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30LV O3' DIRECTORS OF THE
CARLSBAB Pl'l.l3ICi?AL XATEFZ DISTEICT HELD JAJ!JVRY 5, 1956, AT 2960 PI0 PIC0 BLVD.
CkLaSBU, CUIFOXNU QT 7 :30 P.M.
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Claimn Fry called the meeting to order 2t 7230 P,K and directed the Executive Sec- retary to call the roll:
PRESENT : DIiU3CTORS EtlrQLD , FZY, RGEI3S, 'ZMLER, KELLY
ABSENT: NONE
I Also present were Attorney iJn. dennis; Engineer Donald Short; Gerald XcClellan of the
McClelhn Insurance Cornpay.; C. D. NcClellan of the Citizens' llater Comittee; 0. E.
Owen, Jr. " et d.. of the San Diego Gas & Electric Company; F. M. Chase, Jr. and Glenn
R. Feist of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. I?. Roy ?ace of the Carlsbad l,Tomenl:
Club; and nmerous ot'ner citizens of the Carlsbad Ymicipal Water district.
IEnutes Minutes of the December 19, 1955, adjourned meeting were read and ap
Dec. 19, 1955 proved upon motion of Director Ewald, seconded by Director Zahler.
Approval was unanimous.
Insurance Director By called upon Gerald McClellan to review the insurance needs
&ald, the Board wanimously moved to take a binder upon sections fI and IV of the re-
port submitted by &. McCleUan (these sections provide for liability and fire insurm
with the remainder of the recomertiations to be studied by the attorney and committee
before taking further action.
Oceanside- A letter dated December 21, 1955, from the San Diego County 'dater Au%ho
Fallbrook ity was read; it concerned the proposed Carlsbad service connection and lateral granted preliminary approval for the connection with the Oceanside-Fall. brook lateral and requested information regarding the size of the meter to be installed.
Engineering A letter dated December 26, 1955, from Mr. S. T. Harding advised that hl
tne District completed by February 1, 1956.
Oceanside Director Rogers reported on a meeting at the Carlsbad ktml Mater Com-
pany offices held earlier in the day during which it was revealed by Mr MCCOIU~S that Oceanside would offer to renew its contract with the District.
New City manager, Herbert Eelson, presented a letter regarding the Council
Districts meeting of January 3 at which a motion was passed against the formation
of the District, Upon motion of Director Xogers, seconded by Qirector
I will be away fron Berkeley until January 9 but will have his report to
of any new Districts.
President Fry opened the meeting for discussion with members of the audience in order I
sound out public opinion regarding the fornation of a Coun$y ?later District &/or an
Improvement District. Answers sought were: Do the people south of Carlsbad with to form a County I;later district which would permit them to go directly to the aqueduct for
water? Do the people of North Carlsbad wish to go to the Oceanside-Fallbrook lateral,
financing through the formation of an Lnprovement District? Or should both groups go
together in a concerted effort to solve the problem?
County Mater F. M. Chase, Jr., representing the Chamber of Commerce stated tnat no
District VS. official corunent was forthcoming from that body. Mrs. Boy Pace of the
Improvement \?oment s Club reported that approximately twenty-five wmen had been made Digtrict aware of the situation but, that no action had been taken by the group as
Co;mnittee stated that his committee wishes to wait for Hading's report before recomen
ing action. He suggested that if possible the report should be speeded up. (Engineer Short reported that information for completion of the report would be transmitts3 early
next week,) Engineer Short and Attorney Demis presented maps and esti,mtes for a
proposed Improvement District which would embrace roughly the territory of the Mutual
service area. Three alternatives were provided for:
1. A ten inch pipe-line froln the e& of the Oceanside-Fallbrook lateral to connect wit
the sump in the Mission Basin, to carry four second feet at capacity (the practical max imm available to Carlsbad at any time of the year) at a cost of @.49,900; water throuc
this line would necessarily be pumped, To Mesa Drive the estimated cost vould be
such. R. D, Gar2w.d of the steering cormnittee of the Citizens' Xater
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~200,000.
2. A twleve inch gravity line from the Oceanside-Fallbrook lateral down the El Camino
Real and into the North Carlsbad reservoir, to cost $260,800,
3a. A fourteen inch gravity line from the Oceanside-Fallbrook lateral to the transmissior
line of Calaveras Lake and the Mutual area to deliver approximately four second feet at
a cost of $427,000.
3b. A twelve itch gravity line over the same territory to carry 1,300 gallns per minute (approsdmat$ly three second feet - more than the Xstrict's entitlement, but not all that might be available at certain tines of the year) at a cost of $369,100,
Calaveras Director .Zahler enquired as to whether use of Calaveras Iake for storage
Storage would be necessary to use the line to best advantage eEd if so wha+ would
water out of the lake. Mr. Snort stated that with any of the three proposals the Calavel
as problem exists and that the expense would amount to an additional $100,000.
Terramar Mr. IT. Do Cannon, representing a TerrTr group, in reference to the
Vat er awaiting permit from the Carlsbad Phmi8ipal idater District Board to cir- District) culate a formal petition for a new District. He referred to Engineer
is needed and stated that a larger pLpe-line is not the answer when it cannot be filled
to capacity. He felt that a smaller line with one or two small reservoirs to serve the
whole District is the answer. Otlerwise, his group would feel obliged to form a County
District so as not to get caught withuut water.
Mr. Paul Ecke announced that he felt the additional taxes would not be justified in view
of the fact that any of the proposed lines could not deEver sufficient water anyway. Another citizen stated that he would not favor splitting up the District as would occur
with the formation of an Improvement District to correspond with any of the proposals presented earlier because the expense would be several times what it would cost for the
District to stay together and build one big pipe-line.
Improvement Glenn Feist of the Chamber wished to know if sufficient water to take care
District of future growth of the area would- result from the formation of an Improve
ment District. 14r. Short reported that the amount of water from the Ocean
side-Fallbrook lateral would be V,ouch md go" but that probably enough would be availabl
to get by. However, he stated that whether enough water to permit normal use would be
available is doubtful and that the quality and price of the water should suppress its use
Assuming that an Lraprovement District were formed, a pipe-line constructed and water stor in winter, If&. Feist inquired as to whether %ne Ilutual area would be supplied with water
for a reasonable length of time so-it might operate independently and supply water in the
future. He suggested that if it is not necessary to supplement the supply in the future, it would probably be best to confine present activities to the Mutual area, but that if a:
should bow what they are getting into; a bond election for a short term of protection,
he stated, is not feasible.
Director Rogers pointed out that &n Diego does not use all of its entitlement and that what is left is divided among the rest of the Djstricts on a pro-rata basis, and if the
present rate continues, the CiWD will have more than double its minimum entitlement.
Director Kelly stated that all Irrigation i)istricts in the agency now have water and will
grow; if we sit still and just depend upon a volume of water Elat will barely carry us
along we will actually go bach~ards.
Citizens' C. D. XcClellan of the Codttee stated that he Selieved sentiment is beinl
Committee built up in favor of a District as a whole and that it is obviously less
desirable to build tlqo lines thaa one that would serve the entire District,
fie stated that he feels sure it will be possible to develop a2 acceptable program.
I be the cost to the District to put the facilities in order for getting
(county proposed formation of a County Mter D strict stated that his group is
Harding's staternent that we cannot get sufficient water in summer when it
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Improvement District requiring supplementary water in a few years is f omd, the people
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Frank l3, Sath "talBing from 'che point of vim of tbe najority" requested io know why, in effect, the Board was dividing the Zity by proposing an Imprsvernent District. Attorn€?!
j3ennis explained that the proposals outlined by the naps presented earlier were nerely
take-off points for discovering what is really wanted by the people. Nk. Smith then
asked why the &strict had not been fomed originally to correspond with the City of Carl:
bad including Terrarmr and Encina. Chairman F'ry stated tnat ths 3istrict had been forad
left which might result in +he foymtion of a number of smaller Districts in outlying are:
. to compljr with the conditions imposed by the iiuthority xhich required that no islands be
In response to a question by P5. Leks, Attorney denlqis explained %?at the district is coacemed only in the event of a water shortage, ?ad it is their sesIjonsibiliiy to
determine ma% is essential ar,d how water slmuld. be used in the event or" a shortage;
tha-k in ease of shortage mter r,rou.ld cot be distributed on Vne %asis of assessed Val-
uation "G ratter on a basis of househol5 use. Forzation of km districts would- not
be based. on assessed vzluation either. He iqdica-led -hat if an hprovazent 3istrict
is fcmed and a Line bciit, only -tlr_ose ~;.6.tlin 'c!?e Lmprovenent Cistrict could take
;.rater frog the line; if gemeral 05ligatlon bollds are voted -there rlrould be less trouble
%hzn with ~n Improvement Xstrict where there mst be a relationship Sebfeieen beneftts
and costs,
Donald 3, &res stated th2.t he beEievd fke ;ereseat ta,I-k cr" skortage is due minly to
lack of transmission lines vhick, after all, cag be increased, Ee annomced ";?at
cIL'CLLz3ns in South ,Pp uarlsbad had :retsined Zlgkeer Short to get, infom2tion for then
which cou-ld be used- in the event that -he 3istrict is sepal-ated. He favored joining
forces, hovcver, s?..nce 'OJT so doing the costs wou~d be EXIIJ.~~~ from $127 per acrs foot to +77, <'. accsrciing to figures -2s er?gL.neer had prduced in his imzstigatisn for then,.
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One citizen observed. that isre ere ~.lrw,d~- ss&j.!-ed wi-bk t,axes and. irz ,get no r\i&er, If
we add to the tax Surdec now, -..re stazd to benefit. Cnaiman Fry agreed that the
addi-tional cost would still be mch snzller than the present tax structure,
Grville Jeffers expressd tlrle vie1.r thst to comect ~~5th the Cceanside-Bll'orook latera:
is the worst thing Garlskd Cwld do; th~t the thing to do is to join forces azd go as
a body to the nab line,
Sthe-. citize.rs, Lmlcdiag Jud 3or,d, in6icatd that if there Mere any va-3 of getting
toge-bher they would favor It. It xas the general consensus th~t a single line is de-
sired. It was obselrved -khat the only solL!tion is to go as 2 bdg to t~e main aque-
duct xid '&at it is a xoral oXiga-tion to do SO.
I"resid.ent Fry called xpon representztives of tine Sal Diego Gas a$. Electric Coxpay-.
official coment ,
C2aude J. Pence1 observed. Ch,at the idea brol&t out j.11 Gle orj$nal s%.neg fox oae
pipe"line to semri,ce '&e 3is'~~i.ct xas a better idea "~62-3 5M.n everp that 1% had EO%
been understood. properly to be@ vith, tha'c the long yznge poLnt of view must be maintaiiled, a~d tht the comauxi-Ly was ncv enlightened. and, 3ad a better znderstzn2iag
of the sitmtioz. 'r:e expressed -the hope that full uxd.erstal?ding gLg!it 5e aciievd as
qdckly as possible, it was pointed ~xii that -to bzild an adeqzate line for the entire
district 1.211 save in the fuhure since ccsts for Lipoveaents increase every year.
Zngineer Short concu:weci snd c;u.oted figwes to back up the statement.
j3irectop 3ogers stated, in viev of the 3ngineer's rqort of Lne possibility of not
having enough xater to fill the line, that it might be jus-kifiable to reduce the size
of the line to 24" aad :mise Galaveras kke to a capacity of 1,000 acre feet and -there-
by have assurance of additional water storage. He reported thzt. 5-t, night be well to
consider revenue bonds for all or part of the hprovenent and that general obligation
bonds might be used also to inswe bringing water into the District; revenue bonds cost
more interestwise 5ut assure equ-itable distri'sutim.
Ijh" Q. ..Jvn .a state2 tk3.t ~2eg :;rere ?resent as observers only ai<d. 8s suck COUM. mike no
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Sarl Luis A question from the floor regarding the possibility of San Luis Key
Regr %mag@ underground slLorage brought the infomnation Tram Director Rogers that
that t3ose outside the emirons would be interested in paying to solve ow vater prob- lems; also, with Oceanside and Carlsbad on the line, there would not be more than
600 - '700 feet to store. He stated also that a line to the south wotdd. cut the entitle.
ment of tne I4u.tual area bat that we could not force any area to join an Pqrovement
District. He estimated that costs to izqrove Calaveras storage facilities would amount
to $70,000 for the filtration systern ad $50,000 for repairs to the line. These figure;
are hsed on an estinate of two years ago and do not include a cement lining or in- creased costs of materials since tnen. To raise the level of Galaveras Lake night cost
an. additional <$100,000 so with current costs the anticipated expense would be about
$25O,OOO. There are ao other suitable sites available for building nev reservoirs at
a reasonable cost.
kgineering Engineer Short presented the Tollowing comments: If a line is built to
the Geeanside-Fallbrook lateral wlich restricts the available supply of
water, storage facilities vill be necessary became of the lack of water supply, If a line is built directly to the aqueduct, this does not apply 2nd. water rJ0d.d be avail- able equally regardless of when ta.ken; excess water -Could be stored b7J-b does not in=
volve the necessity of storage facilities; the Oceanside-Fallbrook lateral does not
have sufficient capacity to carry the combined entitlement of Oceanside and Carlsbad,
and when Carlsbad connects, Oceanside .would be redueed to below its present entitlement
the storage capacity here is not very great and that it is inconceivable
and Carlsbad would not get its full entitlenent from that line,
Improvement Mr. Short stated further tnat if an Improvement Oistrict embracing the
District Mutual area should be formed, the Board would necessarily give the people
but Oceanside would then get its full entitlenent and dedlately reduce the take of
the Improvement District,
to the South the privilege of going direckly to the aqueduct for water,
Financing k response to a question from Director Kelly, Pk, Short stated that
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the cost of bad is-sues for a nmber of small distribution lines would not be appreciably more than one big bond issue to take care of the whole area, but
t'ne advantage of doing the job as a unit is that water would be more readily available
and to larger areas, and expansion could take place @ore quickly which in turn would
build up revenues.
Re semoir Director bgers stated that a reservoir is needed as a safety factor in
is a water shortage, it would be a life-saver,
Director Ewald pointed out that the original reason for a large pipe-line was to avoid
storage which is expensive, since water nust be pumped out of the reservoir and the
storage problem should be solved by a group of agencies at a lower cost. In this re-
gard, Director Kelly stated that money for stsrage facilities could be better spent at
the Meadowlark site which is higher, would provide more water and is generally a better
site. He mentioned that mch oppositioh stems from the belief that dry lands would
benefit at the expense of others; however, he stated, evidence is thzt assessed valu-
ation shoots up as soon as water becomes available so that actually, over a thirty-year
period, the bonds would be 90% liquidated by the drhy land and public utilities owners,
Charles Forward, attorney for the San Jiego Gas and Bectric Company, verified this from
his own experience with property at Poway; his assessed valuation there went from ap proximately $50 to $400 per acre with the sudden availability of water.
At the conclusion of this discussion, President Fry announced that it was the desire of
the Board to do as was wished by the people of the District, and that no decision would
be made until the reports of the Ehgineer and Citizens' Cammittee were in hand. He
expressed the hope for continued interest on the part of the citizenry,
At 9:55 P.M. a ten minute recess was taken following which the correspondence was
considered.
IHCOMING CORRESPOTJDENCS:
case of disaster such as earthquake. If the reservoir is full and there
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12-31-53 - Excerpts from minutes of a meeting of the Pletsopolitan :dater District of
Southern California.
12-21-55 - San Diego County itJater Authority - re proposed Carlsbad Service Coxmeetion,
granting preliminary approval for connection with the Oceanside-Fallbrook lateral and
requesting informtion re size of the meter to be installed,
12-21-55 - County Clerk - re tax payments and enclosing check totaling $2,286,90 for
current secured taxes for 11-22-55-l103CL55. 12-22-55 - MetFopolitan 'iSater J'strict - copy of letter to Niss Y4Uer, Executive Sec-
retary of the S. D. county Water Authority, achowledging docuxents and qps re annex- ation to Oceanside of the "Seaward &tensionyf a portion of which overlaps into the CMID, 12-22-55 - Irrigation districts Association - minutes of the Executive Committee meetir
of 12-7-55, 12-26-55 - S. T. Harding - enclosing bill for $466.20, He will be away from Berkeley until January 9, but will have coEpleted his re2ort to the District before Feb, 1,
12-27-55 - S. D. County kiakr Authority - requesting certificate in which all changes in boundary during the year are recorded,
12-28-55 -- S. D. county 'IJater Authority - re reduced rate for Authority water stored
from 12-1-55 -- 4-30-56.
tion re leases aGd contracts made to taxable ownem. 1-4-56 -- City of Carlsbad - re motion against f ormtion of New Districts, 1-4-56 - County Clerk - notice Vat the C3'ihfD win receive $ll,746,46 for current secure
taxes from 12-1-55 - l2-2-55, (Check received 1-5-55. )
OUTGOING COWSPONilENCE:
12-3-55 - to Citizens' Ater conzGttee, Carlsbad Gity Council, Carlsbad Chamber, Nutual Water Gonpany, Women's QuS, S. D. Gas & Electric Cmpany, and Mr. Harding, outlining the
present situation re the Carlsbad water problem,
I 1-3-56 -- S, 3, Coun'cy -- re assessment roll of +axable propert7 and requesting informa-
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Bonds Attorney Dennis reported on the Valley Center "ond issue just passed.
$2,903,603) were sold this afternoon at an interest"rate of 4..@9527%. Another bid
received from the Bank of America was €or 4..713499$.
An informal discussion enswed. as to whether to accept extension of a Contract with Oceamide if offered.
Mr. Short's suggestion that he be authorized to telephone YE. Harding on January 10
to apprise him of the present situation was approved.
Typewriter Director ihald reported that investigation proved that typewriter rental is not feasible since tke monthly fee' amounts to LO$ of the cost of the
machine. The result was, as authorized by the board, the finance committee had pur-
chased the 3emZngton typewriter (serial #15,!&59) which had bees used satisfactorily QQ
a trial basis,
The General Obligatior? bonds for $1,600,000 (assessed valuation of
Bank i?ote Treasurer Wder reported that $5,000 had been paid on the $lO,OOC note
Rogers, seconded by Director Ewald, it was unanimously aged that another ($5,000
plus interest on all notes should be paid at once.
Director Rogers moved that the assistant treasurer, Director Ewald, should be bonded in-
asmuch as he is authorized to sign checks in the absence of the Treasurer. The motion,
seconsed by Director Kelly, carried unanimously.
Attorney Dennis recommended the purchase 02 a book outlining Standarii Cilassification
of Municipal. Accounts for use of the Treasurer and Executive Secretary.
Payment of Checks #I331 tbough 1344. were unanimously approved upon motion of Qir- Bills & ector Rogers, seconded by Director Kelly. It was agreed also that
Attorney's Attorney Dennis should be paid $2,800 for services through December 31,
due in addition to two notes totaling $8,000. Upon motion of Directw
Fees 1955, including $1,500 on account of the %strict formation and $1,300
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for monthly retainer fees to December 31, 1955.
Chairman Fky declared the meeting adjourned at 10:4.5 P.M.
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President of the Bdrd of Di&ctors
Carlsbad Pimicipal Water DG'bict
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Carlsbad Pkmicipal Thter District
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