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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/28/78 ~A'~G E N D-.A WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1978 4:00 P. M. Call meeting to order Roll Call - Board Members: Rogers, Chairman; Barton, Bergen, Hoagland, Ratty 1. Approve minutes of regular board meeting of June 7, 1978 2. Letter dated June 23, 197E, from California Water Service Company in regard to computer billing error on a total of 1,353 accounts for the month of June. ~ DISCUSSION, BOARD TO DETEP~MINE ACTION. Staff Comments 4. Board Comments 5. Adjournment MINUTES WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1978 4:00 P.M. The meeting was called to 'order at 4:00 P.M. in the City Hall Caucus Room. The Secretary called the roll as follows: Present: Rogers, Bergen, Hoagland, Ratty Absent: Barton Staff Present: Chafin, Bogart, Combs, Needham, Howard, Hostmyer The minutes from the regular meeting of June 7, 1978, were approved as presented. George Nickel, President, Nickel Enterprises; Bob Lewis, District Engineer, California Water Service Company; Earl Smith, President of Board of Directors of Fairhaven Industrial Fire Protection District; Chuck Mandl, President of Fairhaven Industrial Fire Protection District; and Ernest Kartinen, Senior Civil Engineer, Boyle Engineering; also, attended the meeting. A letter dated June 23, 1978, from California Water Service Company in regard to computer billing error on a total of 1,353 accounts for the month of June was presented to the board. Kim Combs, Accountant for the Department of Water gave the following statement regarding this matter: I was first made aware of this error last Thursday morning when I received a phone call from Water Service Company in San Jose. Mr. DiMartino of California In reviewing the possible courses of action that can be taken here, with Mr. DiMartino and, also, with our outside consultants, two alternatives have been suggested. They are: (1) California Water Service could mail out a special billing to cover this error immediately with a special notice explaining the error in detail along with an apology and requesting payment for the. additional amount currently due and payable. In addition to the notice, California Water Service should, also, enclose a self- addressed, stamped envelope to facilitate the payment of the additional billing; (2) California Water Service could add this additional amount due and payable to next month's bill and, again, enclose a special notice explaining in detail the error in the previous billing. It is.. the recommendation of the staff'which is f~lly supported by our consulting engineer that the first alternative be chosen as the course of action to be taken. That is, a special billing with a notice and self-addressed stamped envelope be prepared and mailed as soon as possible by California Water Service Company. Dr. Ratty made a motion that alternative number one (1) listed above be used. The motion was passed. Dr. Ratty made a motion that the staff prepare a draft letter which can be mailed to cus.tomers of the Domestic Water System showing the need for a rate increase as suggested by Mr. Bergen at the Water Board meeting on June 7, 1978. The motion was passed. A Letter of Agreement dated June 27, 1978, between the City of Bakersfield and Olcese Water District addressed to George Nickel amending Agreement No. 77-07 dated November 7, 1978, was brought before the board. George Nickel at this time addressed the 'board saying that he felt this letter was valuable to the City as well as Olcese. Mr. Nickel would like to have the opportu- nity to recover a portion of that water which will not be needed for a period of time in order to offset some of the costs involved and make it economically feasible to proceed with the improvements. Mr. Hoagland suggested that on page two (2), item six (6) of the Agreement the word '%mmediately' be omitted and the words '~ith due diligence' be inserted. Mr. Bergen made a motion that we approve the Agreement as modified. The motion was passed. Staff Comments Fire Chief, Dennis Needham presented a letter to the board that he had written on June 28, 1978, to Mr. Earl Smith, President of the Board of Directors of Fairhaven Industrial Fire Protection District as response to their letter of June 23, 1978. Mr. Earl Smith, at this time presented a map of the area to the board. Mr. Smith addressed the board stating that he and other representatives of Fairhaven were attending the board meeting to see what the City's action will be on the matter so that they can determine what to do. After further discussion Mr. Bergen made a motion that the staff come back to the board at an early date with a plan and/or recommendations on how we can develop a water system to serve areas within the City, and if possible the plans should be integrated with the proposed development of Fairhaven Industrial Fire Protection District. At this time Chuck Mandl President of Fairhaven Industrial Fire Protection District, addressed the board stating the reason the district was formed was to supply water to the plants in the area on a nonprofit basis, and he feels the same thing could apply going across the street supplying it to the City of Bakersfield. Ernie Kartinen, Senior Civil Engineer with Boyle Engineering, at this time addressed the board asking how the City was going to serve the area in question. Mr. Bergen informed him that this question will be answered in the plan prepared by the City staff. Mr. Bergen suggested that a City representative attend the meetings of the Fairhaven Industrial Fire Protection District. Board Comments Dr. Ratty asked what had occurred regarding the Army Corps of Engineers turning back operation of the Isabella Reservoir to the users. Water Manager Chafin explained that the Army Corps of Engineers has set flood control criteria for the operation of reservoir space in years of hgih watershed yield. This year the Corps took over the operation of Isabella Reservoir on April 5, 1978, and put the project on mandatory flood control release. They returned the operation to the Kern River Water Master on Monday, June 26, 1978. The main difference between the operation by the Corps and the irrigation interest is the Corps determine on a daily basis what the outflow from the dam shall be and most generally there is a difference in ownership of the water. ~Mr. Bergen presented to Chairman Rogers a booklet from Mr. Lee Froman, President of North Kern Water Storage District, of testimony on the 160-Acre Limitation from their recent trip to Washington, D. C. on June 8, 1978. There being no further business to come before the board, Chairman Rogers adjourned the meeting at 5:15 P. M. I~in~a Hostmyer',~ Secretar~ City.of Bakersfield Water Board