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REGULA}~]~EETII\G)ADJ0URN~D SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT.NO.1
ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
January 21,1953 at ~:OO p.m.
Ro~ni 239,1104 West Eighth Street
Santa Ana,California
The Bosrd of Directors met in adjourned session at the
hour of 0:00 p.m.,January 21,1953 in Room 239 at 1104 ~Jest
Ei~hth Stre:-:t,Santa Ana,California.
Chai~nan Finci’j called the joint n~eeting of the Dist.icts’
Boirds to order at f~:OO p.~rt.
The roll ~as called and the Secretary reoorted a ~rorurn of
the Board to he present:
Directors present:Courtney R.Chandler (Chairman)
J.L.McBride and Willis H.Warner
tDirector Warner left the meeting
at g:20 p.m.)
Directors absent:None
Others present:Lee M.Nelson
lIarry Ashton
C.Arthur iIi~aon,Jr.
Robert Barletta
Herman Hiltscher
General S.~Ridderhof
J.A.Woolley
F.J.Harrison
Raymond l~.Her~ei
Ora Mae Merritt.
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S ecretary
Corresnondence ~nd The Secretary read a letter dated
Commurlicdt ions January 21,1953 from the lau firm
of Dru~n~&Drumm,transmitting
an Ohjecti~n and Protest to the modification of the Bacon
Plan.The Objection and Protest,bearing the.si~natures
of i~jaggie L.Jones,Lucille R.Allaire,Laurence Moiola,
Cl~rde H~,Ellis,Harold Gisler and Walter i~.Gisler,was
also read
The Boards of Directnrs took the foliowins action.:
Moved by Director ~Vernon 2~Lan.~enbeck,seconded by
Director C,FL.Miller and duly carried by the Boards of
Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos~1,2,3,5,
6,7 and 11:
That the letter fro~i Drtnm &Drumm and Protest to
the Modification of the Bacon Plan be received an.d ordered
Cii ed.
The Secretary read a letter dated
January 19,1953 from P &.J i~rtukovich,
Inc.and M,Miller Company,stating they wished to ~..rithdraw
their letter qualifying their bid on the land section of the
Ocean Outfall Sewer in which stipulation was made that their
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acceptance of an award would be made upon installation
of both schedules;arid that they would be willing t~
accept an award on Schedule I,based on the hid of
~l21,996.00.
The Boards of Directors took the followi~a action:
Moved b\r Director J..’L,McBride,seconded by Dir
ector Frank J.Schueitzer,Jr.,and duly carried:
That the letter from P &J Artukovich,Inca ~and
IL Miller Cor~ipany be received and ordered filed~
Report on Tabulation At the request of the Chief
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.~n~fineer ano ~eneral Manager,
the Secretary read.the joint
Ocean_Outfall Sewer____repPrt of the Chief Engineer and
General Manager and the Design
Engineers on tahulo.tion of bids and recommendations on
award of contract for constnictjon of the Ocean Outfall
~ewer.
Mimeoqraphed copies c~canvass of bids i~ere d~tri—
buted to each of the Distrectors.Cony of this canvass
0±bids is on record in the office of the Secretary,which
lists:
Smale &Robi~son low bidder on the basis of award
to a single contrnctor on Schedules I and II —~3O7,O7O.50
(b)1L A.Wattson Company low bidder on the basis of
award to a single’contractor on Schec1ule I and Alternate
Schedule II,32~,9~5~25.
(c)M~Miller Company low bidder on.basis of award of
Schedule I alone -‘~l2l,996.OO.
(d)Smale ~Robinson low bidder on basis of award of
Schedule II’and Alternate Schedule Ii,~l27,~6l.5O end
~l53 ,I~42.50,respectively.
Total Co~of (c)arid (d)above:
Ii.Miller Co~Schedule I ~l2l;996~00
Smale &,Robinson Schedule II l27;~6l.5O
Total Cost (c)and (d)above:
M.Miller Co~Schedule I ~l2l~996.0O
Sr~aie &Robinson Alternate Schedule II l53j~42.50
ic~,al 0ost.of (a)above:
Smale &Robinson Shecuies I and II ~3O7~O7O.5O
Total Cost of (h)above):
R.A.Wattson Schedule I and Alternate
Schedule II
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Departures Director.’Willis Fl.Warner
~.eft the meeting at ~:2O p.m.
Review of Tabulations The Boards of Directors reviewed
and Recommendations tabulations and canvass of bids
withthe Chief Engineer and General
Manager,the attorney and the Design Engineers0
Kr.Nisson stated the opinion that award sh~’ild he
made to a single bidder;there being no specific stipu
lations in the snecifications that award could or could
not be ~nade separately for each Sched.ule~Page 36 of the
Specifications defined location and description of the
work as one unit and Page 39 required the contraci;r to
com lets oil ‘,rork on both Sections i~rithin 165 caiendar
days and provided no d~v~sion of time between the two
S caec.1).Les.
Mr.Harrison renorted the three lowest bidders bad
verbally stated each would accept award of contract for
one Schedule alone,but after com:;letion of the reuort
and recom~nerLdations by the design engineers and the
Chief Gigineer and General Manager,the firms of Smale &
Robinson and R.A~Wattson Company had both withdrawn
bheir verbal statement that they would accept award of
contract for only one Schedule.
Award of Contract Mr.Lee K.Nelson,Chief En~i neer
and General Manager made the
recommendation that award of contract be made to the low
bidder ~Killer Company for Schedule I,i’Jterr~ate A
and that all other bids be rejected in acccrdar~ce with
draft of resolution distributed with the ~genda;and
that Schedule II or Alternate Schedule II later on be
included in notice of bids for ennstructic.n of lines in
that vicinity.
The Boards of Directors took the following action:
Moved by Director J.L.McBride,seconded by
Director Courtney ~.Uho.ndler:
That the Boards adont resolution recommended by
the Chief t~ngineer and General Manager for award of
contract for constru ction of Schedule I,Alt eunate A
of the proposal,to the K.Miller Company.
There followed a discussion of previous rejection
of b:Lds 1~or construction of the Land Section of the
Ocean Outfall and the advisability of again rsiecting
bids,as well a~.~ossibiiity of delay in ~tartin~constr
uction work under Schedule II or Alternate Schedule II.
Director Chapman requested inforniati~n upon capa
cities oi.;tained by construction under the propesed award,
and cost of constructing additional faci1icie~.to meet
camacity requirements a few years Tate rn.
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The Design Engineers stated that in previous analysis
of funds available to construct the entire project,allo
cations were set up for each unit.The recommendations made
for reduction in size of pipe in Schedule II was based upon
dollars and cents to bring the cost within the funds pre~
viously allocated.The Boards reviewed with the engineers
cost of construction and capacities provided by Schedule II
and Alternate Schedule II,
The vote was polled by roll call and the Secretary
announced the motion had failed to carry.
The Eoards”of Directors of County Sanitation Districts
Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11 adopted i~esolution No.24.5
upon a motion made b~r Director Courtney R.Chandler,seconded
by Director Irvin C.Chap~ian and duly carried by roll cell
vote,wherein District No.1 was authorized to en~er into
a contrr~ct with R.A.Wattson Company.Certified copy of
this Resolution is attached hereto and made a part of these
minutes.
The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District
No.1 adopted Resolution No.246,instructing the Chairman
and Secretary of the Board to execute a contract with R,A,
Wattson Company.Certified copy of this resolution is
attached hereto and made a part of these minutes,
Report of the
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Director Chandler,Chairmen of the
~cut.ve Qora~itte~Executive Committee read the report
and recommendations of the Exeeutive
Committee,This report is on file in the office of the
Secretary.
Fo11o~ing the recommendations of the Executive Committee
Chairman Finch called upon the Design Engineers for a verbal
proposal for the preparation of a report,
Mr.Harrison,representing the Design ~gineers,sub
mitted the following verbal proposal:
That,for the fee of ~i,5OO~OO,Harrison &Woolley and
Headman,Ferguson &Carob wor~ld prepare and submit to the
Boards on or before January 2i~,1953 a detailed Funding and
Sizing Report for’the Treatment Plant amd Certain Tnirik Sewers,
Modification Plan,estimating construction costs of a Reversed
Ellis’Avenue Trunk Sewer,a Sewer Paralleling the Santa Ana
River,Tre~.tment Plant Trunk and Treatment Plant in maximum
sizes which could be constructed with funds available.
The ~oards of Directors took the fo1lowin~action:
Moved bir Director Vernon E,La~genbeck,seconded by Director
J.L.iicBride and duly carried:
That the verbal proposal of Harrison &1Joolley arid
Headman,ferguson &Carollo for the preparatioriof a detailed
Funding and Sizing Report for the fee of ~l,5OO.OO be accepted;
and that they submit to the Boards on or before January 2r~,
1953 a detailed “Funding and Sizing Report -Ilodification
P1an~estimating construction costs of a Reversed Ellis Avenue
Trunk Sewer,a Sewer Paralleling the Santa Ana River,Treatmeme~
Plant Trunk and Treatment Plant in maximum sizes which could
be constructed with funds available.
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Authorizing nqgotiations The Boards of Directors took the
for iight of way -Sta following action:
tion 0 —03 to Station
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Moved by Director J.L.McBride,
seconded by Director Roy Seabridge
and duly carried by the Boards~of~Directors of County
Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11:
That the Chief Engineer and General Manager and
the Legal Counsel be and they are hereby authorized to
proceed with negotiations with land owners for right of
way relating to contract work under snecificatioris for
the Ocean O~tfall Sewer,Land Section,Station C —03 to
Station 20 ~55,said strip being~approximately 70~5
feet in width.
Approval of Joiii~The Boarcèof Dirertors took the
Administrative following.actior~~
Warrant Rep~ister
Moved by Director J.L.McBride,
seconded by Director Roy Seabridge and duly carried ow
the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts
Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11:
That the Joint Administrative Warrant Register be
approved for signature and payment of:
Warrant
Demand_~To~In Favor Of Amount
JA-269 State Compensation Insurance Fund ~L~’7~l2
270 F.R.Harwood,Postmaster 30~O0
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Approval of F evolving The Boards of Directors took the
fund UA~Warrant following action:
Register
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Moved ~Director Courtney Ii.
Chandler,seconded by Director Robert H.Boney and duly
carried by the Boards of Directors of County sanitation
Districts i’~O5.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11:
That Revolving Fund h?A~T Warrant Register be approved
for sigaature and payment of:
Warr~nt
D eman ci No In F avor_Of Amount
A.-22 ‘Harrison &Woolley,and Headman,
F~rguso~.&Carollo ~LCOO~00
~~ense_Eund The Boards of Diroctors took the
Warr’ntRe~st~r following action:
Moved by Directcr Robert H.J3oney,second~d by Director
Norman H~Miller and duly carried by thn’Boards of Directors
of County Sanitation Districts Nos~1.2,3.~5,6,7 and 1,1:
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That Suspense Fund Warrant Register be approved
for signature and payment of:
Warrant
Demand No In Favor Of Amount
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Ferguson &Carollo ~~QOO.~Q
Adjournment The Boards of Directors t ~k the
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following action:
Moved by Director Robert H.Boney,seconded h
Director Vernon E.Langenbeck and duly carried by the~i3oards
of Directors of County Sanitation DistriLi~s No~.l~2,3,
Li.,5,6,7 and 11:
That the joint meeting of the Boar~.o cl’Directors he
adjourned~
Whereupon,the Chairman declared the meeting of the
Boards ~f Directors of County Sanitati on Distri cts iTos.
1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11 so adjourned at the hour of lO:4~O p.m.
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Chairman/Board of Directors
County S’ànitatiori District No.1
Orange County~California
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Secre€ary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No.1
Orange County,California
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RESOLUTION NO.2L!.5 -1
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICT NO.1 OF ORANGE COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,DETERMINING THE WORK TO BE DONE,
CANVASSING BIDS AND AWARDING CONTRACT FOR
SCHEDULE 1 ALTERNATE A AND ALTERNATE SCHEDULE
II OF THE OCEAN OUTFALL SEWER (LAND SECTION)
AND WAIVING INFORMALITIES CONTAINED IN SAID BIDS.
The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.1
of Orange County,California,resolves as follows:
Whereas:County Sanitation District No.1 as contracting agent
for itself and County Sanitation Districts Nos.2,3,5,6,7 and
11 has advertised for and has received bids for the construction
of the Ocean Outfall Sewer (Land Section)and,
Whereas:there were no bids on Schedule 1 and,
Whereas:the Board of Directors does hereby determine and
declare that they shall proceed with the work to be done under
Schedule 1,Alternate A and Alternate Schedule 2 and,
Whereas:said bids have been canvassed by the Chief Engineer
and General Manager and the Design Engineers,and
Whereas:all the bids submitted were informal because there
was no affidavit that said bids were genuine and not sham or collu
sive as required under the General Provisions Section C-2 (C),and
in addition thereto none of the bidders excepting only ~iealy
Tibbitts Company submitted evidence of their ability to do the work
proposed in accordance with the provisions of A-6 contained in the
advertisement for bids and it appears that the best interest of
the Districts will be served by the waiving of said informalities
in the bids providing that said informalities are corrected by
proper affidavit and submission of evidence to do the work prior
to the letting of a contract for the work and,
Whereas:the above action is taken in the best ~nterests of
the public and in the furtherance of the business of the District
Now therefore,be it resolved:
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That the unit prices f or the work to be done contained
in the bid of the R.A,Wattson Company to do the work proposed
•in Schedule 1,Items 1,2,3A and 4A and Alternate Schedule II,
Items 1,2,3,4,5A,6A and 7A is the lowest and best bid sub
mitted for said work,and
Whereas:if said FL A.Wattson Company corrects the informal
Ities of its bid as hereinabove described to-wit,by submitting an
affidavit regarding collusion etc.and submitting evidence of its
ability to do the work described within the time allowed to enter
said contract,the contract for the work hereinabove described be
let to R.A.Wattson Company for the work proposed in Schedule 1,
Items 1,2,3A and 4A and in Alternate Schedule II,Items 1,2,3,
4,5A,6A and 7A for the unit prices contained in said bid and In
accordance with the plans and specifications therefor.
Be it further resolved that all other bids be rejected and
that the surety bonds or other security posted by said bidders be
returned by the Secretary,and
That County Sanitation District No.1 of Orange County as
contracting agent for this District,be,and Is hereby authorized
to carry out the provisions of this Resolution by execution of the
contract for the work as hereinabove provided.
The foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular
adjourned meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation
District No.1 ,on the 21st day of January,1953.
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Secretary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation DIstrict No.1
Orange County,California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I,ORA MAE MERRITT,Secretary of the Board of Directors of
County Sanitation District No.1 of Orange County,California,do
hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
at a regular adjourned meeting of the Board of Directors of County
Sanitation District No.1 of Orange County,California,held on
the 21st day of January,1953 by the following roll call vote:
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AYES:Directors J.L.McBride.and Courtney R.Chandler
NOES:None
ABSENT:Director Willis H.Warner
IN ~JITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of County Sanitatic~n District No.1 of
Orange County,California,this 21st day of January 1953.
Secretary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No,1
Orange County,California
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RESOLUTION NO,246-i
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICT NO.1 OF ORANGE COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE OCEAN OUTFALL SEWER (LAND
SECTION)0
Whereas:County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7
and 11 of Orange County by Resolution No.245 passed January 21,
1953,have determined the work to be done and directed County
Sanitation District No.1 of Orange County,California,as their
contracting agent,to award the contract for the construction of the
Ocean Outfall Sewer (Land Section)to R.A.Wattson Co.,the lowest
responsible bidder,on certain terms arid conditions.
Now therefore,be it resolved;
That the Bid of H.A.Wattsori Co.,a corporation,to do the
work contained in Schedule 1,Items 1,2,3A arid 4A,and Alternate
Schedule II,Items 1,2,3,14,5A,6A and 7A at the unit prices bid
for said work as contained in the bid of R.A.Watteori Co.,dated
January i4,1953,is accepted.
Be it further resolved that the Chairman of the Board of
Directors and the Secretary are directed to sign the contract award
ing said work in accordance with the terms and provisions of the
plans and specificatlons on file in the Office of the Secretary,
providing that said R.A.Wattson Co.submits within the time
allowed by the specifications for the execution of the contract,
an affidavit to the effect that the bid was genuine arid no sham
or collusive as required under the General Provisions Section C-2 (C)
of the plans and specifications,and further submits evidence of
Its ability to do the work proposed in accordance with the provisions
of A-6conta~ned in the advertLsement for bids.
Be it further resolved that all other bids be and are hereby
,~rejected,and that the surety bonds or other securlties.posted by
said bidders be returned by the Secretary.
The foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a re~ilar
adjourned meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation
District No,1 on the 21st day of January,1953.
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Seàretary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No.1
Orange County,California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE
I,ORA MAE MERRITT,Secretary of the Board of Directors of
County Sanitation District No.1 of Orange County,California,
do hereby certify that the Ioreu~’~oing Resolution was passed and
adopted at a regular adjourned meeting of the Board of Direcors of
County Sanitation District No.1 of Orange County,Ca1ifo~ia,
held on the 21st day of January,1953,by the following roll
call vote:
AYES:Directors J.L.McBride and Courtney IL Chandler
NOES:None
ABSENT:Director Willis H.Warner
IN WITNESS WHERI~O}~,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed.
the seal of County Sanitati~n District No.1 of Orange County,
California tbis 22nd day of January,1953.
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Secretary,Board of Directors
County Sanitation District No.1
Orange County,California
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