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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF BW OF DIRECTORS OF THP; CARLSBAD MUMCIPh WA'I'EX
DISTRICT HE;LD JW 5, 1961 AT 2:OO P.M. AT 2698 STATE STREPIT, CARLSBAP, CALIFORNIA:
President Kelly called the meeting to order at 2:05 P.M. with Directors Carnohan, Gree
and Maerkle answering roll call. Director Coe was absent from roll call. Attorney
Swirsky, Engineer Clayton, Acting Manager Kubota, Superintendent Tucker, Irwin Kelly,
Mrs. M. Borsum and office secretary were also present.
The secretary introduced an executed copy of a notice of special meeting, with an
affidavit of mailing executed by Evelyn Lund that a true copy of said notice had been
mailed to all members of the Board and all persons requesting notice, in accordance
with Government Code Section 54956 of the State of California, on June 1, 1961. The
executed copy of the notice and the affidavit of mailing are attached to the minutes
here to.
Upon motion of Director Greek, seconded by Director Maerkle and unanimously carried,
was moved the minutes of April 4, April 17, and May 2, 1961 be approved.
San Marcos The President stated the purpose of this meeting was to discuss the 14"
County Water water main at San Marcos and other current business.
District
The President stated our board of directors met with the San Marcose Co
Water-District Board of Directors on May 22, 1961 at 1O:OO A.M. and submitted a count
proposal fqr the purchase of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District's 14'' line. The
board offered them the right to purchase the line for $150,000.00 with interest on th
principal balance remaining from time toltime at 4% per annum and no payment need be
made for two years. As long as they paid the interest no payment need be made until
5 or 10 years on the principal.
Lengthy discussion followed and as there has been no reply from the San Marcos County
Water District it was the decision of the board that a letter be written tokhem, sig
board would be willing to sell the pipeline would be -
1. $150,000.00 for the pipeline with interest on the principal balance remaining fro
time to time at 4% per annum.
by the President of the Board, stating the only terms and conditions under which the
I . 2. An annual main payment equal to the accrued interest. At the option of the San
Marcos Water District, no payment need be made for three years.
3. Carlsbad Municipal Water District shall have the right to use said line and the
portion of the line belonging to San Marcos to secure water from the first aqueduct
during periods of emergency during which time the Carlsbad Municipal Water District '6
have the right to use 50% of the capacity of said lines.
4. This of fer to terminate at midnight, June 5, 1961.
In the event the offer is not accepted, this letter shall also serve as notice that i
existing connections of San Marcos County Water District are to be removed from the
Carlsbad Municipal Water District line within 60 days from this date.
-Engineer The engineer reported they were pretty close to tying up the Squires Dam dc
report except for the field work authorized but held up until the Dawson's
escrow is signed up. He stated he met with the Dawsons this morning to show them sos
boundary points they had a question about and also tried to work out an easement whic
satisfied the attorney and satisfied them, for access to their property.
Director Coe arrived at 2:30 P.M.
The attorney advised the board the Dawson's would like an easement for road privileg
on the westerly part. West of the part used for the dam site. The chlorination sta
is 65 feet easterly of the westerly boundary. The easement for them would be over t
westerly 60 feet of the property. The attorney stated.he did not feel that this wou
be any detriment to the District if tied down.
The attorney further stated an escrow has been opened and everything seemed to be in
an adjustment of approximately 1.7 of an acre.
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order other than the identification of the easement going ,north and south, It -would
Director Carnohan brought up the question of gates to keep their live stock out of
the dam site where this easement starts and stops. The attorney pointed out the Distr
was going to fence the entire boundary of the dam site and it was up to them to furnisl
the gates, etc.
Improvement The manager reported on the Unit t'Af' contract, the contractor was moving
District right along with all the tanks. Two are finished and line 3 grading and
No. 3 forming will be done this week. On the Unit ttJ3r' 'contract for the small
pumping station and small tank, they have already poured the ring-wall f
the tank and today the pump station. Power is to be brought in from the dump site, go
across Lido land and Caldwell ranch. He stated from all appearances there will be som
delay for the power due to right of ways. The steel tank contractor will start work o 1 June- 13th. on the small tank. ~
Improvement The manager -stated hejwould like approval of the change order for the
District additional changes for the extension down El Camino Real on the Ayres
No. 2 property done by the John R. Davies & Son Company in the amount of $2927.
Upon motion of Director Maerkle, seconded by Director Carnohan, and unanimously carriec
it was moved Change Order #l in the amount of $2927.30 for the extetision of the line dj
El Camino Real, on the Ayres property be approved.
Right-of With reference to Improvement No. 3, the manager stated he had been meeting
Ways with Mr. Graham Kelly on the "E" line and I'D-1" line and Mr. Kelly left him
with the impression that the District would have to take the easements by
court order.
Lengthy discussion followed and it was the opinion of the board the line ''E" should be
moved along the north boundary of Palomar Airport. Stack the pipe up until it can be
re-engineered .
Irwin Kelly indicated he had written a letter to Mr. Graham Kelly stating his position
and feeling on the matter of the easement and hoped itjwould do some good so that the
pipe line could be put where it was designed and they could get water.
The attorney was asked for legal advice on moving this pipe line and he stated legally
if the District did not want to lbuild the line they did not have to, but there would
probably have to be some adjustment with the contractor.
After further discussion the manager was instructed to re-offer the original offer givc
to the Eastate of Genevieve Kelly on line ''E" and to Max Len who is also on this line,
and line r%-lt'. If they are willing to accept the offer and sign the documents to go
ahead and build the pipe line okay. If not, until we can figure an alternative place
to put it, stack the pipe up and have the engineer do more engineering to put it where
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it will do the best job.
The manager stated that Max Len has never said hejwould not sign. He talked to Mr. Le:
last week and he did not turn it down who was waiting for a letter from his engineer.
The deadline on line "E" was set for June 7, 1961 at 2:OO P.M.
The manager stated that the easements on Improvement District j1k2 at the present time s
to be under control. To date he hadn't been able to locate Leo Carillo. The manager
stated he would like board approval on an easement for Mr. McReynolds who is desireous
making a minor relocation similar to the one for Mrs. Robertson which he illustrated t
the board on the map. After discussion the board approved this change.
Palomar The board was advised the CoiptyuP&b&ic Works Department have requested this
Airport board accept .their 6" water line to the Airport, then go into a refund agrea
for water usage. The Engineer stated he was working with the County on this
Finances Upon motion of Director Greek, seconded by Director Maerkle, and ~nanimo~~ly
carried, it was moved the following invoices be approved for payment:
- 1. Union Title Insurance Co, - $1,496 .OO. 2. Boyle Engineering - I. D. #2 - $358.60
3. Boyle Engineering - I. D. #3 - $499.38
4. Ernest C. Collins Co. - $1,280.07.
and ratification of checks #4179-4202 ($78 , 366.10) and #110-113 ($61 , 353.58)
JThe manager requested approval of progress payment for Ernest C. Collins Co., the unit "Ati contractor in the amount of $42,645.63 a
Upon motion of Director Carnohan, seconded by Director Maerkle, and unanimously carried
it was moved progress payment for the Unit "A" contractor in the amount of $42,645.63
be approved for payment.
The meeting adjourned at 4:45 P.M.
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Secretary of the Board of Directors
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