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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-10-26 - Board of Directors Meeting MinutesOctober 26, 1978 1461 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 Dr. Directors present and answering the roll call: Roy Knauft, Howard Lindow, Fred Clodt, Art Korn and Whit Cromwell. Also present Ralph Shook general manager, Jean Mathews secretary, Betty Emblidge auditor, Richard Davalos project manager, Rodger Howell attorney and P. D. Royere assistant general manager. Moved by Director Lindow, seconded by Director Clodt to approve as mailed the minutes for October 12, 1978. Motion carried un- animously. General manager Ralph Shook asked,the Board if they had any comments on the letter from Keith and Associates regarding new rates for consultant's fees. Discussion. Moved by Director Korn, seconded by Director Knauft that the rate schedule be referred to the finance committee along with other consultant's charges for further study. Motion carried unanimously. Resolution for the annexation of the Brannan - Whittenberg Corporation property in the East Yorba Linda Area was discussed. Moved by Director Lindow, seconded by Director Cromwell to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 78-54 entitled: RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF YORBA LINDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT PROPOSING AND MAKING APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION OF ANNEXATION NO. 78-7 TO THE YORBA LINDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT. Roll call vote: Ayes; Directors Knauft, Lindow, Clodt, Korn and Cromwell. Noes; None. Absent: None. Abstain: None. Passed and adopted this 26th day of October, 1978. Director Clodt reported on the city council meeting October 16, 1978. Director Korn reported on the Planning Commission meeting, October 25, 1978. H. Rodger Howell, attorney, reported on the Diemer Amendments and the progress made with IRS. Anaheim will not sign until just before election perhaps on November 7, IRWD has approved the amendment #1 but has not signed. The dates now stand as March 16, 1979 for letting the contract with completion by September of 1980. Attorney Howell suggested that the Board ask the financial advisor and engineer from MWDOC to come to a board meeting and talk to the Board regarding these dates. The oversizing of the line to add the 80 cfs will cost 4.5 million and could be apportioned out to the various agencies in pro- portion to the number of extra cfs they requested. Discussion. Moved by Director Lindow, seconded by Director Korn to reaffirm Board's approval of amendment No. 1 and authorize the President and Secretary to sign the Amendment No. 1 and all supporting documents and the inter tie agreement, as finally approved by October 26, 1978 (continued) 1462 the District's attorney. Motion carried unanimously. Attorney said that the assignment as presented from Broadmoor was not acceptable and should be on the form previously approved by the Board and the attorney. Staff so instructed. The charges as previously discussed on the portion still due from the District on the Reorganization Act work done by Chuck Hobbs for CMCWD and the YLCWD. Attorney Howell said that he had spoken to the Board of Directors of CMCWD regarding the charges and the failure of their Board to give the District a copy of a survey that we had requested unless the District paid for it. Costa Mesa expressed dismay and said if we needed copies of anything in the future, they would be happy to comply. Consensus of the Board was to pay our share of the bill even though it was more than we had anticipated. Moved by Director Lindow, seconded by Director Korn authorizing the payment of the full amount owing CMCWD for the work on the District Reorganization Act with the comment that we did benefit and the work that was done was still of value. The financial report from Betty Emblidge and the Auditor's yearly financial report were discussed. Moved by Director Korn, seconded by Director Clodt to refer the Auditor's report and letter to the Finance Committee for further study. Mr. Shook reported on Well #9 investigation - additional cost of $3500 to complete the preliminary investigation. Discussion at some length as to the needs for an additional well, the cost of drilling a new well, and the probable findings. Moved by Director Korn, seconded by Director Lindow to continue the matter until next board meetinj7. President Knauft asked for a 10 minute recess. Meeting was reconvened at 10:10 with all Directors present except Art Korn. Mike Payne came into the meeting. He told the Board the plans for the Fiesta Days Parade and asked if any directors would like to ride in the trucks. President Knauft and Director Whit Cromwell to ride on Saturday with five members of the field crew. Mike also reported on the progress of remodeling of the office. Bob Jones has plans for lights and electricity, but not the air conditioning. Eastland Company said they would draw up plans for the office layout with partitions, etc. at no cost if we bought the partitions from them or, if not, would charge by the hour for time spent. Mike asked for a meeting of the Building Committee today after the board meeting. Moved by Director Lindow, seconded by Director Cromwell to author- ize the attendance of one additional director for the CSDA annual meeting November 17 - 19. Motion carried unanimously. October 26, 1978 (continued) 1463 Moved by Director Lindow, seconded by Director Cromwell to approve the audited bills and refunds in the amount of $156,540.41 on checks 6893 through 6960. Motion carried unanimously. Moved by Director Clodt, seconded by Director Cromwell to authorize all directors to leave the state for either business or personal reasons between this meeting and the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors. Motion carried unanimously. New business as follows: Job S 21-210 Custom Design single sewer service for $2,645.06. Job S 1114 Homer Koutzookis on Short Street single sewer for $877.78. Job 1112 for water and sewer only Tract 10046, W. H. Boughter. Job 1117 for water and sewer for Ted Dann and Jim Yowell sewer charges $1,279.27 and water $3,046.20. Job 1113 sewer and water for Monson Co. Tract 9462 water charges $11,624.00 and sewer $6,184.90. Moved by Director Clodt, seconded by Director Lindow to approve the above jobs as presented by staff. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting set for the Finance Committee at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, 10/31/78. Howard Lindow left the meeting at 10:30 a.m. City assignments; City Council, November 16, Director Cromwell, November 20, Director Lindow. Planning Commission, November 15, Director Korn. Moved by Director Cromwell, seconded by Director Clodt to adjourn at 10:35 a.m. Jean E. Mathews Secretary