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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDistrict 05 Minutes 1950-12-27202 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF DIRECTORS COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.5 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA December 27,1950,at a:OO p.m. Board of Supervisors~Room The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.5 met in regular session. The joint meeting of the district boards was called to order by Chairman Virgil H.Reed at ~:lO p.m. There were present:Directors Braden Finch (Chair— man),and Ross Gre eley Absent:Director Irvin George Gordon Others Present:Nelson M.Launer,Administrative Officer Nat H.Neff,Engineer E.J.Marks,i~ttorney C.Arthur Nisson,Jr.,Attorney Harry Ashton,Attorney C.E,Bressler F.B.Owen,Cost~i Mesa Sanitary District K~J.Harrison Heinz Kaiser Ora Mae Merritt,Secretary MINUTES OF DE-A motion was made,duly seconded CEMBER 13,1950 and carried approving minutes of the joint meeting held on December 13,1950,as mailed out. -1— 203 APPROVAL OF JOINT A motion was made,duly seconded ADMINISTRATIVE and carried approving for signa WARRANT REGISTER ture and payment the following Joint Administrative Voucher Demands: Voucher Demand Number In Favor Of Amount JA-l~6 Dennis Printers and Stationers 4~~ l~7 Tiernan’s Office Equipment Co.1.14 1~E~F.R.Harwood,Postmaster 30.00 ~39.97 Nelson M.Launer,Administrative Officer,reported as follows: 1.About fifty percent of the Directors have returned the letter verifying their addresses and telephone numbers. The letters returned indicate a number of changes.It is requested that the Directors who have not sent in the letters verifying the addresses or listing changes please do so at once in order that the new roster may be prepared. 2.The County Auditor has called our attention to the fact that we are presenting Voucher Demands for Directors’mileage allowances under a mileage re port filed by the Directors some two years ago. He suggests that each Director submit a mileage report to the Joint Administration Organization’s office at the end of each quarter showing the number of miles traveled from the Director’s residence to the place of the board meeting and return to his residence for mileageauthorized in Minute Order dated October 27,l94~. The mileage forms distributed at this meeting have been prepared for your convenience in sub mitting mileage for the meetings held on December ~i~l95O,and subsequent meetings to and includ ing February 28,1951 —2— 2O~ 3.The proposed amendments to the Health and Safety Code regarding reclamation of water,sewage,and industrial waste which were sent to the Directors on December 22,1950,were prepared by the County Counsel of Los Angeles County at the request of the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts will present these proposed amendments to the State Legislature in January.During the month of February it is advised that you submit any cor rections or revisions which you believe would be more suitable for Orange County so that such proposed corrections or revisions can be present ed at the regular session of the Legislature. 4.The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts have also proposed an amendment to Section 4.730 of the Health and Safety Code which provides member ship in the governing bodies of Sanitation Dis tricts.This proposed amendment will be mailed to the directors within the next day or so. The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts will present this proposed amendment to the State Legislature in January.It is requested that any suggested revisions of this proposed amend ment be submitted to our office as soon as pos sible so that discussions may be had by the Executive Committee and the directors of the District boards arid the desires of the Orange County group presented to the Legislature during the month of February. 5..The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts called our attention to the fact that they have experienced considerable delays by not having immediate’possession clause for rights of way, easements,and other property necessary to start work,It,would be well to bear this in mind and to forestall any similar delay here. Mr.E.J.Marks led an informal discussion on the amend ments proposed by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts —3— 205 arid the effect such amendments would have on the Orange County Sanitation Districts. Mr.E.J.Marks reported legal progress as follows: 1.Mr.Turner.has proposed a rewrite of one of the contracts;there are some provisions which have been referred to the bond attorneys.Mr.Turner saw Mr.Beebe of O’Melveny &Myers today.Mr. Beebe advises that it will require careful study on his part;if he is to supervise the actual reconstruction of these contracts he will have to charge for his services at the rate of ~25.OO per hour.Mr.Marks strongly recommended that Mr.Beebe be engaged to rewrite the contracts or to supervise the rewriting of them and that a motion be adopted at this meeting for such employment. 2.Mr.Marks pointed out that considerable time will be involved after the contracts are signed before the construction can be started.The length of time to secure the following should be kept in mind: (a)Decision in the limited participation litigation. (b)Advertising and sale of bonds. (c)Securing of rights of way and easements. (d)Engineering plans and specifications which must be presented before Chapter 20 funds can be made available. 3.It is recommended that the Executive Committee meet as soon as possible to consider the pro posed revisions of the two main contracts. A genera~1 discussion was held in which Directors Mandy and ~Tarner recommended that Mr.E.J.Marks be requested to rewrite the two main contracts and that Mr.Beebe be employed as a con sultant in the rewriting. -4- 206 A motion was made by Director Ross Greeley,duly seconded and unanimously carried by District Board No.5 that Mr.James L. Beebe of O’Melveny &Myers be employed at the rate of ~25.OO per hour to supervise the rewriting of the Use and Ultimate Purchase and the Joint Construction and Operation Agreements which are being pre pared by E.J.Marks and Adrian Marks. At the request of Director Robert H.Boney,the following Directors agreed upon an Executive Com mittee meeting to be held Friday evening,December 29,1950, at 7:30 p.m.In the Conference Room,County Sanitation Dis tricts’Office,1104 West Eighth Street,Santa Ana,Calif ornia~ Virgil H.Reed,Chairman of the Board,District No.1 Ralph J.McFadden,Chairman pro tern of theBoard,Dist. Braden Finch,Chairman of the Board,District No.5 C.JvJ~Nelson,Chairman of the Board,District No.6 Vincent L.Humeston,Chairman of the Board,District No.7 Emerson B.Milnor,Chairman of the Board,District No.~ Willis H.Warner,Chairman of the Board,District No.11 Robert H.Boney,Chairman of the Board,District No.2 Upon motion made by Director Greeley,duly seconded and carried,the Chairman of District No.5 declared the meeting ad journed at ~55 p.m. Chairman,Board of Directors County Sanitation District No.5 Orange County,California EMPLOYMENT OF ~1R. J~tNES L.BEEBE TO SUPERVISE THE RE WRITING OF CONTRACTS EXECUTIVE COM MITTEE ITh~ETING No.2 Attest: Secretary,Boazi”d of Directors County Sanitation District No. Orange County,California 5 5—