HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1954-02-24CONDENSED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS
NOS.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11
ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
February 24 1954 r.t ~:OO p.m.
Room 239,llOlf West ~ighth Street
Santa Ana,California
ROLL CALL
DISTRICT NC.1
lent:Courtney R.Chandler (Chairman),
J.L.McBride and Willis H.Warner
Directors absent:None
DISTRICT NO 2
Directors r~lent:Frank J.Schweitzer,Jr.(Chairman),
Hugh W.warden,Willis H.Warner,
Charles E.Stevens,Charles Morgan,
L.N..Wisser and Courtney R.Chandler
Directors absent:Dean W.Hasson
DISTRICT NO.3
Dirictors present:Hugh W.Warden (Chairman),Nelson M.
Launer,Willis H.Warner,L.N.Wisser,
Charles Stevens and Joseph Webber
Directors absent:C.R.Miller
DISTRICT NO.
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~o~Tcent:Norman H.Miller (Chairman pro tern)
and Will1~H~Warner
Directors absent:Braden Fin’~h
DISTRICT NO.6
Directors present:A.H.~Norman H.Miller and
Willis FI~~
Directors absent:None
DISTRICT NO.7
Directors present:Wintford L.Tadlock (Chairman pro tern),
Willis H~,Warrior and Courtney R.Chandler
Directors absent:None
DISTRICT NO~ii
Directors present:Willis H.Warnar (Chairman),Roy
Seabridgo and Herbert A.Wood
Directors absent:None
OTHERS PRESENT:Lee M.Nelson,C.Arthur Nisson,Jr.,
Harry AshtMn,J.A.Woolley,Geo.
Holyoke,Roy Browning,~odger Howell,
John L.Harr~,C.J.Marks,F.C.
Lath~rn,Max .C.Hoeptner,Glenn C.
Bailey,David R.McMillan,Clennel
Wilkinson and Ora Mae Merritt,
Secretary.
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The Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts
Nos.~1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11 met in regular session at the
hour of 8:00 p.m.,Wednesday evening,February 24,1954,in
Room 239 at 1104 West Eighth Street,Santa Ana,California.
Chairman Chandler called the joint meeting of the Districts’
Boards to order at 8:00 p.m.
The roll was called and the Secretary reported a quorum
present for each of the Districts’Boards.
DISTRICT NO.5 The Board of Directors took
Chairman pro tern the following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.
Warner,seconded by Director Norman H.Miller and duly
carried:
That Director Norman H.Miller be appointed Chairman
pro tern of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation
District No.5.
DISTRICT NO.7 The Board of Directors took
Chairman pro tern the following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,seconded by
Director Wintford L.Tadlock and duly carried:
That Director Tadlock be appointed Chairman pro tern
of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District
No.7.
DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,3,5 The Boards of Directors took
6~and 11 -Approval of the following action:
minutes
Moved by Director Joseph Webber,
seconded by Director Hugh W.Warden and duly carried by
the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.
1,2,3,5,6 and 11:
That the minutes of the meeting held on February 10,
1954 be approved as mailed out.
DISTRICT NO.7 The Board of Directors took
Approval of minutes the following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,seconded by
Director Wintford L.Tadlock and duly carried:
That the minutes of the meeting held on February 10,
1954 and adjourned meeting thereof held on February 17,
1954 be approved as mailed out.
Correspondence and The Secretary read letter from
Communications Harrison &Woolley and
Headman,Ferguson &Carollo,
dated February 24,1954,reporting upon completion and
testing of the Bushard Street and Treatment Plant Trunk
Sewers,and recommending that they be accepted as complete,
Whereupon,the Boards of Directors took the following
-action:
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Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,seconded by
Director Joseph Webber and duly carried by the Boards of
Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,6,
7 and 11:
That the communication and recommendation from
Harrison &Woolley,and Headman,Ferguson &Carollo,
relative to completion of the Bushard Street aid Treatment
Plant Trunk be received and ordered filed.
The Secretary read letter from
Harrison &Woolley and Headman,
Ferguson &Carollo,dated February 24,1954,reporting upon
completion and testing of the Newport Beach Trunk “B”,Unit
1 and J.O.S.Connection Trunks,and recommending they be
accepted.Whereupon,the Boards of Directors took the
following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,seconded by
Director Norman H.Miller and duly carried by the Boards
of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,5,6,
and?:
That the communication and recommendation from
Harrison &Woolley and Headman,Ferguson &Carollo,
relative to completion of the Newport Beach Trunk T?Bn
Unit 1 and J.O.S.Connection Trunks be received and
ordered filed.
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Report of the Engineers
the jobs completed to date.
Mr.Harrison reviewed constr
uction progress report and
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Report of the General Mr.Nelson stated his concur-
Manager rence with recommendations of
the Engineers,and reported
that material and equipment f~treatment plant installations
were meeting all delivery schedules.Mr.Nelson suggested
that ~ire~tor3 who might have time to visit the treatment
plant would probably find this stage of construction
interesting.
DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,3,6
7 and 11
Approval of Change Order
No.4.granting extension
of time for construction
of Bushard Street and
Treatment Plant Trunk
Sewers
The Boards “f Directors took
the following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.
Warner,seconded by Director
Hugh W.Warden and duly carried
by the Boards of Directors of
County Sanitati”n Districts Nos.
1,2,3,6,7 and 11:
That Change Order No.4 dated February 24,1954,recom
mended by the Engineers and the General Manager,granting
time extension of 9 calendar days to and including Febru
ary 24,1951+,all in accordance with the provisions of the
contract with Jerry Artukovich and N.A.Artukovich Constr
uction Company dated May l~,1953,for constructi-~n of the
Bushard Street and Treatment Plant Trunk Sewers,be and the
same is hereby approved and authorized and ordered filed
in the office of the Secretary.
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DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,3,6~The Boards of Directors of
7 and 11 County Sanitation Districts
Accepting Bushard Street Nos.1,2,3,6,7 and U.
and Treatment Plant Trunks adopted resolution No.352,
accepting the Bushard Street
and Treatment Plant Trunk Sewers,authorizing the Chairman
of District No.1 to sign Notice of Completion of Work,
and ordering recordation thereof.Certified copy of this
-resolution is on record in the office of the Secretary.
DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,5,6 The Boards of Directors took
and 7 the following action:
Approval of Change Order No.
~,granting an extension of Moved by Director Willis H.
time for construction of Warner,seconded by Director
Newport Be~h Trunk “B”Frank j.Schweitzer,Jr.and
Unit 1 and JO.S.Connection duly carried by the Boards of
Trunk Sewers Directors of County Sanitation
Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,
7 and 11:
That Change Order No.6,dated February 24,1954,
as recommended by the Engineers and the General Manager,
granting time extension of’26 calendar days to and
including February 24,1954,all in accordance with the
provisions of the contract with Jerry Artukovich and
N.A.Artukovich Construction Company dated May l~,1953
for construction of the Newport Beach Trunk “B”,Unit 1
and J.0.S.Connection Trunk Sewers,be and the same is
hereby approved and authorized and ordered filed in the
office of the Secretary.
DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,5,6 The Boards of Directors of
and 7 County Sanitation Districts
Accepting Newport Beach Nos.1,2,5,6 and 7 adopted
Trunk “B”,Unit 1,and J.O.S Resolution No.353,accepting
Connection Trunk Sewers the Newport Beach Trunk “B”,
Unit 1 and J.0.S.Connection
Trunk Sewers,authorizing the Chairman of District No.1
to sign Notice of Completion of Work,and ordering re—
cordation thereof.Certified copy of this resolution is on
record in the office of the Secretary.
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Report of the Finance Director Warner,Chairman of
Committee the Finance Committee,reported
he had reviewed the bills
listed on the Agenda and found them to be in order and
recommended approval for payment.Director Warner called
attention to wide range of charges for publication of
Ordinance~No.1 in newspapers in various Districts.
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The Boards of Directors took
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the following action:
Moved by Director Joseph
Webber seconded by Director Frank J.Schweitzer,Jr.,and
duly c~rried by roll call vote of the Boards of Directors
of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and
U:
That the following be approved for signature of the
Chairmen:
Joint Administrative Warrant Register totaling$1,323.90
Revolving Fund Warrant Register totaling 31,221.72
and the County Auditor is authorized to pay
the following warrant demands:
Joint Adminis
trative Warrant
Demand No.
A—90
B-30
B—3].
C-31
D—26
E-17
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In Favor Of
Ace Hospital Supply Co.
Bales Office Equipment Co.
Davis Stationers
Dennis Printers and Stationers
Diehi &Company
International Business Machines
Multiplex Display Fixture Co.
Standard Oil Company of California
State Compensation Insurance Fund
F.R.Harwood,Post~iaster
In Favor Of
Pacific Air Industries
Harrison &Woolley and Headman,
Ferguson &Carollo
Santa Ana Register
~319.32
103.76
Jerry Artukovich and N.A.
Artukovich Construction Co.
~2,942.79
20,208.28
404.60
3,051.76
676.26
Amount
7.20
2.69
3.12
29.25
100 •00
Corp.7.78
336.4.5
11+.30
825.11
30 •00
~1,355.90
Amount
15.45
3,499.50
4.23.08
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Joint Administrative
and Revolving Funds’
Warrant Registers
JA-485
486
487
488
4.89
490
491
492
493
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Revolving Funds’
Warrant Demand
No.
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~27,283.69•
~3l,221.72
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Report of the Personnel Director Schweitzer reported
Committee he had been asked,as Chairman
of the Personnel].Committee,to
give a report at a J.O.S.meeting on personnel requirements
when the Districts take over.Chairman Schweitzer repor~ted
he had stated at the meeting that a plan had not been presented
to the Districts’Boards although the outline of a program
()had been started which involved the Maintenance and Operation
Committee;that he later conferred with Director Roy Seabridge,
Chairman of the Maintenance and Operation Committee and that
they found aspects of maintenance,operation and personnel
which they believed should be given study by more than these
two committees and,therefore,recommended that the Chairmen
of the Districts meet for consideration and study of rami
fications involved and report their recommendations to the
Boards.
Referral to the Chairmen After consideration of the
of the Districts’Boards report of the Personnel Committee,
the Boards 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:
That the report of the Personnel Committee be accepted
and authorized;and that the Chairman call a meeting of the
Chairmen of the Districts’Boards to be held on March 3,1954,
at 7:30 p.m.,in Room 239 at 1104 West Eighth Street,
Santa Ana,California.
DISTRICT NO.1 At the request of Director
Business held over McBride,consideration of a
resolution authorizing quit
claim deed conveying abandoned concrete trunk sewer and right
of way to the City of Santa Ana,was held over until the next
meeting for correction in the legal description.
•DISTRICT NO.1 At the request of Director
•Authorizing City of Santa McBride,the General Manager
Ana Engineer’s office to reported on connections to the
make connection to new concrete line on Fairview Avenue.
line on Fairview Avenue The Board of Directors took the
following action:
Moved by Director J.L.McBride,seconded by Director
Willis H.Warner and duly carried:
That the General Manager be and he is hereby authorized
and directed to employ the City Engineer’s office of the City
of Santa Ana,California,to make connection with the old
concrete line easterly to the new vitrified clay line on
Fairview Avenue on or near Occidental Street at a cost not
to exceed One Hundred Fifty Dollars (~l50.0O~,including all
material and labor,and that payment therefor shall be made
from the Construction Fund of County Sanitation District No.1.
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DISTRICT NO.2 The Board of Directors adopted
Determining the District’s Resolution No.354,finding and
outstanding indebtedr~ess determining the District’s
outstanding indebtedness and
stating that withdrawal of certain unincorporated territory
~oU.ld not adversely affect the sewerage system of the district.
Certified copy of this resolution is on record in the office
of the Secretary.
DISTRICT NO.5 The Board of Directors took
Operating Fund the following action:
Warrant Register
Moved by Director Willis H.
Warner,seconded by Director Norman H.Miller and duly
carried:
That District No.5 Operating Fund Warrant Register be
approved for signature of the Chairman and the County Auditor
is authorized to pay:
Warrant
Demand No.In Favor Of Amount
5—59 Newport-Balboa Press *67.~
DISTRICT NO.6 The Board of Directors took
Operating Fund the following action:
Warrant Register
Moved by Director Willis H..
Warner,seconded by Director A.H.Meyers and duly carried:
That District No.6 Operating Fund Warrant Register be
approved for signature of the Chairman and the County Auditor
is authorized to pay the following:
Warrant
Demand No,In Favor Of Amount
6-67 Costa Mesa Globe-Herald ~65.00
DISTRICT NO.7 The Board of Directors took
Operating Fund the following action:
Warrant Register
Moved by Director Willis H.
Warner,seconded by Director Wintford L.Tadlock and duly
carried:
That District No.7 Operating Fund Warrant Register
be approved for signature of the Chairman and the County
Auditor is authorized to pay the following:
Warrant
Demand No.In Favor Of Amount
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The Tustin News 71.15
49 O’Melveny &Meyers 6.12
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DISTRICT NO.11 The Board of Directors took the
Operating Fund following action:
Warrant Register
Moved by Director Willis H.
Warner,seconded by Director Herbert A.Wood and duly carried:
•That District No,11 Operating Fund Warrant Register
be approved for signature of the Chairman and the County
Auditor is authorized to pay the following:
Warrant
•Demand No.In Favor Of Amount
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NEW BUSINESS The Chair recognized Mr.
Referral to Chairmen Rodger Howell,attorney,who
of the Distri~~.ts’Board~.spoke in behalf of the Steering
the matter relating to Committee representing land
regi.~est of Talbert Valley owners in the Talbert Valley
area Steering Committee
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area in their effort to form a
special assessment district to
provide funds to overcome water shortage for irrigation
purposes.Mr.Howell presented and reviewed draft of a
proposed contract between the Sanitation Districts and Elmer
Farnsworth,Alban Holtz and Max Hoeptner,as trustees until
the formation of an assessment district,which provided that
the Districts make available effluent from the old treatment
plant beginning in the summer of 1954,the users to bear all
cost-s of installations for delivery of such effluent,and the
Districts to make every reasonable effort to prevent the
quality of effluent from deteriorating so as to render it unfit
for limited agricultural use.Mr~Roy Browning reviewed the
critical water shortage and need for supplemental measures.
The Steering Committee of the Talbert Valley area requested
the Boards’consideration of means whereby the effluent from
the old treatment plant could be utilized for irrigation.
•After a discussion upon the request of the Steering
Committee of the Talbert Valley area,the Boards of Directors
took the following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,seconded by
Director Norman H.Miller and duly carried by the Boards
of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,
5,6,7 and 11:
That the request of the Steering Committee of the Talbert
Valley area be referred to the Chairmen and General Manager
at the meeting to be held on March 3,1954,and their findings
submitted to the Boards for discussion at the next regular
meeting.
Re:proce~ure Director Nelson M.Launer
clarification requested clarification of
procedure on referrals to the
Chairmen of the Boards rather than to established standing
committees.
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Mr.Nisson expressed the opinion that in matters involving one,
two,three or more committees there had been no contrary
procedure set up relative to referrals to the Chairmen of the
Boards0 Director Schweitzer stated that the recommendations
made by the Chairmen of the Maintenance and Operation Conmittee
and the Fe:sonnel Committee were based on several matters
they felt should be reviewed by the Chairmen of ail the
Districts.
DISTRI~SNOS.1,2,3,5 The Boards of Directors took
6 and II -Ad.lcurnment the following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.
Warner,seconded by Director Norman H.Miller and duly
carried by the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation
Districts Nos,1,2,3,5,6 and 11;
That tho meeting of these Boards be adjourned.
Whereupon,the Chairman declared the meeting of the
Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,
3,5,6 and U.so adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
DISTRICT NO.7 The Secretary read a letter
Corresp~ndence and dated February 19,1954,signed
Communications by Mr.Howard Curran,stating
a protest in connection with the
proposed establishment of a Sanitary District in the Panorama
Heights,Lemon Heights and El Modena areas,and requesting
the Board’s consideration of tax burden existing on improved
properties in these areas.
The Board of Directors took the following action’:
Moved by Director Courtney ~.Chandler,seconded by
Director Willis H.Warner and ~y carried:
That the communication frcr~Howard Curran be received and
ordered filed.
DISTRICT NO.7 A discussion was held upon
Proced~ure in connection method of procedure relative
with the Engineer Report to construction of facilities
as outlined in the Engineers’
report.
The Board of Directors took the following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,seconded by Director
Courtney R.Chandler and duly carried:
That al).matters for consideration pertaining to the
Engineers’Report and bond procedure be continued to the
regular meeting of the Board to be held on March 24,1954.
DISTRICT NO.7 The Board of Directors took the
Adjournment following action:
Moved by Director Willis H.Warner,seconded by Director
Courtney R.Chandler and duly carried:
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That this meeting be adjourned.
~)hereupon,the Chairman declared the meeting of the
Board of Directors of County Sanit~.tion District No.7 so
adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
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