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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDistrict 02 Minutes 1954-03-10tj Ci:! MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BOARD.OF DIRECTORS,COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.2 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORI’IIA March 10,1954 at g:OO p.m. Room 239,1104 West Eighth Street Santa Ana,California The Board of Directors met in regular session at the hour of ~:OO p.m.,March 10,1954,in Room 239 at 1104 West Eighth Street,Santa Ana,Ca1ifornia~. Chairman Chandler called the joint meeting of the Districts’Boards to order at ~:00 p.m. The roll was called and the Secretary reported a quorum of the Board to be present.- Directors pres~nt:Frank J.Schweitzer,Jr.(Chairman), Hugh W.Warden,Willis H.Warner, Dean W.Hasson,Charles.E..Stevens, Charles ~organ and L.N.Wisser Directors absent:None Others present:Lee M.Nelson,C.Arthur Nisson,Jr., Harry Ashton,~a1ter B.Chaffee, K.J.Harrison,J.A.Woolley, Geb.-Holyoke,Keith Murdock,Stephen Griset,F~odger Howell,Richard Lindstrom,Bob Gievet and Ora Mae Merritt,Secretary Approval of minutes The Boards of Directors took the following action: Moved by Director Hugh ~v.Warden,seconded by Director Herbert A.Wood and duly carried by the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts N.os.1,2, 3,5,6,7 and 11: That the minutes of the meeting held on February 24, • 1954 b~approved as,mailed,out. Correspondence and The Secretary reported receipt of Communications certified copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors on March 2,1954,granting withdraw-~ al of certain territory from County Sanitation Dis~riet No.2;that the territory so withdrawn is that which was previously,annexed to the City of Santa Ana and gave that.City representation on the Board of District No.2.The~withdrawal of this area automatically removed the Mayor of Santa’Ana and his alternate from the Board of District No.2 The.Board of Directors took the following a,ctibn~ Moved by Director Charles Stevens,seconded by. Director L.N..Wisser and duly carried: That the communication from the Board of Super visors be received and ordered filed. -1-. Carollo. The Board of Directors took the following action: Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,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: Mr.Nelson reported upon discus sions with the Construction Committee relative to earthquake insurance for the ocean outfall sewer;and stated that in his discussions with insurance company representa tives,found no standard type of policy to cover this facility,and was ~dvi~ed ‘by the insurance people they would require a letter stating the Boards’interest in such a policy before making a survey to determine a special premium rate. Operation of jointly owned facilities to begin at time possess ion obtained _____________________ Moved by Director Braden Finch, seconded by Director A.H.Meyers and duly carried by the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11: Engineers’Progress Report •The Secretary read Progress Report No.19 submitted by Harrison & Woolley and Headman,Ferguson & That the Engineers’Progress Report No.19 be received arid ordered filed. Report of the General Manager I • The Boards of Directors took the following action: Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,seconded by Director Hugh iN.Warden and duly carried by the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2, 3,5,6,7 and 11: That the General Manager be instructed to advise the insurance companies’representatives that the Boards of Directors are interested in considering earthquake insurance or other types of coverage as it applies to the ‘ocean outfall sewer. Accepting ~uitc1aim The Board of Directors ‘adopted deed from Pacific resolution No.355,accepting quit- Electric Railway claim easement from the Pacific ElectrIc Railway for an underground water line and authorizing executiOn and record’atiori of this document.Certified copy of this resolution is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. Report and,recom mendations of the Chairmens’Committee A copy of the minutes of the meet ing of’the Chairmen of County Sani ___________________ tation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5, 6,7 and 11,the General ~Manager and legal counsel on March ‘3,l954~,was given to each of the Directors.Mr.Nisson led ~a discussion ‘upon each of the five recommendations contained’in these miftutes.. “ • The Boards of Directors took the ‘following ‘action: —2— ~,~V. V That the recommendations of the Chairmens’ Committee be adopted and that the joint sewerage works be operated by the County Sanitation Districts pursuant to the Joint Glonstruction and Operation Agreement and the Joint Administrative Agreement as soon as the Districts obtain possession. ____________________ The Boards of Directors took the ________________ following action: _____________________ Moved by Director Joseph Webber, ____________________ seconded by Director Herbert A. Wood and duly carried by the BOards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts NOS.1,2, 3,5,6,7 and 11: •V V V V That the General Manager be authorized to ask the Joint Outfall Sewer what personnel from an operating level down would be available to work with the County Sanitation Districts when they take over,under comparable starting salary,retirment benefits, vacations,etc.V : V Directing survey of The Boards of Director~s took the personnel be made by following action:V the Personnel Committee and the General Manager Moved by Director Charles Morgan, seconded by Director Jo.seph Webber, and duly carried by the Boards of Directors of.County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11: V That ~the Personnel Committee meet with the General Manager and work out the details of the transfer of personnel and that this report be given to the J.O.S.. V V The Districts to offer maintenance service on contracturái basis for pperation of other organizations’f~cili ties V Districts Nos.1, That the County Sanitation Districts offer V maintenance personnel and services for sewerage facility maintenance to any district or organization with any County Sanitation District on a contract ural basis based on cost of pperation for the purpose of offering a way to centralize all county sanitation and sewerage problems into and under one county-wide organization.V Directing insti-- tution of proceed ings for partici pation in State ~1oyees’Retirement System Directing the General Manager to obtain list of personnel to~ bet~ansferred from the LO.S. The Boards of Directors took the following action: V Moved by Director Roy Seabridge, seconded by Director C.R.Miller and duly carried by the Boards of Directors of county.Sanitation 2,3,5,6,7 and 11: ____________________ The Boards of Directors took the ____________________ following action: Moved by Director Frank J. -Schweitzer,Jr.,seconded by _____________________ Director Hugh W.Warden and duly carried by the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11: —3g. ~U ~ In Favor Of City of Santa Ana Dennis Printers and Station~rs Slim’s Motor Clinic Santa Aria Blueprint Company Santa Aria Typewriter Company The Pacific Telephone & Teigraph Company John R.ScOtt 0r~Mae Merritt F.R.Harwood,Post~m.’istor City Water Department Newport Beach Pacific Air Industries Fred J.:Early,Jr.Co.,Inc. and Peter Kjewjt Sons’Co. C.Arthur Nisson,Jr., 53.13 17,674.15 5,020.31 5,224.71 4,673.17 3~5 e 40 963.72 1,542.02 $37,447.20 $~957.11 1~.30 152,062 ,1~ That the General Manager is directed to institute initial proceedings for the Districts participation in the State,of California Employees’Retfrement System. Report ~f the Dire ctor Warner,Chairman of the finance Gommi~ee Finance Committee,reported he had reviewed tbe bills and found them to ~e in order as listed on the Agenda and recorn mended approval for payment. ~int Administrative 1*he Boards of Directors took the Re~oIving_Fund.s and followiLg action: Sus~ensè Fund Warrant . . Registers: . Moved by.Director Hugh V~.warden, seconded by Director Frank J, Schweitzer,Jr.and duly carried by roll call vote of the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 arid 11: That the following be appio~i~.for signature of the Chairmen: Joint Administrative Warrant R~gister totaling ~412.56 Revolving Funds’Warrant Register totaling 153,129.52 Suspense Fund \iuarrant Register totaling .37,447.2E~ and the County Auditor is,authorized to pay $l9O,989~~ in accordance with warrant demar~ds listed below: I Amoun~~ 2l2~.C0 6.29 1 ~t~~) .L).L14 3L25 ••.E~8.05 5.63 23.10 • 30~0Q * _ Joint Adminis trative Warrant Demand No. JA—4~5 4~6 4~7 4~9 490 491 492 493 Suspense Fund Warrant Demand _____No. _____ S -60 61 62 .63 64 65 66 Revolving Funds Warrant Demand No. G-26 G-27 G-2~ A-90 G-29 City of Santa Aná City of Anaheim City of Fullerton: ~City of Orange Buena Par~k Sanitary District La Habra Sanitary District. Placentia ~anitary District ~01 -4- ~iLC; Referral to legal Mr.Nisson reviewed draft of counsel a contract contract in which he had for sale of sewage incorporated recommendations effluent of the Chairmens’Committee. At the request of Director McBride,a discussion was held upon the advisability of stijulating a time limit in the contract,or pro vision~for re-negotiation of price at specific intervals. The Chairman called upon Mr.Rodgei Howell,attorney for th~“Users,”who ~‘eported upon the purpose of form ation of an assessment district in the Talbert Valley area for purchasing sewage effluent and construction of facilities for distribution..Mr.Howell stated he believed that within fifteen or twenty years,water levels would be.built up by.use of Metropolitan Water~ through operations of the.Orange County ~vater District. Whereupon,the Board of Directors took the following action: Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,seconded by Director Joseph ~ebber and duly carried by the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,.2, 3,5,6,7 and 11:.~ That the draft of proposed sewage effluent agree ment between County Sanitation Districts,as Suppliers and Elmer Farnsworth,Alban Holtz and Max C.Hoeptner, as Users,be referred to the.attorney~to work out the time element. N~w Business .At the request of Director J.L.McBride,the General Manager reported upon.status of bill from the .J.O.S.for expan~4on of treát’ment plant No.1. Mr.Nelson stated that Mr.ialis C.Diehi will make an audit of the account and the County Auditor will accept this audit and make payment upon the basis of Mr.Djehl’s certification,of the amlunt due. Operating Fund The Board of Pirectors Warrant Register took the following action: Moved by Director Willis H.Warner seconded by Director Dean W.Hasson and duly carried: That District No.2 Operating Fund Warrant Register be approved for signature of the Chairmari~ and the County Auditor is authorized to pay the following warrant demands: —5— 3 (;~) .51.46,: 53.00 52.44 ~3.7.5 34.50 .,53~75 62.50 • 40.20 63~50 ~4.65.10 Warrant Demand No In Favor Of 2-75 76 77 7~ 79 Amount Wi!LlisH.Warner L,N.Wisser Charles E.Stevens QharlesMorgàn. Dean W.Hasson~ Hugh W.Warden Anaheim Bulletin Courtney R,Chandler Frank J.Schweitzer,Jr. Employment of The Board of Directors adopted special legal Resolution No.352,employing counsel Walter ~B.Chaffee as special legál counsel for the~District. Certified copy of this resoluti’n is attached hejieto and made a part of these minutes. Adjournment The Boards of Directors took the following action: Mo~Od ~y Director Herbert A.Wood,secohded by Director Roy Seabridge and duly carried by the Board.s of Directors of County Sanitatlon Districts Nos.1, 2,3,5,6,7andll: That this meeting be adjourned. Whereupon,the Chairman declared the meetthg so adjourned at 9:10 p.m. • • County Sanita oti District ~No.2 Orange County,California ATTEST: . Secreta~y,~oard of Dii~ectors County Sanitation District No.2 Orange County,California -6- 307 RESOLUTION NO.355—2 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO. OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,ACCEPT ING QUITCLAIM EASEMENT FOR RIGHT OF WAY FROM PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY FOR AN UNDERGROUND WATER LINE AND AGREEING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF. BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directorsr’,f County Sani tation District No.2 of Orange County,California,that the Quitclaim Easement from Pacific Electric Railway Company,a California corporation,dated February ~,1954,be and the same is hereby accepted,and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.1 of Orange County,California is hereby authorized to execute and accept on behalf of the District,the terms and conditions contained in said Quitclaim Easement,and the same is hereby ordered to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Orange County,California. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.2 of Orange County,California,on the 10th day of March,1954. ~ ~ Secretary,Board of Directors County Sanitation District No.2 Orange County,California STATE OF CALIFORNIA) ss COUNTY OF ORANGE ) I,ORA MAE MERRITT,Secretary of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.2 of Orange County,California, hereby certify ti-at the above and foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted by said Board ata meeting thereof held on the 10th day of March,1954,by the following roll call vote: AYES:Directors Willis H.Warner,Hugh W.Warden,Dean W. Hasson,Charles E.Stevens,Charles Morgan,L.N. Wisser and Frank J.Schweitzer,Jr. Directors None Directors None NOES: ABSENT: -l IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of County Sanitation District No.2 of Orange County,California,this 10th day of March ,195J~.. (~ Secretary,Board of Directors County Sanitation District No. Orange County,California RESOLUTION NO.357.2 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.2 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,EMPLOYING LEGAL COUNSEL AND FD(ING HIS CONPENSATION. 1~IHEREAS,County Sanitation District No.2 requires the services of legal counsel to advise its officers and the Board of Directors and other officials on legal matters and to repre sent it in litigation and other legal proceedings,and to per form all duties in connection therewith;and WHEREAS,Walter B.Chaffee appears to the Board of Directors of said Sanitation District to be an attorney duly admitted to practice in all of the courts of the State of California and to be qualified to render the services required by said County Sanitation District; NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the said Walter B, Chaffee be,and he is hereby appointed Legal Counsel for County Sanitation District No.2 to serve during the pleasure of the Board of Directors;and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that: 1.Six hours of time actually spent by said attorney in services to said Sanitation District shall constitute one day’s services; 2.That the maximum compensation to be paid said attorney for one day’s services shall be Ninety Dollars (4~9O.OO),except ing that whenever said attorney is required to attend night meetings he shall receive Twenty-f lye Dollars (~25.OO)compen sation for such night meetings;and except that when he is required to appear in any court of law on behalf of said Sani tation District for a day or any part of a day,the compen sation for that day shall be One Hundred Fifty Dollars (~l5O.OO) Irrespective of the number of hours spent; 3r That for any part of a day actually spent by said attorney in services for said Sanitation District he shall be -1- paid at the rate of Fifteen Dollars (t15.OO)per hour for services rendered by him; 1~.That payment for services of legal counsel shall be made from the Operating Fi.tnd ~th@ District upon monthly pr~ sentation of itemized bills by said legal coun~e1. All resolutions or parts of resolutions heretofore adopted which conflict herewith are hereby specifically rescinded inso far and to the extent that they conflict herewith. The foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.,2 on the 10th day of March,1954. ~ Secretary,Board of Directors County Sanitation District No.2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA)Orange County,California 55 COUNTY OF ORANGE ) I,ORA MAE MERRITT,Secretary of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.2 of Orange County,California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was regularly adopted by the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.2 at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 10th day of March~1954,by the following roll call vote: AYES:Directors Dean W.Hasson,Charles E.Stevens,Charles Morgan,L.N.Wisser,Hugh W.Warden and Frank J. Schweitzer,Jr. NOES:Directors Willis H.Warner ABS~NT:Directors None IN WITNESS V~HEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of County Sanitation District No.2 this 10th day of March,1954. ~~ secretary,Board of Directors County Sanitation District No,2 Orange County,California :t 3 —2—