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MINuTES OF REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.1
OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
January 24,1951 at ~:OO p.m.
Board of Sup~rvisors’Room
Court House
Santa Aria,California
The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District
No,1 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:Director Virgil H.Reed (Chairman)
Director Alien A.Mandy
Director C.M.Featherly
Directors Absent:None.
Others present:Nelson M.Launer,Administrative
Officer
Nat H.Neff,~ngineer
E.J.Marks,Attorney
Harry Ashton,Attorney
C.Arthur M~sson,Jr.
,Attorney
F.B.Owen,Secretary of Costa Mesa
Sanitary District
K.J.Harrison
Ora Mae Merritt,Secretary
MINUTES OF JANUARY A motion was made,duly seconded and
10,1951 MEETING carried,approving minutes of the
joint meeting held on January 10,
1951,as mailed out.
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ADMINISTRATIVE Mr.Nelson M.Launer,Administrative
OFFICER’S Officer,reported that the new
REPORT directory of County Sanitat4pn Dist
rict Boards of Directors woM~4 b~
distributed at this meeting.
Mr.Launer called upon Mr.E.J.Marks for a le~~prog~~ss
report.
Judge Marks reported as follows:
1.All of’the required information has beensu~~~
to Mr.James L.Beebe,but the contracts haye ~oi~
yet been returned by him.
2.Congressman Phillips has consented to introd~ç~~
bill giving the cities the right to sell faç~4.r
ties built in part w3.th WPA funds.It has k~n
suggested to him that he present two bills,p~e
for the joint Districts and another for Dist~ol~
Nos.5 and 6 and the City of Newport Beach.
3.A bill authorizing the permanent right of munici-i~
palities to lease water and sewerage~facilities
has been introduced in the State Legislature and
was to have been passed this week;due to
early adjournment,it will probably go ovep ~p
the next session.
A.general discussion was held upon various factprs cau~ing
the delay in preparing the final drafts of the contr4cp~!
Director Willis H.Warner reported that while ~ç~en~.p
he had discussed the Chapter 20 funds with the Stat~R~cp~1er~s
Office and several Senators.He reported that the
these funds is:
1.Application has been made,reviewed and app~pye4
and funds of 4j~553,96~allocatedbythe State for
use in construction of the land and marine
sections of the ocean outfall.
2.This money will be paid only after the projec~1~
been completed,the biLls paid and statement~ren~ereq,
which must be before the 31st of December,1.952.
Construction must be started before December 3~
1951,which gives one year to complete the
The completion time allowed in the origiri~.~~ir~er
ing plans was two years.
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3.That there will be some bills before the
Legislature to provide time changes in the 4çt,
but there are two factors to keep in mind:
(a)Chapter 20 funds were set up to
alleviate unemployment;we are
now going into war production
with high employment.
(b)With the present State program of
economy,these funds may be
desired for other State purposes.
We may face a change,not of time
extension,but one diverting
unused funds to civil defense.
Director Warner expressed the opinion that it s~44 ~
determined now if the Sanitation Districts are going tp be able
to meet the time and other requirements for Chapter 2Q Vund~,
If the Sanitation Districts are not going to be able to meet
these requirements,the allocation should be returnee to the
County so that application can be made for use of this money
for other County purposes which are acceptable to the St~te.
Director Don B.Haiber suggested that a progr~in~~
up of actions to be taken after the contracts are signe4 ~n4
that a period of time be allocated to each action so that ~
date schedule could be maintained in order to meet t
ments of Chapter 20 funds.
At the request of Director Don B.Haiber,the A4ip~~rt~r~
Officer reported upon the meeting of the i~xecutive Com~i~~~e at~
which time the contracts were gone over in detail.~aç~t pç~~t
was presented to Mr.Beebe.That Mr.Beebe had requ~s~ed d~i~
ñite information as to whether flowage was being taken from
sources outside of the Districts and that a survey w~s i~d~p1’
the northern part of the County and a report given tc~Mr.~eeb~
last week.Mr.Launer stated that IvIr,Beebe had ther~rpqt~eete4
further information on the finances of County Sanit~tio~i 1D~.st,-
rict No.7,including funds on hand,percentages and a~poun~s
which would be due the cities,assessed valuations a~d ur3qQ~]-pcted
taxes.
A general discussion was held upon the possibility o~~i.m4~
being advanced from the Federal Housing and Finance Agency who
lend money for preliminary surveys and engineering work in
projects of this kind -the money to be repaid with9~t interesi~
when the bonds are sold.Director Allen A.Mandy e~cpress,~4 t}~e
opinion that exploration work and engineering work ~ou~4 ~ot be
started until the contracts are signed.
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Upon motion made by Director Allen A.Mandy,duly seconded
and carried,the Chairman declared the meeti,ng of Coq~ty Sani
tation District No.1 Board of Directors adjourned at ~35prmr
C~iair n,Board of ~rà
Coun Sanitation Dist~c~N9,1
Orange County,Calif orr~
ATTEST:
Secretary,Board off Directors
County Sanitation District No.1
Orange County,California
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