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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/05/78 AGENDA WATER BOARD ~CITY OF BAKERSFIELD WEDNESDAY~ APRIL 5, 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 ~4arch 1, .1978. 2. Agricultural water rates for Kern River Water in 1978 - BOARD TO APPROVE ' 3. Letter Agreement between City of Bakersfield and Tenneco West, Inc. for the sale of water to Tenneco West, Inc. - BOARD TO'APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN. 4. Kern-Tulare Water District five (5) year assignment of basic contract to Tenneco West, Inc. - BOA_RD TO APPROVE. 5. Staff Comments 6. Board Comments 7. Adjournment ,M I~N U T E S WATER BOARD - CITY .OF BAKERSFIELD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1978 4:00 PoM. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Rogers in the City Hall Caucus Room. The secretary called the roll as follows: Present: Rogers, Bergen, Hoagland, Ratty Absent: Barton Chuck Williams, Manager-Engineer for North Kern Water Storage District and Tom Ashlock, Manager Kern-Tulare Water District, also, attended the meeting. The minutes from the regular meeting of March 1, 1978, were approved as presented. A memorandum from Gene Bogart, Water Superintendent, suggesting agricultural water rates for the Kern River in 1978 was presented to the board for approval. Upon motion by Mr. Hoagland which was passed the following rates were approved: Per Ac. Ft. 1) Beardsley Lateral consumers $ 12.00 2) Miscellaneou~ Water Sales 12.00 3) Rosedale-Rio Bravo (per contract) 6.00 4) K.R.C. & Irr. Co. 30%'ent'1. sale 6.00 5) City water sold for groundwater replenishment 1.50 A Letter Agreement between City of Bakersfield and Tenneco West, Inc. for the sale of water to Tenneco West, Inc. was presented to the Board. Mr. Chafin, informed the board that this water would be'for agricultural crops and be sold at a price of Twelve Dollars ($12.00) per acre foot. This agreement would be effec- tive immediately and run through October 31, 1978. Also, in- cluded in the agreement is a One Dollar Fifty Cents ($1.50) per acre foot charge for the groundwater replenishment which is going on now off the Carrier Canal. Mr. Ratty made a motion that the board approve the agreement and authorize the Chairman to sign. The motion was carried. An Agreement of Assignment between Kern-Tulare Water District and Tenneco West, Inc. for Kern-Tulare five (5) year assignment of basic contract water to Tenneco West, Inc. was brought before the board for approval. After a brief discussion a motion was made by Dr. Ratty that the board approve the agreement and autho- rize the Chairman to sign and, also, have the City Attorney approve as to form. The motion was carried. A Letter Agreement from Bidart Bros. setting forth the under- standing regarding the purchase of irrigation water by Bidart Bros. from the City of Bakersfield was presented for approval. The price for the water shall be $12.00 per acre foot. Payment shall be made by Bidart Bros. in the amount of $24,000.00, (2,000 A/F X $12.00 = $24,000.00), to be paid in advance not later than April 10, 1978. Upon motion by Mr. Bergen, Which was carried the agreement was approved and the Chairman autho- rized to sign. An Agreement between Chevron U.S,A., City of Bakersfield and North Kern Water Storage District, for the disposal of Chevron' water to'the Beardsley Canal was brought before the board. After · discussion Mr. Bergen made a motion that the agreement be approved by the bOard and signed by the Chairman subject to approval by the City Attorney. The motion was carried. $~aff Commen~s Kim Combs, Accountant for the Department of Water informed 'the board that he has been talking with Harold Ulrich of California Water Service in San Jose trying to get the mechanics of the rate change for Domestic Water in motion. Mr. Ulrich has suggested that May 1.,1978 would be an oPportune date to go'to the new rates to implement the 50% surcharge to outside City users, instead of April 23, 1978, which had been set as the time to go to the new rates. Mr. Combs, also, presented the board members and staff with copies. of the Operating Statements for the months of January and February 1978 .for the Domestic Water Enterprise. B6ar~ ' ~ Comments Mr. Hoagland presented a letter to the board for Don Rogers signat_ure addressed to the Board of Directors of Kern Delta Water District relative to their proposed exchange with Kern County Water Agency on the "Power Flow" water. This letter was read and approved by Burnham Enersen. At this time Mr. Hoagland suggested that Chairman Rogers and one of the other board members meet periodically With the board members of Kern Delta Water District and it was decided that an informal luncheon would be set up for the following week if possible. After further discussion the letter was approved and the chairman authorized to sign. The being no further business to come before the board, Chairman Rogers ad.journed the meeting at 4:~5 P.M. Linda Hostmyer, Sed]retary City of Bakersfield Water Board