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MINUTES OF MEETING OF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.7
OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
June 22,l9L~9,at 8:00 P,M.
Board of Supervisors Room
The Board of Directors met In regular session.
There were present:Directors Vincent Le Humeston (Chairman),
Irvin George Gordon,and Willard Smith.Absent:None.
The joint meeting of the District Boards was called to order by
Chairman Willard Smith at 8:1S P.M.
The Minutes of the meeting of June 8,191~9,were approved as
written.
The Secretary read a letter from O’Melveny &Myers,bond attor
neys for the District,stating their reasons for advising cancella
tion of the bond sales.Mr.Ray H.Lindman,representing O’Melveny &
Myers,discussed the cancellation.General Manager Willis I-I.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.
RE:CANCELLATION On motion of Director Smith,duly seconded
OF BOND SALES and carried,the following Resoli~tion was
adopted:
RESOLVED,that the sale of bonds of this District set for this
date be and the same is hereby cancelled.
AYES:DIRECTORS WILLARD SMITHS IRVIN GEORGE GORDON,AND
VINCENT L.HUMESTON
NOES:NONE.
ABSENT:NONE.
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General Manager Warner stated that the District Boards should
consider establishing a suspense account for financing the administra
tive organization.
RE:LETTER FROM The 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.Welmer,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 SmIth.
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.
RE:AGREEMENTS ON A motion was made,duly seconded and unan
ACQUISITION OF EXISTING imously carried,authorizing the County
SEWERAGE FACILITIES Counsel to prepare drafts of all acquisi
tion agreements between present owners of
existing sewerage facilities and the various sanitation districts (as
proposed in the bond proceedings).
RE:EMPLOYMENT OF On motion of Director Gordon,duly seconded
CONSULTING ENGINEERS and carried,the Board of Directors author
ized the employment of Julian Hinds,Chief
Engineer and General Manager of the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California;A M Rawn,Chief Engineer and General Manager of
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the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts;and Franklin Thomas,
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 sewerage pro
ject or whether a chief engineer-general manager and an engineering
staff should be used to perform this work,and (2)recommending poss
ible candidates for the position of chief engineer-general manager0
AYES:DIRECTORS IRVIN GEORGE GORDON,WILLARD SMITH,AND
VINCENT L0 HUMESTON.
NOES:NONEO
ABSENT:NONEO
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.M0
C~i~dDirectors
County Sanitation District No0 7
Orange County,California
ATTEST:
~IiA~ES A.SWEET
Temporary Secretary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No0 7
Orange County,California