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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDistrict 03 Minutes 1949-06-22MINUTES OF MEETfl~G OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO0 3 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA June 22,19)49,at 8:00 P.M0 Board of Supervisors Room The Board of Directors met in regular session0 There were present:Directors Charles Newson (Chairman),Thomas J,Eadingtori (Alternate),and Ralph J.McFadden,Absent:None0 The joint meeting 01’the District Boards was called to order by Chairman Willard Smith at 8:15 P.M0 The Secretary presented a certificate from the City Clerk of Fullerton stating that Councilman Thomas J0 Eadington had been appointed to serve as alternate for the Mayor of the City of Fullerton on this Board,Mr0 Eadington took his seat as a member of the Board0 The Minutes of the meeting of June 8,i9L~9,were approved as written0 The Secretary read a letter from O~Me1veriy &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 H0 Warner stated that the Secretqry had notified bond dealers of the cance11a~ tion by telegram on June 17th0 The Secretary announced that no bids were received0 *** RE:CANCELLATION On motion of Director Eadington,duly seconded OF BOND SALES and carried,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 THOMAS J.EADINGTON,RALPH J0 McFADDEN,AND CHARLES NEWSON. NOES:NONE ABSENT:NONE *** L General Manager Warner stated that the District Boards should con sider establishing a suspense account for financing the administrative organization. *** RE:LETTER FROM Th~Secretary read a letter from the Executive EXECUTIVE BOARD OF Board of the Joint Outfall Sewer.A motion was JOINT OUTFALL SEWER made,duly seconded and unanimously carried, ordering that said letter be received,filed and acknowledged. *** 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.Weiner,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. *** 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 Smith. Mr.Lenicke 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. 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), -2— 4. RE:EMPLO~IENT OF On motion of Director McFadden,duly seconded CONSULTING ENGINEERS and carried,the Board of Directors authorized the employment of Julian Hinds,Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Metropofl tan Water District of Southern California;A M Rawn,Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts;and Franklin Thomas,Presi dent of the American Society of Civil Engineers,for the purpose of: (1)recommending whether outside private engineering firms should be retai~ed to design and supervise construction of the sewerage project or whether a chief engineer-general manager and an engineering staff should be used to perform this work,and (2)recommending possible candidates for the position of chief engineer-general manager. AYES:DIRECTORS RALPH J.McFADDEN,THOMAS J.EADINGTON,AND CHARLES NEWSON. NOES:NONE. ABSENT:NONE. *** 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 adjourned at 10:20 P.M. 1k,~~Direcf~F~ County Sanitation District No.3 Orange County,California ATTEST: CHARLES A.SWE P Temporary Secretary,Board of Directors County Sanitation District No.3 Orange County,California -3-