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WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1980
4:00 P.M.
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MINUTES
WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 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 as follows:
Present: ~Barton, Payne, Ratty, Hoagland
Absent: Bergen
Staff Present: Bogart, Chafin, Hansen, Hostmyer, Kelmar, Silvius
Others Present: Gordon Ricks, Ricks, Taylor & Associates, Inc.
Gayle Schontzler, The Bakersfield Californian
The minutes from the meeting of Wednesday, May 7, 1980, were
approved as corrected and the minutes from the recessed meeting
of Thursday, May 8, 1980, were approved as presented.
At this time Domestic Water Superintendent John Hansen presented
to the board and recommended the adoption of the 1980-81 Domestic
Water Enterprise Operating and Capital Outlay Program. ~After a
brief outline of the budget by Mr. Hansen, Mr. Payne made a motion
that the budget be approved and submitted to the City Council.
The motion was passed.
At this time Gordon Ricks of Ricks, Taylor & Associates, Inc.
addressed the board. He spoke on the incorporation of Low-Head
Power Generation on the river weir structures. Mr. Ricks stated
that because of recent Public Utility Commission rulings requiring
utilities to buy generated power and since the pricing structure
for power had increased dramatically since the first of the year,
the incorporation of power into the Beardsley and Carrier structures
now'appears feasible. At this time a lengthy discussion followed
between board and staff regarding Mr. Rick's report.
Staff Comments
At this time a letter addressed to the Water Board from William T.
Balch, ExeCutive Vice President of Tenneco West, Inc. dated May 12,
1980, was read to the board. ~he letter was in regard to Tenneco's
plan for a canal system which would divert surplus State waters
into the James and Pioneer Canal systems. Mr. Chafin recommended
that the letter be reviewed and the reply brought back to the next
Water Board meeting. Mr. Hoagland made a motion that the letter
be received and placed on file. The motion was passed.
Mr. Hoagland at this time made a motion that the staff get together
with Consultants Stanley C. Hatch and Thomas M. Stetson and review
the engineering concepts of the Low-Head Power Generation reports
that were presented here today by Gordon Ricks of Ricks, Taylor and
Associates, Inc., and report back when the results are available
Also, sound out the attitudes of other First Point agencies as to
participation in the program. The motion was passed.
Water Manager Chafin stated that at the meeting of May 8, 1980,
Mr. Bergen made a motion that the board send a letter to the Kern
· County Water Agency to obtain information regarding the $100,000.00
that had been expended for percolation areas and where the funds
had been obtained. At this time the letter to the Kern County
Water Agency was made avialable for Chairman Barton's signature
and it will be sent to the Kern County Water Agency.
Mr. Hansen informed the board that the 2 million gallon tank
study that is being done in the Ashe System is being reviewed
by the board, staff, consultants and other intereSted parties.
Mr. Hansen feels that they are in the process of finalizing
their recommendations to be brought back to the board. One
comment that seems to be universal is the question of whether
using natural gas engines as a prime source of pumping water
to the storage site is acceptable in a residential area due
to the noise levels. Mr. Hansen invited board members to
attend a tour next week of existing facilities in the Los Angeles
area to examine the noise levels. Mr.~ Payne and Mr. Ratty in-
dicated that they would be interested in going to Los Angeles
for the tour.
Board Comments
Chairman Barton stated that he had invited C.H. Williams, Engineer-
Manager of North Kern Water Storage District who is the lead organ-
ization in the Cloud Seeding Program to attend our next Water
Board meeting to bring the board up to date on the Cloud Seeding
Program and on the recent seminar that was held in Santa Barbara,
California.
There be~hg no further business to come before the~ board, Chair-
man'Barton adjourned the meeting at 5:05 P.M.
J~es J. ~arton, Ch'airman
City of Bakersfield Water Board
Linda Hostmyer,~
City of Bakersfield Water Board
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