Minutes - Board - 1957-09-05MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
HELD AT 1985 NEWPORT AVE.
September 5, 1957
l_1 Call Present: Directors Nelson, Norman, Porter., Hollister.. Meyers.
Absent: Directors -None
Officials Present: Engineer Southworth, Attorney Dungan.,
Finance Director Hartzler, Street Foreman Heller.
The meeting was called to order at 7 :30 p.m. by President Meyers.
Minutes Upon motion of Director Nelson., seconded by Director Porter.,
and unanimously carried the minutes of the August 29 meeting
were approved as written and mailed.
General Information Mr. Warren was present asking for refund of sewer rental fee.
Request He was advised by the board that this would be taken care of.
He also asked about the assessments on particular pieces of
property where a highway is proposed. The board advised that
this would be assessed for benefits received.
Request for A communication was received from Mr. Heim,County Auditor,
Signatures asking that the President and Secretary sign the statements
regarding the tax rates.
Apportionment on A communication was received from Mr. Wm. T. McManus, of
Charles Street 9461 Vons Drive, Garden Grove, California, desiring to be
eliminated from the apportionment of his Charles Street
property, because he received no benefit from the particular
sewer. The Finance Director stated that he had since talked
to Mr. McManus, and it was moved by Director Hollister'
seconded by Director Porter, and unanimously carried that
the communication be received and filed.
Financial Reports Upon motion of Director Porter, seconded by Director Nelson,
and unanimously carried, the Financial Report for August,
and the Financial Report for the Fiscal Year, 1956-1957,
be accepted and ardered filed. 4
Annex. 13, 15, 17 The suggestion was made in view of the fine job done by
Kerns Const. Co. Kerns Construction Co. in constructing the sewers for
Annexations #13, 15, 17, that a letter of commendation
be sent to them. It was moved by Director Porter,
seconded by Director Hollister, and unanimously carried
that a letter of commendation be sent and'that it be
referred to the district manager.
Accept sewers for It was moved by Director Norman to accept the sewers'in
Annexations 13,15, Annexations 13115,17, constructed by Kerns Construction
17 Co.., as of August 10. The motion was seconded by
Director Hollister and unanimously carried.
WR #20 Upon motion of .Director Norman, seconded by Director Porter,
Warrant Resolution #20 for payment of $$22,632.33 from the
Running Expense Fund and $87,732.80 from the Sewer'Constructi.on
- Fund was ordered paid by the following roll call vote:
' AYES: Directors Nelson., Norman, Porter., Hollister., Meyers
NOES: Directors-None
ABSENT: Directors -None
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House Count A communication was read from Kenneth Price requesting an
addition of 80 units to the house count. It was moved by
Director Hollister, seconded by Director Norman, and
unanimously carried that 80 units be added to the house
count making a total of 8,440 units as of September 1, 1957,
according to the corrected letter.
Orientation of Discussion was held regarding orientation of board members
Board Members and employees who deal with the public regarding the
Sanitary District. It was brought up that people had in
the past been referred to Sanitary District #6 for information.
It was stated that Mr. Lee M. Nelson had offered to orient those
concerned. This would eliminate referring the public from one
department to another. It was suggested that a chart be posted
in all departments designating the proper place to get information.
Lower Manhole cover It was reported by the Engineer that in Vehicle Parking
District ##2 a Sanitary District manhole was protruding and
causing a hazard, for which the Sanitary District would be
liable. It was moved by Director Porter, seconded by
Director Hollister, and unanimously carried to authorize
the Street Department to lower the manhole cover.
Spec. for Trash & It was reported by the Attorney that the draft was now completed
Garbage Contract for speculations for bids, and that a copy would be available
for each board member to consider individually before meeting
9-ection as a group.
Meeting The president announced that the people of Annexation ##19
were holding a meeting on September 18, at 8:00 P.M. at the
Y. S. A. House.
Resolution ##52 The question was raised concerning replacing the president
during his absence. It was moved by Director Nelson to
adopt Resolution ##52, "A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AL HOLL ISTER
TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
FOR THE BDARD OF SANITARY DISTRICTS ##1, 6, 7, EFFECTIVE THE
19TH OF SEPTEMBER. It
Seconded by Director Porter and approved by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: Directors Nelson, Norman, Porter, Hollister, Meyers
NOES: Directors -None
ABSENT: Directors -None
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S o urnment Upon motion of Director Hollister, seconded by Director Norman,
and unanimously carried the meeting was adjourned at 9:25 P.M.
to October 1, 1957, for the purpose of canvasing the
election returns on Annexation #19.
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