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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-02-02; Municipal Water District; MinutesMINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT HELD ON FEBRUARY 2, 1972, AT 2:OO P. M. , AT 5780 EL CAMIN0 REAL, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA: I The meeting was called to order at 2:04 P. M. by President Maerkle with Directors Carmichael 9 Engelmann, Kel ly and Mac Leod answering roll call. Also present were General Manager Priday, Engineer Kubota, Legal Counsel Swirsky, Public Relations Consultant Randall Mitchell, and Office Secretary. Mr. Bob Neely, representing the City of Carlsbad was also present. Approval of After discussion, upon motion of Director Mac Leod , seconded by fvii nutes Director Engelmann , and unanimously carried, the minutes of the regular meeting of January 19, 1972 were approved as mailed out. City of Engineer Kubota informed the Board that at the meeting of the water Carlsbad committees last week it was agreed that three points be added to the 17 point agreement, 1. Continuation of a new advisory committee, 2. Include in the formal agreement a format for capital improvements and 3. a table of organization and a listing of the actual equipment that the City would be turning over to the District. Legal Counsel will proceed with draft of the new agreement for the next Board meeting. Mr. Piete, City of Carlsbad, is putting together a comparison report of the two agencies and will submit a draft of the report to the District for comments before he submits it to the City in final form. The next meeting of the Water Committees is scheduled for March 8, 1972 at 9:00 A. M. at the District Headquarters Building. Chamber of Director Carmichael informed the Board that Manager Priday will be Commerce attending the Chamber of Commerce meetings in the future and also the City Counci 1 Neetings. 1 Personnel Director Carmichael recommended the District lease a car for the seconded by Director Engelmann, ana unanimously carried, the Manager was authorized to negotiate for a lease car. Manager's use. After discussion, upon motion of Director Carmichael , Director Carmichael recommended that Manager Priday move into the original Manager's office and the Accounting Officer move into the other office. After discussion, upon motion of Director Carmichael , seconded by Director Engelmann, and unanimously carried, the Board approved this move and authorized the Manager to purchase carpetin and drapes for the Accounting Offficer's office. Manager Priday recommended that all holidays that fa1 1 on Saturday be a legal holiday on Friday and a1 1 holidays that fa1 1 on Sunday be a legal holiday on Monday be added to Resolution No. 270. Legal Counsel was instructed to have a new Resolution on the holidays for the next meeting. After discussion, upon motion of Director Engelmann, seconded by Director Carmichael 9 and unanimously carried, the Board declared February 11, 1972 a legal holiday. Public Randall Mitchell informed the Board that he has made arrangements with Relations the Carlsbad Journal and the Blade Tribune newspapers regarding the Water District. Legal Counsel : Oceans i de Legal Counsel informed the Board that he has checked with the City of Detachments Oceanside regarding the two 1 ittle parcels which were not detached had taken steps to detach these parcels at the time that North Carlsbad was detached and the Attorney for the City of Oceanside will be drawing up a new resolution for this detachment to be sent to LAFCO. Legal Counsel Swirsky will prepare a resolution to go to LAFCO from the District. Tenagi 1 a Legal Counsel reported that the hearing on the Tenaglia annexation Annexation to the City of Carlsbad wi 11 be he1 d on February 7, 1972 by LAFCO. appointment of Win F. Priday as the Manager of the Carlsbad Municipal I from the Carlsbad Municipal Water District. The City of Oceanside -1- starting April 24, 1972 for their portion of the project. No change in completion date is anticipated. Engineer Kubota presented a letter agreement from the San Diego Gas & Electric Co. giving the District permission to be in their Right of Way. After discussion, upon motion of Director Carmichael , seconded by Director Mac Leod, and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the Manager to execute this agreement with the San Diego Gas & Electric Co. I Squi res Dam Engineer Kubota reported that the final report was not completed Addition No. 2 due to some problems on the figures from the State Division of check them out. The report wi 11 be sent out before the next meeting. Dams and Fugro, Inc. had to go the State Division of Eams and Engineer Kubota informed the Board that all legal descriptions have been prepared and Legal Counsel presented the following easements and deeds for acceptance and execution by the Secretary: 1. Deed to Site 2. Deed to easement to high road and Deed to tne realignment of the 3. Easement Deed in favor of Mrs. Dawson high road. After discussion, upon motion of Gi rector Hac Leod, seconded by Director Kelly y anti unanimously carried, the Board accepted the legal documents and authorized the Secretary to execute same. Engineer Kubota informed the Board that the liniversity of California, La Jolla Campus, is planning a program to honor Mrs. Ida Dawson for all the land she has donated to the University. Engineer Kubota, Director Carmichael and Di rector Kelly indicateti they will attend this program. I La Costa Engineer Kubota informed the Board that he and Manager Priday have Reservoir been working on the landscaping plans with Tom Edgemon and Don Briggs. Mr. Briggs has been delayed on starting the project due to lack of personnel. Manager Priday will write a letter asking for a revised plan of the landscaping project. Sequoia Engineer Kubota presented an easement deed from Sequoia Pacific Sub- Pacific division with the recommendation that the District accept this Easement Di rector Engelmann, seconded by Director Kelly, and unanimously carried, the Board accepted the easement deed from Sequoia Pacific Subdivision D San Ciego Gas Engineer Kubota presented an easement deed in favor of the San & Electric Co. Diego Gas & Electric Co. from the Cistrict for the 30" pipeline motion of Director Kel.ly, seconded by Director Carmi chael , and unanimously carried, the Board approved the granting of the 15' easement to the San Diego Gas & Electric Co. subject to their permission for the District to put in landscaping. Engineer Kubota informed the Board that John Pierce and John Henley had attended the San Diego County Water Authority's meeting to discuss future flow requirements and it was decided to have Montgomery Engineering make a study to determine possible pipeline operation and required storage, since all Districts have such high demands for water. deed for recordation at this time. After discussion, upon motion of in front of the Headquarters Building. After discussion, upon I Girector Kelly informed the Board that he had tal ked to A1 Ruden, City of Oceanside, and Lin Burzell, San Diego County Water Authority, on the possibility of using the Sinforosa Dam site for the Tri-City Pipeline Storage facility. Mr. Burzell thinks a study should be made on the possibility of a future storage dam. Oceanside Engineer Kubota inforined the Board that the City of Oceanside is Inter-Tie going ahead with their plans for an inter-tie at the Vista Way Bridge fifty-fifty basis. Piezometer Engineer Kubota informed the Board that in checking the files he Sys tem found that the Gistrict had retained Fugro, Inc. on a continuing and if the District proceeds with this inter-tiey it would be on a basis and wi 11 be sending in the Piezometer readings . Meeting March 1, 1972 A Manager's Report : Announcement from California Special Districts Association that there is renewed activity in Sacramento on the SANCOG and another Bi 11 AB 153 that prohibits a person from serving at the same time on the Board of more than one District. Memorandum from John Pierce and John Henley regarding the meeting of the San Diego County Water Authority's future flow requirements. I Water Manager Priday reported the water loss for the month of February, 1972 Statistics was 57.3 acre feet or 11.8% loss with a production of 483.5 acre feet. leak on Line "E", I. G. 3 due to corrosion from outside. Replaced 25 feet of 16" pipe. Found one 3" meter not working. Lake level of 503.6 and flow from Water Authority of 9 cfs. Repaired Manager Priday reported that he had attended the LAFCO work shop meeting on February 17, 1972 and Engineer Kubota attended the meeting on .February 18, 1972. Manager Priday informed the Board that he had checked with James McKay , San Marcos County Water District Manager, on the sliding boards for the Board room wall. He was informed that the panels were installed by the contractor at the time of the original construction. Manager Priday will get bids for the next Board meeting. Manager Priday informed the Board that he had a meeting with Mr. Bob Watson, Chairmar City of Carlsbad Water Committee, on February 28, 1972 , and was informed that the City is going to take action to raise the water rates 25 or 30 percent at the March 7, 1972 City Council meeting. Manager Priday informed the Board that John Pierce is appearing at the Planning Commission of the County Board of Supervisors meeting today on behalf of La Costa. Inactive After discussion, upon motion of Director Mac Leod, seconded by Director Fun ds Carmichael , and unanimously carried, the Board ratified the action taken by Treasurer Kelly, in investing $50,000 at 4% interest for 90 days with a maturity date of May 29, 1972 at West Coast National Bank. Manager Priday informed the Board that Bud Osuna is interested in leasing the lands to the East of the Headquarters Building. The Manager and Engineer wi 11 meet with Mr. Osuna and have a recommendation for the next meeting. Manager Priday informed the Board that Donald Prest has started on the yard maintenance. Speci a1 Accounts : Upon motion of Director Carmichael , seconded by Director Engelmann, and unanimously carried, the Board approved payment to Woodside/Kubota Associates, II4c. in the amount of $549.00 for services in connection with General Flanager 's Office for the month of February, 1972. Upon motion of Director Mac Leod, seconded by Director Engelmann, and unanimously carried, the Board approved payment to Woodside/Kubota & Associates Inc. in the amount of $560.00 for General Engineering services for the month of February, 1972. Upon motion of Director Mac Leod, seconded by Director Engelmann, and unanimously carried, the Board approved payment to Woodside/Kubota & Associates, Inc. in the amount of $11,181 -00 for services in connection with Squires Dam Addition No. 2 for the month of February, 1972. I I Upon motion of Girector Engelmann, seconded by Director Nac Leod, and unanimously carried, the Board approved payment to Woodside/Kubota & Associates, Inc. in the amount of $830.00 for services in connection with Alga Road Transmission Main Projec: Ratification Upon motion of Director Mac Leod, seconded by Director Engelmann, of Checks and unanimously carried, the Board ratified Checks No. 6323 thru Check No. 6360, in the amount of $166,230.44 covering the period February 16, 1972 thru March 1, 1972. Meeting March 1 , 1972 -3- Director Kelly informed the Board that some action should be taken regarding the high water losses. Manager Priday will meet with Engineer Kubota and Superintendent Henley and go over the water losses and check out the main lines and the Squires Dam area. Legal Counsel informed the Board that the attorney for the San Marcos County Water District had made a few minor changes in the wording of the Joint Venture agreement. The meeting was declared adjourned at 4:52 P. M. I ATTEST : (" . .";, !qL)c. Secretary of~~o~~~~<ctors f I I Meeting March 1, 1972 -4-