HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/03/82 AGENDA
WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1982
4:00 P.M.
Call meeting to order
Roll Call- Board Members: Barton, Chairman; Payne, Ratty, Kelmar
Oberhol zer
1. Approve minutes of regular meeting of January 13, 1982.
2. Scheduled Public Statements
3. Correspondence
4. Letter from Kern County Water Agency. dated January 29, 1982,
regarding the separation of Improvement District No. 4. FOR
BOARD ACTION.
5. Staff Comments
6. Board Co~L,,L,ents
7. Adjournment
MINUTES
WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1982
4:00 P.M.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Barton in the
Department of Water Conference Room.
The secretary called the roll as follows:
Present: Barton, Kelmar, Oberholzer
Absent: Payne, Ratty
The minutes from the meeting of January. 13, 1982, were approved ~,
as presented.
Letter from Kern County Water Agency dated January 29, 1982,
regarding the separation of Imp~o~emen~District No. 4 was
presented to the board. At this time Mr. Kelmar made the
following motion: (1) the Water Board authorize Chairman
Barton to make a report to the City Council this evening
to obtain City Council's support for legislation to separate
Improvement District No4 from the Kern. County Water Agency
which legislation should require a vote of the people in
Improvement District No. 4, (2) the council authorize the
Chairman of the Water Board to appear before the Kern County
Board of Supervisors next Tuesday, February 9, 1982, to
solicit their support for the legislation and (3) to autho-
rize our consultants to move as expeditiously as possible to
get the necessary legislation to the legislative council in
Sacramento. .Mr. Kelmar believes assemblyman Rogers has in-
dicated if there is support from everyone he will be very
happy to carry the bill. As a Part of the motion Mr. Kelmar
requested that the letter from the Kern County Water Agency.
be received and placed on file and ~he deadline for getting
the bill to Sacramento of March 11, 1982, be met. The
motion was passed.
STAFF COMMENTS
At this time Water Manager Chafin presented to the board a
redraft of the Spreading Agreement between the City of Bakers-
field and the Kern County Water Agency. It was redrafted after
meetings with the Kern County Water Agency staff, Mr. Pyle,
their counsel Mr. Gargano, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Stetson and Mr. Chafin.
He requested that the board approve the Agreement as to qoncept
and proceed with the environmental process. Mr. Kelmar stated
he felt on page six (6), item (d) of the Agreement which reads,
"If any,~Kern River water is spread and extracted pursuant to
this Agreement it shall not be used by Agency, its successors
or assigns, on any land not overlying the Kern County Ground-
water Basin without the prior approval of the City." Along
with the Agreement perhaps there should be a map attachment
as an illustration showing the boundaries of the San Joaquin
Valley portion of the groundwater basin. At this time Mr.
Oberholzer made a motion that the Spreading Agreement be approved
as to concept and that the attachment of bondaries be defined
in item (d), page six (6), and that we proceed with the Environ-
mental Review. The motion was passed.
BOARD COMMENTS
Mr. Kelmar stated that he felt both of the items that were
acted upon today were very significant actions as far as
the urban area is concerned and, also, the entire water
community. Mr. Kelmar is well pleased with the progress.
There being no further business to come before the board,
Chairman Barton adjourned the meeting at 4:20 P.M.
~.mes J. ~rton, Chairman
Pity of Bakersfield Water Board
. Y . r oard