Assistant Roger Weer were also present.
Approval of After discussion, upon motion of Director Macleod, seconded Mi nu tes by Director Engelmann, and unanimously carried, the minutes of the regular meeting of August 20, 1975 were. approved as mailed out.
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Commi tiee Reports :
S.D.C.W.A. No report.
Public Relations: Consultant Mitchell distributed copies of the late news re- leases of interest to the District.
Board Communi cations :
Director Carmi chael reported oy: the pub1 ic hearing conducted by EPA on the proposed Macario Refinery, which he and Director Kelly attended. A discussion followed on the use of coal as an a7 tekvate, and the ramifications involved in the use of coal , as an energy producer.
Director Kelly spoke of the dangers inherent in the power invested in the EPA at a17 government levels, and its effect on people's constitutional rights.
'I Landscaping: Manager Priday reported that as soon as the S.D.G.& E. Co. have completed their instal 7 ation, our crew wi 11 proceed to complete the landscaping of our headquarter's site.
Tri -Agencies Director MacLeod reported on receipt of two letters received Pipeline protesting the proposed refinery, which states that TAPP is being constructed due to flow requirements for the refinery, which is not based on fact, as the h'efinery was proposed subsequent to plans for TAPP
Engineer Kubota advised of the receipt of 5 copies of the Final Environmental Impact Report on the Tri-Agencies Water Transmission Pipeline, which was certified by the 6oard of Directors of SDCWA at their August 14th meeting.
Legal Counsel : No report.
Corrosion Control Director Macleod advised of the meeting on August 29th, 1975 Report of the Engineering Committee and staff to review the Corrosion Investigation Report prepared by Woodside/Kubota & Associates, Inc., and the following recommendations were presented to the Board: 1. The Distri c proceed immediately with an initial phase of a corrosion control program for our steel water mains 3 which involves protection of the 12" steel 1 ine crossing San Mar- cos Creek at the El Camino Real Bridge, providing for the installation of sacrificial anodes systems at an estimated cost of $2,300. 2. Deferment of the installation of the cathodic protection systems proposed for Alga Road and Agua Hedionda Creek crossing which have a combined estimated cost of $25,000, due to budget constraints for Fiscal Year 1975/76. 3. Upon approval of the Board of these recommendations , the Staff will proceed with a detailed project budget , and resubmit to the Board for final approval followed by actual initiation of the project. 4. Upon completion of the first phase of the investigation, the Committee will again evaluate the poten- tial of proceeding with additional field investigations 05 our trouble spots of steel pipe.
Manager Priday advised that the estimated $2,300 repair work project can be funded from the Pipeline Maintenance and Operations Fund of the current budget.
Project Engineer Pierce, with the use of blackboard sketches, explained how the repair work will be done to protect the 12" pipe1 ine by use of electrical anodes.
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lifter di.scussion? UpQn motion of Directar Macleod, seconded by Director Carmi ch.aej and UnaTbWSly Carried, 'approval ' Was, granted ' to proceed Mi th. the instal 1 ati,an of anodes Systems to protect the 72'' stee'l- line crsssing Sqn Marcos Creek at -t$e E1 Camino Real bridge farm esti.mated' cost of '$2,30Q,'
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President Maerkle called for a short recess at this time, 2;55 P.M., and the meeting was resumed at 3:16 P.M.
District Engineer:
Development Program:
La Costa Land Co. Engineer Kubota recommended acceptance by the Board of the Alicante Hills public water system within the Alicante Hills subdivision, and the off-site connection to La Costa Avenue, with an estimated value of $155,695.80, and after discussion, upon motion of Director Carmichael, seconded by Director MacLeod, and unanimously carried, the Engineer Is request was granted o
Carlsbad Lake Engineer Kubota reported that the subdivision known as Communi ty Carlsbad Lake Communi ty9 by developers Covington Brothers, have requested a revised agreement for construction of the off-si te pressure reducing station in connection with this project, to accept a surety bond #2450244 in the amount of $42,000 in lieu of their certificate of deposit in the amount of $30,000 issued to the District January 10, 1975, which will be released to them today. And, also acceptance of their check in the sum of $3,000 for deposit in the District's trust account to cover costs incurred by the District in connection with this project.
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Point 'ID" Pressure Engineer Kubota distributed to the Board a memorandum, including Reducing Station & a project budget, dated September 3, 1975, in connection with Related Pipelines the award of contract to construct the Point "D" Pressure Re- ducing Station and Related Pipelines. Legal Counsel Swirsky, as per Manager Priday's recommendation, presented Resolution No. 337 for adoption, entitled: RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF POINT "D" PRESSURE REDUCING STATION AND RELATED PIPELINES, CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, and within the Resolution 337, accepting the bid and awarding the contract to HYDRO MECHANICAL CO. for the base bid of $67,000.00, and accepting Alternate No. 2 deducting $5,000 for a net contract of $62,000, and upon motion of Director NacLeod, seconded by Director Engelmann , Resolution No. 337 was adopted by the following vote:
AYES : DIRECTORS : Carmi chael , Engelmann, Kel ly , MacLeod , Maerkl e
NOES ; DIRECTORS : NONE
ABSENT: DIRECTORS: NONE
Engineer Kubota advised that time of completion is 90 concurrent calendar days from date of award of contract.
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La Costa Reservoir Engineer Kubota, with the aid of a blackboard sketch, gave a Site history of the 2nd La Costa Reservoir site project, and
deed from the San Diego Gas & Electric Co. deeding this land to the District, which has an estimated value of $3,000, with a reservation of a 20 I easement for them over the paved driveway; and also, grant an easement to the La Costa Land Company for egress to the site, and after discussion, upon motion of Oirector MacLeod, seconded by Director Engelmann, and unanimously carried, acceptance of the deed and easement as requested by the Engineer was granted.
Squires Dam Engineer Klrbota advised of a field investigation and conference Piezometer system with the State officials and Project Engineer from Fugro, Inc.
done on the Dam and are proceeding with that and after we have the next round of discussions with the State will have a written report for the Board. The State officials do not agree with our consultant's findings that the piezometer readings
presented for approval by the Board, acceptance of a grant of
and the State has requested additional exploratory work be
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themselves are actually sf n,? Value, and are: of th.e Opini,on that in th,e case of an earthquake these pi.'kz$meters uiV1 .functi,on 'as' a'qbrt, sf a'larm, and have requested Fugro to reyi.se the repbrt' and ch.ange. the. language. somewh.a-t, to portray what is actually going on, filan.,agep Pri.day reported 'th.at b.e felt the. State would not re- quest major repairs done at th.is time, on the basis of our statement to them regarding the possibility of the District building a second reservoir in about 3 years at the Squires Dam site.
Filtered Water 8 Engineer Kubota advised that they are working with the District Fire Flow Require- S'taff on the filtered water program in connection with sur- ment Programs charge requirements at peak fl.ows. I Also working at the staff level on current pol icy for charges for fire service requirements in connection with fire hydrants and new systems for detector checks for fire flows for sprinkler systems.
Fire Flow Director Kelly inquired about the avail abi 1 i ty of water in Avai 1 abi 1 i ty the back country of our District in case of fire, and a dis- Back Country cussi on fol lowed which indicated avai labi 1 i ty of emergency water flows in all areas by use of the blow offs.
General Manager:
Communications :
CETA Program Manager Priday advised of a communi cation from the CETA people after their review of our records on the employees hired under this program, and will comply with their requests.
Ci ty Counci 1 Manager Priday attended the meeting last night, but no report Meeting as nothing considered was identified with CMMD.
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Notice - New Manager Priday advised that he is working with Consultant Charges Mi tchell in- preparation of a notice which wi 11 go out with
charges.
Purchase Orders Manager Priday advised that we have issued monthly open pur-
stipulated on our past buying records from these concerns. Also, a purchase order has been issued to the James Gierl ich Co. at a monthly charge of $23.50 for ser- wicing our telemetering system.
our first billing in October, explaining the increase in
chase orders to our general suppliers and based the amount
Progress Bi 11 ing, Manager Pri day requested approval of the Board to issue a progress payment to C. Paul Walker in the amount of $1,000 for their work on our 1974/75 audi t, and upon motion of Director Carmi chael , seconded by Director Engelmann, and unanimously carried, the Manager's request was granted.
Vacation Time Manager Priday requested permission of the Board to take his Request vacation beginning October 4, 1975, and to extend the two
Director Kelly, seconded by Director Engelmann, and unanimously carried, the Manager's request was granted.
Operations: The flow from the Authority is 20 c.f.s. p and the Lake level
week a1 1 otted time by 5 acldi tional days , and upon motion of
is at 493' .
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Manager Pri day reported the crew has instal led 68 meters in Casa Grande last week, and also routine maintenance.
Water Works Manager Priday requested approval of the Board for 5 CMWD Group Meeting employees to attend the San Diego County Water Morks Group dinner meeting September 17th, which the City of Carlsbad is hosting, and upon motion of Director Engelmann, seconded by Director MacLeod, and unanimously carried, approval of the Manager's request was granted.
Centenni a1 Director Kelly suggested the District purchase and fly a F1 ag Bi-Centennial flag at the District offices, and upon motion
unanimously carried, approval was granted to purchase the mutually agreed upon Bennington type flag.
of Director Kelly, seconded by Director Carrnichael , and
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Rati f i cation sf Upon mgti~on of Di.rector Macle~d, $e.cQnded by Di,rector Checks E;nge.lmzrnn; and unani.mgusly carri.e.d, th.e'Board ratifi.ed ch~ecks
15, 1975 through September 3, 7975, in the'total sum 'of $117,264.51,
Other Matters :
Absence Director Engelmann requested pepmission of the Board to be
be out of the country on th.i s trip, and upon motion of Director Carmi chael , seconded by Director Macleod, and unanimously carried, approval was granted for both Director Engelmann and Manager Priday to be absent and out of the country at stipulated dates.
Map - Improvement President Maerkle displayed a map which he had prepared of Di stri cts the District's coverage which indicates boundaFies of each
No, 3236.-th.raugh Ma., 3271.; cavering th.6 period from August
I absent from the next Board meeting and to advise that he will
of the Improvement Districts for use by the Board and Staff.
Adjournment: There being no further business to come before the meeting 9
at 4:34 P.M. Director Carmichael recommended adjournment of the meeting
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary of the Board of Directors
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