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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-12-07; Municipal Water District; MinutesMINUTES OF THE BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COSTA REAL 'MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, HELD ON DECEMBER 7, 1988, AT 6:OO P.M. AT 699 GRAND AVENUE, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA. The meeting was called to order at 6:OO p.m. by President Bonas with Directors Henley, Maerkle and Woodward present. Director Haasl absent. Also in attendance were General Manager/District Engineer Greaney, Legal Counsel Moser, Administrative Manager Poole, Superintendent Musser, Public Information Officer Renyer, Accountant Hogan and Executive Secretary Woodward. Larry Willey, Jayne Akamine, Roger Greer, Patti Heissenberger, Patricia Laurence, Howard Owens, Steve Deering and representatives of landscaping bidders also attended. Pledge of Allegiance The pledge of allegiance to the flag was given. Opening of Bids and Author- ization for Award of Contract Landscaping: Santa Fe I1 and President Bonas advised that La Costa Hi Reservoirs this is the time and place for the opening .of bid proposals for the subject project. The Board Secretary will open the sealed bids and the General Manager/District Engineer will read aloud the bidders' names and total sums bid. They are as follows: I .. .. NAME AMOUNT Michael T. Wells $ 97,030.00 Excel Landscaping . $101,950.00 P & P Enterprises, Inc. $ 85,432.00 Director Henley made a motion, seconded by Director Woodward and carried (Director Baas 1 absent), instructing the General Manager and the Legal Counsel to review the documents and bring a recommendation to the Board for award at the Board meeting on December 21, 1988. Approval of Minutes Director Maerkle made a motion seconded by Director Henley and unanimously carried (Director Haasl absent), approving the minutes of the regular Board meeting of Novemler 2, 1988 (with a minor correction), the adjourned Board meeting of November 7, 1988 as mailed, and the special Board meeting of November 23, 1988 as mailed, Oral Communications Steve Deering of Luke-Dudek from the Audience said he has provided copies of the environmental study for the Squires project to the Manager for distribution to the Direc- I . -. . __ . I tors. If there are any questions after their review, he will be happy to respond, Consent Calendar Committee recommendations are as follows: I A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. 0. P. Ratification of Checks Approval Ratification of Investments Approval Purchase Orders (none) N/A Attendance at Legislative Pre- None (no interest shown) view 1989 (December 15-16, 1988 Los Angeles)(Reimbursement/Com- pensation) SDG&E temporary electrical Approval easement document for PacTel site Notice of Completion - painting Approval of Ellery and "E" steel tanks CR"D 88-110 RESOLUTION NO. 599 Offer and Acceptance - Tamarack Approval Pointe Unit 2, CT 84-14, District support of Water Edu- Approval cation Foundation Program ($560) Water rate increase to become Postponed to December 21, 1988 effective January 1, 1989 Adopting Financial Statement Approval for year ending Jbne 30, 1988 Amending District's Budget and Postponed to December 21, 1988 Capital Improvement Projects to (see motion below) include Westwood Drive 6" waterline Vehicle replacement Approval Award of El Camino Real water- Approval line project Alga Hills water system im- Approval provement plan, CT 84-41 Request from Security Pacific Approval National Bank for documents for Custody Account 18-7-20527-0 CRMWD 84-306 CR"D 84-509 RESOLUTION NO. 600 Proposal to provide profess- Postponed to December 21, 1988 ional appraisal and right-of- way services for tank site Director Henley made a motion, seconded by DiTector Woodward and carried, with Director Maerkle voting no and Director Haasl absent, to postpone Item K. to the special Board meeting to be held on December 21, 1988. Director Henley made a motion approving the Consent Calendar ' except for the postponed items (I., K. and P.1 , seconded by Director Woodward and unanimously carried. (Director Haasl ab- sent. ) I -2- December 7, 1988 - I Staff Reports Superintendent Mr. Musser reported a high of 22 c.f.s., a low of 10 c.f .s. with an average flow of 16 c.f,s. They have added 30 A.F. of storage to Squires, The lake level is at 496.5 feet. They have recorded 1.6" of rain, Public Information Officer Ms. Renyer reported on a meet- ing she had with some of the staff at Olivenhain. Their board is pursuing doing a demonstration garden, The committee will continue meeting monthly, involve some other districts, and pursue obtaining xeri- phytic ordinances on a regional basis. The City of Oceanside recently passed an ordinance requiring that one model home in each new subdivision be xeriscaped, On December 13th she will be meeting with Jim Nelson, public information director at the County Water Authority, and other public relations people from around the County, in an attempt to unify our public relations efforts on a regional basis, share materials, etc. May 1-5, 1989 is Water Awareness Week and she will be gearing up for that, At least one event will be county-wide. I Discussion followed on the procedure to follow regarding our competition with 0l.ivenhain Water District this year for Christmas charities. Administrative Manager Mr. Poole reported that the League of Women Voters will wrap up their fact-finding study and will have a draft to the District after the first of the year. The Personnel Associates study on classified employees' salary structure is still under- way. Report should be ready within two or three weeks; possibly for the December 21st meeting, Attorney District position on Bay- Mr . Moser reviewed Mr. Peck's Delta report letter (see agenda packet) on the Bay-Delta staff reports which do not provide assistance to Southern California. Mr. Moser said the next phase has been postponed. Discussion followed and Director Maerkle made a motion, seconded by Director Henley and carried, that Mr, Moser draft a resolution responding to the Bay-Delta staff report. (Director Haasl absent,) I' General Manager Update on Meadowlark Farms Mr. Greaney reported that he -3- December 7, 1988 I has received a letter from Ron Endeman advising that the next court date has been set for June 20, 1989. Organizational Reports San Diego County Water Authority No report. Next meeting to be held tomorrow. WARAC Director Woodward reported on their last meeting (11/28). They are hoping to do a survey on the impact of water softeners on the waste water in the Rancho Bernard0 area. Expect to decide how to proceed possibly in January. The CCBA process is being promoted by Harold Ball of the Helix Water District. Need $1 million to start a plant. The economic feasibility of this process is still under question. For the Murk Study (re the Encina Basin) they have been contacting people to see if there is a need for reclaimed water. Their proposal indicates that there would be no stored reclaimed water; it would be in the lines and would be used as it is made. If it did not get used it would go into the ocean. I Next WARAC meeting will be in January 1989. Presidents and Managers Council No report. ACWA Conference Director Woodward reported on one seminar he attended at which John Murk, who is. doing the study for the Encina Basin, was reviewing and updating what is going on with reclaimed water. Director Woodward added that he was appointed to the ACWA Re- claimed Water Committee at the conference. Director Bonas reported on her attendance at the Special Issues opening breakfast with panelists speaking on water quality and conservation, weather modification and cloud seeding. There are about ten areas that they have been seeding for a number -of years. Director Woodward added that he attended a similar meeting where they discussed seeding clouds with butane heaters at a cost estimated to be one-third that of regular cloud seeding. Director Maerkle reported on his attendance at the JPIA (insur- ance) meeting where he learned some of the investment changes they have been making. Discussion followed. - I Directors' Reports None -4- December 7, 1988 'I Closed Session (Govt. Code No. 54957) Management Performance Review Director Henley made a motion to go into closed session, seconded by Director Woodward and carried (Director Haasl absent). The Board went into Closed Session at 7:OO p.m. The Board of Directors went out of Closed Session at 7:40 p.m. Management Compensation Consideration of Adjustment Mr. Greaney read from his mem- to Management Compensation orandum to the Board recommen- ding merit adjustments to the RESOLUTION NO. 6 0 1 Engineering Supervisor, Super- intendent of Operations, and RESOLUTION NO. 602 Administrative Manager, all to be effective the first pay period in 1989. Director Henley made a motion, seconded by Director Maerkle and carried, with Director Haasl absent, to adopt Resolution No. 601 entitled: "RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT ESTABLISHING A MERIT ADJUSTMENT OF 7% FOR THE ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS, AND 10% FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER, ALL TO BECOME EFFECTIVE THE FIRST PAY PERIOD IN 1989." I Director Henley made a motion, seconded by Director Maerkle and carried, with Director Haasl absent, to adopt Resolution No. 602 entitled: "RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT ESTABLISHING A MERIT ADJUSTMENT OF 10% FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER/DISTRICT ENGINEER, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE THE FIRST PAY PERIOD IN 1989." Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 p.m. Respectfully submitted, n I Secretary, ~f~~ Board /bf Directors - u -5- December 7, 1988 I NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that a special meeting has been called by President Bonas of the Board of Directors of COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT on December 7, 1988, for the following: 1. Pledge of allegiance 2. Oral communications from the audience 3. PUBLIC HEARING on the Environmental Impact Study for the 10 million gallon Squires project 4. Consideration of amending District's Budget and Capital Im- provement Projects to include a 6" waterline on Westwood Dr. 5. Consideration of award of contract for landscaping of Santa Fe I1 and La Costa Hi Reservoirs 6. Consideration of water rate increase to become effective January 1, 1989 7. Consideration of adoption of Personnel Associates' final report u 8. Consideration of RESOLUTION establishing District's position on the Bay-Delta situation 9. Consideration of response to LAFCO regarding petition (due December 27, 1988) 10. Consideration of proposal to provide professional appraisal and right-of-way acquisition service for alternate tank sites 11. INFORMATION ONLY: Regarding Jennings, Engstrand 6 Henrikson proposal for assessment district financing in the City of City of Carlsbad (Mr. Moser, Legal Counsel) 12. CLOSED SESSION A. Consideration of Personnel Matter; request for repre- sentation (Govt. Codes 54957 and 54956.9(b)) 13. ADJOURNMENT The Special Meeting is scheduled for December 21, 1988, at 2:OO p.m. at 699 Grand Avenue, Carlsbad, California. I DATED: December 8, 1988.