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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954-09-21; Municipal Water District; MinutesThe Directors inquired regarding the proposed Calavera Lake 1 sale of water from Calavera Lake and the Manager informed the Board that a letter had been written to Mr. Eberhard as per , the Board's direction in August and reply had not been received. Director Rogers moved, seconded by Director Robinson and carried * unanimously: BE IT DIRECT-ED that the Manager is hereby in- 54-107 strutted to telephone Mr. Eberhard regarding the matter of the sale of water at present stored in Calavera Lake. There being no further business to come before the Board, on motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was ,adjourned at - + lo:47 A. M. x MINUTES CF THE REGULAR MEETING of the , BCARD OF DIRECTORS of the CARLSBAD iVU'IWiL WiTER CGMPAW The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Regular Meeting the Carlsbad Mutual Water Company was held in the office September 21, 1954 of the Company in the City of Carlsbad, County of San Diego and State of California on September 21, 1954 at 1:00 P,M. E, G, Hagen W. !'i', Rogers R. R, Robinson C. H, Ingels Directors C. A. Anthony Present Also present were C, E, Trygg9 Secretary-Manager, and Maribee Balcom, stenographer, Fresident Hagen called the meeting to order at 1:15 F.M. The Chair asked for the approval of the minutes of Minutes the regular meeting of August 17th, the special meeting of September / 1st and the special meeting of September 14, 1954, +p+ -.II p L 63 3 Director Rogers objected to the minutes of the special xeetlng of September lst, stating that under the subject "Carisbad Journali1, the last half of the ser?tence should read: lland'asked President Hagen to release Resolution 354-104 to the Journal.tr Also that under the subject "Separate Office Space" the last sentence should read: "The Directors decided to let the matter "i5de for %he present and see what happens." Director Rogers also moved, seconded by Director Robinson and carried unanimously: 54-108 BE IT ORDERED that Dhotion 54-104 be amended to include the words: "Holmgren's report is made part of the permanent record." Director Anthony moved, seconded by Director Robinsol and carried unanimously: 54-109 BE IT OR3ERED that the minutes of the regular meeting of August 17th and the special rreeting of September 14th be appzoved as written; and BE IT FURTHER ORDERED that the minutes of the special meeting of September 1st be approved as changed and corrected as per the foregoing, Invoices Director Anthony movedo seconded by Director ?,obinsr and carried unanimously: 54-110 BE IT ORaERE3 that the inyoices for August, 1954 in the sum of $19,932.46 be approved. Financial The Directors 'discussed the financial report' and Report the value of the Company. Director Ingels stated that'after the suit is settled, our -. water-stock might be worth a great deal, airector Rogers *' said that he been attending a short course in Appraisals in Los Angeles and had talked to ?Garshall & Stevens, Ke believes that an appraisal of our system at this time would be desirable, Director 3obinson suggested that we investigate the cost of such an appraisal of 2 5 .f-j our water system by Marshall 8 Stevens or some other similar firm, Cirector Rogers said that such an appraisal should be of material assistance in our financing, The Manager was instructed to write our attorney, Mr.. Eberhard, and find out who he would recommend-to appraise the entire system of the Carlsbad Mutual Water Company, ADirector Robinson moved, seconded by %.rector Anthony and carried unanimously: BE IT ORDERED that the financial report for r 54-111 the month of August, 1954, be accepted as L presented. Th-e Manager stated that the balance remaining due Assessments on Assessment No, 47 is approximately $14,000, Applications for the transfer and allo'tment of Stock Transfers stock were presented to the Board and approved as follows: Application from He At. and Maribee Balcom for Balcom to transfer of 0,050 from Cert, $10933, to Louis Bacot and T. and Carolyn Bacot, the balance of 0,050 to Balcom be reissued to H, Me and Maribee Balcom. Application from Ellen E. Adams for the following Adams to. trans-fers from Cert. $4748: Bacot y 0.100 shares to Louis T, 8 Carolyn Bacot; Collins y 0.100 shares to Ethel Irene & Dick Eugene Collins; Wiehle, 0,100 shares to Daniel & Violet B, Wiehle; Moldenhauer, 0.200 shares to Edward L. 8, May Moldenhauer; Cochran, 0,POO shares to Charles P & Winona Cochran; Smith, 0,100 shares to Lemuel J, 8 Mildred R. Smith; Tepples and 0,100 shares to Clarence A. & Nellie G. Tepples; Adams and balance of 1,440 shares to Mrs, Ellen E, Adams, all subject to South Oceanside release fee of $39.57 per share , Application from Louis T. & Carolyn Bacot for the Bacot to transfer of 0.100 shares from Cert, $9963 to a Bacok Certificate including 0.050 from 810933 and 0.100 €rom Cert. #4?48, Application from Edward C, Yourell for the transfer Yourell of 0,440 shares from Cert. #lo594 to his Xdams Street to Address, 1,500 to remain on property originally Yourell covered under Cert. if10594, - " C) :>7 ry &F!3 4 Correspondence: City of Letter from City of Gceanside stating that the. Oceanside reading en Test %ell f13E was 30.33. Fallbrook Fublic- Utility District Division of Water Resources California Aqutual 'Water- Co. ' s Asst n Letter from Fallbrook Public Utility District reporting that there was no diversion of water during August, 1954, from the San Luis Rey River. Letter from the State aepartment of Public Ij'Jorks, aivision of >)later Resources, regarding water applications for Bonsall Dam for flood waters, Letter from California Mutual Water Companies' Association regarding California Administrative Code, Title 10, Article 23, Mutual Water Companies. Crdered filedc. Carlsbad Letter from Carlsbad Municipal Water District Municipal regarding temporary chlorination and extra- Water ordinary expense. District Copy of letter by the Carlsbad Municipal Inlater District to the City of Oceanside regarding delivery of the new chlorinator pump. A group of letters regarding the hiring of afirm of engineers, the Boyle Engineering Company, by the Municipal Water District, Engineering Llirector Rogers stated that the.Municipa1 Studies engineers are not going to make any study of the north line, He thinks the Mutual should wait until the Boyle Engineering Company comes up with their solution of-the Carlsbad water problem, and then the h?utual should go on with their own study from there. He stated that the Xstrict's plan is to bring the,line from the end of the Rincon barrel to the Junction of Road 87 as a 3istric-t proposition. The Mutual and Terramar would take off from that line. He said that of course Boyle Engineering might come up with some other idea. He thinks the question is whether or not the Mutual wants to do any engineering now, or whether they want to wait until Boyle Engineering have made their decisions, ,I Director Robinson inquired whether the Water - 2 I Authority is going to form a policy on what they are going to do, and Director Rogers replied that MR. Heilbron had said that when we joined, we agreed to bGild our own line. However, Carlsbad is the only district that is not on a line, The Engineering Conmittee of the Water Authority will consider the matter at tlneix rnee,ting on October 14th. Director Rogers then further discussed the cost of the proposed line and the $40,000 earmarked by the Water Author- ity for engineering studies. He stated that he did not believe there was any chance of getting the Authority to finance the whole line because if they did finance this one, they would have to finance others, The Directors discussed the matter of paying Bottled Water ,for the bottled water being used by Oceanside customers above the temporary chlorinator. Director Anthony moved, seconded by Director Robinson and carried unanirnously:r 54-112 BE IT ORDERED that the bill of the Arrow head and Puritas Water Company in t’he sum of $303.79 to August 31, 1954, be paid; and - BE IT FURTHER ORDERED that these bills for bottled water be paid until the new chlorin- ator is installed. It was reported that Mr. Neese, head of New Chlorinato~ the Water Department of the City of Oceanside, has said that the new building for the chlorinator is being built now, and that it should take just a few days to move the new chlor- inator in when# the pump arrives. - Invitation from the 3an Diego County Water Correspond< Cont e Authority tc the dedication of the second barrel, Free lunch at noon and dedication at 2 P, M. October 2, 1954, 71 :" -9 Ai3 Correspondence: Letter from the City of Oceanside to the Municipal Water rec;arding water losses and the meter in present Losses use; *also reply from the Municipal dated September 21st. Director Rogers stated that he Iiad talked to the District's engineer~,ll'ir. Boyle and Mr, Short, about the water losses, and they said that if the meter is not set up right, we can get a loss It is apparent from the opinions of a number of people that the meter itself is all right if it is hooked up right and in proper condition. If we could show that it is not correctly hooked up, possibly we could get some relief, but we cannot prove that the meter is wrong, Mr. Trygg presented his further report on the matter of water losses and stated that Neptune Meter Company had sent one of their executives to check the matter af the Oceanside meter The Neptune people suggested checkimg our power bills. The chart incluided in Mr. Trygg's report shows how much electricity it took to' pump the water, Director Robinson asked whether it would be proper if the two operating heads of the Mutual and Oceansi.de,- that is, Atre Trygg and Mr, ?kese, should meet and discuss the matter of the meter and the water losses, and try to get to some conclusion, Surely they could get along without causing ill feelings between Carlsbad and Oceanside, or the Municipal and the Mutual. - -. Director Anthony stated that the report indicates that there is a substantial water lsss in the system. The Manager said that he definitely has not con- tacted hFr. Weese since this matter came up, because he reported r". .? ($i"J it to the Board and they took it up with the Ahunicipal, :I< After some further discussion, Director Robinson moved, seconded by Director Anthony and carried unanimously: BE IT ORDEFLEa that the Manager is hereby 54-113 authorized and directed to consult with Mr. Neese of the Water ilepartment of the City of Gceanside and try to get %he matter of the q-eter and the water losses settled; and BE IT FURTHER ORIIERED AND ZtRECTED -that this discussion be kept on a personal level and a cordial basis. Director Rogers then stated that the Municipal would do n-othing about it until they are contacted further. The Manager presented the laboratory reports of Dr. Laboratory Reports Carl lqilson. All reports have beer, satisfactory except - one in the sump which is on the other side of the chlorinator, so everything is all right. The Manager read a letter from Attorney Eberhard Calavera regarding the sale of water of high chloride content Lake which is at present ir! the Lake, Carroll Kelly came to the office recently and stated that he wants to buy 30 acre feet of this water and offered to pay $5.00 per acre foot. Director Rogers - thinks we should getr'$20 per acre foot for it. i3irector Robinson stated that we should try to sell it, but it should be sold as is,- that is, as agricultural water only. Director Rogers again suggested that we should ask Cannon and the others to pay $20.00 per acre foot. Director Robinson moved, seconded by Director Rogers and carried unanimously: - BE IT ORDE3ED that Attorney Eberhard be 54-114 asked to prepare the resolution he has suggested, authorizing the cleaning of the Calavera Reservoir by sellir,g the water therefrom; and also be asked to send a finished and signed report on the matter. 7 c '2 LA 8 1 Water L The president then instructed the Water problems Problems Committee Committee to work on the matter of the sale of the water from Calavera Lake. Electric The Manager stated that our contract.for electric Service at Calavera service at the Calavera Well was expi'ring and asked We 11 for instructions, The minimum cost under our service contract is 5255. per year, If we discontinue the contract, we may make a new one at any time we wish, but as we are not using the well at present, we could save on this minimum charge until such time as we might wish to pump again. Sirector Rogers moved, seconded by Director Anihony and carried unanimously: 54-115 BE IT ORDERED that we discontinue the electric service contract on the motor at Calavera "Well, San Luis Rey The Manager then read a letter from Engineer Conservation District Harold Conklinq regarding the San Luis Rey suit Suit with a list of suggested data he wants for the suit. Director Flobinson noved, seconded by Director Ingels and carried unanimously: 54-116 SE IT ORi3EREfD that the Manager is hereby instructed and directed to work up the suggested data for Mr. Zonkling,' thereby saving donsiderable money. 3irectoG Eiobinson inquired how soon this information was necessary, and the hknager replied that Mr. Eberhard is going to file suit with fictitious names and 9g-t the full information required through legal sources, Estimated The Manaqer presented his report on estimated pipe Cost of Proposed lines, which report was requested by the Board on Pipelines Septznber 1st by Motion $54-105. The directors discussed this report. Engineering Director Robinson said he felt we should wait with I 262 our engineering until we knovv what the Yater Authority is going to do, Director Rogers thinks we should wait on,thz Municipalrs..- engineer, as he may come v,p with 20,000 acre feet, or even 10,OCC o.r.possibly even 35,000. !-le also thinks the - Board should request the Xanager to give the Municipal engi- neer every assistance possible and to give him all the information he needs, 3irector iiobinson moved, seconded by Director Sngels and carried unanimously: BE IT ORDERED that we postpone our engineering 54-117 study until the next neeting; and BZ IT ORDERED that the Manager is hereby authorized and directed to give the Boyle Engineering as engineer for the Carlsbad Municipal Water District all the information possible in order that they may arrive at proper conclusions for the whole area, Mr, Trygg stated on the subject of water entitle- Water- Entitlement ment that the shareholder is getting credit for the amount of water stock €or the period in which he held it; - in other VIOrdS, if he only held water stock for half a year, he only got half a year's cred.it. The Manager presented a letter from Attorney 2ay c* Eberhard regarding the manner of handling water entitlement for -- shareholders who own more than me piece Of property to which water stock is assigned. Zirector Rogers stated he felt it would be in order to direct that Mr, Eberhard's suggestions be carried out and Director Robinson asked whether the information should be passed on to the shareholders. President Hagen said he felt the matter of water entitlement shnuld be included in the next newsletter, The Manager suggested that in order to avoid confusion, we should wait until the 1st of January to gut the new system into du3 ri .? J effect and Director Robinson agrsed that this would save a lot of confusion. airector Robinson then moved, seconded by Director Ingels and carried unanimously: > 54-118 BE IT ORDE2IED that explanatinn of water entitle- mnt as interpreted by Attorney Eberhard be and BE IT FURTHEII ORDERED that the method of figuring water entitlement as recommended by Attorney Eberhard be put into effect as of January 1, 1955. - included in the next newsletter for shareholders; Executive Director 'Rogers suggested that the President appoint Committee Suggested an Executive Committee to handle matters which arise between meetings, but Director Robinson said that he preferred to have the whole Board on the Executive Committee. Xrector Ingels then moved, seconded by Director Anthony and carried unanimously: Executive BE IT QXEEIE3 that the Board of Xrectors as a Committee whole be and they are hereby made Executive - 54-119 - Commit t'e e ; and BE IT FURTHER CR333E3 that any three members be and they are hereby empowered to handle any executive emergency. Finances The Directors discussed the matter of financing . the Company. Director Anthony rroved, seconaed by 23irecto.r Robinson and carried unanimously: 54-120 BE IT ORX3E3 that the Manager is hereby directed .. and instructed to contact Attorney Eberhard and request that he get in touch with Blyth & Company and/or any other agency he deems advisable, and find out what their terms would.be and how much of an engineering survey they would require. .. 1 Oceanside The Manager brought up the matter of charging.for residents & OU? water water meters and services in use when shareholders meters discontinue using our water and start using water from Oceanside. In particular . we .. have received requests from Shareholders Weber, Feist & Teakel, The Manager stated that in ,I % "_ I I, i- I.<?' I, : ~,.J. - q?:" np ...-I ".. &d \J LA !i September 20, 1954 Board of Directors Carlsbad Mutual Water Company Carlsbsd, Ca1i.farni.a Gentlemen: SUB.YE#t WATER LOSSES Since my reFort of August ISth, X have checked Qurthor into the matter of water lasscos for the month of July, 1994, Referring to Page 1 of my August 16th report, Xtem 1, Master Water Meter at #1 reservoir, 1 have checked the power consumption for the Booster Statim of this reservoir against the meter readings of water produced in the San Luis Rey to make a further check on the accuracy of such readings, Tabulation of the results is as followst MONTH February March Apxil MaY June ., -July August KWH Wt3 Boo~ter Station 28,480 35,600 37 B 340 78 ,Am €8,240 54,400 153,680 Reservoir #L Meter (11000 gal. 1 30,262 * 43,143 40 c 566 90,727 67 , 959 48,378 L 61,475 KWH , ftft;o gallons 094 , .52 092 . 86 t -00 1 .13* . 87 Totals 356,160 382,33Q '93 Xf .t*i.ss had been &e0 a.f. in July md mater fzu1ty at #I (7.2 a.f* - 23,506 @XCea?s%) * July 54,400 ,244 , 878. . 2.21 In CO~UM 4 is sham the K W )3 per 1,000 galloms of watlsr.pumpad. Lt wi1X bs stmn that, t usltng the brlsbad Mutual figures ob water production far July, the efficiency of the pumps was either the loweat €or the entire perhi or that the amount of water passing through the meter at #1 reservoir was in cbxcass of that recorded. If we were tu assume that during the month of July there had b@en a normal loss of 40 acre feet of watby: instead of 112 acre feet, md that the difference, or 72 acre fee*, was caused by a mis- reading of our #1 rcoervoir, the chart shows that the, KWH per 1,000 gallons of water pumpad would be 2.21, which is over double that of the everage of .93 KWH per IeOOO gallons. This shows conclusively that the meter at #1 Ressrvoir was not over- registering during the month of July. .. ,- - 265 Water LQWW - 2 September 20, 1954 Item 3, Page& During the month of August, spproxfrnately 30 Sasgs sized meters innthe distribution system *ere replaced with smaflar, mom accurate meters. &kl water meters In Chcr sy&em axe now in operating condition. pc\~.iod July 22nd to August 24th, pralimfnary figures indicate that thefloss 3,s spFroximateJy 57 acre feet. As can he seen from tho- chxct, thi3 loss fa approximately L/2 that of July litem 6, Page 2. On the water lasses far the but iS 5tilX 3bOVe the aVWag@ IQSS. Page 4. Further: contact was made with the manu- facturer: of the meter serving the Carlsbad Mutual Water Campany €rum Oceanside. Thay re-statx that thQ2.r meter is; designed to measure water under certain conditions. Gne of tksae conditions is that there wi1I Ls only watex flowing through the meter and that the meter will be fuhl of wate~ at ail times. - ~NClkUSXONt The water company is continuing to car~y out tho prageam listed an Page 5 arrd 2 ta ascertain the location and amount of any possible water lasses and alss to prevent future rosses, Yours vesy truly (;&-[y C, E. Txyg D Secretary-Manqer b \' - - I. i 26E September 21, 1954 PRELIMINARY EST1MAT.E CARLSBAD ESTATES - PHASE 3 SKYLINE from CHESTNUT to CARLSBAD HIGHLANDS PIPELINES: 850 feet 6" Class C 150 T @ $2.70 ft. $2295. 170 feet lot1 1' . 63 $5.00 ft. 850 . 2 10" Dressers , 0 $26.00 ea. 52. . . 370 feet 6'' I1 CZ $3.10 ft. 1147. 140 feet 8" 11 @ $3.40 ft. 476. x_ - - .. -. the past, our policy has been that the meters are the property 0 2i of the water company, and therefore we have charged people for the meters, In these three cases, it would be a matter-of deciding what we would charge-them for the part they could use. Director Rogers stated we should charge them the depreciated value of whatever they could .use, and that it is up to the Manager to figure out the amount. Then if the party does not agree, he can brin9 it up before the Board. Y- The Manager reported on water quality, both Water Quality as regards the wells and regarding increase in Oceanside deliveries of Colorado River water, He inquired how far the Board wanted to pull down the chlorides. Last week, the chlorides averaged about 162 ppm. ,* Direc,tor Rogers stated we shnuld use the best water we can get and shnuld use Colorado River water alone if possible, The only reason for mixing it at all, he said, is because we do not have enough good water, Director Robinson said he feels we,shnuld not turn down any Colorado River water we are able to obtain, subject to the correct operation of our San Luis Rey equipment. Ye suggested shutting down thai equipment and only operating it one day a week. c The Manager stated that Gallinger had con- Carlsbad tacted him regarding Phase 3 of Carlsbad EsBtes. The Estates Tstimate, including moving pressure tank, installing pipe, one fire hydrant, * 13 sepises and meters, amounts to* $?,461,00. A, Director -Anthony moved, seconded- by Director Rogers amd carried unanimously: ." BE IT ORDERED that the proper officers of the 54-121 Company are hereby directed and authorized to negokiate and -sign contract with Gallinger based on these figures. 288 Allan The Manager reported that Allan Kelly owns some Kelly Property land back of Carlsbad Highlands. Someone is buying 10 acres from him, and they want to build a house. They are going to dedicate a street through Lot 47. Shareholder Kelly wanted to know how much water stock he would have to have and the Manager told him one share per acre. The Manager asked whether it would be better to take the water service that is already in and run it up to his house., Mr, Kelly had suggested a 6 inch line up the dedicated street, and take it off there, V?e would consider putting a line in at his expense and $1.00 per share inclusion fee. .. There being no further business to come before the Board, upon proper motinn the meeting was adjourned at 4:40 P.M.. ,'5 . I. I '1 . <' I , ,>* " ~ ". , j L ,J 2. ,, : /' ..ri. 5:. i-& L... ,-.., ~",."* PresideqJ !i' t$Ir\iUTES OF TEE ?JXXJLAR KEETING BOARD OF 3IRECTORS of the of the ~43~ ~~.r\s p&Tcil& l/\/.$TE% CO)!,CAN ?legular The regular meeting of the Board of directors of October the Carlsbad Flutual !Eater Gompany vms held in 'he office " :$eeting 19,3954 - of the Conpany in Lhe City of Carlsbad, County 0% Sari I Diego and State of California on Gctober 19, 1954 a+ 1:OO Pel$. Directors E. Ll, p Hagen :de W, Zogers c,H.I.ngeI-s I?, Z. Fiobinson c. A. .!mthony Also present were C, E. Trygg, Secretary-Xanager and F,arlbee Bal.com, stenographer, President Xagen called the meeting to order at 1:11 P.X.