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.
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TEMPORARY USE PERMITS
Vine School PTA
Rowland School.PTA
California School PTA
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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
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REVIEW PLANNING.COMMISSION:ACTION
September 18, 1963
STUDY SESSION
R-2 and R-3
No action.
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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:
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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