1. CALL TO ORDER:
The regular meeting was called to order by
President Shirley Palmer @ 7:00 p.m.
2.
Pledge of allegiance:
Ms
June Johnson led the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
3.
ROLL CALL:
Directors present: Frank Kent, David Urbanoski, Shirley Palmer & David Patterson
Robert Butler attended via telephone.
4. EXECUTIVE SESSION: N/A
5.
PUBLIC APPEARANCES: N/A
6.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
a. Ms.
Margie Desert Shores resident presented Director David Patterson with a plaque
for the
outstanding volunteer work he’s done for the residents of Desert
Shores.
b. Mr. John Kurios asked Ms. Palmer as to when it would be possible for him to
be able to get into the
building at 27 Desert Shores Drive and remove items belonging to DSIA
volunteer fire department.
c. Mr. Frank Kent, Director of the S.C.S.D. read a statement into record.
Same attached to these
minutes.
d.
Ms. Rosa Reagles, commended the Salton City, Desert Shores, and Salton Sea Beach
Fire
Departments for their professionalism and unison in battling a
structure fire.
e. Mr. Earnest Lockhart expressed concern with the fire hazard in Desert
Shores.
f. Mr. Bill Lanham, Salton City fire fighter stated that just on that
afternoon, with the cooperation of the
all Three Fire Department a mobile home was saved from burning to the
ground.
7. CONSENT CALENDAR:
a.
Approval of the minutes for the regular meeting of May 17, 2005.
b.
Approval of the minutes for the special meetings of May 6, 11, & 31, 2005
c.
Approval of the minutes of the safety meeting of June 16, 2005
d.
Best, Best & Krieger’s invoice in the amount of $8,407.53 for the month
of May.
e.
Current demands for the month of May 2005.
A motion was made by Director Frank Kent and seconded by Director David
Patterson to approve the consent calendar as is. Motion Carried 5 - 0
8. STAFF REPORTS:
a.
Finance Officer’s report- Shirley Palmer, President read the report.
b.
General
Manager’s –
Report was approved as read and is on file with the minutes.
9. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD/ORGANIZATIONS REPORTS:
a. Golf
Course – Ms. Eleanor Roy, President of the Golf Club. No report was given.
b. Architectural Committee: David Erskine, Chair reported that the committee
is keeping very busy
approving site plans. The committee will go dark for the months of July
& August but will have members
available to review and approve applications.
10. OLD BUSINESS: N/A
11.
NEW BUSINESS:
a. Ratify June 7,
2005 special called election results.
Rosa Reagles, Secretary to the Board reported that measure “M” passed
by one vote, of the 711
registered voters, 224 turnout to vote; 100 at the precinct site & 124
absentees, for a final count of 112 yes
and 111 no.
A motion was made by Director David Patterson, and seconded by
Director Frank Kent to ratify and accept
the June 7, 2005 special election results. Motion Carried 5 – 0
b. Approve
application for grant money for Salton City Phase I & Desert Shores Phase
II.
Rosa Reagles, Assistant General Manager, reported that the application
with the State of California Parks
and Recreation Department for both Salton City Park and Desert Shores
Parks are complete as
recommended by the park committee, which met on June 2, 2005. Each
individual park is being
considered for $62,500.00 for the purchase of playground equipment,
sunshade, tables and BBQ’s.
A motion was made by Director David Patterson, and seconded by
Director David Urbanoski to approve
the applications as presented. Motion Carried 5 – 0
c. Approve budget
for fiscal year 2005-2006
At the request of Director David Patterson this item was continued
until the July 19, 2005 meeting.
Meanwhile a study session to go over some of the items was scheduled
for June 30, 2005 at 9:00 a.m.
d. Authorization to
hire an engineering firm to prepare specifications for a Salton City sewer plant
facility.
The general manager reported that under the advise of Mr. Robert
Patterson, District Counsel this project
must go out to bid and requested permission to hire an engineering
firm to put together a set of
specifications for a wastewater treatment plant facility for Salton
City. The cost should be approximately
$50,000.00 and will be allocated from the sewer construction fund.
A motion was made by Director David Patterson and seconded by Director
Frank Kent authorizing the
general manager to hire an engineering firm to put together a set of
specifications. Motion Carried 5 – 0
e. Authorization to
hire Helix Environmental of La Mesa CA.
1) to make minor modifications to their EIR on the Salton City Ponds
site so as to satisfy the need for a new
study.
2) To negotiate a contract with them on the 400 acre site for possible
use.
The general manager reported that an EIR for the Salton City Ponds
was preformed by Helix
Environmental, and, with a few minor changes that study should be
satisfactory for this new project.
The cost should be approximately $10,000.00. Additionally, he asked
authorization to have Helix
Environmental begin an EIR on the 400 acres site for an approximate
cost of $50,000.00.
A motion was made by Director David Patterson and seconded by
Director Frank Kent authorizing the
general manager to go ahead and hire Helix Engineering for both
projects. Motion Carried 5 - 0
f. Authorize
general manager to negotiate annexations with developers of properties not in
the district such as
the two at Travertine which will add approximately 1200 new homes in
that area alone.
The general manager reported that two individual developers owning
property by Travertine Rock have
shown interest in annexing to the district. The developers would be
responsible for all the costs of the
annexation and legal fees, they would install all the infrastructure
including a main sewer line which would
attach to our main line in Desert Shores and deliver to the ponds.
Additionally, each home will be
assessed a $2,000.00 capacity fee that will provide a fund for the
construction of a new wastewater
treatment facility in Desert Shores.
A motion was made by Director David Patterson and seconded by Director
Frank Kent authorizing the
general manager to negotiate annexation with the new developers, and,
with the understanding that the
general manager will report back to the board, before any contracts
and/or agreements are signed or
made. Motion Carried 5 - 0
g.
Approve/create a developer fee of $1,000.00 for infrastructure
improvements such as:
1.
$500.00 for streetlights and maintenance,
2.
$500.00 for fire protection, buildings and equipment.
The general manager reported that with the
rapid growth the West Shores is experiencing there is a
dire need to implement this new developer fee to offset the general
fund budget for the operations of
the fire departments and the maintenance and installation of
streetlights. The fire department is in
desperate need of new equipment, and, as new neighborhoods are formed
streetlights must be installed
for safety. The monies will be collected through site plan
approvals and will be placed into the
appropriate designated accounts.
A motion was made by Director Frank Kent and seconded by Director
David Urbanoski to implement the
new developer fee of $1,000.00: $500.00 for the fire department &
$500.00 for streetlights.
Motion Carried 5 - 0
h. Approve formation
of an explorer/cadet program for the fire department, a set of rules and
guidelines for
the same.
A motion was made by Director Frank Kent and seconded by Director David
Urbanoski approving the
formation of a explorer cadet program. After much discussion about
this, the motion and second were
rescinded, a new motion by Director David Patterson and seconded by
Director Frank Kent authorizing the
general manager to handle the situation. Motion Carried 4 – 1 (with
Director Robert Butler voting no)
i.
Rescind policy of two fire chiefs and return to one fire chief for Salton
Community Services District.
A motion was made by Director Robert Butler to return to one fire chief. The
motion died for lack of a second. After much discussion about this item, the
board agreed to have the general manager handle the situation.
j.
Reinstate the water truck operations on as needed basis.
A motion was made by Director David Patterson and seconded by Director Frank
Kent to reinstate the water truck operations, on as needed basis. Motion
Carried 5 - 0
k.
Authorize repairs to the boat docks.
A motion was made by Director Patterson and seconded by Director Frank Kent to
proceed with the repairs to the boat docks. Motion Carried 5 - 0
12. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business Shirley Palmer
adjourned the meeting at 8:40 p.m.
Attest:
Rosa
Mesoraca-Reagles Shirley Lee
Palmer,
Assistant General Manager &
President of the Board
Secretary to the Board of Directors
