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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-01-20; Municipal Water District; MinutesMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COSTA REAL MUNI- CIPAL WATER DISTRICT, HELD'ON JANUARY 20, 1982, AT 2:OO P.M. AT 5950 EL CAMINC REAL, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92008: .The meeting was called to order at 2:00 P.M. by President MacLeod with Directc Almack, Bonas, Kelly, Maerkle and MacLeod answering roll call. Also present were General Manager Meadows, Accounting Manager Brammell, Superintendent of Operations Musser, Legal Counsel Swirsky, District Engineer Kubota and Executi Secretary. Harold Engelmann, Roger Greer (2: 04) Ruth Honnol d and Nil da Simpsc a1 so attended. Approval of Minutes : Upon motion of Director Maerkle, seconde by Director Bonas and unanimously Carrie the minutes of the regular meeting of January 6, 1982, were approved as correc I Oral Communications from the Audience: None Award of Contract: Water Main District Engineer Kubota referred to his Extension for Encina Water memo to the Board (dated January 19, 198 Pollution Control Facility in which he summarized his investigation into the background of Horizons Construc the low bidder on this project. A comparison analysis of all the bids was attached to the memo. On the basis of the investigation he recommended that t Board award the contract to Horizons Construction. Director Bonas made the motion to award the contract to Horizons Construction, seconded by Director Kelly and unanimously carried. The District Engineer added that he has been in contact with Roger Greer of th City of Carl sbad to make an appl ication to our District for a who1 esal e connec at the terminus of this line. One of the key features will be a two-way meter system. It was established that the application will be accompanied by a serv area map, in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 26. Committee Reports: San Diego County Water Authority: Director Maerkle advised that the yield on financial investments has been coming down. At the end of December they had over two million dollars invested at 13.375%, where before they were getting as high as 17.75%. Flows have been dol considerably, and he gave some water statistics. He said Bert Elkins attended the meeting and the subject of the Water Authority joining the Water Reclamati Agency was discussed but no action was taken. Water Conservation, Reclamation and Reuse: Agreement for Distribution of Re- Director Bonas said she had reviewed thi! claimed Water (Nonpotable Water) proposed agreement and asked Legal Counsf Swirsky what his recommendations were fol the paragraph on page 4 that is still to be completed. Legal Counsel said he wanted the Board's viewpoint on this. That the normal procedure, if you go in. binding arbitration, is to determine who is going to be the arbitrator. Eithe~ it's by appointment or you use the American Arbitration Association. Also the) is the question of expenses. The Board will have to make these decisions and Legal Counsel will then spell them out in the agreement so there's no argument Legal Counsel recommended, for this type of agreement involving water, that tht agencies be allowed to appoint someone familiar with the water situation. Eacl party (there are three) appoints one arbitrator and the decision of the majori- of those arbitrators is binding on all parties. The cost can be either dividec or charged to the losing party. He recommended in this case that it be dividec equally among all parties. Director Bonas made a motion approving the proposec agreement and the arbitration section as recommended above, seconded by Directc Kelly and unanimously carried. Association of Water Reclamation Director Bonas reported on their meeting Agencies of North County of January 7, the first with Tom Wil son as president. Speakers were directors of the planning departments of Vista, San Marcos, Carlsbad and Oceanside, as we77 George Ream of the Countyof San Diego. AWRA would still 1 ike all member agenc' to present the Association wjth their policies for dual water systems. General Manager Meadows said that Woodside/Kubota is in the final stages of our master plan and it should be ready in several weeks. District Ezgi'neer Kubota advisec 1 I that we are currently making arrangements with the Irvine people to have per- sonnel from this District and his office involved in construction inspection, to get a one day indoctrination session on construction techniques. The Distr Engineer advised that the first construction will be going on in the Koll de- yelopment. Director Bonas then went on to say that the meeting was very well attended. The next meeting is scheduled for February 4. I San Diego Region Water Director Bonas advised that the next Reclamation Agency meeting will be on Friday, February 19. Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board to the State Water Resources Contrc Board recomend.ing that they deny the San Diego Region Water Reclamation Agency's live-stream project and any more funds. Harold Ball, president of SDRWRA, wrote a 7-page letter of rebuttal , and sent copies to several assernblj She referred to a letter from the San Closed Session At 2:24 P.M. Director Maerkle made a matters pertaining to personnel and potential litigation, seconded by Director Almack and unanimously carried. Legal Counsel Swirsky advised that upon motion of Director Maerkle, seconded by Director Kelly and unanimously carried, the Board went out of closed sessic at 4:36 P.M. and returned to regular session with all Board members present. Attorney's Retainer Director Almack made a motion that our increased to $1400 effective January 1, 1982, seconded by Director Maerkle and unanimously carried. Finance Committee Director Maerkle made a motion that a letter be written to Southwest Bank (Op- erations Manager) authorizing Thomas L. Brammell (Accounting Manager) to sign for transfer of funds between our three accounts (0244-38-641 , 0201 -19-229 anc 0201-28-579) and removing Shirley Jackson, seconded by Director Bonas and motion to go into closed session on Legal Counsel's monthly retainer be I unanimous1y.carried. General Manager: Fire Service Meeting General Manager Meadows reported that or December 29 , 1981, the special committec (formed as a result of Mr. Gary Moselle's presentation to the Board on Decem- ber 16, 1981 ) had a meeting here in the boardroom. A number of representativc of the sprinkler system industry and Carlsbad's fire marshal also attended. As a result of that meeting the committee had another brief meeting this morn: We are now in the process of contacting neighboring water districts and hope to receive a survey of all the water agencies in the county regarding their policies for automatic fire protection assistance (particularly with regard tr the detector check assembly with a bypass meter that we currently require). This seems to be the focal point and the issue really regards our standards and our procedures regarding our requirement for the detector check usually ir an underground vault. We will also be contacting the Health Department re- garding their position on this matter, as well as a couple of other places SO as to have as much information as possible. The committee hopes to make a recommendation to the Board fairly soon. I Operation and Engineering Committee - Meeting Request The Manager requested a meeting of this committee concerning the security of District facilities, the overall effi- ciency of operations and cost of servicf Operations: Superintendent of Operations Musser ad- vised that as of January 8, 1982, we art purchasing 9 c.f.s. from Station No. 1 and 1 c.f.s. from Station No. 3. The lake level this morning was at 498 feet. The new Toyota truck has been receij Finance and Administration: General Manager Meadows referred to a bl cash-on-hand as well as our investment schedule. The staff and Finance Cornmi. have been working on a set of procedures for the District. Accounting Manage] Gramell, using a slide, elaborated on the financial status of the District. LACCO Selection Committee Meeting The General Manager advised that this meeting, to pick the special district report in the minutes packet covering -2- Jar,tia!-y 20, 1982 representatives on LAFCO, will be held February 17 at the Holiday Inn in Missi Valley. A quorum of elected district representatives is needed for a bona fid meeting, and he will meet with President MacLeod to make arrangements for Dist attendance. Water Agencies Association The General Manager made the transportat Quarterly Meeting - 1/21/82 arrangements for Board and staff to atte this meeting. Ratification of Checks: the Board ratif.ied the issuance of Checks No. 7486 through No. 7541 for the period from January 6, 1982 , to January 20, 1982 , in the sum of $387,119.31. District Engineer: District Engineer Kubota advised that he had two easement documents from the Coun of San Diego requiring Board action as f I Upon motion of Director Maerkle, seconde by Director Kelly and unanimously Carrie Riley Aircraft - CMWD 78-208 and He1 i Hangar (Ted Val las) CMWD 81 -208 Palomar Oaks - CT 80-38 CMWD 80-21 0 and recommended Board acceptance. Direc Kelly made the motion , seconded by Direc Maerkle and unanimously carried. District Engineer Kubota recommended Boa acceptance of this onsite easement docurr Director Maerkle made the motion, second by Director Kelly and unanimously Carrie Cab1 evision Off ice Complex The District Engineer recommended accept $15,632.40, for operation and maintenanc by the District. Director Bonas made the motion, seconded by Director Maerkle and unanimously carried. Mola Development, CT 79-28A District Engineer Kubota recommended ac- valued at $44,000. Director Maerkle mad CMWD 80-204 of this completed water system valued at 1 CMWD 80-406 ceptance of this completed water system the motion to accept, seconded by Director Kelly and unanimously carried. Ad journmen t : Upon motion of Director Maerkle, seconde by Director Bonas and unanimously Carrie this regular meeting of January 20, 1982, was duly adjourned to January 27, 19 at 2:00 P.M. This portion of the meeting was adjourned at 5:05 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Fk& //-/ ,F: ,/; ,,&*a* &d ” i PrF;iden&he CoaFd of Directors I -3- JanLJary 20, 198’2 DECLARATION OF POSTING I I, the undersigned, say: .. That I am a citi.zen of the United States, over eighteen (18) years of age, and a resident of the County of San Diego, State of California, in which the within-mentioned posting occurred, and not a party to the subject cause of proceedings. I posted a copy of the attached NOTICE OF AD- JOURNMENT on the bulletin board of COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, located at the office of COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTy at 5950 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, California, on January 21, 1982, and within twenty-four hours of the adjournment of the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT on January 20, 1982. I I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the fore- going is true and correct. Executed on January 21 , 1982 , at Carlsbad, California. I- d cl 1 A>? L-4-2~ J) /q7 - &/hJ ,A// 7 e.-.-. Florence M. Woodward </ NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT I. Notice is hereby given that the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT on January 20, 1982, has been adjourned to January 27, 1982, at 2:00 P.M. in the Board room, COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, 5950 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, California. DATED: January 21, 1982. I <4 eup4tg4 FRED W. MAE~LE', Secretary of COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT and of the Board of Directors thereof I.