HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/03/80 AGENDA
WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
¥~DNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1980
4:00 P.M.
Call meeting to order
Roll Call - Board Members: Barton, Chairman; Payne, Ratty, Bergen,
Hoagland
1. Approve minutes of regular board meeting of August 13, 1980.
2. Scheduled Public Statements
3. Correspondence - None
4. Update to Water Board regarding lawsuit filed by Kern County Water
Agency to dete~line ownership of Cross Valley Canal. - FOR BOARD
INFORMATION.
5. Staff Comments
6. Board Comments
7. Adjournment
ROLL CALL
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD - WATER BOARD
TYPE ~ETING: ~ REGULAR
SPECIAL
OTHER (SPECIFY)
MEMBERS PRESENT:
JAMES J. BARTON, CHAIRMAN ........ 831-0098
3114 Laurel Drive 93304
THOMAS A. PAYNE, VICE- CHAIRMAN..327-5161
3708 Alum Avenue 93309
DONALD K. RATTY .................. 327-2681 ~
1700 Chester Avenue 93301
H.E. BERGEN ...................... 861-2751~L
1501 Truxtun Avenue 93301
KENNETH W. HOAGLAND .............. 861-2721 ~
1501 Truxtun Avenue 93301
STAFF PRESENT:
JOHN E. CHAFIN, WATER MANAGER
~ GENE W. BOGART, WATER SUPERINTENDENT
JOHN HANSEN, DOMESTIC WATER SUPERINTENDENT
OTHERS PRESENT:
SECRETARY
MINUTES
WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1980
4:00 P.M.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Barton in the City
Hall Caucus Room.
The secretary called the roll a's follows:
Present: Barton, Bergen, Hoagland
Absent: Payne, Ratty
Staff Present: Bogart, Chafin, Hansen, Hostmyer
Others Present: Michael R. Rector, Water Resources Consultant James R. Underhill
The minutes from the regular meeting of July 16, 1980, were ~
approved as presented.
Correspondence
a) Letter to J. Norman Dawe, President of the Board of
Directors of Kern-Tulare Water District from James J.
Barton, Chairman City of Bakersfield Water Board
in response to Mr. Dawe's letter of June 17, 1980
regarding Kern Delta 1979 Systems Improvement Project
Was presented 'to the board for consideration.
After a discussion by board and staff Mr. Hoagland made a motion
that the letter be approved and mailed to Mr. Dawe. The motion
was passed.
b) Letter from North Kern Water Storage District request-
ing a one (1) time transfer of portions of their basic
contract water with the City of Bakersfield for use
in the Rosedale Ranch Improvement District this year
only, was presented to the board at this time.
After a brief discussion by board and staff Mr Hoagland made
a motion that the letter be received and placed on file
and, also, that a one (1) time transfer of portions of their
basic contract water for use in the Rosedale Ranch Improvement
District this year only, be approved. The motion was passed.
Water Board letter to Regional Water Quality Control Board, State
of California, regarding State funding for City's engineering
and improvements on 2800 acre recharge basin was presented to
the board for consideration. At this time Water Superintendent
Bogart introduced Michael R. Rector to the board and skated
that he had helped staff in the drafting of the above letter.
After discussion Mr. Hoagland made a motion that the letter be
approved and mailed to the Regional Quality Control Board. The
motion was passed.
Staff Comments
Mr. Bogart reported to the board that he, Dennis Needham and Dave
Kennon of the Planning Department had attended the dedication of
a three (3) megawatt Low-Head Hydro facility yesterday at the
Turlock Irrigiation District. He informed the board that they
had met Lee Sheldon, a former employee of the Corps of Engineers,
who is now a Low-Head Power Specialist with the Department of
Energy. Mr. Sheldon returned to Bakersfield with them specifically
to tour the potential Kern River Hydro sites and get his imput
..on the project.
Domestic Water Superintendent John Hansen informed the board that
the Economic Development Act Grant has been received and it will
be going to the City Council tonight for action. Construction
should begin on the Fairhaven project within the next 90 days.
There being no further business to come before the board, Chair-
man Barton adjourned the meeting at 4:55 P.M.
Linda Hostmyer, Secretary
City of Bakersfield Water Board
James J. Barton, Chairman
City of Bakersfield Water Board
Tenneco
'" -west, Inc. P.O. Box 9380 ~NNECO~
A Tenneco Company Bakersfield, California 93309
(805) 832-9010
William T. Balch
Executive Vice President
August 20, 1980
City of Bakersfield
1501Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Attention: Mr. John E. Chafin, Water Manager
Gentlemen:
This letter is for the purpose of setting forth the Agreement
between the City of Bakersfield ("City") and Tenneco West, Inc.
("TWI") to purchase additional water from the City this year.
It is understood that prior to November 1980, the City will
have stored in excess of 100,000 acre feet by delivery and per-
colation into the groundwater basin in the City's spreading
grounds between Renfro Road and Interstate Highway 5, in and
adjacent to the Kern River, upstream from Second Point of
Measurement.
City hereby agrees to sell and TWI hereby agrees to purchase
from City 100,000 acre feet of said water in place.
The price for said water shall be $3.00 per acre foot, paya61e
by TWI to the City in the amount of $300,000.00 on January 10,
1981; or in the alternative, at TWI's option, in the amount of
$100,000.00 on January 10, 1981, with the balance payable in
two equal installments on January 10, 1982 and January 10,
1983, with interest on the unpaid principal at nine percent
(9%) per annum, payable with each installment.
This Agreement shall not be construed as establishing a prece-
dent for the sale of future water s'tored by City in said spread-
ing grounds to TWI.
If this letter adequately sets forth our joint understanding of
this matter, we would appreciate an appropriate representative
of the City signing on the approval line below.
Very truly yours,
APPROVED:
City of Bakersfield Date