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AGENDA
WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1978
4:00 P.M.
Call Meeting to order
Roll Call - Board Members: Rogers, Chairman; Barton, Bergen, Hoagland,
Ratty
1. Approve minutes of regular board meeting of December 14, 1977.
2. Operations and Maintenance'Service Agreements between City and
Tenneco West, Inc. and between City and Rosedale-Rio Bravo
Water Storage District. - BOARD APPROVE AGREEmeNTS AND AUTHORIZE
CHAIrmAN TO SIGN.
3. Quitclaim Deed from City of Bakersfield to Tenneco West, Inc.
for portions of redefined right-of-way on Calloway canal south
of Rosedale Highway. - BOARD TO APPROVE QUITCLAIM DEED AND
AUTHORIZE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN.
4. Agreement between City of Bakersfield and Tenneco West, Inc.
for utilization of River Canal. - BOARD APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE
CHAIP~g~N TO SIGN.
5. Letter of December 22, 1977 to City Council from Central Valley
Region, State Water Quality Control Board regarding proposed
"WATER WELL STA~IDARDS FOR KERN COUNTY". - BOARD TO DETERM. INE
ACTION.
6. Staff Comments
7. Board Comments
8. Adjournment
M~I N U~T E S
WATER BOARD - CITY OF BkKE~FIELD
WEDNESDAYv FEBRUARY 1, 1978
4: 00 P .M.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Rogers in the City
Hall Caucus Room.
The Secretary called the roll as follows:
Present: Rogers, Hoagland, Ratty, (Bergen arrived at 4:04 P.M.)
Absent: Barton
Bill Balch, Executive Vice-President, Tenneco West, Inc. and
Bob Bellue, District Engineer, Kern County Water Agency; also,
attended the meeting.
The minutes for the meeting of December 14, 1977, were presented
for approval. The minutes were corrected as to Mr. Bergen's
comments regarding the City's adoption of a policy regarding
the public use of the City's property in and adjacent to the
Kern River bed.' Relative'to this matter Mr. Bergen stated
that he felt it was extremely important that the City make
contacts with interested and effected parties. Along with
requests ~for other uses he feels that specific recOmmendations
should be put together bY the staff, working with Mr. Stetson,
the Public Works Department, and the Parks Department so that
the Board will have something to evaluate. Mr. Bergen stated
that we need'.a map indicating the property the City owns with
the access to it so that we could start deli~eating~areas f0r~
certain activities. Mr. Bergen feels that if we do not accom-
plish this soon we are going to 'have a problem in the future.
Operations and Maintenance Service Agreements between the City
of Bakersfield' and Tenneco West, Inc. and between the City of
Bakersfield and Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District were
presented to the Board. After discussion Mr. Hoagland made a
motion that the Board approve the agreements and authorize the
Chairman to sign. The motion was carried.
A Quitclaim Deed from the City of Bakersfield to Tenneco West,
Inc. for portions of redefined right-of-way on the Calloway
.Canal south of Rosedale Highway was presented to the Board.
After a brief description of the Quitclaim Deed'was given by
Gene Bogart, Mr. Hoagland made a motion to approVe the Quit-
claim Deed and authorize the Chairman to sign subject to con-
firming that there is no materia~ deviations from the exhibits
on the prime contract. The motion was carried.
An Agreement between .the City of Bakersfield and Tenneco West,
Inc. for utilization of the River Canal was presented to the
Board. After discussion Dr. Ratty made a motion that the Board
approve the agreement and authorize the Chairman to sign. The
motion was carried.
A letter dated December 22, 1977, to the City Council from Central
Valley Region, State Water Quality Control Board regarding pro-
posed "Water Well Standards for Kern County", was brought before
the Board. After discussion Mr. Hoagland made a motion which
was carried that John Chafin research this matter relative to
deadlines and so forth and report back to the Board.
Staff..~omments
Kim Combs, Accountant for the Department of Water, informed the
Board that we are having a financial problem operating our
Domestic Water System. The City is being hurt by several things,
including our debt service fund, Domestic Water is obligated to
pick up a portion of the bond interest expense and, also, the
bond principal payments. Another of our major expenses is a
pump tax charged by the Kern County Water Agency. which is going
to go up to $20.00 per acre foot next July 1st. After discussion
Mr. Bergen made a motion that the staff meet with Mr. Stetson as
quickly as possible and report back to the Board with a specific
recommendation that would include a differential rate on a rea-
sonable basis. The motion was passed.
Board-Comments
Mr. Bergen informed the Board that it had been brought to his
attention that the Kern County Water Agency has suggested an
amendment to their act which would delete the budget hearing
that is presently required before the Kern County Board of
Supervisors. Mr. Bergen has talked with several supervisors
and the City Attorney and he feels that this is moving in the
wrong direction. Dr. Ratty made a motion that the City Attorney
get together with the Chairman and prepare a written statement
of our feelings on the proposed State legislation to repeal
Section 7.3 of the Kern County Water Agency Act and submit it'
to the Board of Supervisors, the Kern County Water Agency as
well as our legislators. The motion was carried.
Mr. Bergen asked about the status of the Agreement'between the
City and Chevron U.S.A. and asked that the staff bring him up
to date on this matter at the next meeting.
Mr. Bellue addressed the Board stating that the Kern County
Water Agency had sent a letter to the City Council in answer
to the City's comments to their water conditioning report.
Including two agreements which were started with Tenneco, one
for the Calloway Canal and one for the Kern River, the agree-
ments were in use by the Kern County Water Agency for spread~
ing purposes.· They would like at this time the City's response
to these draft agreements. Mr.'Bergen made a motion that the
staff get together with our .consultant Tom Stetson and make a
recommendation to the Board working with a representative of
the Kern County Water Agency and, also, make sure that Tenneco
West, Inc. and other entities are aware of these agreements.
The motion was carried.
Mr. Balch, Executive Vice-President, Tenneco West, Inc., informed
the Board that he knew of several farmers within ID-4 that would
like to buy surface water this year and there is an opportunity
for revenue for the City's transportation as well as the Kern
County Water Agency of actually selling the water within ID-4
on a surface basis rather than dumping it into the river. Mr.
Balch hopes that the City does not overlook this opportunity.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the
Chairman adjourned the meeting at 4:50 P.M.
L~nda Hostmyer, S~cretarY
City of Bakersfield Water Board