The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About1981-10-22 - Board of Directors Meeting Minutes1675 October 22, 1981 The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Yorba Linda County Water District was called to order by Vice President Howard Lindow at 8:30 a.m. in the offices of the District on Plumosa Drive. Directors present and answering the roll call: Director Lindow, Clodt, Korn and Cromwell. Director Knauft absent. Also present Ralph Shook general manager, Jean Mathews secretary, Betty Emblidge auditor, Bill Robertson project manager, Arthur Kidman attorney, Alex Bowie at- torney for C-W Associates, Bill Wright attorney for C-W Associates, Stan Prowse attorney for S and S Construction Company, Cynthia Hibbard reporter with Santa Ana Register and Michael Constantine resident of Yorba Linda. Vice President Lindow asked Mr. Constantine, as a representative of the residents of East Yorba Linda, if he had anything to say before the meeting started on the regular agenda. Mr. Constantine said that he would like to have an ad hoc committee formed or made up of people who had knowledge of circumstances in the East end, for example- the District, the City, the Developers ,6nd representatives of the Homeowners. Vice President Lindow asked for a motion to approve the consent calendar,Director Clodt moved and Director Cromwell seconded the motion to approve as follows: the minutes for October 8,. 1981 with one change on page two paragraph 3 to strike the word annually, to approve the out of state motion, and as per staff recommendations the following jobs: S 14-1492 single sewer for Emery at 4866 Olinda St -$203.50, Water Job 81-45 and single sewer 23-702 for Walter Epley at 5134 Ohio on .475 acres sewer charges $2286.31 and water charges $965.00. Motion carried unanimously. The September billing report was received and filed. Bill Robertson presented his issue memorandum for McGuire Construction's final retention payment due November 2, 1981 in the amount of $2,424.11, asking that it be approved at this meeting and held until November 2nd before it is mailed. Moved by Director Cromwell seconded by Director Korn to approve the payment of retention to McGuire Construction with the provision that it not be mailed until the 60 day requirement is up on November 2, 1981, motion carried unanimously. Attorney Kidman spoke regarding the bond issue for ID # 2. The material required by MBIA was not complete and the bond sale date of 10/27/81 has been pulled. It has been rescheduled for November 12 and MBIA are willing to insure the issue with a premium quote of .891% of the total debt service issue. This would be approximate- ly $189,000 total premium. AMBAC had indicated they were not interested in quoting or considering -the insurance if MBIA was giving a quotation. Mr. Kidman asked if he could have a closed session at the end of the meeting for attorney client purposes. Alex Bowie of C-W Associates representing the land owner in ID # 2 introduced him- self and spoke regarding the tax rate in ID#2 and said that they had set it at .201100 hopinj that this would not have to be changed. He also stated they had been working with the District since March to put this bond issue together and with the Legislation that had been passed everything was in order and now it was a manage- ment decision not a legal decision. Mr. Kidman explained that the Water District also has a few questions to ask of the land owner, if they sell the land a piece at a time how is the District to be protected at time or after sale. Will that be picked up in a Title Report or a i, ~ 1676 October 22,1981(cont'd) built-in covenant to protect the District? In ID # 1 interest was funded for 2 years to let the property values build up be- fore the property tax was applied so that is why some people lived in the East end for two years before it was shown on their property tax bill. Moved by Director Cromwell seconded by Director Korn to approve for payment the audited bills and rate deposits in the amount of $412,136.11 on checks 12877 and 12879 and 12880 through 12947. Motion carried unanimously. Discussion period. Vice President Lindow appointed Ralph Shook, Arthur Korn and M. Roy Knauft to serve on the ad hoc committee with landowners and developers and the City. Mr. Constantine said that he had a $1300.00 additional taxes (hidden) and he was sure that if this had been known by people buying in the East Area they would not have qualified for the homes they had purchased. He wanted to bring the builders into the picture right away and not wait for any legislation to be introduced and passed.His idea being that the developers should take 50% of the tax burden from the landowner right away before December 10th. He said that people were willing to picket and stop the sale of property in the East end if some relief was not offered immediately. Engineering committee meeting set for Monday 10/26/81 at 7:00 p.m. to review res- ervoir design. 9 Mike Payne came into the meeting. The Fire Hydrant Committee report was made by Art Korn and comments were added by Director Clodt and Mike Payne. They have decided that a better name for the committee would be Fire Defenses Committee. The red markers on the map in the Board room indicate new hydrants added and the silver markers are hydrants that need to be refurbished or added. The blue re- flective markers to show where hydrants are located will be placed in the very near future and will be a great help to the fire department crews. If there are flow re- strictions because of small mains they will be brought to the finance committee for budget consideration for upgrading of the lines. No report on fire hydrant maintenance because Mr. Royere not in attendance. Alex Bowie left the meeting at 9:30 a.m. Director Clodt reported on the planning commission meeting October 14, 1981. Director Cromwell said he would attend the study session of the city council to be held on October 26 instead of October 19. Orange County Economic Conference on October 21, 1981 was attended by three dir- ectors and Mr. Shook. Mr. Constantine left the meeting at 9:55 a.m. Bill Wright left the meeting at 10:00 a.m. October 22, 1981 (continued) 1677 Vice President Lindow declared a recess at 10:00 a.m. Meeting.reconvened at 10:10 a.m. with all directors present except Director Knauft. Ralph Shook reported that ACWA has one vacancy and Howard Lindow our Director is on the nominating committee. Discussion. Moved by Director Cromwell seconded by Director Korn that the Board recommend that the general manager send in the nom- inating petition for Howard W. Lindow for ACWA Board, motion carried unanimously. City assignments November 1 city council Whit Cromwell November 15, Howard Lindow, planning commission November 12 Fred Clodt and November 25 Art Korn. General manager handed out some information on a program for Compensation Insurance through CSDA and asked the directors to review it and be ready to discuss at the next board meeting on November 12. Moved by Director Cromwell seconded by Director Clodt to go into closed session. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Director Cromwell seconded by Director Korn to come out of closed session and go back into the regular session of the Board, motion carried unanimously. Moved by Director Korn seconded by Director Cromwell to ratify the action of the staff in deferring the October 27th Bond Sale date for ID #2 Series B. Motion carried. Moved by Director Clodt seconded by Director Cromwell that the Bond Sale Date for I.D.#.2 Series "B" is temporarily suspended, motion carried unanimously. Moved by Director Korn seconded by Director Clodt to adjourn to October 26, 1981 at 7:00 p.m., motion carried unanimously. 6&an E. Mathews Secretary