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MINUTES OF MEETING OF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.1
OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
June 22,19L~9,at 8:00 P.M.
Board of Supervisors Room
The Board of Directors met in regular session.
There were present:Directors Virgil H.Reed (Chairman),
R.Carson Smith,and C.M.Featherly.Absent:None.
The joint meeting of the District Boards was called to order by
Chairman Willard Smith at 8:i~P.M.
The Minutes of the ni.eeting of June 8,191i9,were approved as
written.
The Secretary read a letter from O’Melveny &Myers,bond attor
neys for the District,stating their reasons for advising cancellation
of the bond sales.Mr.Ray H,Lindman,representing O’Melveny &
Myers,discussed the cancellation.General Manager Willis H.Warner
stated that the Secretary had notified bond dealers of the cancella~~
tion by telegram on June 17th.The Secretary announced that no bids
were received.
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RE:CANCELLATION On motion of Director Featherly,duly seconded
OF BOND SALES and carrie~~,the following Resolution was
adopted:
RESOLVED,that the sale of bonds of this District set for this
date be and the same is hereby cancelled.
AYES:DIRECTORS C.M.FEATHERLY,R.CARSON SMITH,AND VIRGIL H.REED
NOES:NONE
ABSENT:NONE
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General Manager Warner stated that the District Boards should con
sider establishing a suspense account for financing the administrative
organi zation.
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‘RE:LETTER FROM The Secretary read a letter from the Executive
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF Board of the Joint Outfall Sewer.A motion was
JOINT OU~P~ALL SEWER made,duly seconded and unanimously carried~
ordering that saId letter be received~,filed
and acknowledged.
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The Secretary read a communication from the County Board of
Supervisors in which a letter from engineers of the Sewerage Survey
Staff was referred by the Supervisors to this Board.Said letter was
read by the Secretary.
Mr.Weimer,Chairman of the Steering Committee,reported that
the committee had been unable to reach an agreement on the matter of
a chief engineer-general manager for the sanitation districts.
Mr.Drake,Chairman of a sub—committee to the Steering Committee,
reported on the work done by his committee In regard to the methods
of accomplishing the engineering and inspection on the sewerage pro
ject.
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RE:ELECTION OF A motion was made,duly seconded and unanimous-
PERMANENT CHAIRMAN ly carried,electing the Chairman of the
OF JOINT MEETINGS DIstrict No.1 Board of Directors as permanent
chaIrman of the joint meetings of the district
boards.
Director Virgil Reed was seated as Permanent Chairman of the
joint meeting,replacing Temporary Chairman Willard Smith0
Mr.Lemcke announced that a draft of the proposed Joint Construc
tion and Operation Agreement was being prepared by the County Counsel
and would be mailed out with the Minutes.
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RE:AGREEMENTS ON A motion was made,duly seconded and unani
ACQUISITION OF EXISTING mously carried,authorizing the County
SEWERAGE FACILITIES Counsel to prepare drafts of all acquisition
agreements between present owners of exist
ing sewerage facilities and the various sanitation districts (as pro
posed In the bond proceedings).
RE:EMPLOYMENT OF On motion of Director Smith,duly seconded
CONSULTING ENGINEERS and carried,the Board of Directors author
ized the employment of Jullan Hinds,Chief
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Engineer and General Manager of the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern CalIfornIa;A M Rawn,Chief Engineer and General Manager of
the Los Angeles County Sanitation DistrIcts;~id Franklin Thomas,
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President of the American Society of Civil Engineers,for the purpose
of:(1)recommending whether outside private engineering firms
should be retained to design and supervise construction of the sewer
age project or whether a chief engineer-general manager and an engin
eering staff should be used to perform this workD and (2)recommend-.
ing possible candidates for the position of chief -engineer-general
manager.
AYES:DIRECTORS R.CARSON SMITH AND C.M.FEATHERLY.
NOES:DIRECTOR VIRGIL H.REED
ABSENT:NONE.
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RE:NOTIFICATION A motion was made,duly seconded and carried,
OF CONSULTANTS appointing the sub-committee headed by Mr.
Drake to make the necessary arrangements for
the employment of the three-man consulting board consisting of Julian
Hinds,A M Rawn and Franklin Thomas.
The Chairman declared the meeting adjo ned at 10:20 P.M0
~hai~V~n,B5ird of Di~ctors
Court~r Sanitation District No.1
Orange County,California
ATTEST:
HARLES A.SWEET
Temporary Secretary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No,1
Orange County,California