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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-07-05; Municipal Water District; MinutesKIIiGTES OF A REGULAR biEETIlaG OF TKE EOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CARLSElfiCi liiUNICIPAL WAI'ER UISTRICT HELD ON JGLY 5, 1972, AT 2:OO P. 14. , AT 5780 EL CAKINO REAL, CARLSBAD 9 CALIFORNIA: The meeting was called to order at 2:Ol P. M. by Presi dent PIaerkle with Directors Carmi chael , Engelmann , Kelly and Mac Leod answering roll call. Also present were Gevieral bianager Pri day, Engineer Kubota , Legal Counsel Swi rsky , Publ i c Eel ations Consultant Randal 1 Mi tchell and Offi ce Secretary. l4r. Bob Neely , Superintendent , City of Carlsbad Water Department and F4rs. Betty Duran, Reporter for the 21 ade Tribune newspager, were also present. Approval of After discussion , upon motion of Director P.iac Leod, seconded by r4-i r~utes Director Engelmann, and unanimously carried, the minutes of the I regular meeting of June 21 , 1372 were approved as mai 1 ed out. Publ i c Randal 1 Vlitchell reported on the news i tehi in the local papers regarding Relations the Alga Road Transmission Main Project. Legal Counsel : Legal Counsel informed the Boara that the Ayers Annexation to the City of Carlsbad has been postponed -to the October 2, 1372 meeting of LAFCO. He also informed the Board that the assessed valuation of the City of Carlsbad is up 23.9% from last year. The Pianager informed the Board that he had attended the LAFCO meeting of July 3, 1372 and the McCoy annexation, 28 acres north of Batiquitos Lagoon, was extended to July 17$ 1972. Engineer' s Report : I Alga Road Engineer Kubota presented Progress Payment ho. 1 fron; Cameron Bros. Transmission but because of the holiday, was unable to verify the amount requested. blain Project Manager Priday and Engineer Kubota agreed that Cameron Bros had over $100,000 in the project as all the pipe is in the ground and all pressure reducing valves are ir,. After discussion, upon motion of Director Rac ieod, seconded by Director Kelly, and unanimously carried, the 5oard approved Progress Payment iio. 1 to Cameron Bros. not to exceed $100,000.00 less '10% retention after verification by the District Engineer. Change Order Engineer Kubota informed the Board that he, Kanager Priday and ko. 2 Jatxes McKay, Manager of the San Flarcos County Water District had met and agreed that Cameron Gros. should proceed immediately with the 10'' tie in line. The line put in will be permanent to serve subdivisions and will be paid for by La Costa. ihe Engineer estimated the cost of this change order to be $8,000.00. After discussion 3 upon motion of Lli rector Engelmann, seconded by Cirector Mac Leoa, and unanimously carriedg the i3oard authorized the staff and Engineer to work out Change iirder No. 2 with Cameron Bros. to be approved by the San Karcos County Mater ljistri ct. Sea View Engineer Kubota infortxed the 3oard that he and Manager Priday met Condominium with Mr. Kitchingham and Hr. Chiarellio, Sea View Condominium location was denied. They were satisfied and will be following the oricjnal approved plans. I developers, and explained why their request for change of meter I La Costa Engineer Kubota informed the Board that plans for Lot 185, La Costa Views South 9 Unit 1, La Costa Views , are being checked and will present the plans for approval at the next meeting. La Costa Golf Engineer Kubota infcrnxd the Zoard that a problem nas arisen with View Terrace the developers of the La Costa Golf View Terrace Subdivision.. in groups of two and three, without having the plans approved by the District. Engineer Kubota is in the process of reviewing these plans and will have them for the next meeting. They have installed single lines in gang fashion to be connected Casi ta De La The Engineer presented for ratification the plans for Casi ta de Costa la Costa that were previously approved by the Board, explaining -7- that as previously approved, the line would parallel the existing line that was built as part of the original Lz Costa Condominium system. Mill not alter the basic design of the water system and also would like to change three 2” meters for one 3“ meter. After discussion, upon motion of Director Mac Leod, seconded by Director Kelly, and unanimously carried, the Board ratified the changes as outlined by the Engineer. I It’ater Service Engineer KUbGta reported that he, Manager Priday and Legal Counsel to Condominiums had met and prepared a draft of a report which is being reviewed. coming in, he would like to work out a written list of samples of Condominiums and rules and regulations so the staff would be in a position to deal with some of the problems encountered in dealing with Condominiums. Will have the report in final form for the next meeting. Legal Counsel suggested that since a lot of Condominiums are Boundaries Engineer Kubota presented a plat map and request froK La Costa iand La Costa Avenue where new subdivisions are going in. After discussion, upon motion of Director Kac Leod, seconded by Director Engelmann, and unanimously carried, the Board approved the proposed detachment and annexations with the condition that La Costa Land Co. will pay for the costs involved. Oceanside Engineer Kubota inforfled the Board that the City of Carlsbad has looked Inter-Tie over ti?? plans and he is expectirig a formal coKmunication from Fir. Cook, City Encjineer, covering the City’s planning for the inter-tie. The City of Oceanside has autnorized the sigr!ing of the agreement and Manager Priday has the agreement for signing by the Presider’t and Secretary. Reservoirs Engineer Kubota informed the Board that his office has sent a letter remedy to get the three reservoirs , La Costa Reservoir, E1 and D 2, repainted on the inside. The District’s position is that the job was done with certain guarantees I and since the interior painting did not hold up, are proceeding on that basis. i aylor and Hoover as the General Contractor for the job 9 are being very cooperative on this matter. Co. and Rick Engineering for the excnange of land at the east end of to Taylor and Hoover, Contractors, asking them to proceed with a I R short recess was called at 3:16 P. Fi. to 3:27 P. E. Planager’s Report: City of Manager Priday informed the Board that the City Council meeting is tonight Carlsbad and he will attend the meeting. The Council met for an adjourned meeting on [“ionday afternoon and tentatively approved the Mater Gepartmerit budget. Fianager Priaay infcrmed the Board that he had received a letter from Manager Jack Arnold in answer to his letter of June 13, 1972. tie had discussed Manager Arnold’s. letter with Colonel Bowen and !4rS Glen McComas and both of them were not in agree- ment with Mr. Arnold’s answer, and had not reviewed the letter before it was sent to I’ianager Priday. birector Carmichael expressed dissatisfactfon with the letter, stated he thought the Cistrict had done a1 1 they could to bring about the merger of the two systems. Director Carrnichael made the motion that the District sno~lld rescind their motion to merge the two ks’ater Agencies. Director Engelmann seconded the motion. After discussion, President Eaerkle reminded the Board that a motion had been made and seconded and called for a vote. The moticn was defeated by the fol lowing vote: 2 Ayes, 3 Xoes. Director Carmichael tendered his resignation as Chairman of the ‘dater Committee and Director biac Leod was appointed to replace him as Chairman of the Eater Committee n I Notice of Quarterly Eeeting of the Water Agencies Association, July 20, 1972 at the Royal Inn of Escondido at 6:30 P. N. Announcement of meeting with Senator Clair i3urgener regarding SANCOG, July 7, 1972 at 10 :00 A. PI. at State Suilding, Room B109. Manager Priday wi 11 attend and report at the next meeting. Superintendent’s Report: Flow from Water Authority of 14 cfs and lake level of 500.1. There were three leaks the week of June 19, 1972. Two leaks on Line “E” and one at abandoned blow off at Neeting July 5, 1972 -2- ?lavarro Brive. One leak on Line "E" was repaired by Don Hubbard Contracting Co. as 98' of 16'; line had to be replaced. It was a longitundinal split in the pipe. Manager Priday wi 11 report on the water statistics at the next meeting as he wants to have Superintendent Henley look theK; over first. Nanager Priday commended Ray Nance for doing a real good job while Superintendent Henley is on vacation, and Mr. Nance was in charge of operations. f4r. Nance reported some vandalism at 'IC" Keservoi r over the week end. Somebody knocked the gate down. Manager Priday informed the Board that the Water loss for the year was less than 7%. I I Speci a1 Accounts : 1 lipon motion of Director Mac Leod, seconded by Director Engeltxann, and unanimously I carriedg the Board approved payment to Eon Hubbard Contracting Co., Inc. in the asount of $1,528.22 for repair of line ''E1'* Upon motion of Director Kelly, seconded by Girector Mac Leod, and unanimously carried, the Board approved payment to Bewton Engineering Inc. in the amount of $266.00 for soil tests on Alga Road Transmission Main Project. Upon motion of Director Engelmaiw, seconded by Director Kelly and unanimously carried, the i3oard approved paytxent to koodside/Kubota and Associates Inc. in the amount of $318.00 general engineering; $1,425.00 Special Projects; $1,507.00 Alga Road Transmission Ikfain Project; for a total of $3,250.00. Ratification Upon motion of Director [\lac ieod, seconded by Ci rector Engelmann, of Checks and unanimously carried, the Board ratified Checks No. 6701 thru June 22, 1972 thru July 5, 1972. Upon motion of Girector Carmichael, seconded by Director Fac Leoti, and unanimously carriedS the Board granted permission to Director Engelmann to leave the State for two or tnree weeks. Check No. 6729 in the amount of $14,577.90, covering the period I Meeting was declared adjourned at 4: 11 P. "I ATT Es-r : I Neeting July 5, 1972 - 3-