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10-07-1963 - Regular Meeting - MinutesMINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 7, 1963 The adjourned regular meeting of the City Council -was called to order by Mayor Barnes at 8:17 P.M.in the West Covina City -Hall. Councilman Heath led the Pledge of'Allegiance and Councilman Towner gave the invo- cation. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Barnes, Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder (from 8:25 P.M.) Others Present: Mr. George Aiassa, City Manager Mr. Robert Flotten, City Clerk Mr. Thomas Dosh, Public Services Director RESOLUTION NO. 2750 The City Clerk presented: ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA APPROVING THE FINAL SUBDIVISION MAP OF TRACT NO. 27416, ACCEPTING THE DEDICATIONS THEREIN OFFERED, ACCEPTING AN,AGREE- MENT BY THE SUBDIVIDER AND A SURETY BOND TO SECURE THE SAME" (Pickering) • Mayor Barnes: Hearing no objections, we will waive the reading of the body of the reso- lution. Motion by Councilman.Heath, seconded by Councilman Jett,and carried.,that said resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes Noes: None Absent: None Said resolution was given No. 2750. METES & BOUNDS SUBDIVISION LOCATION: East of Citrus between Lark NO. 135-213 Hill Drive & Spring Meadow Renwick 1.102 Acres - 2 Lots - Area District III APPROVED Approval recommended by Planning Commission September 11, 1963. Motion by Councilman Jett, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that Metes & Bounds Subdivision No. 135-213 by approved subject to the recommendations .of the Planning Commission. WALNUT CREEK PARKWAY LANDSCAPING Project C-169 Motion by Councilman Jett, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that this matter be held over for staff report on October 14, 1963. -1- ADJ. Co C. 10/7/63 TEMPORARY USE PERMITS Vine School PTA Rowland School.PTA California School PTA Page Two Halloween carnivals October 26, 1963 - 11:OO to 4:00 October 26, 1963 - 9:30.to 3:3 0 November 1,1963 - 4:00 to 9:00 Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, that temporary use permits be granted to the Vine School PTA, Rowland School PTA and California School PTA for Halloween carnivals to be held on the respective dates. RESOLUTION NO. 2751 ADOPTED Mayor Barnes: The City Clerk presented: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA EXPRESSING ITS OPINION.WITH REGARD TO THE OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM" Hearing no objections, we will waive the reading of the body of the reso- lution. Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman.Jett, and carried that sai resolution.be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Jett,.Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes Noes: None .Absent: None Said resolution was given No. 2751. • RESOLUTION NO. 2752 The City Clerk presented: ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA COMMENDING WILLIAM A. RADIG FOR HIS SERVICES TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA" Mayor Barnes: Hearing no objections, we will waive the reading of the body of the resolu- tion. Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman. Heath, and carried, that said resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes Noes: None Absent: None Said resolution was given No. 2752 ORDINANCE NO. 819 The City Clerk presented: ADOPTED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA-AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE SO AS TO REZONE CERTAIN PREMISES" (ZC 268 - United Brethren Church) Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Jett, and carried, to waive further reading of the body of the ordinance. Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman. Jett, that said ordin- ance be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Noes: None Absent: None Said ordinance was given No Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes F-MG, • ADJ . C . C . 10/7/63 REVIEW PLANNING.COMMISSION:ACTION September 18, 1963 STUDY SESSION R-2 and R-3 No action. Page.: Three City Manager toarrange study session on R-2 and R-3 some night next week REPORT ON PETITION Petitions on City Manager's ordinance filed October 3, 1963 at 3:00 P.M. Councilman Heath has a spot at League Conference to discuss City Managers. REPORT ON FOREST LAWN Application of Forest Lawn granted by Regional Planning Commission. Opponents have until October 17, 1963, to appeal. Mr. Paul Egly reports that because of conditions attached by Regional Planning Commission, there would be no appeal from their decision unless something unforeseen happens. City is to obtain copy of restrictions imposed by'Regional Planning Commission for comparison with those city imposed. Councilman Snyder to report on talk with Mr. Blalock. CITY MANAGER REPORTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO Suggestion made to nominate Bonelli GOVERNOR_AND COUNCILS Other names suggested: Hollinger - County Administrator Representative from Burbank County would have to recommend Bonelli. VICTOR GRUEN Victor Gruen to meet with merchants relative.to Vincent Interchange on Wednesday, October 9, 1963, at 10:00 A.M., and also with regard to loss of parking. CITY CONSTRUCTION CO. Keep record of bad performance, for future reference, of sewer construction northwest in West Covina. WATER STUDY • Report of Councilman Jett: -3- ADJ. Ca C. 10/7/63 Page Four Councilman Jett: I would like to bring up for your dis- cussion and possible consideration of action on whether willwe get busy and attempt to annex ourselves to the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District and thereby joining the Metropolitan Water District, or should we, based upon the information available to us and after discussion, contract with the State after annexing to the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District. Now, in the past few months I have had the opportunity of attending meeting after meeting, and I have met with the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Joe Jensen, of the Metropolitan Water District, along with the Board of Directors of the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District. I have met with them in a joint meeting of the Metropolitan Water District officials and the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District. I have talked and met with the Board of Directors of the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District. I have attended their meetings, the latest one being the Feather River Project Association meeting that was held in San Bernar- dino just recently. I have had the opportunity of reviewing the up-dated.recent report submitted by Leeds, Hill and Jewett to the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, and I have studied these reports; I have attempted, to the best of my ability, to analyse the information that has been given to me and submitted to us in discussions for and against joining both the Metropolitan Water District and contracting with the State. I have not had an opportunity to really analyse every one of these • propositions probably as extensively as we would individually. How- ever, at.a recent meeting of the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water group and the Metropolitan Water representatives in El Monte, they agreed to consider extending to West Covina some additional time to allow us to annext to the Upper San Gabriel Valley group and through that to Metropolitan Water District and still obtain the benefit of the historical plan. As you all know, the historical plan financially is very advantageous to the City of West Covina. Subsequently, the Board of Directors held a meeting in Los Angeles and at that time a resolution.was passed and approved extending to West Covina the privilege of joining Metro- litan Water District under the historical plan, provided we proceed diligently every avenue to promote and carry through our election and join the Metropolitan Water District by April 1, 1964. So we now have this opportunity extended to us that we can annex to them. However, to join'Metropolitan Water District it is necessary first to, annex to Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District. This means we have to have an election which will be financed by individual parties and this money would have to be donated for the purpose of carrying on the election. If successful, we would annex to the Upper San Gabriel Valley group, thereby automatically becomming annexed to Metropolitan Water District through that group, with the privilege of coming in under the historical formula. I believe most of you are familiar with all of this. I merely brief • you on these recent developments to bring you up to date. The San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District have just received their report from Leeds, Hill & Jewett, engineering firm, updating their report in reference to the most economical way, the most practical means, of obtaining supplemental water. They have already applied for a contract with the State and have already contracted with the State for supplemental water, and the Leeds, Hill & Jewett report was to bring that up to date, to reassure themselves that they have made the right choice. -4- ADJ . C . C . 10/7/63 Page:Five In going over the Leeds, Hill & Jewett report, as I analyse it, this would be the most economical way for the City of West Covina to obtain their supplemental water supply. There are several factors which I think should be considered. Taking these factors and comparing them, if we join the Metropolitan Water District we would have no voice in any matters that affected us of any kind. We would have absolutely no voice, no representation. In the event that we annex to the San Gabriel Valley group, we would be represented by one member from the City of West Covina, there being five cities. The area would be so arranged that each city,would havea representative in the district. We would have a voice then in what happens to our city as far as the supplemental water program is concerned. In addition to this, I might point out that further representation.would be in the form of our elected assemblymen and State senators who would be representing us and the same constituency that we represent they would be representing us in Sacramento on any problem confronting us as far as supplemental water is concerned. To me, this is very important; it would give us an avvnue of approach that we would not have through Metropolitan Water District. The matter of water in the event that we annex to Metropolitan Water District, as I understand it, before we receive any water we would first have to build up an entitlement. This entitlement would be in proportion to the amount of money that we paid in any taxes. Now this does not necessarily mean, as I understand it, that if we annex to Metropolitan Water District and we needed water tomorrow that we could get water from Metropolitan Water District. In the event that they had a sufficient supply and was willing to let us have it, they • would sell us water, but it does not necessarily mean that we would get water. Mr. Heath asked this question, that in the event there was a scarcity of water, would we receive from Metropolitan Water District our percentage of whatever water was brought into the area? We received a very emphatic "no", that in Metropolitan Water District, first come first served. So, in other words, if there was water available we would receive it; if not, we would not receive it. We asked this question when we met with representatives of the State, and they assured us that in the event there was a shortage of water that we would receive our percentage in proportion to our allocation of what- ever water was available. In reviewing this water situation, I would like to throw this open to you gentlemen for some discussion and see if we can possibly come up with a recommendation that we can pass on to the voters of West Covina that we honestly and sincerely believe unanimously that this would.be the way for them to go, whether we contract with the State for supple- mental water or whether we cast our lot with Metropolitan Water Dist- rict. I would like to open this up for discussion, and if there are any questions that anyone has that I could answer I will do the best I can. Mayor Barnes: Thank you, Art. I think that was a very good report and you certainly summarized it well. I would like to open it up for discussion at this time. Does anyone want to ask any questions, or are there any comments? I was on the Board for four years, and if you want to ask some questions maybe we can answer them"between the three of us. Councilman Towner: First of all, I think Mr. Jett should be complimented for getting at the heart of the matter and giving us some answers we have been looking for. This water problem is complex. It is difficult finding the answers; but he has hit the highlights; he has hit the things that are most important to representation, the availability of water and costs, and I think that under the circumstances and in view of his report and in view of -5- ADJ. C. C. 10/7/63 Page Six our prior study of this matter, I certainly agree that we ought to pro- ceed along with the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District and attempt to get our water directly from the State and avoid the Metro- politan Water District. I think, certainly, this is the best recommen- dation we can make to the voters. Councilman Snyder: I agree with you that in spite of oppo- sition -to this course of action, I' think this is the only course this City Council can take in view of the figures given to it. However,.I am -wondering if we shouldn't have Mr. Montgomery or some other firm analyse the figures as compared to figures we have had in the past to explain some of the conditions before we go ahead because the two reports are at variance and this should be explained. We are going to have to have something on paper to justify this in the end to the voters, and it should be done by a competent firm. Councilman Jett: I think this is a real good suggestion. I had talked to Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Aiassa and I met with Mr. Montgomery, and discussed this possibility of updating our report and getting it as rapidly as we can, and also to call us this evening. Did he call back? Mr. Aiassa: It takes about a month. Councilman Jett: It seems to me that the main problem would be,as far as any recommendation from any outside firm, the availability,of water between now and.1972. This seems to be the only question in anybody's mind. Other than this, • everyone that I have talked to seems to feel that we should contract with the State directly. This is the feeling I got out of the meeting at San Bernardino and everything seems to point to this. Only time.could tell; this is a tremendous decision to be made by this Council. However, I can't help but feel that the State is the way that we should attempt to get our supplemental supply based on the facts available to us. However, I think it would be a good idea to have Montgomery update our report and bring this up to us. Councilman Heath: I don't think we can.wait that long, Mr. Jett. This reallocation of water of the State will be done very soon and I think that the State has a deadline of December 31st for some action, and it is going to take two months or so to complete that action, so I don't think you can wait that long; you are going to have to move. Councilman Towner: Obviously, we are going to get into quite a battle with Metropolitan Water District. They are going to put out the publicity like they did at the last election, and we should be prepared with the answers, and these answers should be not our own personal summations of the evidence, they should be answers from objective authority. We have got to be prepared. Some analysis should be made of the propoganda put out by Metropolitan Water District for the Upper San Gabriel Valley vote to determine the kind of things that they are going to try to tell the people of West • Covina, and then get some answers to this kind of problem.. This can't obviously be done over night, but I don't think we need it done over night. Councilman Heath: Mr. Mayor, I am usually a person who has been branded as being too frank and making up a snap decision, but this is one case where I have not been able to come up with the recommendation, and this is one of the reasons I have asked to be taken off the water committee because Council got the idea I was not coming up with a recommendation fast enough, and I felt in my own mind that I could not come up with a recommendation because of the complexity of the problem. The decision you make now is a decision that is going to stick with the city for a long time, and the decision ADJ. C. C. 10/7/63 Page Seven must be right. We could have a study made by Montgomery & Co. for a period of thirty days, and it is going to give us certain concrete facts as to the economics of going one way or the other, and I think • their study would be limited to the economics. We still have other moral questions to ask that Montgomery -won't give us in the report; -as to these moral questions.as to why I can't make a recommendation going one way or another. We have to make a recommendation pretty soon. We have got to make a stand. But I don't think that Montgomery is going to come out and say "this is it" and cover everything conclusively. I still have mixed emotions whether we should go with the State or to the Metropolitan Water District, but I will abide with whatever the majority of the Council wants to do, definitely. The reasons I have mixed emotions is this: if we go to the State we have to.bring a line in from Cedar Springs. We will have to justify to the people in the city why we should run a.line from Cedar Springs in here at a cost of X number of million dollars, when we have water running through the city in the Metropolitan Water District line. This no doubt will have to be done by a bond issue and that bond issue can be a revenue bond or it could be an obligation bond issue. Another thing that the people will ask is "why can you as a small minority of the valley fit in a pattern contrary to the rest of the valley?". In other words,"the rest of the valley is going Metropolitan Water Dist- rict, why should you think of going another way?'.'. Montgomery, isn't going to give you the full -answer. There are a lot of other questions we are going.,to have to answer after we get Mont-, • gomery's report. Therefore, I feel that Montgomery could give you the economics of it but he isn't going to give you the overall answer, and I think that the. -Council can make an overall answer with the help of Mr. Montgomery's report, and I think that we have to do this and I think we have to move pretty fast. Councilman Snyder: The only thing is,though,there are some discrepancies between the Leeds, Hill & Jewett report and Mr. Montgomery's previous report, and these I think have to be cleared up. Councilman Towner: Basically, I agree with what Mr. Heath has to say. We are not going to get finalized answers anywhere along the line and obviously there are going to be serious questions raised, some of which he has pointed out, and it is also true that Mr. Montgomery cannot give us final answers on all of these questions. It is our responsibility to give the answers, but we want to be able to point to qualified information. Some of it we will get from Montgomery, some of it we will get from the district, and some we will get from Leeds,,Hill & Jewett, some from the State, but we want the answers; and I think for our own purpose, considering the long review we have had of this question and the problems that have been presented to us, Mr. Jett's report and background information we have, I think that we can tentatively say this San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District is the way to go. I think that we ought to commit our- selves pretty quick. I do no know of any deadlines now that are imme- diately facing us, but I think we ought to check out, for one thing, the reallocation of water, and when that finalization comes up, I think we ought to move with the idea in mind that we are going to go San Gabriel Valley. Mayor Barnes: I think from the comments that have been made here this evening that the possi- bility seems feasible of going to San Gabriel Valley Water District and to the State for supplemental water. However, I think there was one point not mentioned and I would like to bring it up at this time. I think that there are three points that we have to consider. The first -7- ADJ . C . C . 10/7/63 Page :Eight point is representation, as Mr. Jett brought out. The second fact is the cost of the water delivered.here and.the cost it will be to • get to our basin, and the third thing that was not brought out is the quality of water. Also, I think a great deal of weight and thought should be given to the Loftin case where California has failed to get their allocation of water through the Metropolitan Water District files, and this might.short us, Another thing, too; by joining the Metropolitan Water District the people have a back tax to pay which you are paying back to 1929 when the Metropolitan Water District was formed and brought into the area through a bond plus some other costs, and I think these things all have to be taken into consideration. n U 0 Mr. Jett, as usual, has done a -very thorough job in trying to seek out the information that was needed. In past years I made a recommendation to the Council that if the Upper San Gabriel Valley Water District and the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District were to join forces and come through Rock Springs, that this would have been most economical and feasible way to get supplemental water to the San Gabriel Valley basin. I felt at that time that with the total asseesed valuation of these two districts, and West Covina joining either district, this was the only and best way to go. But now that the Upper San Gabriel Valley Water District has joined the Metropolitan Water District, I think this put a great question in most of our minds as to which way to go; but I think that the consensus of opinion here this evening, it is the opinion if I am not incorrect, that the majority feels that we should go to the San Gabriel Valley with certain facts presented to us from Leeds, Hill &.Jewett report, Mr. Montgomery's report, and in facts we have at hand. We do want to make a good recommendation to the people of West Covina because this is not going to be for today or tomorrow, this is going to be for a hundred years, and we don't want to make a mistake. I think we have been assured that the east aqueduct will be installed and water will be served in 1972, the same as the west aqueduct. I think this has been assured by the State. Councilman Snyder: There are three first steps.we have to take. Do we have a resolution stating that we are going to join Metropolitan Water District? Some time back? Mayor Barnes: I think we adopted a resolution. Councilman Snyder: If it was just a letter I think the letter, says we will take all steps to investi- gate,so we can let the letter stand. The second step,I don't think it is necessary to pass a resolution to join San Gabriel Valley tonight, but I do think we should start Mont- gomery tonight with this report. I think within the next month we should pass the other resolution. Councilman Heath: Is there something we want Montgomery to do other than to give us a report on the economics of it? Councilman. Snyder: He should explain the discrepancies be- tween his original report and the report we got from:Leeds,.Hill &.Jewett. Councilman Towner: They are not necessarily discrepancies. They are differences. They may be accounted for by just passage of time and new information and new circumstances. r-I LJ • ADJ . C . C . 10/7/63 Page Nine Councilman Heath: Other questions which I think we should have answers to and Montgomery should give them. Councilman Towner: We ought to have propoganda material. Answers for the public. Councilman Jett: I think one of the major questions in Montgomery's mind and has been all along ,was "do we have sufficient water to assure us for, let's say, the next ten years to carry us through?". Until the supplemental water comes in there is a question here that could only be answered by time.If we have a sufficient amount of rainfall to somewhat carry us, there would be no trouble. This they practically assured us. If we had a drought period and no'r_a.in we could get into trouble. I think we could even get by with rationing. Answering one of the questions you brought up here, Bob, about the cost of bringing water in from No_lpower plant some distance of about 45 miles - the cost of this line, I have been told according to an estimate made by Leeds, Hill & Jewett, was approximately $12,000,000.00. This is everything, right of way, etc. Councilman Heath: Now, is this logical - 45 miles, $12,000,000.00? This means then, one- third million dollars per mile. You are talking about $60.00 a foot. You can't even buy pipe for $60.00 a foot. Councilman Jett: We put in a 76 inch concrete line for $32.00 a foot about a year ago. We have to accept some of the opinions given us.by these people and this is an estimate given to us by Leeds, Hill & Jewett. I see no reason for them trying to conceal anything. I can't help but feel that if Metropolitan Water District brings their line across from Cascade over to Laverne at a cost of $600,000,000.60, we would have to pay our share of whatever that bond issue is. This is the figure they are going to ask for, $600,000,000.00. This is a lot of money. According to Joe Jensen's figures, he told me we would be about one-half of 1% of the assessed,Valuation, then one-half of 1% of the $600,000,000.00 would be our cost of putting in this line. Our share. Now, how close this would be to the other that we would be sharing with four other cities - this $12,000,000.00 would be broken down and the five cities would be paying it. I would say it would cost us less to put the $12,000,000.00 line in than it would to become a part of Metropolitan.Water District for the $600,000,000.00, picking up our back taxes which runs into several million. Mayor Barnes: I would like to bring a point up for your consideration. Once we build this line to serve the five cities, saying we join the San Gabriel Valley Water District, there would be no need for future assessments or taxation for distribution or transmission lines.; only to maintain and keep up. This would be your cost. If you join Metropolitan Water District, they are a taxing, agency; they can go before the Public Utilities Commission for additional transmission and distribution lines; which are taxed on the whole district. These taxes would automatically fall on you as a city and the people being in the dstrict, whether they wanted them or not,, because if you have to expand, it costs everyone in the district, and this is the thought you have to take into con- sideration. ADJ. C. C. 10/7/63 Page Ten Councilman Jett: As I understand it, they are an agency set up by the State Legislature and they are an entity within themselves. The Legislature would have to enact • another special legislation before they could ever come back in.and get control. Councilman Snyder: There is one other thing I think we should get. At the time we pass the resolution to join San Gabriel Valley I think we should have a letter or another resolution asking them.to begin immediately on a master plan of distri- bution between the cities, and also a master plan for how they plan to handle interim water. Mr. Aiassa: I think this has already been requested of the Board. Councilman Jett: This has been. Councilman Snyder: But they'havenit started this? Councilman Jett: No, but they have it under way. Councilman Heath: We've got to talk in terms of generali- ties. If we have to wait for a report from Mr. Montgomery and whether Mr. Montgomery recommends going to the State or whether he is going to recommend going to Metropolitan Water District, he is still going to put an "if" in it to clear himself, and that is if there is enough water available to last until 1972, which • is going to throw_ the responsibility of decision right back on this Council. I think that the Council should make a decision tonight, go one way or the other. I don't see that getting Montgomery's report is going to help you one bit because I think there is going to be ambiguous statements in it. This would give him an out, and I don't see how he can give you anything more than the economics of it and the rest of it is going to be up to the judgment of this Council from A to Z and back again, and therefore I feel that if you wait for Mont- gomery you are going to waste a month. On the State program there is a wa.11ocation coming up. It seemed to me it was before December 31st; and if we are going to consider the State I think that we should move right now to get on this allocation before we miss it. It seems to me there is some date in October that we have got to make. Mayor Barnes: Yes, I think you are right. Councilman Jett: We have to get on the agenda for this allocation. Councilman Heath: This has got to be done right now. It can't wait a month. Mayor Barnes: Even though I think the suggestion of all the information compiled by Montgomery is good and.we need his review of the Leeds, Hill & Jewett report, I think • we have to act. We have to make a recommendation at least. Councilman Towner: As far as I am concerned, I am ready to act tonight on the basis of all the information we have at this time, and as long as the other Councilmen withdraw their reservation and want to go ahead, I would suggest that we adopt a resolution and in addition to that request somebody to prepare the case for reallocation. -10- ADJ. C , C e 10/7/63 Page:Eleven Councilman Snyder: The Councils of two or three of the cities have resolutions to join Metropolitan Water District, and I think we should forward a copy of this resolution to -those three Councils asking them to rescind their previous resolu- tions to join Metropolitan Water District. Councilman Towner: And at the same time I think we should call their attention to the Board meeting of September 23, 1963, where the Directors agreed that they,would.make water available to anybody that went into it during the interim period. Councilman Heath: Mr. Jett, you had meetings with the San Gabriel Valley group. Do you feel now there is solid solidity, if there is such a thing? Do you think they are unanimous now? Councilman Jett: This is my opinion, that they are unanimous in their opinion. There was only a question of this interim period until supplemental water was available. I think these cities have now the -assurance from the district that has taken care of any question that they have. I think there,is solidarity there among the four now that would be strengthened by West Covina, Councilman Snyder: I agree. I think that our joining them will not only strengthen them a great deal, but I think this will give them heart and something to work with. • Councilman Heath: I will be honest with you, gentlemen. I am going to go along with the majority of the Council. I sincerely question whether we should go State because of this question and a few other questions. However, when we pass this thing let's all get together and push it and go in the same direc- tion because this is a big issue and we can't afford to have a conflict in it. Mayor Barnes: I wouldn't want to adopt any resolution unless I was sure that we were unanimous. Councilman Snyder: I think this is mandatory. Councilman Heath: I feel it is against my better judgment to go State; however, let's all vote and we will go forward the way the vote comes out. RESOLUTION NO, 2753 The City Clerk presented and read in full: ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA REGARDING A SUPPLEMENTAL WATER SUPPLY" Motion by Councilman Jett, seconded by Councilman Towner, that said resolution be adopted,, Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes Noes: None Absent: None Said resolution was given No, 2753. -11- ADJ.-C. Co 10/7/63 Page Twelve Councilman Snyder: I would move that a copy of this resolu- tion be transmitted to all the City..Councils whose cities are member of San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District; and secondly, that they be notified - - - • Councilman Towner: May I make a suggestion? I think we ought to state that we agree with the policy stated in Resolution 65 of the San Gabriel Valley Water District. In other words, we go along with this policy established by the District's resolution that interim water will be supplied. Councilman.Snyder: I think we should additionally point out to them that we feel that greater strength will be attained if these City Councils adopt like resolutions. Councilman Jett: We have here another resolution that I think should be passed. Councilman Snyder: Well, I withdraw my motion. You understand what I mean. RESOLUTION NO. 2754 Councilman Jett presented and read in full: ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA REQUESTING ANNEXATION TO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT" Councilman Heath: This 2� here - the annexation charge of not to exceed an amount equal to the San Gabriel Valley 63-64 2� tax rate as applied to the assessed valuation of West Covina pro rated to date of annexation. It was formed in 10621 I believe, and then got more than 2�. I think the first year they had 1� and then they went to 2�. 2� you show here is the tax for one year. You are going to have to go back and pick up the previous year. Councilman Jett: Well, this is not the way they talked to us or discussed. Councilman Heath We have a letter from them. Councilman Snyder: 'This resolution.was prepared by Charles Martin, the attorney for three'cities. Councilman.Heath: Yes, but we have a letter from the San Gabriel Valley stipulating the conditions under which we can charge. Councilman Jett: This is substantially the same thing. However, that letter was approximately a year or more ago. Now then, the conditions in there are changed and would not conform, but this would. Councilman Heath: The only thing I am pointing out - it is a • good idea to proceed along this line, but I think there is an inaccuracy in this resolution which will have to be corrected later. Mr, Aiassa: We can always go back. Maybe they will accept this on this condition. Mayor Barnes: I think we can adopt this resolution this evening and if there is an adjustment on back taxes when the district is originally started I think we can do that at that time. -12- • ADJ . C . C . 10/7/63 Page Thirteen Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that reso- lution presented and read by Councilman Jett be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes Noes: None Absent: None Said resolution was given No. 2754 Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Jett, and unani- mously carried, that a copy of the first resolution passed, as well as the second resolution, be forwarded to all City Councils whose cities are members of San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, and that an accompnaying letter be sent pointing.out to them the advantages of similar action by their Councils in.strengthening the hand of San Gab- riel Valley Municipal Water District. Mayor Barnes: Councilman Snyder: cities, or have Mr Mayor Barnes: Councilman Jett: Councilman Snyder: Mayor Barnes: Councilman Jett: Mr. Aiassa, could you get such a.copy out to them.with a cover letter? It might be a good idea to have a joint meeting with the Councils of these other Jett meet with them. Yes, I think it might be a good idea for our Council to meet with their water rep- resentatives. I think now would be possibly a good time for the entire Council. Maybe it could be included in this letter. Mr. Jett, would you like to arrange this meeting? I will get together with Mr. Aiassa and include that in this letter. Mr. Aiassa: We have got to make the State allocation later. This is going to be a little complicated. I think if we are going to go with Montgomery I would like to have a tie-in with this application because there is a gimmick to it that we might be able to get a few more acre feet on our application. Councilman Jett: According.to our conversation with him, I don't think he is going to come back with a firm recommendation. He indicated that he would not, because there were so many ambiguities in there. There are twenty different formulas in there and there are five or six different cases. Councilman Heath: But the last time Montgomery made a report • he made a recommendation and if he reviews this thing and comes back and recommends we go to Metropolitan Water District, what are you going to do? Councilman Jett: This is what he did say;. a year and a half ago his recommendation would have stood that we go Pomona Valley and this he felt sure would have been the correct course at that time. That isn't true today and he made this statement. However, he said he would want time to analyse all the classes and update our report. Mr. Aiassa: Close to the $700.00 mark. -13- ADJ. C. C. 10/7/63 Page Fourteen Motion by Councilman Snyder that Mr. Jett contact Mr. Tompkins and ask him.to complete application. Motion failed for lack of a second. Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and unani- mously carried, to direct the staff to take all necessary steps to pre- pare and file the application for reallocation. Councilman Heath: Honestly, gentlemen, I don't see any sense in going to Montgomery. Councilman Jett: This is where I think we are going to need this, is during the election. Councilman Snyder: I do, too. Metropolitan Water District is going to pick up this whole report. Councilman Heath: I don't think there are enough changes in this Leeds, Bill & Jewett report to change Montgomery's report. Mr. Aiassa: This report is the first one that Harvey Banks came out and, recommended that the State is the cheapest route. Councilman Snyder: I still think we are going to need them at the election. Mr..Aiassa: I would hold Montgomery off until our 14th meeting. Let me talk to Mr. Valentine and see.what complications there are. Councilman Heath: Montgomery's report is purely economics; the cheapest way to go, and he leaves an out that if you can't get water you would have to go to Metropolitan Water District. There is nothing been changed in Leeds, Hill & Jewett to change the economics. And the only thing that Montgomery can come up with is the economics. He can't make a recommendation. So he will only come back again and say the most economical way is to go to Upper San Gabriel. Mayor Barnes: Maybe that now that we have voted to join the San Gabriel Valley Water District we should then use the benefit of Leeds, Hill & Jewett for this type of information because the district probably has this. Mr. Aiassa: Why don't we get the San Gabriel Valley Water district to do this? Councilman Jett: They are having a meeting tomorrow and I am going to that meeting. I will ask this question. Mayor Barnes: Will Leeds,. Hill & Jewett be represented there? Councilman. Jett: Yes. Councilman Heath: I think you will do much better with a report by Harvey Banks.of Leeds, Hill & Jewett, rather than Montgomery. . Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Jett, to adjourn the meeting at 10:10 P.M., ATTEST : APPROVED: Mayor City Clerk -14-