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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDistrict 06 Minutes 1951-01-24211 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BO~&RD OF DIRECTORS COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.6 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA January 24W,1951 at ~:OO p.m. Board of Supervisors?Room Court House Santa Ana,California The Board of Directors of County Sanitation Distri~t.No.6 met in regu1~r session. The joint meeting of the District Boards was called to order by Chairman Virgil H.Reed at ~:1O p.m. There were present:Director C.M.Nelson (Chairman) Director Braden Finch Absent:Director Heinz Kaiser Others present:Nelson M~Launer,Administratjv~Officer Nat H.Neff,Engineer E.J.Marks,Attorney Harry Ashton,Attorney C.Arthur Nisson,Jr.,Attorr~y F.B.Owen,Secretary of Cpsta Mesa Sanitary District K.J.Harrison Ora Mae Merritt,Secretary MINUTES OF JANUARY A motion was made,duly seconded and 10,1951 1~IEETING c&~rried,approving the minutes of the meeting held on January 10,1951,as mailed out. —1— ADMINISTRATIVE Mr.Nelson M.Launer~Administrative OFFICERtS Officer,reported that the new REPORT directory of County Sanita~çn Dist rict Boards of Directors wp~4c~~ distributed at this meeting. Mr.Launer called upon Mr.E.J.Marks for a lega~progress report. Judge Marks reported as follows: 1.All of the required information has •been ~ to Mr.James L.Beebe,but the contracts hay~flQ~ yet been returned by him. 2.Congressman Phillips has consented to introd~iç~3 bill giving the cities the right to sell faç~~~ ties built in part with WPA funds.It has ~ suggested to him that he present two bills,~ for the joint Districts and another for Dist~.ct~ Nos.5 and 6 and the City of Newport Beach. 3.A bill authorizing the permanent right of m~inici palities to lease water and sewerage fe~cilit~.es has been introduced in the State Legislatur~ar~U was to have been passed this week;due to i4~ early adjournment,it will probably go over ~ the next session. A general discussion was held upon various factors ~si~g the delay in preparing the final drafts of the contr~ct~. Director WillisH,Warner reported that while 4.~pr~p~er~j.q he had discussed the Chapter 20 funds with the.Sta~e’~p~4~r!s Office and several Senators,He reported that the ~ these funds is: 1.Application has been made,,reviewed and appr~ve~ and funds of ~553,96~allocated by the State fo~ use in construction of the land and marine sections of the ocean outfall. 2.This money will be pa~.d only after the projecj~~ been completed,the bills paid and statement rer~4ere4~ which must be before the 31st of December,19~2? Construction must be started before December 3~., 1951,which gives one year to complete the pro~jØct, The completion time allowed in the origin4”~ne~r ing plans was two years. —2— 213 3.That there will be some bills before the Legislature to provide time changes in theApt, 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 shQ~ç~~ determined now if the Sanitation Districts are going t~’b~~ie to meet the time and other requirements for Chapter 20 ~fJur1~z? If the Sanitation Districts are not going to be able tp meq~. these requirements,the allocation should be returne4 ~o the County so that application can be made for use of this money f or other County purposes which are acceptable to the State. Director Don B.Haiber suggested that a program ~ up of actions to be taken after the contracts are signed ~n4 that a period of time be allocated to each action s~th~i~~ date schedule could be maintained in order to meet the c~4re- ments of Chapter 20 funds. At the request of Director Don B.Haiber,the Adp7~tive Qff jeer reported upon the meeting of the ~xecutive Co t~e ~ which time the contracts were gone over in detail.~a~’~ was presented to Mr.Beebe.That Mr.Beebe had reques~e~.de~.i ñite information as to whether flowage was being taken ~‘om sources outside of the Districts and that a survey w~s rn~dep~’ the northern part of the County and a report given to Mr.~çebe last week.Mr.Launer stated that Mr.Beebe had then r~q~sted further information on the finances of County Sanitation ~is~r rict No.7,including funds on hand,percentages and a~ppu~~ which would be due the cities,assessed valuations a~dpp~1~ç~ed taxes. A general discussion was held upon the possibility of ur~ç~s 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 withp~t it~re~t when the bonds are sold.Director Allen A~Mandy express~4 the opinion that exploration work and engineering work ~o~iØ not be started until the contracts are signed. —3— 21Li Upon motion made by Director Braden Finch,duly s~p9n~ed and carried,the Chairman declared the meeting of Cour~y Sar~r tation District No.6 Board of Directors adjourned at8~35 p.m. ,‘~Cha a Bo~rd of Directór~ County Sanitation Distr~t No.6 ATTEST:Orange County,.Ca1iforn~ Secretary,Board(of Directors County Sanitation District No.6 Orange County,California -4-