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Home My WebLink About1980-12-05; Municipal Water District; MinutesMINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, HELD ON DECEMBER 5, 1980, AT 9:00,A.M., AT 5950 El CAMINO REAL, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92008: I The meeting was called to order at 9:06 A.M. by President MacLeod with Directors Bonas, Kelly, Maerkle, Smith and MacLeod answering roll call. Also present were General Manager Meadows, Accounting Manager Jackson, Superintendent of Operation! Musser, Legal Counsel Swirsky, District Engineer Kubota and Executive Secretary. Utilities and Maintenance Director Roger Greer (10:39 A.M.) of the City of Carlsbad, Skip Schmidt of Madison-Marcus, Harold Engelmann (10:39 A.M.), Ruth Honnold (10:39 A.M.) of the League of Women Voters, and Charles D. Hobbs also at tended. Notice of Adjournment: Legal Counsel Swirsky presented to the official Minutes Register, a Notice of Adjournment of the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Costa Real Municipal Water District from December 3, 1980, to December 5, 1980, at 9:00 A.M., along with a Declaration of Posting signed by Florence M. Woodward. He stated that this is a regularly constituted meeting and anything can be brought before the meeting. Executive Secretary for inclusion in the Approval of Minutes: Upon motion of Director Kelly , seconded by Director Maerkle and unanimously carrif the minutes of the regular meeting of November 19, 1980, were approved as mailec Oral Communications from the Audience: None Executive Session: Upon motion of Director Maerkle, seconded an executive session was called-for personnel reasons at 9:72 A.M. by Director Bonas and unanimously carried, I Upon motion of Director Maerkle, seconded by Director Bonas and unanimously car1 it was moved that the Board go out of executive session and return to regular session at 70:38 A.M. with all Board members present. Service Planning Project Director Bonas made a motion to employ Chl D. Hobbs, Inc. as a consultant to establi: a service planning project for the Costa Real Municipal Water District with an authorized maximum budget of $5,000.00, seconded by Director Maerkle and unan- imously carried. Recess: President MacLeod called for a recess at Kelly in honor of his 80th birthday. The meeting reconvened at 11:09 A.M. Committee Reports: San Diego County Water Authority Storage in San Vicente Reservoir Director Maerkle made a motion authorizin the General Manager to place 700 acre fee in storage at San Vicente Reservoir, seconded by Director Bonas and unanimously carried. Association of Water Reclamation No meeting report. Director Bonas advist Agencies of North County that the next meeting will be Wednesday, December 10, 1980, at 9:00 A.M. at CMWD. Sam Kalichman of the State Health Department and Jerry Frieling of CM Engineer- are the speakers. Their topics are, "Health Aspects of 'dater Reclamation Proj( and "Dual Water Systems and Dual Piping Standards. I' San Diego Region Kater Director Bonas advised that this next rnec Recl arm t i on Agency wi 11 be Friday, Zecernber 19, 1980, at 8:( at CMWD. She reported that the 1 ast mee' on November 21 covered the wetlands projects. Mr. Elkins is optomistic about getting enough funds to complete their three-year wetlands program. Directors' Reports: Director Kelly said he read recently tha in full agreement. He hopes that soi;i.eday we wi 11 have a reservoir for the mt that goes into the ocean via Agza Eedionda Creek. He ?.!so had another thought 10:40 A.M. A cake was presented to Direc I should stop irrigating the ocean and he saving energy by tunneling through the Tehachapis rather than pumping the water more than 1900 feet up and over. Discussion followed on the merits of power drc Director Bonas referred to an interesting program on insurance and accidents by the State Compensation Fund which she attended at the recent ACWA Conference. 5 recommended it highly. The Flower Patch Director Maerkle asked the General Managel if anything had been done yet with the me- from Michael Cardosa (see minutes of November 19, 1980). The Manager advised that we have discussed the matter with the Rockwell salesman but the meter has not yet been chec.ked. It is thought that this can be done locally. General Manager: Operations Manager Meadows reported the total flow a. 16 c.f.s., all from Station No. 1 on Sant: Fe Road, with the lake level at 494.8 feet. Yesterday's rainfall was recorded -45 inches here at the yard and -41 inches at the dam. Superintendent of Opera Musser added that Rancho Carlsbad has put riprap in the Agua Hedionda Creek. D cussion followed. Finance and Administration Audit The Manager referred to the audit report that Harold Hickey, C.P.A., will be at the next meeting for questions. Resolution No. 407 Manager Meadows referred to the staff rec Deletion from Social Security for termination of membership in the Soci Members hi p Security program. The process takes two years and the decision can be changed dur that time. However if the request to withdraw is not received and filed by Dec ber 31, 1980, we lose a year as it is only done on a calendar year basis beginr January 1 of each year. During the two year waiting period representatives frc the Social Security office and the State Employees Retirement Systems will expl what the employees will lose by withdrawing from Social Security and present tk various alternatives available. A vote of the employees can then be taken pril to the end of the two year waiting period. Director Bonas added that the Persl Committee's consensus was to take the necessary steps to initiate the terminat since the decision can be changed in the two year waiting period. Legal Counsl Swirsky presented for Board approval and adoption, Resolution No. 407. Upon m8 of Director Smith, seconded by Director Bonas, Resolution No. 407 entitled: R LUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT REQUES' TERMINATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY (OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, DISABILITY, AND HEALTH INSURANCE) AGREEMENT BETWEEN COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA," was adopted by the following vote: I contained in the minutes packet and advis I AYES : Directors: Bonas, Kelly, Maerkle, Smitt- and MacLeod NOES : Directors: None ABSENT: Directors : None I Southern California Manager Meadows referred to a request fc Water Conference membership contribution from the Souther California Water Conference which is a I group of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. After discussion, Director Kel' made a motion to pay the 51 00 annual dues, seconded by Girector blaerkle and u1 imously carried. Purchase Orders: None (see "Other Natters" below) Other: Tour It was decided to postpone the District tour due to inclement weather. District Engineer: Easement - Roundtree Development District Engineer Kubota presented thes in LaCosta - Tv;eive Trees Corp. two easements and recomxended Board app n " 7.. . : ', <,,- z, 19:: ... ,,\.# I -. ..! Easement - Courtyard Townhomes Director Maerkle made a motion to accept - Ltd. - Nick LaFort, Developer the easements and authorize recordation, seconded by Director Bonas and unanimous1 carried. Lake Calavera Hills Unit #1 Engineer Kubota advised that three separ? Subdivision agreements have been executed with Pacifi Scenes, Inc. in the joint venture on thi: tract which goes to City Council next Tuesday. The value of the water system i estimated at $382,00'0. I LaCosta Reservoir. District Engineer Kubota advised that he and Manager Meadows are planning a meetir with Mr. Roston for initial discussion on the procedures for the site acquisiti for the six million gallon high elevation reservoir at LaCosta. Cab1 evi si on The Engineer advised that the repeater i: currently being installed and there are : problems with the location of the overhead power line. The tower will be 150 feet high. Legal Counsel : No report Ratification of Checks: Upon motion of Director Maerkle, secondec by Director Kelly and unanimously Carrie( the Board ratified the issuance of checks No. 6061 through No. 6105 for the period from November 20, 1980, to December 5, 1980, in the sum of $421,358.80. I Other Matters : Legal Counsel Swirsky advised that the tv $100,000 investment checks should be sep- arately ratified. Director Maerkle made the motion to ratify, seconded by Di- rector Kelly and unanimously carried. P.O. 121-2810 - United Concrete District Engineer Kubota requested that t Pi pe of Ri versi de , Cal i forni a purchase order be issued to United Concrc Pipe of Riverside for fabricated steel p- and fittings for the El Camino Real pipeline repair job and additional items ft inventory (40 feet of 16" pipe and 20 feet of 18" pipe) at Superintendent Mussc request, in the total amount of $5,297.88. P.O. No. 121-2810 was issued for tt above. Director Bonas made the motion to ratify, seconded by Director Maerkle unanimously carried. Ad j ournmen t : The meeting was adjourned at 11:55 A.M. 1 the next regular meeting on December 17, Respectfully submitted, 7 " ~ 7 -//";7 ', x"'/ </ /// / P7eY-i dend< Board of Di recicors - c ,.+--- .." I , - ._ ".,:-. ::;>,,,,,- 5. ',<:::C . . \_j