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WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1981
4:00 P.M.
Call meeting to order
Roll Call - Board Members: Barton, Chairman; Payne, Ratty, Kelmar,
Oberholzer
1. Approve minutes of regular meeting of January 14, 1981.
2. Scheduled Public Statements.
3. Correspondence
Incoming:
a) ~Letter from Michael R. Rector' (Consulting Geologist
to Water Board) dated January 9, 1981.
b) Letter from Gilbert Castle, Manager, Kern Delta
Water District dated January 16, 1981 in response
to City's inquiry to Kern Delta/North Kern exchange.
~ c) Letter from Ken Wegis, Chairman, Kern County Water
Districts Advisory Committee dated January 8, 1981,
regarding a proposed program to enhance the water
supply to Kern County.
4. Report on Improvement District #4 Advisory Committee tour'of Kern
River facilities on Friday, January 16, 1981.
5. Staff Comments
6. Board Comments
7. Adjournment
MINUTES
WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1981
4:00 P.M.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Barton in the Depart-
ment of Water Conference Room.
The secretary called the roll as follows:
Present: Barton, Payne, Ratty
Absent: Kelmar, Oberholzer
Staff Present: Chafin, Hawley, Hostmyer
Others Present: Tom Clark, Nickel Enterprises
Chris Garren, River West
The minutes from the meeting of January 14, 1981, were approved
as presented.
Letter from Michael R. Rector, Consulting Geologist to the Water
Board dated. January 9, 1981, was presented to the board. Mr.
Ratty made a motion that the letter be received and placed on
file. The motion was passed.
Letter from Gilbert Castle,. Manager, Kern Delta Water District
dated January 16, ~1981, in response to City's inquiry to Kern
Delta/North Kern exchange was presented to the board. Mr.
Payne made a motion that the letter be received and placed on
file. The motion was passed.
Letter from Ken Wegis, Chairman of the Kern County Water Dis-
tricts Advisory Committee dated January 8, 1981, regarding a
proposed program to enhance the w~ater supply to Kern County
was presented to the board. Mr. Payne made a motion that the
letter be received and referred to Mr. Hatch, Mr. Stetson and
the Ci~ty staff for a report and study, then brought back to
the board at a later time. The motion was passed.
At this time Mr. Chafin gave a report on the Improvement Dis-
trict #4 Advisory Committee tour of Kern River facilities con-
ducted ~on Friday, January 16, 1981. Mr. Chafin stated that the
purpose of this tour was to acquaint the members of the Advisory
Committee with the relationship of Improvement District #4 to
the joint operations with City facilities and some of the his-
tory of thee Kern River.
Staff Comments
Mr. Chafin brought the board up'to-date on the City's 2800 acres
stating that a meeting will be held Friday, January 23, 1981,
with the City's Consulting Engineering firm Ricks, Taylor &
Associates to begin talking about some plans and alternatives
for enhancement of the groundwater spreading area of the 2800
acres.
At this time Mr. Hawley~, Public Works Director presented the
Domestic Enterprise Comparative Income Statement for the First
Half Ended December 31, 1979 and December 31, 1980 to the board
for information only.
There being no further business to come before the board, Chair-
man Barton adjourned the meeting at 4:40 P.M.
~~t~n , Chairman
~ity of Bakersfield Water Board
o s r_myer, SeCretary
City of Bakersfield Water Board