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Home My WebLink About1957-03-11; Municipal Water District; MinutesMINUrPdS OF AN ADJOW3D R!3GUMB XZdTIXG OF THZ BOAED OB DIBECTOBS OF TH3 CBRLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATGR DISBICT BLD 2LL’ 4 :00 P.G., WCH 11, 1957, AT 2960 PI0 PIC0 ilRIV3 , CBLSBiJ) , CALIFORNIA The meeting was called to order by Chairman Pry. Present: Directors: lwald, Fry, Kelly, Bogers Director Zahler arrived at 4:05 P.X. Also present were BIessers Carrol Kelly, Jack Lymn and Daniel ydiegmd represent- ing the proprosed Improve-nt District No. 2, and Attorney Dennis and SMineers Short and Curtis. Unit 8-2 &&leer Short of Boy15 Bngingering presssntd a letter in which the Imp. Dist. bids for Unit 8-2 of arterial water system for Improverrent District #1 BIDS . No. 1 were analyzed as follows: - Bidder Total Amount of Bid Sched. 1-C Sched. 1-S Nut& Pipeline & Const raction Co, Siner Brothers, Inc. $rest C. Collins Co. Hallmk Construct ion Co. Ward Const xuct ion Co . N. P. Van Valkenburgh Co. Valley E)ngineers, Inc. V. R. Dennis Constmct ion Co. $231,631.70 $242,662,90 238,155.00 240,390 . 11 245,223.36 243,916.70 246,565 . 80 253,219.90 254,780 . 50 259,515.00 264,968 000 299,954 .OO 309,107.00 It was stated by the letter that the lowest bid had been submitted by the Mutual Pipeline & Construction Compy of Lakewood, California under Schedule 1-C with no appareDt irregularities. It was recommended that this bid be accepted and all other bids except tht of 9imr Brothers, Inc. (second low) be rejected. The Attorney ex- amined tha bids ard stated that there were no apparent irregularities. Besol. 55 On motion of Director 3wald, seconded by Director Zahler, a Resolution (No. 55) to award the contract to the Iuiutual Pipeline & Construction Company of Lakewood, California as per their bid on Arterial iVater System Transmis- sion Main fmm san Diego Aque&uct, Unit A-2, under Schgdulg 1-C and to rsjsct all other bids except that of Einer Brothers, Inc. who had submitted the second lovest bid, and authorizing the President and Secretary to execute the contract on behalf of the C%TD, was introduced and adopted on the following roll call vote: AY3S: DIBC%BS: AWLD,, FRY, HELLY, ROCiBS, ZAHUR NOS S : DIEACTORS : XONe BBSENT : DI XIECTOXS : MON3 1 I Imp. Dist. Mr. Carrol Kelly r9ported that hs had not yet received sufficiant Bo. 2 athorizatiop to nomi-mte a permanent committde to represent the pro- posed Improv@nmt District No. 2 in negotiations with t& Board of the CIfJE). He named a tentative committee, however , as follows: Jack Lyman, Daniel Wie- gad, Donald Ayers, Nrs. %alter F. Schyvler, and Carrol Kelly. Er. Kelly stated that he feels it would be unjust to include anything North of the pressnt proposed bounda- ries. angineer Short was not prepared to make a definitg statemsnt about this but said it aopears reasonable. It was agreed to await completion of the engineering survey to decide on this subj2ct. Short said tb study coulci be ready in advance of mittee should mest at 4:OO POX., Idarch 25th to review the situation. City Director fwdd noted that the City Souncil had rpqu?sted that th? meet- the metimg schedulgd for krch 2’7th ad it was agreed that the Water Problems Com- ing of the 27th be held at 7:OO P.M. instead of 7 :30. This was agresd upon. Boundary Director awald ~O~C9d that thq baring would be held t Omorrow morn- Hear ing iW re the propossd n9w city boundaries. Clemson Pngineer Short reported on the present state of ri gM;s of way and sub- 1 scrow mitted docwnts pertaining to the Cleinson escrow acc.ompanied by a letter stat ing that the documents are in order and that the easement will not interfere with th construction, o;jnration or maintenance of t'h rngulzlting reservoir and connection pipe lines. These docum& s were referred to th Attorney who said t'hat they are in oder as long as the engineer is satisfied that there will be no interference. On motion of Director Bog;ers, secodied by Director Zahler, the Chairmn was authorized to exscut e ths r?scrow report. Eight s-o f - The 3ngineer thpp pressntd a written report on the status of rights- Way (COSTS) of-way and costs thernof. The charges to date mount to #3,773.63 rights-of-way which call for approval by the Bincon del Diablo liYD are no longer per- tinent in view of the changed plsns, Therefore it was moved by Director Zaihler, se- conded by Director Rogers, %hat no firther work be done with regard to easeent s for Unit "A" (Bast of Bennet). Not ion carrid. with the total estimated at $9,833.00. It was noted that certain Kelly The documents required for thq easemmt on the Bllan 0. Kelly lami gasemat were presented and upon the recommendation of the Attorney it was a- greed to acce?t t& eassznt as a gift as per Kr. Kelly's offer in vi?w of the fact tbt Kelly is ea wmber of the 3oard of 3irsctors. The documents wgre then turwd over to Director Kelly for his revipw and execution. 8-2 lnginesr Short presnntsd an invoice covering the engineering costs for Costs finance cornittee for review. uaps (Imp. gngineer Short submitted five copies of the map atitled "Arterial Dist, 91) bher system for Improveent District 110. 1, Trmsmission ]&in outlets" Pnghering Unit 8-2 in the aaount of $1,064.70. This was ordersd rsferred to the showing t& route of th9 new lim and locations of ths outlets. On? was ordered dirqcted to the Vlatw Problems Comxittee, on9 to Carrol Kelly, one to the permanent file and the others held for fhture reference. Hinton Site Bngineer Short rswrted that the filing on the Hinton Reservoir Site his exRnses in connection therewith in the mount of $68.41. Attormy dttomey Dennis said hq bad talked with O'Melveny & Nyers and they have OE'd the proof on the bonds but that it will be after the 21st before they can be delivered. Delivery, therefore, 'has been. schedaled for the week of the 25th. By general consent, apymval of Ninu4es not approved to date was d5- ferred until after delivery of the bonds and issuance of the final opinion from O'Bklvenr & Nyer S. San Marco s Nr. Dennis stated that Attorrq Don Xartinsbn is repressnt ing San Etlar- Contract cos on the contract between that District and the CNWD and that the contract will be rads within the next two days, Director &ald asked Attorney Dennis if he has any connection with Attorney Nartinson, Dermis said '$ot at the present time". Director EIwald said he thinks the District shorild appoint an outside attorney to check the contract. He movqd that the chair appoint a committee to decide on this matter. The name of John Cranston, water attorney, was suggested. The chair appointed a committee of the whole to recommend on the handling of the San Marcos Contract Legislst ion The Attor*y then said that Ur. Jennins has callsd fo r a meeting to L!WD Act Ziscuss certain proposed adnpndments to the IuiwD Act and asked for the 1 on agUa Ikdionda Greek has been completed and submitted a bill for Board's advice concerning these awndmsnt 3 which he outlined as follows I 1. Deletion of the restriction on tha Authority from developing water within the County of Sau Diego. If this is adopted it will mean that the Authority could erect dams, acquire water rights, etc., witkin San Diego Cow-ty. On motion of Director Rogers, seconded by Director dwald, the Board unanimously agreed this should be sup- ported . 2. Raising of thn assssssd vaulaation required for representation by a director on the Authority Board from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000~ This would not effect directors already appointed, On motion of Dirbctor Rogers, seconded by Director Bwald, this was agreed advisable. e -g.- I 3. Making possible the transfer of property from onp District to another within the to approval and conssnt of the Authority by &solution only thus ma;king the current expense of elections, etc., untlacessary. The Attorney pointed out that this would result in more requests upon individual Bmrds which wuld man more pressure. He said back taxes would continue to be levied until paid out. Director Plwald asbd about the annexation of Oceanside to ths Bueno Colorado District and how taxes would be handled thqre. The Attorney said current taxes would havs to be paid to both thq keno Colorado Bistrict md the City of Oceanside unless Bueno a- greed otherwise. Authority in compliance with tho regulations of ths two gppcies involved and subject The Bmrd agreed that this change in the Act shoul& be supported. 4. Permitting a Distrid to pay it s annexation fees all at Once if desired. It was agreed that this should 5e supportsd. 5, Offecting preferentail right by requiring that monies paid in othpr than taxes would not be given credit toward enntitlsmant in the future, At present all pa,ppnts otbr than far purchase of water are ussd in computiw entitlsrzTnt. Diractor nwald stated that if the Authority operates right there should never be my worry about preferential right, Birsctor Rogers said he was inclined to go along with the pro- po sal. Attorney Dennis stated that there is some question about the right to take water for storage by prefsrenkial right and whether the Act should be corrected on the subject of storage within t& limits of a District. This would bring up the problem of cy- clic VS. seasonal storage. Dirgctor Bogers recomnded that agenciss should be sntitld to water for storage for immediate and seasonal use but beyond that it should be left to the Authority. The Attorney, in response to a question by Director awald, said that the water we have in storage alrqady cannot be touch& and if passed this restriction would not be effective until July or August. Director Rogers stat4 the opinion that the agency should not bc? abls to store water bsyond one ynar uless therq is surplus. On this point ths Board agreed. 1 Be so rut ion A b§oInt ion provMing for Social Security coverage for ernplorees, af- no. 56 fect ive January 1, 1955, was adopted on the following roll call vote : AY3S : DIRZCTORS : EWAW) , FRY, KELLY, ZOGEBS, ZBHLZB MOES : DIREWORS : BOX& ABSZIIT : D IBCFORS : KOE3 Prefsrential The Attorney reported that 2k. Shepardson had moved that a cormittee Right of engineers and attorwys be appointed to check on locd water avail- able to ths Aut'aority area. Hn said the committee had not yet been appointed but probably would include SkparCson, Brennan, ani VJoolford (!Iscondido) who would appoint a sub-cornittee to work with t ha. Intitlewnt A letter (8-14-55) from CB?) to the Authority on the subject of watg storage in vl'nich the word "entitlemnt" was erroneously used was re- viewed. On mot ion of Direct or Swald, scondsd by Director Kogers, the Secrntary was instructed to advise the Authority that the intpat was to ask for all the water which could be allocated to ths CXKD instead of all the water to wihich the District is ant it led . Convention On motion of Director Bwald, seconded by Director Kelly, it was u- agimously agreed to authorize the expense of an additional Board men- ber to the Irrigatioa Districts Association Convsnt ion in Sacramento on Nirch 20-22. Chairman Fry agreed to attend ad the Secretary was instructed to make reservations for him. Imp, Dist . Director Swdd reported that he had talked with Nr. Raffsrty in San No. 1 Francisco who had recommanded short term governmats for investments FI&TAIXX S and advised that the Xstrict contact the local bank at the time we zield last week was 3.25%. I wish to make the investment S. Director Swald noted that the average -3- On motion of airector Rogers, seconded by Director Bahler, the meeting was adjourned to 7:OO P*L, March 27, 1957, at which tiw a Joint anting will be held with the City Council. I ATT2XiT : k 0. cL& Secretary of the Board of Directors Carlsbad Xunicipal Water District I I -4 -