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Home My WebLink About1954-03-30; Municipal Water District; MinutesIuIINUTS;S OF THE ADJOURNED EZ(JJLA2 l:s:ETIM!: OF TJadCH 24, 1954, OF THE BOAHD OF DIRZCTCRS OIj' THii; CATi:LS&iJ FiDNICIPAL WATER ;)ISTf[ICT HZLD March 30, 1954 at 7:30 P.Z.1. AT 601 ZLM AV-ZNUZ, CAFiLS3AD CULIFORMIA, The meeting was called to order at 7:30 l',k I by President Fry. The Chairman instructed the Secretary to call the roll and those answering ?'Presenty1 were Director Billy C, Fry t? Allan 0. Kelly f? Patrick E. Zahler 11 William W, Rogers rr IGaxwell 0, Ewald Absent : h0hZ William 3. Dennis, General Counsel, and C.E.Trygg, executive secretary were also present. Status of Director Rogers asked General Counsel to report Annexation on the status of the Annexation of the corporate area of the District to the San Diego County Water Authority and t he Ketropolitan Xater District of Southern California. I General Counsel stated. that it was going to be necessary to satisfy the Authority and the Ketropolitan that no proceedings are pending for the annexation of any portion of the corporate area to the City of Oceanside prior to making formal applica- tion for Annexation to the Authority and to Ketropolitan. That the regular meeting of the Soard of Directors which was to be held April 1st had been postuoned until April (Sth, and. that it was anticipated that the necessary search would be completed prior'to the zleeting of the Authorityrs Board on the &h. In response to a question by one of the Directors, General Counsel then stated that to annex any portion of the I Carlsbad hnicipal Yater District would require the consent of the majority of the girectors of the District. Letter The Secretary then read a letter addressed to the f ran Oceanside District from the City of Oceanside dated &rch 25, 1954 regarding the 3istrict's obtaining water through the City of Oceanside. I I I Motion Upon motion by Director Zahler, seconded by Director Eogers and carried unanimously, the Secretary was instructed to file said letter received from the City of Gceanside among the permanent records of the District Vista The possibility of obtaining water from the Vista Irrigation District Irrigation District was discussed, and in particu- lar, certain engineering features of the Vista system and the Carlsbad Nutual Water Company's distribution system and distri- bution 'lines which would have to be constructed by the District or by others for the benefit of the District if water was to be secured from Vista. C&QJC The Zxecutive Secretary called the Board's attention By-Laws to the fact that the By-Laws of the Carlsbad ihtual Water Company prohibited the selling of water to anyone other than the shareholders of the Company, Director Rogers suggested that it might be possible to enter into arrangements with the Vista Irrigation District or with Buena-Colorado District allow- ing the District to make use of the facilities of the Vista Ir- rigation District. Terramar Advisability of contacting Mr. Cannon of the Terra- Water Co, mar Water Company and the Pacific Gas 2k Electric Company in an effort to determine their requirements and. their desires was also discussed. Director Rogers stated that in his opinion, floon a psychological standpoint it was necessary to obtain water €or the consumers located. within the District im- mediately, and that in his opinion, water secured from Vista would cost approxirna~tely ;612.00 per acre foot at the source. Piot ion After the discussion, upon motion by Director Rogers, seconded by Director Zahler and carried unanimously, the Secretary was instructed to prepare a letter to Vista conforming to the conversation had today, and to suggest to Vista that a Memorandum of Agreement between Vista and the District be prepared allowing the District to connect to Vista's line with the necessary appropriate regulators and meters, for which the District would pay an override of ii6.00 to Buena-Colorado over and above the Colorado Iiiver rate. -2- I I I Committee The President then stated that he thought it to discuss dater with was appropriate to appoint a Comnittse to study Suena-Colo. and CIWCo. the situation and the demands of users within the District, and he appointed: TI Director Ewald 11 Kelly Pt Rogers to study the existing mt er conditions and. to meet with the Carlsbad Mutual Water Company to discuss water problems, and the problems of the District in supplying water for the coming year for consumers south of Agua Hedionda. Need for The needs of the District for an engineer were Zngineer blot ion discussed and upon motion of Director Rogers, seconded by Director Ewald and carried unanimously, it was ordered tha.t any and all engineering work be handled by Byrl Phelps, Consulting Sngineer, at their standing rates. Financing The President then called for a report from the Financing Committee, and Director Zahler stated that he had discussed the matter of financing with Mr.Carne, the Manager of the Sarlsbad- branch of the Security Trust & Savings Bank, and that as a result of his discussion he was convinced. there were two methods available to the District; one, a direct loan and. the other using a warrant system as outlined under the provisions of the Water Authority Act. If the warrant system were used, the Bank would pay the amounts of the warrants which would result in the 13istrictps only being charged with interest on the warrants and not on the amount of the full loan. He further stated that such investigation as the Cormflittee had made indicated that it might be desirable for the District to utilize the warrant system, and that in the opinion of the Committee, a letter should be addressed to the Bank stating the requirements of the District and the terms upon which repayment could be made. The Committee further recommended that a similar letter be written to the Bank of America in Oceanside. -3- 13x11 k The question of the advisability of opening a Account bank account at this time was discussed. and upon Notion motion by Director Zahler, seconded by Director Ewald and carried ma:nimously, it was d-irected that the Water District open a checking account with the Security Trust & I Savings Bank of San Diego, Carlsbad Eranch and that the Presi- ' dent or the Vice President and the Treasurer be and they are hereby authorized and empowered for and in behalf of the Dis- trict (a) to endorse checks, drafts, bills of exchange, notes or orders for deposit or collection in said account r..rith said Security Trust k Savings Bank of San Diego, Carlsbad Dranch; (b) to draw checks and sign checks, bills of exchange and orders on this account, etc. Election General Counsel stated to the Directors that it would be necessary to hold an election to determine whether or not the Jistrict would. become a member of the San I Diego County Na.ter Authority and the Jjietropolitan iVater Dis- trict of Southern' California, and that the Eoard would have to d-ecide whether or not they vcished to conduct the' election, or whether they wished to employ a firm which makes a practice of holding elections to conduct the election for the District. That in his opinion, the cost of holding the election would be approximately .!3600.00, of tvhich 8200.00 would constitute the cost of mailing notices, polling cards and sample ballots, That he estimated that the cost of hiring a specialist to con- duct the election would amount to from $150 to $200 per County General Election Polling District, exclusive of mailing costs, After some discussion, the President appointed a I Committee of Director Ewald Director Rogers Director Zahler to determine what method should be used- and make the necessary arrangements for the election. Upon motion of Ilirector Rogers, seconded by -4- Director Zahler, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 P.M. until April 5, 1954, 4:OO P.M. at 601 Elm Avenue, Carlsbaci, California. h hLD/L & I Secretary of the k Carlsbad l%micipal Vater Carlsbad Fiunicipal Xater District. District. of Direc’cms and OS the I I r -5-