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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-06-23; Municipal Water District; Minutes1 MINUTES OF JUNE 2, 1955 AWOUKNED MEETING OF' THE B0kH.D OF DIRECTORS OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL UVATEB DiSTiiICCT IIELD JUNE 23, 1955, at 7:30 E.N. AT 601 E;LM AVENUE, CARLSSAD, CALIFOHNIA. The meeting called to order at 7:40 P.M. by President Fry Present were: Directors: Billy Fry William Vi. Rogers M. 0. Ehald Pat Zahler Absent: Allan Kelly Also present were: Don Short, Ebgineer; Attorney Dennis and WillPam Cannon, representing Terramar. Minutes Minutes of previous meetings were read by Secretary Rogers as follows: Nay 22, 1954. Director Ewald moved, Director Rakers seconded the motion that minutes of the May 22nd meeting be approved. Motion carried. November 4, 1954, Director h-ald moved, Director Robers seconded, that the minutes of the meeting of November 4, 1954 be approved, Motion carried, January 6, 1955. Director Ewald moved, Director Rogers seconded that minutes of the meeting of ' January 6, 1955 be approved. Motion carried. I March 3, 1955, Director JDald moved that the minutes of the meeting of March 3, 1955 be approved, Director Rogers seconded, motion passed. Copies previously furnished Directors for meetings of October 21, 1954; February 3, 1955; June 2, 1955; and the adjourned meeting of June 9, 1955. Director Ewald moved that the minutes of the above mentioned meetings be approved. Director Bogers seconded, Motion carried. Correspon- The following correspondence was read: dence Copy of letter from Boundary Commission to Glenn R. Feist, regarding their proposition of annexation to Oceanside of certain North Carlsbad lands, The letter was a matter of information and was referred to the District Counsel as the City is taking action on this matter. Copy Of letter from Boundary Comrnissian to ROY Josepho, regarding their approval of property annexation. Di- rector Rogers moved, Director maid seconded that the letter be referred to Mutual. I Letter from Attorney Raymond F. Feist, dated June 10, including copies of petitions for exclusion of certain lands from Carlsbad Municipal Water District, Attorney Dennis advfsed that a policy should be es- tablished at this time to determine on what terms these annexa- tions should be accepted by the Board. The petitioners should collaborate on their ideas and submit one petition to cover all lands instead of submitting several separate petitions, Also, they should be advised that they will be required to pay any and all expenses created by their requests. Director Rogers moved that the Attorney be requested to advise the petitionersf attorneys that the following; conditions will have to be met before the matter can receive official consideration. -. -I- I I I _, ,., L' 6/23/55 1. That the applicants be prepared to pay all costs including: legal fees, advertisements, engineering work in connection with surveys and property examination, preparation of maps, examination by requisite County officials, secretarial work directors' fees for extra meetings; that all lands must .be covered in one petition; that in view of the pending bond election for pipeline construction, it is.very doubtful whether action in this matter can be assured while this election is pending. Director maid seconded and the motion was unanimously carried Budget The tentative budget for the fiscal year of July 1, 1955 to June 30, 1956, was given by Treasurer Zahler as follows: Expenditures Salaries Revenue ~~ Directorst Salaries +1,800.00 Attorney Fees 2,400.00 Engineerinq Fees 1,200.00 Secretarial Salaries 600.00 Accounting Fees 300.00 Tax Rate of .15 on 915,500,000 Tax Eievenue $23,2 Total 6,300.00 +6,300.00 Office Expense Rent File Cabinet Chairs Sec.Desk Conference table Stamps & Stationery Publications Travel Exp. Utilities Telephone VJa t er Sal e s Revenue 4,2 300.00 275.00 150.00 150.00 50.00 75.00 500.00 750 . 00 2,750.00 250.i)O 250,C~O Unpaid Bills Bank Loan 14,000.00 Expected loan to carry over 3,000.00 17,000.00 Total 26,600.00 Contingency Fund 940.00 27,540.01 $27,540.00 Director Rogers moved that we approve this as the tentative budget for the fiscal yezr 1955-1956. Director EMald seconded and the motion was carried. Attorney Dennis suggested that he and the budget committee get together in the near future to discuss this budget. Water Secretary Robers read a letter from the San Diego Authority County Water Authority, dated June 16, acknowledgi~ Municipal's letter of June 12, and advising us thai our request that the report submitted by Boyle Engineering could not be examined in detail by them prior to July 1, as we had requested but that answers were given on the five (5) points submitted. Letter filed. Secretary Rogers gave a report of meeting of Water Authority which he attended June 16. He reported that the en- bineering committee had previously been in conference for two hours but gave no report. They explained that they plan to wail -2- I I I .. _. , .. 6/23/55 until final report is in. Due to the fact that this would mean last part of July or August and would be too late to do us any good, it was suggested that the report 'be brought out into the open with the discussion of a policy to be set. After discussion, Director Rogers moved, with Attorney Dennis seconding, that this policy of helping agencies be adopted. A motion was made, however to table this motion. A roll call was taken and the motion for tabling was passed on a roll call vote. A motion was then made and passed that the Authority continue present policy in regard that agencies that want water must go to the aqueduct to get it. He stated that this means it is impossible for the Authority to help Carlsbad build its lines. Engineer Nr, short, commenting on the problems of financlng question as to whether it would be more economical to construc a system of smaller pipe lines. Be stated that they had studie various possibilities and made an analysis of four different systems, one of which they finally recommended. The other thre would not 'be satisfactory because (1) carries only 75% of wate needed; (2) carries only 50% of needed water; (3) carries only 25% of water needed. the pipeline, stated that there has been some Mr. Short gave a report and explanation of charts he had submitted to the Board. A discussion followed on the possibilities of different size lines. Mr. Short stated that although IW. Holrngren had commented that lines should be built 1/3 bigger than needed, he thou&t there would be enough storage capacity in the 34eadowlark reservoir so that we would not need extra capacity in lines. If Meadowlark is not built, we need larger lines. He further stated that his recommendatio: is to stick with the storage plans, Director Rogers, commenting on the time shortage if we are to have the lines completed by June 16, 1956, stated that the Engineer had estimated that it would take six months for the actual construction, four months for surveys, besides whatever time is needed to advertise for, accept, and check on bids: This means that we have until August 16 which is less than two months from now, to publicize and have an election on this bond issue. In view of this fact, it mi.ght be advisabl( to complete at least part of the ground work so if we are de- layed, ground work will De done. Xr. Short bave an estimate on ground work. He ex- plained that it would cost about $120 per day, with about 35 working days. He estimated that it would not cost more than $5000. After a brief discussion, it was decided that the matte: would be voted. on at the next meeting so that the matter could be carefully considered by each member. Mutual The request by Mutual for an Improvement District discussion, it wss 'brought out that it would take several hearings and extra work which would be impossible to complete before the election had been completed and the 2ipeline con- struction is well underway. Director Ewald moved that we write iviutual advising them that due to the time factor, we cannot complete preparation for election of improvement District in less than 140 days, and this would delay our bond issue; that we would appreciate their taking the initiative and getting share holders' reactions to this idea. Director Zahler secondec the motion and it was unanimously carried. Wa t er Director Roeers gave a brief report on the progres! Ne VJ s of their publication "Water News". It is being pub- lished by the Carlsbad Journal and will be out for prOO'fing by Friday. He announced that he has sufficient rnaterit to furnish two or three more issues. He proposed that we order 100 or 150 extra copies, for interested parties not included or W~S brought to the attention of members. After -3- " I. .. I' I 6/23/55 the mailing list. The cost will be @85.00 for straight printing and $35.00 for mailing. ?le will receive about 2300 copies e Contract Secretary Rogers read a letter, dated June 21, Oceanside from the City of Oceanside, transmitting signed copy of contract between Oceanside and Carlsbad Municipal . Authority Attorney Dennis brought up for discussion a Guarantee matter which had been suijgested by member agencies of the il'ater Authority for the Authority to guarana tee abency bond issues. He stated that they are writing a let- ter to the Authority, and all member agencies would be asked to signify their approval. Director Ewald moved that Secretary Rogers sign the letter which has been prepared if he so ap- proves. Director Zahler seconded and the motion carried. Bonding Attorney Dennis asked the Board if they would Company agree to pay the expenses for a group who might Visit come down to look over Carlsbad in conjunction with other agencies. It was agreed by the Board to pay these expenses if Carlsbad was SO honored. There being no further business to come before the Board, Director EMald moved, Director Zahler seconded, that the meeting be adjourned. The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 P.M. by Chairman Fry. hJL ik4u Secretary of the Boar of Pr Directors of the Carlsbad Df Municipal Nater District l'dunicipal Water District, 1 -4-