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WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22~ 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 June 24, 1981.
2. Scheduled Public Statements
3. Correspondence
~ a) Letter from Rosedale Rio Bravo Water
Storage District dated June 29, 1981
regarding City's Master Spreading
Agreement.
~ b) Letter dated July 13, 1981 and attach-
ments from George W. Nickel, Jr. re'
garding Kern County Water Agency use
of City's 2800 acres.
c) Letter from Kern County Water Agency
dated July 15, 1981 including a copy
of Kern County Water Agency Comments
on City of Bakersfield Proposed Master
Spreading Agreement.
4.Request from stanley C'. Hatch, ~special water attorney for hourly
rate increase. - FOR BOARD ACTION.
5. Proposed Water Board response to Olcese Water District letter dated
June 15, 1981 regarding outline of improvements to City's 2800
acres. - FOR BOARD ACTION.
6. Domestic Water Items.
7. Staff Comments
8. Board Comments
9. Ad j ourru~ent ]~_~~~ j~~'
MINUTES
WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 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 roil as follows:
Present: Barton, Payne, Ratty, Kelmar, Oberholzer
Absent: None
The minutes from the meeting of June 24,, 1981, were approved as
presented.
SCHEDULED PUBLIC STATEMENTS
At this time Mr. George Nickel presented and read to the board
a letter from Mel McColloch, President of Olcese Water District
dated June 22, 1981, regarding the outline of improvements to
the City's 2800 acres.
CORRESPONDENCE
A letter from Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District dated
June 29, 1981, regarding City's Master Spreading Agreement was
presented to the board. Mr. Ratty made a motion that the letter
be received and referred to staff for response. The motion was
passed.
Letter dated July 13, 1981, and attachments from GeorgeW. Nickel, Jr.
regarding Kern County Water Agency use of City's 2800 acres was
presented to the board. Mr. Oberholzer made a motion that the
letter be received and placed on file. The motion was passed.
Letter from Kern County Water Agency dated July 15, 1981, includ-
ing a copy of Kern County Water Agency Comments on City of Bakers-
field Proposed Master Spreading Agreement was presented to the
board. Mr. Ratty made a motion that the letter be received and
referred to staff for their review and comments. The motion was
passed.
Letter from Mel McColloch read to ;the.board under Scheduled Public
Statements, upon motion by Mr. Ratty, was received and placed on
file. The motion was passed.
A request from Stanley C. Hatch, special water attorney for an
hourly rate increase was presented to the board. After discussion
Mr. Ratty made a motion that the Modification of Agreement be
approved and the Chairman authorized to sign.
Proposed Water Board response to Olcese Water District letter
dated June 15, 1981, regarding outline of improvements to City's
2800 acres was presented to the board. M~. Kelmar made a motion
that the letter be signed by the Chairman and sent to Mr. McColloch.
The motion was passed.
At this time Mr. Hawley asked for authorization of emergency
action on repairing the pump bowls .at Well No. 9, located on
Quailwood Drive. Mr. Hawley explained that on July 14, 1981,
Well No. 9 stopped pumping due to failure of the pump shaft
and bowls. If another well were to go out of service the
system would not be capable of meeting pea~ summer demands.
California Water Service Company has estimated the repair cost
to be $8,000.00 and recommends immediate action to get this
well back in service. Staff concurs with this recommendation
and asks authorization for emergency action to water bid
procedures. Funds are available within the 1981-82 budget.
Mr. Oberholzer made a motion to approve the emergency action
and recommend to the City Council for adoption. The motion
was passed.
At this time Mr. Hawley presented to the board a list of thirteen
(13) Mainline Extension Agreements with Revised Refund Costs to
the board. Mr. Hawley, also, presented nine (9) New Mainline
Extension,Agreements which have not been brought before the
board previously, this particular group amounts to $393,051.94
including 387 new services. At this time Mr. Payne made a
motion that the Revised Mainline Extension Agreements and the
New Mainline Extension Agreements be approved. The motion was
passed.
At this time Mr. Hawley presented the Domestic Water Enterprise
Proposed Capital Outlay Program Fiscal Years 1981-82 and 1982-83.
After discussion Mr. Kelmar made a motion that the budget be
approved and submitted to the City Council and, also, that the
budget be submitted to Thomas M. Stetson, Consulting Engineer
for the City for an evaluation. The motion was passed.
At this time Mr. Payne asked that a written response to the
George Nickel Plan be brought back to the board. Mr. Chafin
stated a response would be brought back to the board and that
copies.of the plan have been sent to Stanley Hatch and Thomas
Stetson.
There being no further busineSs to come before the board, .Chair-
man Barton adjourned the meeting at 4:35 P.M.
~ s J. B~ton, Chairman
'City of Bakersfield Water Board
· Hostmyer, S~etary
City of Bakersfiel~ Water Board