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Home My WebLink AboutBOARD MINUTES 09-22-52 98 MI}TUTES OF AN ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE DISTRICT BOARD CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT HRLD SEPTE~mER 22,1952 The District Board of Central Contra Costa Sanitary District con- vened in adjourned session at its regular place of meeting located at 1822 Mount Diablo Boulevard, City of Walnut Creek, County of Contra Costa, State of California, on September 22,1952, at the hour of 8:00 o'clock p.m. The meeting was called to order by President Johnson. President asked Secretary Smitten if the newly elected officers had been issued and had rèceived certificates of election and if they had been given the oath of office. Secretary Smitten informed him that this had been done. ROLL CALL PRESENT: ABSENT: Members Malott, Sa1fingere, Spieg1, Roemer and Johnson None ~EADINg OF MINUTES OF PRßVIOUS ~æETIN~S The Minutes of the meeting of September 12,1952, were read and were approved as entered. The Hinutes of the meeting of September 18, 1952, were read and were approved as entered. REORGANIZATIOlJ OF DISTRICT BOARD President Johnson informed the ne't-J members of the Board that it is customary upon the seating of new members to choose a President of the Bo ard. It 't-las moved by Nember Spie~l, seconded by Hemcer r.'íalott, and unanimously carried, that for the good of the District illld the District Board that Hr. Johnson should retain the office of lJresident of the Board. President Johnson c~led for nominations for Vice President of the District Board. Member Nalott was unanimously selected to be Vice President of the Dis tric t Eo ard. President Johnson explained the duties of Secretary of the District Board and asked ~lether or not the Board wished to reappoint Secretary Smitten. Member Roemer requested that the matter be put over until a later date in order to give the new members time to investigate and reach a decision 't.,¡hen they knO'tv more about what e-,oes on in the District. Hembo!' Spiegl asked if no action1-Jas taken would not Secretary Smitten still continue as Secretary, this 'oein~ the case then no action whatsoever should be taken. OPEN BIDS F'OH LOCAL IMPROVITTQli[T DISTInCT NO. 27 ,-,- President Johnson opened the two bids received for Local Improve- ment District No. 27, the bid bonds were referrerl to the Attorney to be checked and the bid documents to the En~ineer. The Engineer's estim,::¡,te for this improvement district 1IJas'-';:aO,030.00. The bids received are as follows: Kevry Const. Co. 655 Peralta Avenue, San Lemîdro, for a total of ~~)13,685.50. James Hill Co., Walnut Cree]:,::, for a total of ~:23, 330.50. 09 22 52 QÜ Vv It was moved by Member Salfinßere that the people particularly interested who had presented the petition be contacted tomo~row, not r~xt weelr or tt,¡o weeks from 1'10"1, [md asked whether they Hou1c~ be vlilling to go along Hi th' this bid and reques t they canvass their neighbors to see if they are willin~ to go along with this bid; to explain to them ~~at time and weather are importro~t factors. There was no second. f It was moved by Hember Nalott, seconded by Hember Roemer, and lli~animous1y carried, that the matter be continued two weeks and in the meantime send letters to each property o~mer explainin~ the s1 tuation and request that the;T attend or be represented at the October 2, 1952 meeting to discuss this matter. SCHEDULS paR CONNECTION TERMS AND SETTING OF CONN~CTION TBRMS The proposed ordinance for a schedule for coru~ection terms was held over to enable the neN members to study the matter. No schedule of connection fees will be set until this study has been made and an ordinill~ce adopted. RE()UEST TO LEASE THEATT1~'NT PLANT PROPERTY There were two requests to lease property at the Treatment Plant; one from Antone Nachado to renevr lease for 14.8 acres at ~5.00 per acre per year and one from Dr. D. L. Wycoff to lease 20 acres at $5.00 per acre per year. The Attorney was instructed to contact Mr. Machado ill~d Dr. Wycoff and ask for bids for the available 20 acres; these bids to be ready for the October 2, 1952, meeting. PETITIOiT FRON RHEEFi HI':'THLA1TDS ASSOCI~,TION Ií'OR THE FOR1V15\. TION OF A LOCAL INPROVEK~NT DISTRI CT ' It was moved by Member Spiegl, seconded by Member Roemer and unanimously carr:ied, that alettër be written explaining to the' peti ti oner's just what the vJeather problem is and that the District :Soard r:œefers to consj_der this problem after the winter rai ns are O\ier. If there are any objections to this delay to notify the Board. President Johnson directed the Secretary to H ri te the necessary letter. ~Ji'.SOLUTION NO. 758 HcNEvn~ EASFI'.!F:HT Preside~t Johnson requested the Attorney to explain the first HcNevin easement and the proposed second easer.lent to the Board. Hember Roemer, seconded by Nember Spiegl, moved the adoption of Resolution Ho. 758, accepting the nel-! NcNevin easement, carried by the followin!3; ':ote: AYES: l1embers Halott, Sa1i'ingere, 3pieg1, Ho3rner and Johnson NOES: None ABSffiJT: None Resolution No. 758, on file in the office of the Secretary, is hereby referred to and by referenee m,de a part hereof. BASS EASETiliNT TO SERVE SCHNEI::JER PROPER'rY S1JBDIVISION The Engineer explained the savinß to the District æ~d to the sub- dividers of the Schneider Property if this easement was obta.i ned for the proposed subdivision. Nr. Anders on, representinD: the o'lrmers of the Schneider Property, informed the Board that they would be 'Hillin~ to pay l'1r. Bass ~~500.00 for the easement. 09 ~~ ~~ 100 "," v --' It was moved by Member Roemer, seconded by Member Spiegl, roîd unanimously carried, that this matter be referred to the Engineer until the October 2,1952, meeting to give the Engineer an opportunity to discuss the acquisition of the easement with Mr. Bass. LOCAL n1PROVEl~Ej'JT DISTRICT NO. 26 M1"'. C. 'iJ. Lance, Box 12, Moraga, addressed the Board on behalf of the Horaga Improvement Associ ation and requested information as to why Local Improvement District No. 26 had been delayed. The lliîgineer explained the delay was due to the disputed boundary of the improver:lent district onthe'part of some of the residents and negotiations with the Boraga Company in order to arrive at a satisfactory solution for all concerned. Discussion followed. ); It was the concensus that the local improvement district vlOulcl proceed with the boundaries as set by the County Health Department. The Engineer stated that plro1s ffi1d specifications would be ready for this local improvement district one month from date. President Johnson requested that Mr. Lance be notified when the plans and specifications are completed. PAVING OF LAKE WAY, AND REPAVING OP LANE, LAKEWOOD AREA, WALNUT CREEK Two bids were received for the paving of Lake ¡¡Jay as folloVTs: McGeehon Bros., 2460 Warren Road, WalrnJt Creek, F. A. Andrews, 11 Home Place East, Oakland, Lump Sum ~?46 6.00 Lump Sum ~Þ960 .00 Two bids were received for the repavin~ of Lane, Lakewood, as follows: McGeehon Bros., 2460 Warren Road, Walnut Creek, F. A. Andrews, 11 Home Place East, Oakland, Lump Sum ~?888. 50 Lump S um3!;2LL C:::O .00 " ,/ It was moved by Member Roemer, seconded by Member Malott, and unanimously carried, that the District Board accept the low bids of McGeehon Bros., for the p?-vine; of Lake t'.Jay and Lane, Lakewood, 1:Jalnut Creek, in the amounts of $466.00 and $888.50 respectively. CITY OF CONCORD Mr. Nejedly informed the Board that the City of Concord had extended an invitation for a dinner meeting between the officials of the City and the Sanitary District to discuss areas lying between the City of Concord and the Sanitary District for probable future ffi1nexations in order to eliminate the practice of parties interested in providin~ sewer service to their properties using the City of Concord and the Sanitary District as Hedges against each other. ' The Office Manager was instructed to make the arrangements. FUTURE ANNEXATIONS It was agreed by the District Board that it Hill be a rule of , procedure in the future that any property owner requesting the District 'to initiate annexation proceedings post a cash bond to cover anticipated costs for preparing necessary descriptions, maps, petitions, etc., in an amount to be set by the Board in accordance with size and type of proposed annexation. 09 22 52 -~ r,\ l' .kV HEQUEST TO RESCIND ORDINANCE NO. 19 Mr. David Dolgin addressed the Board in regard to Ordinance No. 19,o.s to whether the Board 1¡JÍshed to litigate the legal issues involved or rescind the ordinance. Hr. Dolç¡;in requested that the ordinance be rescinded because his client is not in a position to appeal the case in the event the Court's decision was not favorable to his client. ~ Mr. Nejedly su~gested that the Board continue with the case b~cause it is in the interest of the District to 1iti~ate the le~a1 issues involved because it affects other ordinances of the District as well as Ordinance No. 1<7. Discussion followed. President Johnson stated that the matter should be referred to the Attorney and let go aloDr: its regular course. ADJOUmŒENT President John.son adjourned the meetin~ to the next regul'?,r meeting on October 2, 19S2, at 8:00 o'cloc1c p.m. COUH'I'ERSIGNED: /~;v/~ Secretary'o the District 50ard of the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Contra Costa County, State of California. 09 22 ~' ,...-~ ~'k