HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-08-09; Municipal Water District; MinutesEINUTES OF A SPECIAL WT'ING OF THE BOARD OF DIF-ECTORS OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL
WATER DISTRICT HELD AUGUST 9, 1956, AT 2960 PI0 PIC0 BOULEITARD, CARLSBAD , CALIFO??iIA, AT 1O:OO A.M.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Fry, Present: Directors: EGJALD, FRY, KELLY, ROGERS, ZAHLl3R Absent : None
Also pxmx& were Attorney Mrn. Dennis, Ehgineer Clayton, and John Netka.
The Chairman ordered a copy of the notice of the meeting and affidavit. of mailing be
filed with +rAffidavitesn in the official records,
Resolution The attorney re& Resohtfon. Eo. 2'6 declaring t.he necessity for incurri a bonded indebtedness to be payable from the taxes levied upon less tha
all of the District arzd f5xirg the .tine and place of hearing and giving I #2'6
notice of hearing,
Hearing The Attorney explained that the bard paust corduct another hearing &ad Listen to all who appear ulthout prejudging an3 that they mst thm
use their discretion in making ~t decision. He said that if there should be dficied evidence that there should be a chrarze irr bcmda.rLes, another notice of hearing wdd have to be prepared. .Ve could then hold an election wiYi <ne general election and it is barely possible that it could be held before that time, i
Netka Mr. Ketka said that Mr. McCornas of Oceaaside has plans to sell wzter tc their neighbors. He declared that the 0-F lateral is a 20n line. This was denied and Director .Rogers phoned He. Holmgren who verified that it is not a 2Gf! line and is either a U, or 16 inch line. Mr. Netka declined to state where he had got his information but said if the person who had compiled it is wrong he will admit he is giving misinformation. He said he likes to get his own figures. The attorney
poin%ed out that he may be misinterpreting some of the figures he uses.
In answer to a question from the attorney as to his facts, Mr. Netka stated that the
facts were someone*s else and that he prefers to get his own facts and that we all mab
mistakes. Director Rogers asked him who gave him the 20" figure and Netka said that
was his own information and when he is ready to present it he will.
Chairman Fry asked him if he was stating as a fact that the 0-F lateral is a 20'' line. Metka ad.mitted that some doubt had been cast upon this figure and that Mr. HoLngren
had not made a definite statement "so how can I be sure?"
Director Ewald pointed out that Mr. Netka was willing to quote Mr. McComas and others
who are not authorities on the subject and yet was unwilling to accept the figures of
the real authorities in the field.
Chairman Fry pointed out that all resources of the San Luis Rey are in use to the ult3 mate and at present we are short of water,
Netka suggested that the Board authorize a bond election for the $1,350,000 issue but make it applicable only to the corporate limits of Carlsbad. He suggested also that
meantime we connect with the O-F lateral as an emergency measure. He insisted that we
should get 8 definite commihent from the Authority that there will be enough water a~ said that water is got by entitlement and not by pipe lines,
Director Kelly challenged Netka's statement that there had been a promise made to keel the taxes down on the dry acres. Netka said : tfAll I get is what I get out of the ne% papers and books. If the newspapers are lying, I can't help it,"
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Attorney Dennis, reported that the S. D. Gas & EZectric compav will go along on the
Improvement Disirict basis for one more election and if it fails they will object to
the formation di f an Improvement District having boudaries that would include their
company and will object to any plan that will result in taxes for them. They will the insist upon a County IJater &strict to include certain lands along with their properti
At this point Netka insisted upon documentary evidence and said the people are more important than any corporation.
Director Ewald pointed out that there are two sources of water supply available to
hrlsbad: the San Luis by River bed and the aqueduct; Oceanside could cut Carlsbad
off from pumping the river today. If we had a line to the CLF lateral, we would be ex titled to four acre feet per day and ue aye using nine, so it is obvLcrus that the OIF lateral is no solution to the problem.
Netka then said, "'1 hear so many things I don't know what to believe."
On motion of Director ExIald, seconded by Director Zahler, Resolution io. 27 was &opW
as read by the following roll call vote:
APES: EWALD, FRY, KELLY, ROGERS, ZBKLER NOES: NOp5E: .
I Director Zahler pointed out that &. Hetka is assuIBing a tremerdous responsibility when he influences voters without having the fact8 and said he should get the facta
before he sets out to influence qone. Director E;wald agreed and pleaded with Mr.
Petka to avail himself of the facts before contiauiphl his campaign: "when you take
the responsibility of influencing the people on a situation as serious as this you
should be sure of your facts."
Director Rogers stated that he thinks there should be a steering coslpnittee to handle the election campaign and that this Board has the responsibility to get out the facts
to the public.
The meeting was declared adjourned at Uz45 A.M.
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Max 0. Ewald Secretary of the Board of Directors Carlsbad Mtmtcipal Water District
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August 7, 1956
To all Directors of the Carlsbad Municfpal Water District; addressed
individually to each of tha Directors listed below,
Dear Director:
The undersigned, as President of the Board of Directors of the
Carlsbad Municipal Water Oistrict, hereby calls a special meeting of
the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Uater District to be
held on Thursday, August 9, 1956, at 1O:OO otclock A.M. in the Council Chamber at the City Hall in the City of Carlsbad, San Diego County,
California,
The purpose of said meeting will be to consider the advisability
of instituthg prooeedhgs for the eyeation of an Improvement District
and the passage of a Resolution declaring %he necessity for incurring bonded indebtedness to be payable from taxes levied upon less than aU. of the District, and fixing the time and place for a hearing by the
Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water %strict on the question of the formation of an Improvenent District, the extent thereof, the proposed Improvement and the amount of indebtedness to be incurred.
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I and of the Board of Directors there
Directors :
glly C, ~ry, 2823 State Street, Carlsbad, California
~rui: O. Ewald, P.O. Box 265, CarlsW , klifornfa
Patrick E. Zahlep, 1255 hgma Drive, Csrlsbad, California W. W, Rogers, 2729 Carls'sad Blvd., Carlsbad, California Allan 0. Kelly, P.0, Box 335, Carlsbad, California,
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