HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-08-02; Municipal Water District; MinutesMINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WSBAD MUNICIPAL'
WATER DISTRSCT I-IEIS) AUGIJST 2, 1960 at 2:OO I?. M. AT 2698 STATE STREET, CARLSBAD, CALIF01
President Kelly called the meeting to order at 2:05 P.M. with Directors Carnohan, Coe, (
and Maerkle answering role call. Attorney Swirsky, Engineer Clayton, Mrs. Gregory, Bill
Parry reporter with the San Diego Union, Jack Kubota, Engineer, City Attorney Barbara H;
and office secretary were also present.
The president then announced that the nOtice of adjournment of the regular meeting of JI
19, 1960, to this date, as required by Section 54955, Government Code, State of Califor]
had been duly posted and the affadavit of said posting was to be made a part of the recc
of the District.
President Kelly asked Mrs. Gregory if she wished to bring some matter before the board ~
their consideration. Mrs. Gregory stated she would like to get some information in reg,
to getting water on her land. She said she owned land close to President Kelly and is
running a nursing home. She is contemplating extending it some 9,000 sq. ft. After loc
ing the land on map posted on the wall and after discussion by the board, the board re-
commended to Mrs. Gregory as she will be in the proposed Improvement District 83, it wot
be better to wait until it is organized for according tolthe location of her land there
be a take off at her place. They advised her to build a temporary one at this time woul
be costly.
Mrs. Gregory asked how soon Improvement District No. 3 would be developed and was advisc
it should be well under way in the next year. phis was agreeable to her as it will be
another year before the extension to her nursing home is built. She thanked the Board
and left at this time.
City of Carlsbad The city attorney stated she had been requested by the City Council tc
District on behalf of the City of Carlsbad. She stated they had been
concerned for sometime with the wholesale price of water, which they in turn have passec
to the users of water in the City and have gotten complaints from them because of the h
rate of water. She said the City of Carlabad would like the Carlsbad Municipal Water D:
trict to consider lowering the wholesale price of water to the city and make up any def:
by raising taxes. They felt the people in the dry lands had the benefit of the water a1
were not carrying their share of the load.
The city attorney stated Oceanside was charging $17.00 to $21.00 for water, while the Dj
was charging anywhere from $35.00 to $38.00 per acre ft.
President Kelly stated the reason Oceanside could charge a lower rate was because they c
under the Authority originally, while the District had to put in their own lines and pal
the cost of same.
Director Carnohan stated the District had put taxes on the whole area that was pretty wc
equal and he felt this proposition would require more study.
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Attorney appear before the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water
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Director Greek Pointed out to the City Attorney all excess water goes into GalaVera and
Cith has not been charged for this excess water.
The City attorney stated the City would like the District to lower the cost per acre ft
them, and get additional revenue by raising taxes. In this way people would be paying :
tax bill just once a year, with decreased monthly water rates.
After lengthy discussion the City attorney was advised by the board the District are at
time working on their 1960-1961 budget and would go into the matter and see if anything
could be done on the charge for water to the City. The District @tt&rey advised that 2
the next meeting the board would .determine a tax rate.
The city attorney stated she would appreciate the board giving this matter a lot of cons
tion while making up their 1960-1961 budget and tax rate, and advise the City Council wl:
they could come up with.
Mesa Water Line The engineer, auditior and superintendent met with Mr. L. Bonn at his c
Contract over the cost of construction of the Mesa Water Line. Mr. Bonn furnisl
substantiate these costs. As the auditor could not make a check, Mr. Bonn agreed to sec
these papers from his Los Angeles office and said hejwould call the auditor when they wc
received.
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Reimbursement at the Palomar Airport, Wednesday, July 27, 1960 for the purpose of goj
the auditor with an itemized list of costs, but had not invoices, etc.
The engineer stated the meeting with Mr. Bonn was fruitless and a wae of time and he
was going ahead and making up his om estimate of cost for this, then when the auditor
has been able to check the invoices, etc., they would compare the costs with the estimal
for the cost of constructing this line.
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Squires Dam The engineer advised the board that he, President Kelly and Mr. Jim Leigh I
Site is a representative of the State Department of Water Resources, went out tc
the site and went over the ground. Mr. Leigh was furnished with i" copy of
geologist's report and other data that had been completed to date. The engineer said hc
felt Mr. Leigh left with a favorable idea of the dam structure and felt there would be 1
trouble with these people. He stated also the geologist's report was on file which the
board members could read, but to summarize the report he would say that approximately a:
the area is granite in one form or another.
The engineer advised the board the last thing to be done at this time was the aerial to:
graphy. He said he had checked the possiblity of using the pictures taken by the Count:
but this could not be done at this time, so the bast bet would be to get the topography
outside for $500.00 for the picture taking and the mapping, providing we send our crew 1
to put the white crosses on the ground and measure the elevation of each of these cross
He estimated it would take $500.00 for this work. He said he had made arrangements to
his field man come up at 5:OO P.M. today and then Friday have the topography work done
the board wanted to go ahead on this basis. This would make a total of $1,000.00 for t
work and he asked the board's permission to proceed with this work, If he can follow tl
schedule he advised he could have the aerial map back by Wednesday, August 10, 1960.
After discussion, upon motion of Director Carnohan, seconded by Director Maerkle, and UI
imously carried, it was moved that the engineer go ahead with this aerial topography SUI
The engineer further stated he planned to have a firm figure on the dam site by the nexi
meeting.
The attorney advised the board the agreement with Mrs. Dawson expired August 18th. Two
days after the regularmeeting, and legallyd the District would have tolenter into an
agreement prior to the 18th. in order for the $600.00 deposit to apply on the purchase 1
The district could still negotiate after this date but the credit of the $600.00 would 1
at the option of the Pawson's.
Improvement The engineer stated he had revised the agreement for the engineering work I
District hprovement District No. 3. He said basically it was the same agrement as
No. 3 presented before, but he had modified it to get rid of the open-end agreeml
on field party time. In section "5", he stated he had restricted the so c,
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open-end agreements as follows:
"It is also mutually agreed that the Engineer shall furnish the necessary field surveys
required for eminent domain proceedings and the necessary office engineering required fl
the acquisition of rights of way at his regular hourly charges, which charges shll be i:
addition to the fees mentioned elsewhere in this contract, and which charges are as fol
Field Engineer $11.00 per hour 3-Man Survey Party 22 .OO per hour
2-Man Survey Party 17.00 per hour Office Engineering 11.00 per hour
.Drafting 8 .OO per hour
Payment.fqr services listed under this paragraph shall be due and payable at the same t:
as payment for services listed in Items (a) through (c), inclusive, in Paragraph 1 (one:
herein .'I
On the second page under Section (i), he stated he had added the following:
I (i) Perfprm field surveys necessary for design.
(j) Perform field surveys necessary for construction stakes.
Under sectdnh (2) he stated he had added section 2B which states the District agrees to
the engineer for item (i) a fee of 1.6% of total cost of construction of said water sys'
Also section (2C) was added which s.tates the District would pay the engineer a fee of 1
of total cost of construction of said water system.
The engineer stated the above figures plus 5.1% for items (a) through (c) inclusive, an1
0.7% for items (d) through (h) inclusive written in the agreement would be 8.9% which w
be the whole job complete with the exception of rights of way work.
After lengthy discussion, upon motion of Director Greek, seconded by Director Coe, and
unanimously carried it was moved that the agreement be accepted, with the alteration of
the agreement to include A.S.C.E. curves 'on the percentage to be paid the engineer on a
sliding scale, on the total amount of the construction cost.
The attorney advised the board he had received a letter from O'Melveny and Myers addres
to the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District in reference to bond
issue on Improvement District No. 3.
0"Melveny and Myers state in their letter their fee will be 3/10ths. of 1% of the princ
mount of the bonds authorized, for the drafting of all resolutions, notices and other
documents required at the bond proceedings, the general supervision of the proceedings,
examination of the proceedings step by step as taken and the issuance of their approvinl
opinion to the purchaser of the bonds. The above would be payable one- third following .
canvass of the election returns and the remainder following the sale of the bonds or a
portion thereof. If the bonds are sold in more than two sales there will be an additio~
fee of $200.00 On each excess sale. If the bond proposition fails to carry at the eleci
their fee will be $1,000.00 payable following the canvass of the election returns.
In addition to the above, O'Melveny and Myers are to be reimbursed for out-of-pocket ex.
penses, such as telephone, telegraph, travel and the like, which will be billed to the
District from time to time.
After discussion, upon motion of Director Maerkle, seconded by Director Carnohan, and UI
imously carried, it was moved that O'Melveny and Myers be employed as bonding counsel ir
accordance with terms set forth in their letter.
SDCWA Director Carnohan stated there was nothing in particular to report to the board 1
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took place at the last meeting.
Director Carnohan asked the board what their feeling would be on delivering water to Me:
After lengthy discussion the board said in their opinion delivery of water to Mexico shc
be on a temporary basis only.
Superintendent's The superintendent reported to the board the District had used 815.7 i
Report feet of water for the month of July. He stated 15 acre feet had been 1
spilled and the 13 acre feet went into ealavera
Other 1. San Diego Gas and Electric Company's request for execution of contract anc
Business in the amount of $176.50 covering 706 feet over free footage allowance fo:
installation and removal of electric line to serve Chlorination Station wt
approved by motion of Director Carnohan and seconded by Director Greek.
Finances Upon motion of Director Greek and seconded by Director Coe, and unanimously ct
it was moved that checks nos. 364-4-3660 ($2,.063.27)be ratified.
After discussion, upon motion of Director Maerkle, seconded by Director Coe, and unanimc
carried, it was moved that the Dzstrict pay for anocher year's service agreement for tht
IBM typewriter in the amount of $35.00.
CORRESPONDENCE:
1. San Diego County Water Authority:
a. Report "Analysis of the proposal of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power rc
b. Letter re Resolution leving taxes for the fiscal year 1960-1961. Read and filec
2. Card from Don Short, Engineer, from Russia. Passed around to members of the board a
filed .
3. Letter from Assemblyman Sheridan N. Hegland re. Carlsbad Municipal Water District's
statement in relation to the proposal of the City of 50s Angeles Department of Water
and Power. Read and filed.
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3ative to the importation of Feather River Water." Read and filed.
4. Letter from San Diego County .Civil De€ense asking for the District to sign a resolut on Civil Defense in times of emergency. The attorney advised the board this comes
under the County Water Act and he would prepare a resolution to be signed at the nex
meeting.
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The engineer asked if the board wanted him to go ahead and startthe preliminary drawing
on Improvement District 113. He stated that 2% months had already been lost out of the
6 months waiting period which left 3% months if the District wanted to sell bonds as so
as this waiting period was up. He stated the first of the year would be the best time
do this work and if the District wanted to be finished by June he&ould have to get sta
right now,
President Kelly said he felt there would be no trouble with this election and he though
we should go ahead with the preliminary drawings and get it under way.
After discussion, upon motion of Director Carnohan, seconded by Director Greek and unan
ly carried, it was moved the engineer proceed with the preliminary drawings right away.
Upon motion of Director Greek, seconded by Director Coe,=and unanimously carried, it wa
moved &hat: the meeting be adjourned.
The meeting was declared adjourned at 4:30 P.M.
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Secretary of the Board of Directors
CARLSBAD M?lJ!?ICIPAL WATER DISTRICT
CARLSBAS MUNICIPAL WATERPISTRICT
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