HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/01/80 WATER BO~ - CI~ OF B~E~FIE~NEE~
~D~SDAY, OC~BER 1, 1980
4:00 P.M.
Call meeting to order
Roll Call- Board Membe'rs: Barton, Chairman; Payne, Ratty, Bergen
Oberholzer
1. Approve minutes of regular meeting of September 3, 1980..
2. Scheduled Public Statements.
3. Correspondence
Incoming:
a) Letter from David A. Head, Supervisor Second
District, dated August 22, 1980, regarding
t]%e coordination of a pro-water organization,
addIessed to Chairm~Lan Barton.
4. A reconunendation will be made to the board on obtaining a con-.
sultant for the Preliminary Kern River Open Space Land Use Plan. -
FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION.
5. Staff _Con, nan,ts /2,_~.
6. Board Comments
7. Ad j ournment
MINUTES
WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 19 80
4:00 P.M.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Barton in the City
Hall Caucus 'Room.
The secretary called the ~oll as follows:
Present: Bartoq, Payne,' 'Ratty, Oberholzer
Absent: Bergen
Staff Present: Chafin, Hansen, Hawley
Others Present: Melvin Jans, Vice-President, Tenneco West, Inc.
Gayle Schontzler, The Bakersfield Californian
Chuck Tolfree, Manager Tenneco Realty Deve.lop-
ment
The minutes from the regular meeting of September 3, 1980, were
approved as presented.
Co~mf~unication from 'David A. Head, Supervisor Second District,
dated August 22, 1980, regarding the coordination of a pro-
water organization, addressed to Chairman Barton was presented
to the board. After a brief discussion Mr. Ratty made a motion
that the letter be received and placed on file. The motion was.
passed.
At. this time a recommendation was made to the board for considera-
ti°~ on obtaining a consultant for the Preliminary Kern River Open
Space Land Use Plan. At this time Water Manager Chafin asked
Dale Hawley, Public Works Director to present the Plan. Mr.
Hawley stated that requests for proposals were presented to five
(5) firms and proposals from two (2) firms have been received.
The.firm of Lusich, Lusich, Morales & Associates, Inc. has offer-
ed to do the study for the sum of $20,500.00 and the proposal
from the firm of Rickett, Ward & Delmarter who have offered .to
do the work for the sum of $23,500.00. A staff committee from
the Public Works Department, the Development Services Department
and the Department of Water have reviewed these two (2) proposals,
and based upon an understanding of the work to be done and, also,
the experience~and qualifications of the staff available, the work
load of the two firms, it is the staff's recommendation that the
firm of Rickett, Ward & Delmarter be selected to prepare the land
use plan. Mr. Hawley stated that their fee is slightly higher,
however, they will be doing a more thorough hydro-geologic
analysis on the two (2) parcels that are in question 'in the
vicinity of Mohawk Street. Also, they have retained a subcontractor
Bill Park, who is a Consulting Geologist and Quad Consultants who
are planners and environmental specialists.
After a lengthy discussion between board and staff, Mr. Ratty
made a motion that the staff's recommendation to use Rickett,
Ward & Delmarter to establish a Kern River'Open Space Land Use
Plan be accepted. At this time City Attorney Oberholzer added
the following items as an amendment to the motion:
1) That the staff should approve the agreement
and it should be reviewed by the City Attorney
before the final agreement is brought back to
.the board for approval.
2) This agreement will state that payment for
each completed task will be made to con-
~- sultant after the task has been approved by
the board.
3) Upon completion Copies of the Agreement are
to. be submitted to the City Counci]~.
The motion was passed.
Staff Comments
Mr. Hawley informed the board that a request had been received
from the Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce for authorization to
include a 3"x 5" insert in the next Domestic Water billing mailer
to residents to promote agriculture in Kern County. Mr. Ratty
made a motion that the insert be mailed. The motion was passed.
At this time Domestic Water Superintendent John Hansen presented
for board information only fourteen (14) Mainline Extension
Agreements to the board with Tenneco Realty Development Corp-
oration
At 4:45 P.M. the meeting was recessed to Executive Session for
the purpose~f discussing possible litigation.
The regular meeting was reconvened at 4:55 P.M.
There being no further business to come before t~e board, Chair-
man Bamton adjourned the meeting at 4:56 P.M.
Thomas A. Payne, Vi~e Chairman
City of Bakersfield Water Board
~inda Hostmyer, SecreF~ry
City of Bakersfield W~ter Board