HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-09-20; Municipal Water District; Minutes1. "- , in 6 :$ :;; x MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING of the
of the BOAZD OF DIRECORS
CASLSBAD hlLiTUAL %'AT ER COMFAIP
Regular The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Meeting- Septerribzr 20 the Carlsbad Mutual Inlater Company was held in 1955 the office of the Company in the City of Carlsbad,
County of San Diego and itate of California on Tuesday, Septernbe:
20th, at 1:OO F. M.
Directors C, H. Ingels Present W, W. Rogers
2, 9. Robinson C, A. Anthony
Director
Absent arnold Brilhart
Also present were Past Fresidents and Past Directors Field, Son(
and Briggs; also W. Dennis Wood, Secretary o€ the Company; repor
.c Lr~r:l Oceanside Blade-Tribune and Maribee Balcom, stenographey. ,
President Ingels called the meeting to order at 1:05 P. M.
i Minutes Director Robinson moved, seconded by Director Anth
and carried unanimously:
55-124 BE IT ORDERED that the Minutes Qf the Regular Meeting o€ July 19, 1955, the Special Meeting of July 29, 1.955, the special meetir;g of August 10, 1955, the regular meeting of August 16, 1955, and the special meeting of Septemberl, 1955, be approved as written.
invoices Director Robi.nson moved, seconded by Director- Anth
and carried unanimously:
55-125 BE IT OEIDEFIET) that the invoices for Auggst, 1955, in the sum of $12,471.20 be approved as passed by the Finance Committee.
Financial Re- 3irector Xogers noved, seconded by Director Rob13 ports fer July and August and carried unanimously:
55-126 BE IT CRl3EXEIl that the financial reports for July and Ausust, 1-955, be approved as presented.
Correspondenc:
Letter frcm City of Ccean5i.de dated ,Septe;r,ber 7, 1955, showing reading of Test Well f23E to be 32,58l e
Letter from Fallbrook Public Gtility aistrict reF,orting no diversi.on for Aucpst fro= the San Luis Fiey 9iver.
Letter from SrnFth & Swirsky regarding the Fowler water application No, 15430.
The Manager reported that Mr. Smith k!zti attended the hearing.
The Board of Supervisars allowed KT, Fowler a maximum of 25 acre
fee% pes year, which was less than he had requested. No zction is
required.
Letter from Ms, E, C. Fedley, tharking the Board for their invitation LG attend Board meetings, but stating that his doctor's orders would not pern:IL+ his being at public meetings,
Mr. Wood presented the laborat,ory reports of Dr. Laboratory Reports Carl Wilson dated August 15th, 21st and September 6thh,
showing that our water on those Ca-ces conformed to standard for
water intended for human consunption.
Director Rogers reported that he had presented om Proposed Connection
Fallbrook
;p"" ..,~e"r to the Carlsbad Municipal Eoard asking that they to Oceanside-
take no action in the matter of the Oceanside-Fallbrook Lateral
lateral connectibn prior to October 18th, but stated that the
Municipal Board went ahead because they wanted to find out whether
or not the connection ccwld be made. The application tva~ presented
to the San Diego County Xater Authority on August 12thh, hlr. Holngren
wrote up a report for that Board giving five reasons why the con-
nection should not be made, Rainbow Municipal Water District also
presented a request at the same tine for a connection to this
lateral. It was moved and szconded that the Yater Authority Board
approve denial of the requests, Before it could be voted upon, Mr.
1 W'eese made a motion that the matter be referred to Committee, which 1
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was done and th?e matter wilf. corne up again before the County Asthority
Board on the 2Cth of October.
Proposed Sale Birector Rcbinson inquired as tc. the results of of Miitual
the Municipal's meeting with their T?EW study group.
Directcr Iiogers said they had gotten organized and were -to have
mother meeting tonight.
Director Robinsor, said hs had gone to a meting of the ?\:iayor's
Cornmittee for %he study of possible purchase of the Mu"La1 by the
City of Carlsbad. He said there is eviden",ly a d.efinite move on
foot to organize a private water company to purchase the Xutual. He
said tile City Is not seeking to buy the Mutual and cut everyone else
out. The Council feels that the IJutual. Directors should seek any
and 3.11 other bids khat might be available, thereby opening the door
*so a private party, a private utility or the Municipal, as well as
the City, tc makP an offer, The idea would. be that if we could get
a quorum at our Annual JJeeting, there would. be some alternatives on
which the sharehclders could vote. No one can say what the share-
holders might want to d.~. The City tenta.tiveLy offered $5000. cash
and the balance would be pa.id out of water revenues. Their tentative
offer was $200 a share but there is soze feeling that the stock is
worth more than that, There would have to be a bond issue for the
rehabili-tatiDn of the system,
Mr. FieEd said that. he believed that if all the offers and the
circumstances were presented to tl;e shareholders, it would be possible
L LD get a quzrum,
DFrector Robinson said he thinks the City will make a definite
offer and then we can try tc seek others, We mst have an answer
to the question v?ry shortly.
Mr. Briggs inauired whether the Company had had any nibbles
from private parties,
Director Robinson replied that we had not. He said he under-
stood that Mr. Stephenson of Nosti?. Carlsbad had been in touch ~wi-t:?
soineone who has contacted the Los Angeles office of the Bank of
Anerica and financing could be taken care of right now on the basis
of a $E,OOO,OOO bond issue.
Mr. Eriggs stated that if the (F\:..tl"cua.l cannot make a profit
with the present water rates, a ~E?W company tt~ould have to raise
them again to sei1 more water or else run the organization more
efficiently,
Mr. Trask then entered the meeting,
Mr. Field said that he thought the only way to -eliminate
-the taxes wouPd be to have the City "Lake it over, He said he did
not belleve a private company could sell. water at anywhere near what
we are getting for it nmv. The best way would be fcr the SLty to
take it over on a very small down payment and pa.\' it out over the
years from water revenues.
Director Xogers said that it is not a feasible iriove to give
the stock away because it is not izir ta the big shareholders.
Anyone who has 51 10 or 15 or more shares has 2 legitbate value
which should b2 paid .for,
Mr. Field sard that he did, not believe that the average share-
holder thinks >of his stcck as h2ving value except as his right ts
water, Re ~wns a share of ths assets, but after 32.1, the principal
thing is just the right to water,. A $200 price sounds gocd to him,
he said,
Director Rogers said that if you zre going -to lose 30 or 15
ysars9 interest, $200 a sharz is not very muck.
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k. Field stated that it xas his opinion that your property
is not vmrth cIle penny mre whether you have a ri+t to water
or if you own stcck. If you have J~st a normal share per acre,
yoilr right to water is worth just as much z.5 if YOU hZVC? stock on
it f)
President ln9el.s then asked Mr. Trask what hls ideas cuere.
Mr. Trask said that he had not given much time to study of
the rnatter, but it looked to him as though we s!lould get the water
company into a public agency of some type. He said having obsert-ed
water companies as zsainst public opsratecl agencies, he felt the
people are better served by a public company than by a private
company, The suaner !ye dLspose of the Mutual, the Setter, so far
as he is csncer:-~ed. 1-Ie feels $200 ~j~0Ul.d be fair price to the share-
h0Lzlzr for his st3ck.
3ireeLor Robinson said his susqestion ms that we see whether
anyone else is Ln-t.zrested in purchasing the Gonp~ay. ;-Le said we _"
should wr.ite the Xunicipzil and asic whether -they wol;lci zme to
pcrch~se it, We s?i-ioulC: request theri t~ n2.k~ 2 firm proposal to buy.
a,3nce 2. ;3an;101p:s name 2nd stephenson's nane have been rr,entiornt?d, ~er:d
thex a letter, too,
3irecter zobirlson moved.$ seconded by Sirector Xoge-s and carried
manimously:
soup 2n-y 2nd all
55-127 BE IT &lSE?LE2 -. j-I;at j-he Zarfsbsd r;:u-k-aal '!?!at--
Soup2n-y solicit offers for purchase 2 Axon ai=y 2nd all i.nterested pa~ties, private 01" public y s$ila>il2 cut letters t~ ascertain any bius.
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55-127 -. BE IT &lSE?LE2 j-I;at j-he Zarfsbsd r;:u-k-aal '!?!at--
solicit offers for purchase Axon ai=y
i.nterested pa~ties , private 01" public y
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1. s$ila>il2 cut letters t~ ascertain any bius.
. , ." !>A,;,.-L'b Q,t'i2E'i7,"F?7T Director Robinson moved, seconded by LI~XC-~QT ;3osezs,
2\i"id ca-rrl..d ufisni-mouspy:,:
BE IT rJq-zz?-E9 that a time 1i-ni-t be inserted jJ .our
request fm bids, szch tin? Iirr;l-t to be 5,ecezber Ist,
-LC 55-127
Director ~~obinson z-aid that if these bids are rer,eiVied by ?-.
3ecember Is-t, the 9oard cculd consj-der them the first paxt of
Jecernber and then would have 39 to 4.5 days to pressfit them to
the shareholders .,
Mr. Wood repor-tej oa the installation of +he neiJv New Chlorinator chlorinator, stating thi?at Pk. Zardin was .xaki;lg some
changes in the plans drawn Sy L?rs Phelps for the kousZncj for the
new chlorinators
T ;he Manager reported on the San Lu.is ?Ley Conserfla- Sal? Luis 3ey
Conservation
tion 3istric.t suit that the trial has Seen +akzl? off District Sui'
the calendar. Mr. Eberhard ;vi11 be at the office this evening at
6:OO O'CLOC~ to mak? a full report on it.
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?b. Wood presented a request from C, 3, McClellan Lot 81, Carl: !-Iig!?,lands No that the 25x30 parcel formerly used for the pressure
tank which has now been moved, be conveyed to the present owners of
Lot 81 €rom whFch it wzs excluded. *i *c
3irector F'obinson suqges-bed that -the mattes be delayed until
Mr. h!c>CleLJ.ar? retgrns from his vacation. :-le moved, seconded by
Director Anthony and carried xnanimously:
3E IT O?LDE?L:F3 that the rqueft of 55-128
C, 3. XcClellan f3r the ccsr,veyance of 25x30 parcelt EorrnerLy used for cur pressure system which has now been. moved, to Wzlter S 8.; llorothy 3.- Ford, present
OWI?~I-C'S of Lot 81, C'arlshad Figh.iaiy?c No-2, be postponed r;nt%2 the next regular meeting in order that i'!:r. C, D. YcClellan my explain the matter to the Board.
7" ne Manager asked for the Eozrd's ruling on a Lewi s Ch a s e request request by Lewts Chase, one of OUT shareholders, for
the ase of a parcel of Sround about 3x4 Sezt on our #4 reservoir
site, on which to set E?. post to gold his sending antenna. It
will be near "Le fence and should.' i3ot hamper OUT operations in
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in any way. rvr. Chase lwi11 provide sufficient inswance for
our protection.
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Director 3ogers movee9 seco~ded by DTsector Robin son and
carried unanirncusly:
55-12s" BE IT OR3ERED thhat the BQX~ here517 so on
record as approving the use of a 3x4' parcel
of Land near the fence on the $Ar reservoir
site to be xsed by SharehQlder Lewis Chase for a post holcSing send.ing antema equtprn~nt~ such use to be ccvered by agreement approved by Attorney T, 5. Smith and the Xanager,
Pickup The i'hamger reported that Xr. iiardin waats a TrL;ck
new pickup truck to be rnade into a welding truck.
He wants a service body on a. 3/4 torr truck with duals in the back.
I-Ie inquired whether the Soard wished to see some estimates on it.
Director Robinson said he would suggest that figures be
obtair,ed and the natter discussed at the next neeting.
FoV.Borden p". y:-. 'Jood said that F. I:. Borden has again approached aervLcc .-
us for service. He has asked that he be allowed a
meter connection at the extreme east end of the Chestnut Street
line, Iie has an agreement Erom the owners from that line to his
property to run a temporary line there. ;-!e 4s aware of the inclusion
fee, There ~~uk3: be no obligation of the Company-to~maintain it,
with the understanding that it does not er,title hin to maintenance
or to demand service. A contract: wouLd be rnade with hin; that his
service is due at the end of our line -and VJB are not responsible
for his own lines, i7.i.e rvould sign m agreement that should that
Chestnut Street line be extended, the fact that he is comected
by his own temporary line would not relieve him of the necessity
of paying his share of the extension,
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Director rCogers rxoved, seconded by airector 3:obinson and
carried unanimously:
BE I? ORDEXD that Forrest .I.!. Border., holder 55-130 of 1,900 sha~e of the Car3sbad Mutuzl Nater Company represezted by Certificate #9804 be grar,ted ternporary,service by a meter connection
at the ewtrerne east end-of the Chestnut. Street line,msaid service bei:ng subject to inclusion, fee and carrying no responsibility-to the Sonpany
r “beyond the end of otir line; and
BE I? FURTHE3 03D’EZED that if and when the prlser,t line on Chestnu$ Street is extended at some futue date, said Forrest 11. Borden will pay his share of
the new line. .1
Director Zogersr presented a letter from Shareholder Berkowitz Meter Berkowitz regardin9 his water meter, with the suggestion
that the Manager prepare a reply for approval. at the next
meeting.
There being no further business to come before the Board, upon
proper motion, duly seconded,.the meeting was adjourned at 3:10 P. M..
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M1N”ES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
of this
of the
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CARLSBAD MUTUA:L WATER COMPANY
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Regular Meeting
1955 the Carlsbad.Mutua1 Water Company was,held in the office October 18
of the Company in the City of Carlsbad, ,. County‘of San
Diegr, and State of California on ’Tuesday, October 18, 1955, at
1:oo P. M.
C, H. Ingels W, W, Rogers Directors
C. A. Anthony Arnold Brilhart Present
Re R. Robinson
Director Arriving Late]