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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDistrict 07 Minutes 1949-06-221~ 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. *** 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. *.~.* 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 -2- 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