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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDistrict 07 Minutes 1951-10-0332~ MINUTES OP RECONVENED SESSION BOARD OF DIR~DCTORS COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.7 OP ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA October 3,1951 at 8:00 o.m. Board of SuDervisors’Room Court Hou.se Santa Ana,California Chairman Finch called the reconvened session of the Dietrict Boards t~order at 8:10 ~,.m. Directors present:Vincent L.Humeston (Chairman) Willis H.Warner 3.L.McBride Directors absent:None Others present:Raymond It.Ribal,C-hief Engineer and General Manager B.J.Marks,Attorney John A.Carollo. J.A.Woolley K.J.Harrison P.B.Owen Paul Brown Dr.Edward L.Russell B,E~Frisbie Carl 3.Thornton Milford.~.Dahi Ora Mae Merritt,Secretary The roll was called and th~Secretary reported.a quorum Dresent. —1— JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE A motion was made by Director Mc Bride, WARRANT REGISTER duly seconded and carried,approving the Joint Administrative Warrant Register for signature and payment of: Warrant Demand. No.In Favor Of Amount Harrison and Wooley,and ~5,000,00 Headman,Ferguson and.Carollo CORRESPONDENCE The Secretary read.a letter from the County Auditor,Mr.L.H.Eckel,relative to and recommending that the Joint Administrative Fund.be used.as a revolving fund.for making contractural payments. A motion was made,duly seconded and.carried that this letter be received and.filed. RECO~MENDATIONS Chairman Finch reported that in the OF TH E~ECUTI1TE absence of the Chairman of the xecutive COMMITTEE Committee he had b:-en requested to read. a proposed.resolution relative to payment to Trautwein Bros.,and a motion relative to payment of $5,000.00 to Harrison &Wool].ey and Headman~Ferguson & Caroll o. After a general discussion,the following Resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION NO.97 AUTHORIZING THE PAYMT~NT OF TRAUTWEIN BROS. FOR WORK PERFORMED ON THEIR CONTRACT FROM THE JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE FUND AND RESCINDINC RESOLUTION NO.88 On motion of Director Warner ,duly seconded and.carried,the following Resolution was adopted. RESOLVED,That T~au.twein Bros.,contractors,for the conduct of marine explorations on the line of the DroDosed outfall sewer, b3 paid.from the Joint Administrative Fund of the County Sanitatior Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and.11 of Orange County in accord— ance with the terms of their contract, FURTHER RESOLVED,That all exDend.itu.res paid out of the Joint Administrative Fund a~aforesaid,are to be repaid and replaced In said fund from th~proceeds of the sale of bonds of said County Sanitation Districts when said.monies b~come available in accord with percentages heretofor established. FURTHER RESOLVED,That Resolution No.88 of said County —2— Sanitation Districts is hereby rescinded.. AYES:Directors:J.,L.McBride Willis H.Warner Vincent L.Humeston NOES:None ABSENT:None STATE OP CALIFORNIA) )ss COUNTY OP ORANGE ) I,ORA MAE MERRITT,Secretary of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.7 of Orange County,California, hereby certify that the above and ~‘oregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the said Board at a meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of October,1951. IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand this 3rd.day of October,1951. Secretary of the Board!of Directors County Sanitation District No.‘ of Orange County,California PAYMENT OF A motion was made by Director Warner HARRISON &duly seconded and.carried.,that - ~‘OOLLEY,ET AL Payment of Harrison &Woolley and.Headman,Ferguson &Carollo, authorized,by Resolution No.96 of the County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6~7 and 11 of Orange County,shall be made from the Joint Administrative Fund,which fund,shall be reimbursed as soon as funds from the sale of bonds of the above districts become available in accord with percentages heretofor established. RE:STATE BUREAU The Chairman introduced Dr.Edward L. OP SANITARY Russell,County Health Officer.Dr.Russell ENGiNEERING stated that several conversations had been held with Mr.Reinke,Chief of the State Bureau of Sanitary Engineering,and that Mr.Reinke has indicated. his desire to discuss certain phases of the Districts’problems: —3— 321 and.,as any plan will have to have the approval of the State Bureau of Sanitary Engineering,Dr.Russell recommended that a time be set for a conference with Mr.Reinke,the Chief Engineer and.General Manager,the consulting engineers and.any of the Directors who care to confer with Mr.Reinke. APPROVAL OF Mr.Ribal read a telegram from Mr.Alan ~iESTERN INVSTMEUT ~.Browns,Vice Chairman of the Bank of BANKING OOMMITTEE America in San Francisco,which stated that the Western Investment Banking Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee has approved the sale of the Districtst bonds for $8,308,000.00. REPORT OF THE CHIEF The Chairman called.upon the Chief Engineer ENGINER AND GLNERAL and.General Mana~’er for his report to the MANAGER Directors. Mr.Ribal read.his written report to the Directors and stated. that this report is on file in the office of the Secretary of the Districts’Boards. The Directors,consulting engineers and.legal counsel held a full discussion upon the report read.by the Chief Engineer and. General Manager.Mr.Ribal reviewed his repo~t and.with the use of maps,outlined the prooosed.facilities set forth in the bond issue plan and.in the modification plan. REPORT OF THE Director Finch stated that in the absence EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the Chairman of the Executive Committee, he had.been requested to give the Directors a report on the discussions held.on the afternoon prior to this meeting,and.that they had concurred.in the following: 1.There is no disagreement on the outfall. 2.The net result of all discussions ap-pears to he that neither the “Bond.Issue”plan nor the “Modified”plan will be the one finally built.Instead,there will be additional modifications which it is hoped may embody the best features of both ~lan~. 3.To wait until all of these details are settled.could entail months of additional delay in getting the bonds sold.. L4.To ex~edite the sale of bonds and get the design of the outfall under way,one of these ~lans should be ap~roved. 5.Mr.Ribal,Judge Marks,Mr.Harrison and.Mr.Woolley, together with any of the Directors who may care to join them,are requested to see the bond.attorneys and.secure advance approval of the plan that will be the quickest to proceed.under. — .328 6.The advisability of completion of the contract between the Districts and the consulting engineers was discussed with the concurrence that this contract should be com pleted.and the engineers to proceed with the work when the bonds are sold as they are directed to with the term sched.u.le of job payments~ 7.Simultaneous action on the general plan and.the contract was favored as the best method to avoid further misunder standings and confusion. A general d~.scussion was held.upon the report of the ~xecutive Committee. AN1~XATION TO Judge Marks led.a general discussion DISTRICT NO.3.upon th~legal phases of the proposed annexation to County Sanitation District No.3. Upon a motion made,duly seconded and.carried,the Chairman declared the meeting adjourned at 10:145 p.m. ~L~fl__C airman,Boar of Directors County Sanitation District No.7 Orange County,California ATTi~ST: ~~~ Secretary,Boprd of Di~ectors County Sanitation District No.7 Orange County,California 5.,.