STONES-BENGARD COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
509-695 Stone Road,
District Office, Eagle Lake, Susanville, CA 96130
Phone & Fax: (530)
825-3350
website: stonesbengardcsd.blogspot.com
E-mail stonesb@frontiernet.net
Monday, Aug 18, 2014 at
6:00 p.m.
UNAPPROVED MINUTES
ROLL CALL:
Meeting called to order at 6:11 pm by Chairman
Sam Shapiro. Present were Directors Kay
Oring and Tom Spanton. Ron ReBell arrived at 6:20. There is now one vacancy on
the Board. Also present were General Manager Martin Balding and Secretary Sandy
Jansen. We have a quorum.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
APPROVAL
OF AUGUST AGENDA
APPROVAL
OF JULY MINUTES OF THE REGUALR MEETING AND SPECIAL MEETING.
APPROVAL
OF PAYMENT OF BILLS for JUNE; FIRE $1,349.74; SEWER $2,571.57.
APPROVAL
OF TREASURER'S REPORT, by Kay Oring for JULY
County reports for July are not
available yet.
A motion was made by Director Oring
with a second by Director Spanton to accept the August Agenda, approval of minutes
for July for special meeting and regular meeting and approval of the payment of
July bills and Treasurer’s report for July. Motion carried.
GUEST: John Fry
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Fire Chief Oberst: Chief Oberst was absent. Director Spanton reported
that training is going well and CalFire is helping with training. CalFire has been training volunteers on the
radio operations and procedures.
E 1822 needs a suction valve repair.
Water Manager Balding report is
attached. Martin explained the stock
water and how it is utilized and that it is available for emergency use
also.
Secretary’s report: There were 137 web hits. About 77% of the
payments for this year’s waste water is collected.
PUBLIC COMMENT: John Fry
discussed the issue of power surging and going on and off. Discussion was held on whether we could get
any help with this problem through the power company or through our Supervisor,
Aaron Albaugh.
CORRESPONDENCE:
OLD
BUSINESS:
CALFIRE
2013 Grant: The first reimbursement has been received
and the remaining invoices have been sent for 50/50 reimbursement.
IRS
and form 941 Payroll Tax, 2nd quarter 2012: Refund is still being pursued.
Weed
Abatement: The letter sent to property
owners asking them to clean-up their property has helped in motivating them to
clear out unwanted weeds and prunings.
The green waste pile has been a big help for them. It will be burned later in the season when
fire danger is over. There is no need
for an ordinance at this time.
Approve
Painting of Office and Fire Station: This will be carried over until next
month.
Approve
Fire Station Truck Door Openers: This will be carried over until next month.
Purchase
Photovoltaic System: This investment was covered at the special
meeting on July 28.
Assessment
List approval: The list has been returned to the County and
approved for this year. The method of the fee structure will be examined and carried
over until next month.
Transfer
Dump Station Information: Martin talked with Spalding people in charge
of the dump and were told that it should not be closed again due to over-full
dumpsters. There had been confusion in
who should have notified the authorities that it was full but it should be taken
care of now.
NEW BUSINESS:
RV Park Dump Station Fees: It appears that there is a $10 charge for the
sanitation dump at the resort area. At
this time SBCSD is not collecting fees for this use but we need to address this
situation. There needs to be an
agreement among the owners of the properties and with SBCSD for the use of this
facility.
The
September meeting the Board will be addressing this situation and invite
property owners to attend the meeting.
Assessment Fire Fee schedule: The method of the fee structure will
be examined and carried over until next month.
BOARD MEMBER ITEMS:
ADJOURNMENT: The next meeting will be held on August 18, 2014, 6:00 pm. With
no further business to conduct, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
BOARD MEMBERS SIGNING OF BILLS: Bills were signed.
Respectfully Submitted,
_____________________________Sandy Jansen, Secretary
STONES-BENGARD COMMUNITY
SERVICE DISTRICT
509-695 Stone Road, Eagle Lake, Susanville,
CA 96130
Phone & Fax:
530-825-3350 e-mail:
stonesb@frontiernet.net
BOARD MEETING
Monday, August 18, 2014 at 6pm
Notes by Martin Balding, General
Manager
NO SPILL REPORT:
The monthly "No Spill" report for July has been made to the
state.
LIFTS STATIONS AND PONDS: The lift
stations and ponds have been working well with a flow of 6,775 gallons per day
compared to eight years ago when the flow was over 15,000 gallons per day. At present the ponds, at a level of 1.88',
are holding and may not be dropping any more this season, good news. Pan evaporation for the last week was
.375" per day
LAHONTAN: A reminder if you missed this last month. After considerable study Lahontan has granted
the SBCSC an increase in possible flow to the ponds. Of course we don't have nearly that amount of
effluent!
LAKE LEVEL: The estimated lake level is
below 5,092.6'. In 1936 it was lower.
HOMEOWNER SYSTEMS: There
was on call for a high level alarm.
Electrical cables were interfering with the pump control float and were
repositioned, Zip Locked in place.
LATE PAYMENT COLLECTIONS:
Sandy has been following up on accounts due with excellent
results.
CAL FIRE INMATE ROAD WORK: On hold until after fire
season.
PUBLIC
GREEN WASTE PILE: The CSD
serves the community, and promotes fire safety, by allowing green waste to be
deposited in a suitable area where it can be burned by the Fire Department for
training purposes. An initial area for
burn piles has been selected and homeowners may check with the Service District
Fire Chief, or the Manager, for permission to dump brush and limbs. There has been a good response.
ROADSIDE
CLEAN-UP: The
Fire Department volunteers are again cleaning six miles of A-1 roadside.
POSSIBLE
ORDINANCES: We have a copy of the Spalding weed control ordinance to be reviewed and
possibly adapted for approval and use.
STOCK
WATER: The stock water tank and
the stock pond are at an excellent level.
Cattle are grazing.
SOLAR SYSTEM
FOR ROOF: Almanor Energy has ordered
panels, inverters and other equipment for the job with operation by September
15th. According to solar calculations
the ouput will be about 15,000 kWh per year and we will use it to heat our
Office and Firehall. The panels will be
"Grid Tied" meaning that we can generate in the summer and LMUD will
"store" the ouput so we can use it when needed. The cost for SBCSD will be about $18,000.00
after rebates. Savings will be over
$2,000.00 per year.
WEED ABATEMENT
LETTER: Several positive calls were
received regarding brush and weed abatement. One person wanted the name of
someone to do work on their property. If
you know of a person who wants work let us know.
