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The President called the 2:eeting to order at 7:30 P.I.:. and instructed. the Secretary to call the roll. Those answeri:;g "present" were:
Xrector Billy C. Fry
71 Allan C, Kelly
Pt Pa-irick Z. Zahler
?? j<ax;,pll C: . ETc:Jald
i? Villiam " ;vi. Rogers Al.so present was ;/. 3. Demis, General Counsel.,
1.linu.t e s Mr. Dennis v7a.s asked about minu-tes of the last
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neeting and stated that they would. definitely be re2.d-y by the nex* meeting.
Treasurer? s Treasurer Zahler regorted on expenditures
Dn libport for Karch, as fo~oi~s:
girector' s Salaries .; 100.00 San iliego Cmnty Vater Authority 1071+. 03 Pacific Telephone ti Telegraph Go. 18.71 City of Oceansid-e 569.02 Carlsbad ?utual Water Company 213.90 ~;dnei~ ..I, St sires ~oripany (maps 1 1.09 ;;1370.72
Office Treasurer Zahler read a letter From the Office dquipment 14achines Center of Oceanside, listins prices
on ilev sSandard- model Und-emoods at ,j192.50 :;197.$0 and ,!207.50, subject to 1056 disc:;unt; and nev stan-
dc?rd- 3,oya.ls at 'jl85.93. Director 2ogers stated he had a bid. Tror? Sears, iioebuck on a standard typewriter 02 ~150.00, and a stand with tvo leaves and a drawer for ,311.98. Direc- tor kivald suggested thzt 'zhe board con-iact Percy Holmes, and- the matter was briefly 3isc~~ssed. Director svrald moved that
the Treasu-rer be authorized- to check Locally and- if the ma- chine can be Sought for something near the prices named-, that this be done. Seconded by Director Kelly, carried unanimously.
Secretary airector Gwald moved that Gloria Vermilvea be
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hired to act as secretary at a rate 01 0-g' ,;jZ,OO ner
mously. hour, seconded by 33irector. Rogers, Carrie2 unani-
Insurance 3irector Zahler was asked to look up all informa- tion on State Compensation and Social Security and report at the next neeting.
Fkclusions Attorney Dermis reported. th2.t he h2.d examined. the petition of 2eist, et al, Tor exclusion of certain lznds located in the City of Oceanside :from the Piunicipal ?later Jistrick and. found. that it does not conply vith nrovisions of the Act. Re stat& that if this petition is tumed
down they cannot initiate any other -woceed-ings per';aining to
th2.t can be taken is to return the petition. After 3iscussion, .iirector Ropers
J- L.O~ i same land- for 12 months. He advised that the only action
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-i L4L the petition of Feis-G 7 et al, for exclu- sion frm the Carisbad Kunicipal liTater '3istric.i; of certain lan6.s be retrzrned to them i'or the reason that it does not comply with .the Trovisions of the
Act, and: tht the Board can take no action on -ihe petition. Seconded by Director Kelly and- carried- unanimously. The attor- ney was instructed to return ths petition with a covering letter.
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9ceam.sid.e Diyector RoTers, renorting on the ma.t-ier of the
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Carlsbad meters metering -the Colorado Xiver '.'Jater stated. that the LSKI neters xeye checked- about the 10th of i:ia.rch and a deposit of about five gallons of debris was found in the Gceaasi.de meter, causing it to register as much a.s 80:; inore than the Carlsbad- meter. Re read a letter from the Carlsbad
ing tl.is matter, vN.ch referred back to 1e'cter"'of January 25th on the same subject. He pointed ou-t that the reason the Garisbad meter does not clog is 'chz.t it is below the Oceanside meter and
the Gceanside meter collects all the 'crash ax" the w.*Ler is clean vhen it reaches the GarlsSad. neter.
Ocrianside li7-ere ~as some d-iscu.ssion on the subject of rener.ra1
Contract of the coiltr2ct with Oceanside for delivery of Colorado River "later. It vas sv.g,%ested that an effort be made to get the mice reduced, to get a minirnm amount, and- try for a ~v~o-ye2.r contrxt instead of one-year. Director 3wald moved- that the ?resident apprjin'c a cmmitt ee to ilegotiat e with Oceanside for rene-;;al for -the current contract for d-elivery of Colorado Xiver 7:Tater; seconded by Director Zahler and- ca.rried unaninousiy. ?resident Zry apnointed a cor?mit'cee of:
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&:utu3 __._ 7 -,; :;ater Company to the Oceanside ':later i3emr-tment regard-
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- Directors Kogers , .kald and Kelly.
rr - ;,arlsbad. 3ireckor s:ogers read a letter from the Zarlsbad- I.Intual- 1;;u-tUal -:/at ,. Cl -- Coxpany appropos the future of the
-. ,!at er i: o a Vater Coqx"-ny, stating that they had- a-3?ointed
C.H,LngeLs, G.A.Anthong, and. X.3.R;binson; a.nd sug,gesting
t,LLat other interested groups appoint corn-ittees 'GO neet and t,ry LO r~ork out a solution. After some discussion, Xraector Zahler
J-7 Lne follor.ring com!5ttee to stud-y the situ.at,ion:
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i'GV-53 THAI' the President appoint a comaittee to
of the fu-ture of the ?later Gompa.ng. Secl;ndeb '037 3irector :iwald, carried. unanimously. President Fry apipointed. 3irectcrs ixogers, Zahler and. :!-elly to serve on the cormi3tee. Director E~mld. reported that the
CLty had te"qa.rily appointed Suncilmen Helton, Su.tton and himelf to xork on this problem.
wor2 !:,&iA other agencizs -to study the uLuestiion
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1 r !'Sl at e r Director Zogers read a. letter fron Sa,n aiego Storage Zou~~ty 'ijater Authority stating that the present
lm.d if 150 acre feet hich is short 75 acre feet of the total ;?.s!ced for. (See $:inu:ces of April- 7)
::ij at e r A letter \;!a.s read, addressed to member a.gencies iieqxire- by the Sac 3iego Co?~n-Ly Pfateer iiu-thority, da'zed
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T:,Tater stDrage 2% San Vicente reservoir for Carl-s-
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me n,t s Narc$ LWG, asking for a.n estim.te for ';he next
.t.hree years, by months, of Golorado Rfver water. .A letter was read. fro3 the Carlsbad i.4utual Yater Coa~p.ny giving estirmtes of requ-irements of ;Golorad.o River water , based- on anticipatzd needs less the a~~ount of locally produced water. The Presid-ent directed the ':later Problms Bormittee 'CG make a
study of the report znd vork out a2 estimzte to be transmitted to the :;iatei-; Authority; seconded. b;T Director Zahler, all ayes :?lotion ca.rried..
Col. Kagen Directsr r;ogers read- copy of letter or resignation
<;arlsbad Xutual Yater Conpany. _Fie reported- that as yet no director has been av9ointed ,. - to fill the vacancy.
Irri.?ation Idre Dennis reported on the ?rogram of the irriga- 3istricts tion Districts Association of Zaiifornfa, outlining
AssQcia'Lion certc?in ad.vantages to be gq.jn~6. by becorg-jne a. 21.ep
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of Z.,2-.Ea.gen fron the Board of Directors of the
ber, and recomxending thE,t the Di&trj-ct jozn, Be J
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stated. the annual fee is &O.OO, an:: that the group meets twice a. year on a sort of convention basis. After discussion Director Rogers
7 ;;Ov.'-. -J .',y . * I"? bi - A.! steps be taken to join the irrigation
3Fstrric'cs Ass3ciation of California at an annual nenbsshi? charge of j4.0 o OG,
Sec3nd-ed by girector Relly, AX! ayes, notion carried. D
Legislation General Counsel reported on certain legislation
affecting public utilities, stating that there are approxi- mately a dozen bills ia :2rocess at this time on the 9roposi- tton of cities in the noi-tllern part of the State ta4ing over a11 pblic utilities; <ha3 the irrigation District Association is s;?onsoring one such bill, and has gone on record as op- -8;osinq 3-11 such bills :*5tl? the exception of the onz proposed by themselves. He ex?,lained a proposed amendment to the 1,Tuni- cipal ':!ia,ter gistrict Act , of 1911, Section 12-A, which -i::ou.ld. qrovide that a aistrict can give a tedporary promissory note for borrowing the princiml amount not to excked 1-9; of the assessed va.lua.-:;ion of %he District, matu-rity :;:ithin 3 years, maximum interest 6$. 2e stated he vas inclined- to think that the 1'); 1imit2tion is EO^ good-, 2nd recomLended that it be
oTTosed. It was a,gecd that he and Xr. Helms vould confer and ma.l;e recormendations.
Au.thority airector Zogers explained and outlined- on a map Program the proposed expansion program of the San Diego
:'dater -4xthDrity shorTing loca-Lions of aqueducts, lines and reservoirs, existing and proposed-. He pointecl out that .the substantial incrsase in valuation due to the San Diego ?as ?.:, 2lectric Company development will result in Carls- bad paying a larger sha-re 02 the cost. He stz.ted that the duth9rity- is cJ-0in.z to hire a board of three consultants: Fir. Langwell, PIr. ?:ankin and I<r Hill (consulting enzineer
for %he City of Oceanside among others). He stated .th.t he wi11 make a suggestion at the coming meeting that a. copy of their report be sent out te all member agencies.
before the current session of the leTislature
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Tlxrc; being no flirther business to cone before %he Board, Director Rogers moved for a.djournment, seconded by Jirector Zahler. All a-yes, meeting ad-journed. at e: 50 P.;.dl.. - ..
A bL &/I" Secreta-ry of the 3 ard of Siractors of the Carlsbad 12unicFpal i'iater Tlistrict
~~ p7 (; ;,,,,,. &)y+ e' A. / Presi ent of the 3-i 'rd or" 3irectors of the &&lsbad
I'.Iunicipal Vater Xstrict
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