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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDistrict 02 Minutes 1951-07-11277 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF DIRECTORS COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT ITO.2 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA July 11,1951 ~t 8:00 p.m. Board of Su.pervisors1 Room Court House Santa Ana,California The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.2 met in re~u.1ar session. The joint meeting of the district boards was called to order by Chairman Braden Finch at 8:10 p.m. Directors present:Robert H.Boney (Chairman) Hugh W.Warden Don B.Haiber Willard Smith Charles B.Stevens William H.Hirstein Anton W.Wi1so~ Willis H.Warner RalDh J.McFadden Frank J.Schweitzer,Jr. Directors absent:None Others present:Nelson M.Launer,Administrative Officer Nat H.Neff,Engineer B.J.Marks,Attorney P.B.Owens,Costa Mesa Sanitary District Fred D.Bowlus,Consultant •Raymond R.Ribal N.J.Harrison,Consulting Engineer J.A.Woolley,Consutling Engineer Harry Ashton,Attorney Ora Mae Merritt,Secretary The roll was called and the Secretary reported a quorum present for all District Boards. MINUTES OF A motion was made,duly seconded and MEETING OF carried,ai~roving the minutes of the JUNE 27,1951 meeting held on June 27,1951,as mailed out —1— 278 CORR~SPOND~NCE The Secretary read.a letter dated Ju1~~9, 1951,from Mr.Raymond ~..Ribal,acce~tin~ the position of Chief Engineer and General Manager of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11.. A motion was made,duly seconded and carried thatMr.Raymond R.Ribal’s letter of July 9,1951,in which he accepted the position of Chief Engineer and.General Manager of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,.7 an~ 1].,be received and filed. Chairman Finch Introduced Mr.Raymond.R Ribal and.w~1comed him as new Chief Engineer and General Manager. Chairman Finch introduced Mr.Fred.D.Bowlus,as the consultant for the Districts on the ocean outfall engineering. JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT REGI STER A motion was made,duly seconded.and carrIed.~aDproving the Joiu1~~ii~istat~i’~ Warrant Register for signature aid payment of: Warrant Demand. No. ~1A—275 276 277 278 279 280 In Favor Of E.J.,Marks and.Adrian Marks City of Santa Ana F..R~Harwood,Postmaster Ora Mae Merri~tt Bales Office Equipment Co. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. 3~O,OO 90 93 3O~OO 6~o 3~.63 The State Legiciature has passed and.the Governor has s~gned this bill which is a~ amendment to the Health and.Safety Cüde~ relative to representation on Oounty sanitation riut~ict Boards~A cofly of this bill ~ii1 b~ma~.1ed to ea~h Director as econ as it is receI-~ed.~Sacrar~cr~,1 Am ou xi t Chairman Finch called upon the Administrative Officer for his report to the Directors, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER’S REPORT Assembly Bill No.8~O Mr.Nelson M.Launer,Administrative Officer reported.~ Financial Statemence Mr.Launer rev~.e~red hi.~1ette:~~txe Director~arci a~ed If b~.ere ~~ que~t~~r~to~i the finanel.al ~i~ut~w1’~ha~~~ raa±Iet5.o~t~ 279 1951—52 Budgets Mr.Launer stated that assessed valuations for the County would not be available u.nti~ the last of July or first of August,and that he had.an appointment with the County Auditor to review the estimates now compiled;but,that until engineering,and.other fees for the coming year are established a final bu.dget for each .district cannot be estimated;and,although an extension of time from July 10th had been granted in submitting the budget estimates to the County Auditor for review,the budget for each district must be ready for the Board-st consideration at the regular meeting to be held on July 25, l95l~ Chairman Pinch called upon the Chairman of the Executive Corn! mittee for his report to the Directors. REPORT OF THE Director ~obert H.Boney,Chairman of the CliAIRMAN OF Executive Committee reported: THE EXECUTIVE COMM I TTE~I Proposals Several proposals have been submitted for Submitted exploration work for the ocean outfall. After a full discussion,It was moved •seconded and unanimously carried that the Executive Corn-. mittee recommend to the District Boards: That the Administrative Officer immediately contact Mr, Fred D.Bowlus and with him consider these proposals and. secure proposals from other firms whom they believe com petent to do this work;and to compute this data and.present it to the Executive Committee at the earliest possible date. Recommendation of The following recommendation was made by DIstrict No.7 minute order of the Board of Directors of District No.7,and was unanimously ap— proved by the Executive Committee and is recommended to the District Boards: That the 60”line from Plant No.1 to the southerly terminus of the 4B~J.O.S.Section I Outfall be constructed of 60” reinforced.concrete pipe,or 60”reinforced concrete pipe properly protected;and That the remaining 3,350’plus or minus to connect with the ocean outfall be constructed of reinforced.concrete pipe or reinforced concrete pipe properly protected of a size suf ficient to take care of th~needs of the Districts as determined.by the Bacon report up to the year 1990. LEGAL PROGRESS Judge Marks reported: REPORT Modification Several conferences have been held with the Plan bond attorneys and.the consulting engineers and that most of the -points have been ironed out.The bond attorneys desire a change In the —3— percentage of ownership in the lower section to set up the same percentage of ownership in the land as in the facilities. Judge Marks stated that the modification report is a tent ative report and not the absolute law,but will be subject to the plans and specifications when adopted,as in the instance of clay liners;that the liners can be concrete pipe or concrete pipe properly protected;that if the Boards desire to have clay liners or any other protection the medium will be specified when the contracts are let. Legal Pee of The District Boards passed a motion two o~ Bond Attorneys three weeks ago employing OtMelveny ~ Myers at the rate of $25.00 per hour.At the meeting in Los Angeles,the bond attorneys’represent ative stated,that they would not require this fee,but would charge the minimum fee for final approval for the sale of bonds and that this fee is $1.50 per tho~asand dollars on bonds issued.This is the fee charged for school district bonds’:and.that the usual fee on Sanitatio~ District bonds~is$L~..00 per thousand dollars. Bonds over one million dollars cannot be offered for sale without the approval of the State Reserve Board.Judge Marks stated that he had.requested blanks from this agency so that application may be made for.their ap~roval. 4greement for That one or twoparagraphs of the Purchase and Agreement for Purchase and Sale may have Sale to be amended on the question of capacity. Relative to Judge Marks stated that some months ago Co~t~acting the bond.attorneys expressed the opinion Agent that District No.1 could only act as contracting agent for work in those instances in which it has an interest in the facilities an work to be done;and that this opinion has now been modi fied somewhat in that District No.1 may act as contractin agent for work in which they have capacity rights or pay any part of the cost of the construction. Chairman Pinch called upon Mr.Harrison for a report from the consulting engineers: REPORT OP THE Mr.Harrison reported that District No.7 CONSULTING had questioned the specific use of clay ENGINEERS 1inera~,and that the consulting engineers had reported to that Board that other protection could be used;that they had proposed clay liners in view of lower cost as the price quotations re ceived for equal protection showed,clay liners to be the most economical.Mr.Harrison stated that the plans can b changed to provide for alternate protection. Mr.Har~’ioon stated that discussion had been held with 281 Mr.Lindman and.Mr.Beebe of O’Melveny &Myers relative to some percentage changes,and.at that time theconsu.lting engineers raised.the question as to whether the details that are in the Modification’Plan are binding,or if they can be changed.later.Mr.Lind.man and Mr.Beebe stated that further modifications will be allowed by specific resolutions adopted.by a four—fifths vote of the District Boards. Mr.Harrison stated that District No.7 had.suggested.that the Modification Plan eliminate the replacing of the ~4~2” pipe on the 3350t of line to connect with the’ocean outfal~ and,that the plan provide for a larger single pipe instead of the L~51I and 60”paralleling line.Mr,Harrison stated that th~eir reason for proposing a Li.8”replacement was that they understood.that the Li.20 needed replacing immediately and that 8~4~”pipe would have to be made whereas L~~8”pipe is available.However,if this work d.oés not have to be done this summer,when the plans and specifications are written they can then determine the most economical procedure. Mr.Harrison stated that the bond.attorneys,questioned the distribution of coSt of the land required.at the lower treatment plant and.use of the same percentages as set up in the Bacon report for purchase of the 15L~.acres of land; the bond.attorneyG believed this division of cost should be upon the same percentage basis as the construction.Mr. Harrison stated that this would be ‘a flilnor item and the change could be made within a few days. The other question of the bond attorneys,Mr.Harrison stated,had to do with Table 2 in the 1951 Modification Plan,and that they believed percentages should.conform to capacity rights,but that he was to have another conference with the bond attorneys on July 13th,for clarification of this and,the change in the text in which they wanted.ex plained that the 48”line and 60”line would.act as a unit. PROPOSAL OP Chairman Pinch reported that the Executive ADJOURNINa Committee had recommended that this meet— MEETIHG UNTIL lngbe adjourned to July 18,.1951,at the JULY 18,,1951 hour of 8:00 fl.m.,and.be hold.in the Board of Supervisora’Room,Court House, Santa 4~.na,California;as this seemed the best way of handling acceptance of the Modification Plan,and other business which was to have come before the Boards at this meeting. A motion was made by Director Willard Smith seconded by Director Ralph 1. McFadden and duly carried by the members of the Board of Directors of the County Sanitation District No.2,that Mr.Raymond R.Ribal be employed,as Chief Engineer and General Managar of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2, 5,6,7 and 11,of Orange County,California,at the salar,, of ~l000.OO per month,effective as of August 20,1951,in accordance with.the conditions stipulated.in Mr.Ribal’s letter of acceptance under date of July 9,1951,which is on record in the office of the Secretary of the District Boards. A motion was made by Director Willard Smith seconded by Director Ralph J. McFadden and duly carried that the Administrative Officer immediately contac~ Mr.Fred D.Bow].us and.with him consider the proposals which have been submitted to the Executive Committee,and to secure pro~osa1s from other firms that are considered competent to do this work:and to compute this data and.present it to the Executive Committee at the earliest Dossible date. A motion was made by Director Willis H. Warner,seconded by Director William H. Hirstein,and duly carried,by the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.2,that the 1951 Modification Plan as presented by the consulting engineers be changed so that the 60”line frog Plant No.1 to the southerly terminus of the LI~8u1 J.O.S. Section I Outfall be constructed of 60”reinforced concretc pipe,or 60”reinforced,concrete pipe properly protected.;~. That the remaining 3,350’plus or minus to connect with th€ ocean outfall be constructed of reinforced concrete pipe or reinforced concrete ripe properly protected.of a size sufficient to take care of the need,s of the Districts as determined ‘by the Bacon Report up to the year 1990. 282 EMPLOYMENT OP CHIEF ENGINEER AND GENERAL MANAGR MR.BOWLUS AND MR. LAUNER TO REVIEW PROPOSALS ON MARINE EXPLORATORY W0R~ MODIFICATION PROPOS~D BY DISTRICT NO.7 —6— 283 MEETING ADJOURNED A motion was made by Director Willis H. TO JULY 18,.195].Warner,seconded by Director Ra]~h J. McFadden,and.duly carried by members of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.2~ that this meeting be adjourned to Wedn~sday evening,July 18,1951,at the hoar of 8:00 p.m.,Board of SuDervisors’ Room,Court House,Santa Ana,California. The Chairman declared.the meeting 80 adjourned at 8:50 p.m. Chal an,Board of Directors County Sanitation District No.2 Orange County,California ATTEST: ~ Secretary,Board of U’irectors County Sanitation District No.2 Orange County,California —7—