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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-04-26 - Board of Directors Meeting Minutes1503 April 26, 1979 The regular meeting of the Board of Directors was called to order by President Knauft at 8:30 a.m. in the offices of the District on Plumosa Drive. Directors present and answering the roll call: Howard Lindow, Fred Clodt, Art Korn, Whit Cromwell and M. Roy Knauft. Also present Ralph Shook general manager, Jean Mathews secretary, Betty Emblidge auditor, Richard Davalos project manager, DuWayne Lidke engineer and Art Kidman attorney for the District. Moved by Director Clodt seconded by Director Cromwell to approve as mailed the minutes for April 12, 1979. Motion carried unanimously. Whit Cromwell reported on the city council meeting April 16, 1979. The sewer contract was approved by the City for a one year period only. Discussion. Mr. Cromwell recommended that the staff check on the Weir Canyon crossing time table because of two tracts in East Lake Village that were not approved, may effect entire time table in the East area. Fred Clodt reported on the April 25th planning commission meeting. Howard Lindow reported on the Orange County California Special Dist- rict Association meeting on April 24. The name has been changed to Independent Special Districts of Orange (ISDOC). The election of officers was held, Tom Brooks president, Art Holmes lst vice president Miles Collins 2nd vice president and Joan Finnegan secretary treasurer. August 23rd next meeting of ISDOC and November 16 the night meeting for members and spouses. Court reporter arrived at 8:50 a.m. Art Kidman reported on pending bill No. 170, the one Chappie had sponsored - many changes have been made in the original bill. Dir.Lindow and Dir.Cromwell reported on the finance committee meeting held April 24th. PERS survivors benefits, review of salary ranges, Republican National Life Ins. have said that pregnancy must be in- cluded in the medical due to recent legislation, which will increase the premium. Discussion. Moved by Director Cromwell seconded by Director Lindow to proceed and abide by the new law and take out the added coverage to include pregnancy with the guidance of the attorney. Discussion. Moved by Director Korn seconded by Director Knauft to table the ab- ove matter and withdraw the motion until the attorney has had an opportunity to thoroughly check the law. Motion carried unanimously. Financial report and investment report submitted by auditor Betty Emblidge. President Knauft complimented her on an excellent report. Richard Davalos reported on the NOCCCD easement and right of entry. April 26, 1979(continued) 1504 The School District have approved the right of entry document with the addition of a hold harmless clause. Mr. Davalos explained his issue memorandum on the additional report needed on the soils corrosion report. Moved by Director Lindow sec- onded by Director Clodt to approve the contract with Corrosion Consulting Services Corporation not to exceed $2500.00 Motion car- ried unanimously. Michael Payne and Pete Royere came into the meeting at 9:20 a.m. Mike reported on the building progress on the lower level - every- thing on schedule. Fiesta days October 27 - board members will participate by riding in the parade. Mike asked for suggestions and assistance in the preparation of the parade entry. The assessment district for the Ohio - J and J lane area is being worked on and a meeting of the interested parties will be held. The Worthington sewer job on Palm Avenue discussed. Moved by Dir- ector Korn seconded by Director Cromwell to approve the Worthington job as previously discussed, i.e. withdraw the dry sewer requirement in exchange for all easements needed through the new property as well as through the original parcel along with the sewer line with- out a manhole between the two lots, this would be about 330 feet of 8" line, all this to be in an agreement drawn up by the attorney, with City to be notified of the action and all purchasers to receive notice of the sewer requirement. Motion carried unanimously. Job 1142 tract 10114- 4 acres 16 lots. Moved by Director Lindow seconded by Director Clodt to approve staff recommendations with the modification of the sewer from the general plan. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Director Lindow seconded by Director Cromwell to approve for payment the audited bills and rate deposits in the amount of $240,667.50 on checks 7906 through 8112. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Director Lindow seconded by Director Clodt and unanimously carried, all directors are hereby authorized to leave the State of California for either business or personal reasons between now and the next regular meeting of the board of directors. Attorney Art Kidman explained need for a court reporter - public agency acquiring right of way from another public agency calls for an accurate and precise account of the hearing. President Knauft declared the Public Hearing open at 9:30 a.m. for the right of way for the Bryant Cross Feeder. Richard Davalos project manager spoke on the Initial Study environ- mental evaluation process. Two different routings evaluated Phase I construction includes 11,000 feet from Diemer intertie to the east boundary of the Dominguez Ranch. The public agencies have agreed to 1505 April 26, 1979 (continued) the routing, we are meeting with Shappel and Upper K , conflict on value. Negative Declaration filed with the County of Orange. DuWayne Lidke engineer spoke regarding the benefit of this pro- ject as explained by the water facilities plan. Attorney Kidman asked Mr. Lidke several questions regarding the necessity and the need for this line. He then explained there were ten parcels or easements involved in this right of way ac- quisition. DuWayne Lidke stated that the entire right of way including the NOCCCD property was necessary for the construction of the Bryant Cross Feeder. Mr. Davalos said that he had a call from Eldon Ward of the NOCCCD and inasmuch as they had approved the right of entry as prepared they would not appear at this hearing. All parties have been notified of the hearing by first class mail and there has been no correspondence received from any of the parties involved. No one in audience wished to be heard at this time. President Knauft closed the hearing at 9:55 a.m. Moved by Director Lindow seconded by Director Cromwell to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 79-21 entitled: RESOLUTION OF YORBA LINDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF CALIF- ORNIA AND DECLARING THE PUBLIC NECESSITY THEREFOR. Roll call vote: Ayes: Directors Lindow, Clodt, Korn, Cromwell and Knauft. Noes, none. Absent, none. Abstain, none. Passed and adopted this 26th day of April 1979. Moved by Director Korn seconded by Director Lindow to ratify staff action on filing of the negative declaration on this project and the property acquisition, motion carried unanimously. Moved by Director Lindow seconded by Director Clodt to adopt Res- olution No. 79-22 entitled: RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE YORBA LINDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT APPROVING PRELIMINARY APPRAISAL AND AUTHORIZING OFFERS OF PURCHASE BASED THEREON. Roll call vote: Ayes, Directors Lindow, Clodt, Korn, Cromwell and Knauft. Noes: none. Absent: none. Abstain: none. Passed and adopted this 26th day of April 1979. Moved by Director Lindow seconded by Director Cromwell to authorize staff to prepare and go to bid on the first phase of the Bryant Cross Feeder. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Director Lindow seconded by Director Cromwell to authorize District staff to go ahead with inspection, fabrication of line, check- ing of the shop drawings etc. at an additional cost of approximately $27,000.00. Motion carried unanimously. April 26, 1979 (continued) 1506 The hour of 10:00 a.m. and time for the bid opening for Improvement District No. 1 Series B bond issue and Improvement District No. 2 Series "A" bond issue . Four bids received, one from UCB on Improvement District No. 1 Bond Issue "B", Security Pacific Improvement District No. 1 Bond Issue "B" and Bank of America a bid on Improvement District No. 1 Bond Issue"B" and Improvement District No. 2 Bond Issue "A". Security Pacific Bid on I.D. # 1 series "B" interest rate of 6.99830 U.C.B. Bid on I.D. # 1 series "B" interest rate of 7.1350490 Bank of America Bid on I.D. # 1 series "B" interest rate of 6.88090 Bank of America Bid on I.D. # 2 series "A" interest rate of 7.05310 Attorney Adams and financial consultant Ray Fors to check the bids for accuracy before bid is awarded. President Knauft declared a recess. Meeting reconvened at 10:30 a.m. with all directors present. Attorney Kidman said that he had paid the $120,000.00 to the Superior Court and obtained order for immediate possession for May 31st on the De Los Reyes Reservoir site. The Agnello survey of easement has been completed and there are no buildings over our water lines they are along property lines. Mr. Kidman will report back to Mr. Agnello. A letter from Mrs. Noble concerning a claim for sewer line across property without easement will be turned over to attorney Art Kidman. Mr. Royere reported that the sewer agreement with theCity was supposed to be for three years not one year and he would look into it directly. He also reported that Mrs. Stoops said the Olinda property would be finished by June 1. Pete also announced that the three Samoa gentlemen would arrive on May 20th for their indoctrination training in water system. Mr. Shook asked the Board if they had any changes or suggestions in the draft on Board Procedure that they had received with the agenda. Discussion. To be continued at a future meeting. Ray Fors and Chick Adams came back into the meeting and gave the report on the bids. Bank of America with interest on Improvement District No. 1 series "B" at 6.8809 o and Improvement District No. 2 series "A" at 7.0531 o was the low bidder and all computations were correct. Rec- ommendation to accept Bank of America's bid. 1507 April 26, 1979 (continued) Moved by Director Lindow seconded by Director Clodt to adopt Res- olution No. 79-23 entitled: RESOLTION SELLING $6,615,OOOPRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF YORBA LINDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 1978 WATER BONDS, SERIES B, AND RATIFYING OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Roll call vote: Ayes: Directors Lindow, Clodt, Korn, Cromwell and Knauft. Noes: none. Absent: none. Abstain, none. Passed and adopted this 26th day of April, 1979. Moved by Director Lindow seconded by Director Clodt to adopt RESOL- UTION NO. 79-24 entitled: RESOLUTION SELLING $1,005,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF YORBA LINDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 1979 WATER BONDS SERIES A, AND RATIFYING OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Roll call vote: Ayes, Directors Lindow, Clodt, Korn, Cromwell and Knauft. Noes: none. Absent: none. Abstain: none. Passed and adopted this 26th day of April, 1979. Mike Payne introduced Kim Julian who has a piece of property on Lake- view. The property came up at the city planning commission meeting and Mr. Clodt had told Mr. Julian to come to the Board meeting re- garding the sewer requirements. Discussion, 1.6 acres for 3 homes and Mr. Julian wanted to have cess pools - septic tank arrangement rather than connect to the live sewers which would be rather expen- sive because of the distance and the fact that there is no one else to help with the expense by connecting to the live sewer. Discussion. Board of Directors unanimous opinion was that Mr. Julian should con- nect to live sewer inasmuch as it is available and will so notify the planning commission by letter from staff. Mr. Worthington came into the meeting regarding his sewers for pro- perty on Palm Avenue. The earlier motion as made by the Board was explained to Mr. Wortington. Mr. Worthington made a counter proposal to the board estimating that $6600.00 was the value of easements to be granted and asked if the Board would consider exchanging that for the water frontage charges which amounts to $2600.00 Discussion.Pres- ident Knauft took a poll of the Board and it was three to two in favor of first motion. Moved by Director Lindow seconded by Director Korn to reaffirm motion made at the first part of the meeting, three yes votes and two no votes, motion passed that reaffirmed earlier decision,with special emphasis that it be made clear to the City the District requirement. Mr. Worthington left the meeting. Ralph Shook reported on a letter received from Broadmoor homes regarding water pressure at the Dominguez ranch new homes. City of Anaheim had changed the water source and have not agreed to go back to first source and the District proposes to install a booster pump temporarily. Dis- cussion. Staff to keep a close eye on matters and proceed with the in- stallation of the temporary booster station. Moved by Director Lindow seconded by Director Cromwell to adjourn to May 8th at 8:30 a.m. Motion carried un animously. can E. Mathews, Secretary