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MINUTES OF AN ADJOU~D MEETING OF
THE DISTRICT BOARD OF CENTRAL CONTRA
COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT HELD
SEPT~¡BER 29. 1949
The Distriot Board of Central Contra Costa Sanitary Distriot
convened in adjourned session at its regular place of meeting at
1822 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, in the.City of Walnut Creek, County of
Contra Costa, State of California, at the hour of 8:00 o'clock p.m.
The meeting was called
following roll was called:
PRESENT: . Members Johnson,
ABSENT: lvlembers - None
to order by President Wadsworth and the
Smitten, Tolend,Weill and Wadsworth
READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
The Secretary read the Minutes of the previous meeting, and
. they were approved as entered.
CONTINUATION OF HEARING ON ASSESSMENTS
LOCAL D1PROVEMENT DISTRICT NO.1
President Wadsworth remarked that during the interim since Sept-
ember IS, the Board had reviewed the land to be assessed, and had
recommended changes in the assessment roll. Approximately eighteen
parcels had been reduced, and the basic unit had been raised to $242.
Member Toland, seconded by .Member Weill, moved the adoption of
the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 513
CONFIRMING PROCEEDINGS AND ASSESS}iENT
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO.1
WHEREAS the District Engineer of Central Contra Costa Sanitary
Distriot of Contra Costa County, state of California, filed with the
Seoretaryof said Distriot, on August 22nd, 1949, an Assessment,
together with a Diagram and Engineer's Certificate attached thereto,
to represent the costs and expenses of constructing sanitary sewers
and appurtenances pursuant to Resolution of Intention No.)66, adopted
by the Distriot Board of said Sanitary Distriot on September 23,1948,
and in that portion of said Distriot described therein as Local Im-
provement District No. I, to which Resolution of Intention reference
is hereby made for a description of said work and improvement and the
district to be assessed for the costs and expenses thereof, and for
all other purposes; and
t~EREAS said Secretary gave due notice, as required by law, of
the filing of ss.id Assessment, and that Thursday, the 15th day of
September, 1949, at 8:00 o'clock, p.m. on said day, and the meeting
place of said Distriot Board at 1822 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, in the
City of Walnut Creek, in said County, had been duly fixed as the
time and place for the hearing on said Assessment; and
~~EREA5 said Distriot Board held such hearing at the time and
place so fixed therefor, and then and. there, and at continuances of
said hearing regula.rly had, reoei ved evidence, oral and documentary
upon said work done, and upon said Assessment, and Diagram and
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Engineer's Certificate attached thereto, and also then and there
considered all appeals theretofore filed pursuant to law with
said Board by persons interested in said work and said Assessment;
WHEREAS said District Board has examined said diagram and
assessment and has directed its District Engineer to change said
diagram in the following manner:
Thetthe assessment lots on said diagram represented there-
in and on said assessment as No. 1-34-6, being a portion of Lots
35; 36 and 37 of Graoeland Walnut Home Sites, be changed because
of a subdivision of said assessment lot so as to show two (2)
assessment lots, one thereof being a portion of said Lot 36 and
a portion of said Lot 37 represented by assessment No. 1-34-6,
and the other assessment lot to be a portion of said Lot 35 and
a portion of se.id,Lot 36 represented by assessment No. 1-34-34,
and to reapportion the assessments on the lots shown on said
diagram as so corrected; and
and
wliEREAS said District Engineer has corrected said diagram;
WHEREAS said District Board has examined said aSsessment and
directed its Distriot Engineer to modify and reapportion the
assessments as to all lots shown on said diagram as so corrected;
NOW, THEFEFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED AND DETERMINED by said
Di strict Board th8.t 8.11 act s and determinations of said Di strict
Engineer relative to said work done pursuant to said Resolution
of Intention be and the same are hereby approved, ratified and
confirmed, and saj,.d District Board does hereby approve, ratif.y
and confirm said diagram as so changed and corrected and said
assessment as so modified, changed and corrected.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Distriot Board of Central Contra
Costa Sanitary Distriot of Contra Costa County, State of Calif-
ornia, this 29th day of September, 1949, by the following called
vote:
AYES:
NÖE S:
ABSENT:
Members Johnson, Smitten, Toland, Weill and Wadsworth
Members - None
Members - None
Isl Neill C. Cornwall,
Secretary. .
Is/ R. E. Wadsworth, President of
the District Board of Central
Contra Costa Sanitary Distriot
SEWER CONNECTION FEE FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
---SOCIETY PROPERTY IN ORINDA
It was moved by Member Johnson, seconded by Member Smitten,
and unanimously carried that the Board accept the Manager's
recommendation that the sewer connection fee for the Christian
Science property in Orinda be fixed at $400.
SEWER CONNECTION FEE FOR OUR SAVIORIS
LUTHE~l!.J~HURCH IN LAFAYETTE-
It was moved by Member Johnson, seconded by Member Smitten
and unanimously carried that a fee of $250 be fixed for conneo-
tion of the plumbing of Our Savior's Luthera,n Church in Ls.fayette
to a leteral of Looal'Improvement District No.3 .lying within an
e~sement on their property.
APPROVAL OF SUBCONTRACT FOR ROAD WORK
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 10
The Secretary r~ad the following lett.er from As socia ted
Electrioal and Mechanical Company:
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II Cent rs.l ContraCos ta Bani te,ry Distriot
1822 Mt. Diablo Boulevard
Walnut Creek, California
Septembgr 28, 1949
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Attention J. Mason
Re: Central Contra Costa Sanitary Dist. #10
Gentlemen:
This is to advise you that we have entered into a contract with
J. R. & M. E. Luoas Construction Company to pave Monte Vista,'
Martson Roads and Clearmont Avenue, according to county specifica-
tions and for the approval of the Contra Costa Sanitary District.
Yours very truly
Associe,ted Eleotrical & Mechanical Co
/s/ Barry Hilp, Jr. II
It was moved by Member Smitten, seconded by Member Toland and
unanimously carried that the Board approve the subcontracting of
road work in accordance with letter of September 28, 1949 from
Assoois.ted Eleotrioa1 and. Mechanical Company.
REPAIRS TO DIKE AND LOWERING BYPASS
CHANNEL AT THE OXIDATION PONDS OF THE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
The Manager reported to the Board that damage had been caused
to the dike at Pond 5 at the Sewage Treatment Plant, and that the
bypass channel must be lowered to .prevent further damage by flood-
ing. The workætimated to cost $2000. .
It was moved by Member Johnson, seconded by Member Smitten
that the work be done at a cost not to exceed $2000 and that the.
Manager be given authority to enter into a contract with Martin
Bros. Inc., to do the work.. Cprried by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
Members Johnson, Smitten and Wadsworth
Members Toland and Weill
VACATION AND SICK LEAVE REGULATION
Member Weill, seconded by Member Toland, moved the adoption
of the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 514
BE IT RESOLVED that the following regulations shall apply to
the granting of vacations and sick leave to the employees of Central
Contra Costa Sanitary District, and further that previous regula-
tions adopted therefor are hereby cancelled: .
I.
VACATIONS.
All employees of the District whose salary i8 paid monthly and
who have been continuously employed by the District for at least
six months shall be entitled to annual vacations with pay as follows:
(1)
Vacation leave may be accumulated at the rate of
one and one-fourth (1 1/4) calendar day.s for each
completed calendar month of service, subJect to
the following conditions:
No employee shall- beenti tIed to _Such vacation '.leave or
reeelvecompensatipn,therefòr,until þe.has completed six
(6) months of continuous service with the District.
( 8.)
(b)
No accrual of vacation l~ave shall be permitted in
excess of thirty (30) calendar days.
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II.
SICK LEAVE
All employees of the District shall be entitled to sick
leave with pay as follows:
(1)
One working day's sick leave with pay for each calendar
month of continuous servioe.
(2 )
In the event an employee does not use the full amount
of sick leave allowed in any calendar year, the amount
not taken may be accumulated from year to year to a
total not exceeding sixty (60) calendar days.
Compensation for days off due to illness of the employee
shall be paid on the following conditions:
(1)
For two (2) successive days or less, upon the state-
ment of the employee that his absence was due to his
illness.
(2 )
Far more than two (2) successive days, upon the written
certification of a physician that the absence of the
employee was due to his illness.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Distriot Board of Central Contra
Costa Sanitary District of Contra Costa County, State of Calif-
ornia, this 29th day of September, 1949, by the following called
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Members Johnson, Smitten, Toland, Weill and Wadsworth
Members - None'
Members - None
151 Neill C. Cornwall
Secretary.
/sl R. E. Wadsworth, President of
the District Board of Central
Contra Costa Sanitary Distriot.
AUTHORIZATION FOR COMPENSATION TO
SEWER INSP ECTORS '
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The Board granted the Manager's request that !h~...D!.SimthlY
compensation for Sewer Inspeotors be set at $300/for tñe first
90 days of satisfactory employment, and $~ per month thereafter.
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PAYMENT OF INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FOR
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO.7
It was moved by Member Smitten, seconded by Member Toland,
and unanimously carried, that $11,154.57 received from Clyde C.
Kennedy, said sum representing the incidental expenses incurred
to August 31,1949 on Looal Improvement Distriot No.7, the
following amounts, as approved by the Distriot Manager, be dis-
bursed from said sum for such incidental expenses as follows:
$4,765.17 to Clyde C. Kennedy for engineering services rendered
to August 31, 1949 for Local Improvement Distriot No.
7.
$
537.88 for legal services rendered to August 31,1949 for
Local Improvement District N°.7 to be paid pursuant
to contract as follows:
W. H. Brailsford, Jr.
R. W. Harrison
$268.94
$268.94
$6,851.52' the balance of said sum advanced for incidental ex-
penses to be deposited to the credit of the Running
Expense Fund of Central Contra Costa Sanitary Dist-
riot to reimburse said funà for monies heretofor~
advanced for incidental expenses incurred by the
Sanitary Distriot for Local Improvement District No.7.
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AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION OF EASElvlENTS
OVER REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN LOCAL
I}ŒROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 14
Member Smitten, seconded by Member Weill, moved the adoption
of the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 515
vrnEREAS the Distriot Board of the Central Contra Costa Sani-
tary Distriot has heretofore approved plans and specifications
prepared by its District Engineer for the construction, under
the provisions of the Improvement Aot of 1911, of a collecting
lateral sanitary sewer system in the area more particularly
described in Resolution of Intention No. 470, (Local Improvement
District No. 14), adopted by this Board June 23, 1949, and pro-
poses to award a contract for the construction of said sanitary
sewer in accordance with said plans and specifications;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED and this Board does hereby
find and determine that the public interest, convenience and
necessity require the a.cquisition, construction and completion
by this District of said collecting leteral sanitary sewer system,
as set forth in said plans and specifications and that easements
over the parcels of real property hereinafter described are neo-
essary for the construotingJ laying and maintaining of sewer pipes
therein in said sanitary sewer system, in accordance with said
plans and specifications. Said easements are more particularly
described as follows:
Perpetual and temporary easements to be used by said Sanitary
District for the purpose of constructing, laying, maintaining and
operating sewer pipes therin and thereupon, together with appurt-
enances and appliances and with the right of ingress thereto and
egress therefrom over the following described parcels of real
property, located in the County of Contra Costa, State of Calif-
ornia, described as follows:
PARCEL NO. 12
That parcel of land in the County of Contra Costa, StAte of Calif-
ornia, described as follows: Portion of Lot 46, as designated on
the map entitled "Moraga Estates, Contra Costa County, California ",
which map was filed in the office of the Recorder of the County of
Contra Costa, State of California, on November 2, .1936 in Volume
22 of Maps, at page 627, described as follows:
A strip of land 5 feet in width, the center line of which is de-
scribed as follows: Beginning on the east line of. Moraga Highway,
distant thereon southerly, along the acr of a curve to the right
with a radius of 756.25 feet, 36.43 feet from the northwest corner
of said Lot 46; thence from said goint of beginning south 720 09'
east, 40.38 feet; thence north 67 26' east, 84.55 feet to the
east line of the parcel of land described in the deed f:'om Neal W.
Hoãgkin, et ux, to George O. Warner, et ux, dated Maroh 22, 1946
and recorded Maroh 28, 1946 in Volume 898 of Official Records, at
page 216, distant thereon south 160 58' 30" eRst, 70.91 feet from
the most northerly corner thereof. The easterly terminus of said
strip is the east line of said Warner parcel (898 OR 216) and the
westerly terminus thereof, is the east line of Moraga Highway.
PARCEL NO. 78
That parcel of land in the County of Contra Costa, State of
California, described as follows: The northwest five feet (right
angle measurement) of ~ot 151, as designated on the map entitled
"Noraga Estates, Contra Costa County, California", which map was
filed in the office of the Reoorder of the County of Contra Costa,
State of California, on November 2, 1936 in Volume 22 of Maps, at
page 627.
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PARCEL NO. 84
That parcel of land in the County of Contra Costa, State of
California, described as follows: Portion of Section 3,
Township 1 South, Range 3 West, Mount Diablo Base and Merid-
. ian, described as follows:
The east 5 feet (right angle measurement) of' the parcel of
land described in the deed from Broadmoor Improvement Co. to
L. V. Wp,ymire, et ux, dated October 11, 1940 and recorded Oct-
ober 24, 1940 in Volume 554 of Official Records, at page 489. '
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Attorney for said District
be and he is hereby authorized and directed to commence and
maintain actions and proceedings of eminent domain ,in the
Superior Court of the State of California. in and for the
County of Contra ,Costa, for the purpose of condemning and
acquiring said easements over, upon and through said herein-
above described parcels of real property for the uses and
purposes aforesaid.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, and said Bos,rd does hereby find
and determine, that the reasonable value of the, above-described
easements proposed to be taken are as follows:
Parcel 12, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE AND NO/IOOTHS DOLLARS
($125.00 )
Parcel 78. TEN AND NO/IOOTHS DOLLARS ($10.00)
Pa,rcel 84, TEN AND NO/IOOTHS DOLLARS ($10.00)
and the President and Secretary are hereby authorized and dir-
ected to execute warrants, one for each of such amounts, payable
to the County Clerk of the County of Contra Costa, to be depos-
ited as security to the owners for the value of each easement
herein proposed to be condemned.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the District Board of Central Contra
Costa Sanitary Distriot of Contra Costa County, State of Calif-
ornia, this 29th day of September, 1949, by the following oall~d
vote:
AYES: Memb~rs Johnson, Smitten, Toland, Weill and Wadsworth
NOES: Members - None
ABSENT: Members - None
s/s Neill C. Cornwall
Secretary.
/s/ R. E. Wadsworth, President of
the Distriot Board of Central
Contra Costa Sanitary Distriot
REPORT ON STATUS OF RIGHTS OF WAY
The Attorney gave the Board a verbal report on progress made
in procuring an opinion on the validity of Orders of Possession
and Use.
ENGI~~ERIS REPORT ON WORK PROGRESS
The Resident Engineer reported on the progress of the work
in the various local improvement districts.
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LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO.3
The Manager told the Board that requests had come from
property owners in the Lafayette area to have the sewer lines
released by Downer Corporation in order that house connections
could be made by other contractors than Downer and Mr. Dannels.
The Board instructed the Manager to contact Downer Corpora-
tion and have them write a letter advising the District that they
do not reserve exclusive Jurisdiction in the territory of Local
Improvement District No.3.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the President adjourned the
meeting to October 6, 1949, at 8:00 o'clock p.m.
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Presïdent of the District Board
of Central Contra Costa Sanitary
Distriot of Contra Costa County,
State of California.
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Secretary of the Distriot Board
of Central Contra Costa Sanitary
District of Contra Costa County,
State of California,
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