HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/11/85 AGEND.A
WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1985
12:00 P.M. - NOON
Call meeting to order.
Roll call - Board Members: Moore, Chairman; Barton, Ratty.
1. Approve minutes of meeting held July 24, 1985.
2. Scheduled public statements.
3. Correspondence.
4. Proposed ,'Pioneer Extension Canal Agreement" between
Tenneco Realty Development and City of Bakersfield pro-
viding for the re-location of the Pioneer Extension Canal
(for future Stockdale Highway re-alignment) and con-
struction of an emergency spillway in City's River Canal.
FOR BOARD ACTION and RECOMMENDATION to CITY COUNCIL.
5. Proposed "Ditch Eradication and Pipeline Easement Agree-
ment'' that would allow approximately 1,981 lineal feet
of the Beardsley 1-4-0 lateral "open ditch" .to be con-
verted to 36" reinforced concrete pipeline', at developers
expense. FOR BOARD ACTION and RECOMMENDATION to CITY
COUNCIL.
6. Mainline extension agreements for Tracts 4777 and 4772
located in southwest Bakersfield. FOR BOARD INFORMATION.
7. Proposed MetroPolitan Water District program to import,
bank and extract water in the James-Pioneer Improvement
District. This item was continued from the July 24, 1985
Water Board Meeting. FOR BOARD DISCUSSION.
8. Association of California Water Agencies (A.C.W.A.) membership.
This item was continued from the July 24, 1985 Water Board
Meeting. FOR BOARD DISCUSSION.
9. Staff comments.
10. Board comments.
11. Adjournment.
· WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1985
12:00 P.M. - NOON
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Moore in the
Community Services Department Conference Room.
The secretary called the roll as follows:
Present: Moore (Chairman) , Barton (seated at 12:40p.m.),
Ratty
The minutes of the regular~meeting held July 24, 1985 were
approved as presented.
There were no public statements nor correspondence received.
Mr. Bogart presented before the. Board the proposed "Pioneer
Extension Canal Agreement" between Tenneco Realty Development
Corp. and the City of Bakersfield. Mr. Bogart explained that
this agreement provides for the relocatiOn of the existing
Pioneer Extension Canal to allow for the'future realignment
of Stockdale Highway and that under the proposed Agreement,
Tenneco has agreed to build the River Canal Spillway at a
maximum co.st of $~65~000,.which results in an overall savings
to the City of $30,000. Dr. Ratty made a motion for approval
and to recommend approval by City Council. The motion passed.
The p. roposed "Ditch Eradication and Pipeline Easement Agreement"
regarding conversion of a.portion of the Beardsley.l-4-0 lateral
to pipeline was presented by Mr. Bogart~. This project is to be
completely paid for by the developer, Harold C. Carter and
Arleta Carter. Dr. Ratty made a motion for approval and to
recommend approval by the City Council. The motion passed.
Mr. Core presented, for Board information, two mainline extension
agreements from Tenneco Realty Development Corp. for Tract #4777
and Tract #4772, located in southwest Bakersfield. The total
amount of these mainline extensions is $66,696.21.
Mr. Bogart presented, for Board discussion, the ,'Proposed
Metropolitan Water District" program to import, bank and extract
water in the James-Pioneer Improvement District. Mr. Bogart
suggested that a new recharge-banking program could be'beneficial
to the community as long as the ultimate result to the Kern
County groundwater basin remains positive.
The Association of California Water Agencies (.A.C.W.A..) membership
was brought b'efore the Board for discussion. It was suggested
by Mr. Dow that the City join the Kern County Water Association
instead of A.C.W.A. The staff will review~ and make recommendations
at the next Water Board meeting.
Mr. Alan Daniel, from the City Attorney's Office, had comments
to make' on the following:
1. Kern-Tulare vs City of Bakersfield.
2. Billboards located on City property and the problems
encountered with the inherited lease .agreements. Mr.
Daniel stated he would have agreements at the next
. Water Board meeting.
Councilman Moore asked if cloud seeding was going to be
discussed at the next Water Board meeting. Mr. Dow stated
that it would be since the other watersheds involved are
coordinating a program whereby it would be started November 1
1985. ' . ,
The meeting adjourned at~ ~
~ile- Moore, 'Ch lirman
City of Bakers~ eld' Water Board
Carol Pagan, SeCretary
City of Bakersfield Water Board