HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-10-15; Municipal Water District; MinutesMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL
WATER DISTRICT, HELD ON OCTOBER 15, 1980, AT 2:OO P.M., AT 5950 EL CAMINO REAL, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92008:
The meeting was called to order at 2:03 P.M. by President MacLeod with Directors Smith, Bonas, Kelly, Maerkle and MacLeod answering roll call. Also present were General Manager Meadows, Superintendent of Operations Musser, District Engineer
Kubota and Executive Secretary. Utilities and Maintenance Director Roger Greer of the City of Carlsbad and Mrs. Ruth Honnold of the League of Women Voters also I attended.
Approval of Minutes: Upon motion of Director Maerkle, seconde
by Director Bonas and unanimously carriel
the minutes of the regular meeting of October 1, 1980, were approved as correcte
Revised Commi ttee Li st President MacLeod referred to the new co'
Manager) necessitated by the change on our Board. It will be effective through
the end of the year.
Oral Communications from Mrs. Ruth Honnold of the League of Women the Audience Voters gave a general invitation to
attend a discussion in the CMWD boardroo on October 16, 1980, at 9:30 A.M. concerning the local and state ballot propo-
sitions.
District Engineer Kubota drew the Board's attention to the difficulty in hearing
speakers in our boardroom from the back of the room. Discussion foliowed as to the need for a speaker system or double windows but no decision was reached.
Committee Reports:
San Diego County Water Authority Director Maerkle presented a brief repor
Aqueduct. He advised that an experiment will start on October 20, 1980, to de-
termine if reducing the amount of chlorination will reduce the present trihalo-
methane level in MWD treated water. Discussion followed.
Association of Water Reclamation Director Bonas reported briefly on this Agencies of North County meeting held October 10 in the CMWD boardroom. Dr. William Miller of the
State Water Resources Control Board, Dennis O'Leary of Lowry and Associates and Dennis Reid of the Encina Joint Powers were the speakers. Mr. Aleshire, City Manager of Carlsbad, suggested having a speaker from the San Diego Regional Watt Quality Control Board for the next meeting. He would also like to see standard
design and construction standards set for dual water systems.
Director Bonas moved that CMWD pay the $50 nembershi p dues to the Association 0' Water Reclamation Agencies of North County, seconded by Director Kelly and unan. imously carried.
Director Bonas added that the agency has requested a list of CMWD's represen- tatives to their meetings. Director Bonas represents our Board with Director
Kelly as alternate. Genera? Kanager Meadcws represents our staff with District
Engineer Kubota as staff alternate.
9irector Bonas stated that the bylaws were approved with one small exception an
mittee list (copies distributed by the
M and gave flow statistics from the
I the budget has been establ ished at S803 a year.
The next meeting will be November 5 at 9:03 A.K. st CKWD.
San Dieso Reqi on Water Oirector Bonas advised that this meetin " " Reel arnati on Agency was cancelled due to lack of business.
The next meetins wi 11 be Friday, Rovemt
21: 1980, at 8:OO A.M., at the City of Car7sbad. Director Bar,as added that 9:
people fron! all over the state attended the Tour in Santee last manth.
C-ity/District Special ComSttee Director iSaerkle advised that th?s2 fie?
Cjty !4egDt+ations tiction meetings are being disconrjnuec PresjcjPn'; r{acieod abde.! that 2 i,hFCS hsar-ins '5 schedu?ed for ~~~,k~~~:~~~ 6 at 713; ?.p:. 2: City zzj; j> Car'ssa,2 5ri.d
:&e n,+( have a special peer,jr.s j 2ter this .nor-:ii:, p!-,>Lab! v 3ctgber 25, tp a;-spsy-c fcj- the hearing. ;,>e? i2sa: {c~psp: '5 ?-eport.) I.-
Directors I Reports: None
General Manager:
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Operations General Manager Meadows advised that we
are taking 20 c.f.s. from Station 1 'whici is our only source at the present time. The Tri-Agencies Pipeline into B Reservc has been discontinued due to reduction in demand. There are leaks on the temp- orary line into the reservoir so Ocean View Farms has it out of service. Since
these are leased pipelines the method of repair may affect the lease so discussit
are underway regarding putting the line back into service. Discussion followed.
The Manager reported, beginning today, the replacement of approximately 85 feet
of 12" line on the "E" line crossover portion at Palomar Airport Road.
Superintendent of Operations Musser gave the lake level at 500.5 feet. A leak
last week on I.D. 2 line E due to electrolysis required replacement of about 5
feet of line.
Director Kelly reported that Hedionda Creek is showing a lot more water and aske
if staff had checked into this on the possibility of a leak. It had been checke according to Superintendent Musser and appears to be runoff.
Finance and Administration The Manager advised that Accounting Man?
Jackson is attending a 3-day seminar, ir
El Segundo at the N.C.R. education center, on "Interactive Financial Management
System" which involves the utilization of our new computer. The cost of the sen
inar is $350 and the Manager asked for Board approval. Director Maerkle made mc authorizing $350 cost of seminar and expenses, seconded by Director Bonas and ur imously carried.
Purchase Orders:
P.O. 102-2774 - Parkson Manager Meadows asked for Board approva-
of P.O. 702-2774 to Parkson in the amou of $564.98 for air vacuum valves to replenish inventory. Director Kelly made tt
motion to ratify, seconded by Director Maerkle and unanimously carried.
Invoice - California Chamber The Manager referred to the Board's par
of Commerce cipation in the California Chamber's Wa
Task Force last year to which the Distr contributed $100, and presented a current invoice from them in the amount of $1
for this year. After discussion the Board decided not to participate again.
Invoice - Association of Manager Meadows presented a request for
Cal ifornia Water Agencjes contribution of $108 to participate in
1 itigation to prohibit the placement of
a number of north coast rivers in the "Federal Wild and Scenic River System" as
proposed by Governor i3rown. ACWA is fighting this in the courts because of the
possible water restrictions that would affect California and especially Souther California. After discussion a motion was made by Director Raerkle to contribl
$108, seconded by Director Kelly and carried by the following vote:
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AYES : Directors: Maerkl e, Kelly and MacLeod
NOES : Directors: Bonas
ABSTAIN: Directors : Smith I Burglary - I3M Typewriters inn Manager reported the breakin, SUnd; October 12, and theft of our two ne,v;nsl
IBK Selectric TI'S. He obtained a bid of $175 for iron Guard rails, including instaliation, on ali the back windzxs. tie is also investigating other pcssiblc act-ions to prevent future losses. Director Maerkl e made a motion to instal 1 9' on all back windows for a total cost of 5175, seconded by Director Bcnas and u
inleusly carried.
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F.0. iui-2778 - IBf4 7 nr I.lanager Meadows said that Farmers Icsu Company has been notified of our i 08s
-,hey Sjarar.tee thar, c)ur 'icst equjpn?nt is replaceabi e. He ther; asked for Boar
ZED~-C\/~~ of P.O. 122-2778 to iB1? in the arnaunt of $7,955.70 for two IBM Select
1 i '5 and t~,pir~c e- e.,;w;ts. L;: rector i{zFrk-,e made the mosjan to rat1;y f se,o;:cde
>,,' L;: :-?c~c!- i;~]?! zr,< unzn;~o;sly carried. g-~scussjain fc?] lcwed OR the burc?ar
i.ne ;i~e -i~ occgrrec, 3nc :.he ??ti136 of operation.
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Other:
Encina Joint Advisory Manager Meadows advised the Board that
Committee Meeting this committee meeting and a retirement
luncheon are planned for October 29, the same day on which our District Tour was planned. Discussion followed and it was
decided to cancel the tour and reset it later.
Recess : President MacLeod called for a recess at 3:ll P.M. and the meeting reconvened at I 3:30 P.M.
District Engineer:
Roundtree Subdivision District Engineer Kubota reported receipi
La Costa (Mike 0' Hare) of a request for acceptance of an easemer
greenbelt area of Roundtree Subdivision in La Costa, and recommended acceptance. Director Maerkle made the motion to accept, seconded by Director Kelly and unan- imously carried.
Palomar Airport Business Park The Engineer advised receipt of a requesi Lots 3, 5 and 6, CT 79-1 for acceptance of a grant of right-of-wa;
from Palomar Airport Business Park dba Mitsui Fudosan U.S.A., Inc., executed by their Vice President, and recommended
acceptance. Director Maerkle made the motion to accept, seconded by Director
Bonas and unanimously carried.
Engineer Kubota then asked for Board approval and acceptance of the public water
system for this project which is now ready for occupancy. Director Bonas made
the motion, seconded by Director Maerkle and unanimously carried.
Courtyard Homes - Condo Engineer Kubota advised that the public
Project - Nick LaFort water system on this project is complete
except for the paving of the driveway ar The developer is requesting full refund of the $6,000 cash deposit but the Engir recommended that only $5,000 be returned upon receipt of the Offer and Acceptanc
form from the developer, holding $1,000 until the paving is completed. After di cussion Director Maerkle made a motion that a $6,000 bond certificate should be given to the District by the developer and tile 46,000 cash will then be returned to him, seconded by Director Bonas and unanimously carried.
La Costa Avenue - Lot 405 District Engineer Kubota presented a prc
5-unit Condominium posal and request from the developer of
for the public water system and authorization of the President to sign the agref
ment for its construction for which $6,000 cash has been deposited in lieu of bc Director Maerkle made the motion to accept this proposal, seconded by Director
Smith and unanimously carried.
Legal Counsel :
deed, signed by Gerald Frankel , for the
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this project for approval of the plans
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LAFCO Hearing General Manager Meadows advised that, p
hearing referred to above is being postponed due to the fact that there is no c tiiication of the 70% land figure claimed by the CSty of Carl sbad in their appl cation to LAFCO. The LAFCO staff is going to reqiiest of the Commission on Ncvember 3 that the 3oard of Sapervisors be requested to requSre the A.ssessor's Cffice of the County to make an independent calculetion.
Fatification of Checks: Ci'rector V;erki e advj sed that t5'i:s woul be done at the next Board meeting after he has had a chance tG audit the invoices.
a phone call during the recess, the
2her Iktters:
';,,?t?r k~encies Assocfation of Gsnfraj r.isnzs~r !.$esdo.i.;; asked how the
L,~Z LIPQO County - Quarterly S~ard wis?ed transportztion arranged tc
% n;?zr Meeting attend thj 5 xeztins on Cctaber 16 at tL
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cised to meet at the Po-insettia Shop>inc Cer;ter a: 5:Oa P.!)'. zv? cc in the Cis
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Adjournment : The meeting was adjourned at 4:lO P.M.
to the next regular meeting on November !
1980.
Respectfully submitted,
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President of the Board of Dds
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