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December Agenda 2016
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
December 12, 2016, 6:00 PM
AGENDA
ROLL CALL:
CONSENT CALENDAR:
APPROVAL
OF DECEMBER AGENDA
APPROVAL
OF NOVEMBER MINUTES.
APPROVAL
OF PAYMENT OF BILLS:
NOVEMBER Fire: $ 4,640.96 including Fire
insurance; Sewer: $ 2,367.32.
APPROVAL
OF TREASURER'S REPORT, by Kay Oring
GUESTS:
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Interim
Fire Chief:
General
Manager Balding:
Secretary’s
report:
Board
Member Items:
Web
Manager:
PUBLIC COMMENT:
CORRESPONDENCE: .
OLD
BUSINESS:
DISCUSS/ACTION: Weed Abatement
NEW BUSINESS:
DISCUSS/ACTION: Re-certify Sewer System Management Plan
DISCUSS/ACTION:
ADJOURNMENT:
BOARD MEMBERS SIGNING OF BILLS:
NEXT MEETING: JANUARY 9,
2017, 6:00 PM
November minutes
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, November 14, 2016
MINUTES
ROLL CALL:
Meeting
called to order at 6:05 pm by Chairman Sandra Shapiro. Directors Mowery and
Oring were present. Director Spanton and
ReBell were absent. Also present were General
Manager Martin Balding, Rick Nickolas and Cyndi San Diego and Secretary Sandy
Jansen.
GUESTS: Sam's friend, Frank Leiver and Mike Flanigan
from Flanigan and Leavitt Insurance
CONSENT CALENDAR:
APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER
AGENDA AND MOVE INSURANCE PROPOSAL UP THE AGENDA TO AFTER GENERAL MANAGER
REPORT.
APPROVAL
OF OCTOBER MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING.
APPROVAL
OF PAYMENT OF BILLS
OCTOBER BILLS: Fire: $ 1,602.78; Sewer: $ 4,358.83. (Robert Johnson
audit fee included in bills)
APPROVAL
OF TREASURER'S REPORT. Treasurer Oring
presented the treasurers reports for October.
Reports are attached.
**A
motion was made by Director Mowery with a second by Director Oring to accept
the November Agenda as amended, approve minutes for October (adding the
Treasurer's report for September also,) and approve the payment of October
bills as presented. Motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Fire Chief Oberst: Chief was absent. Martin Balding reported that training is continuing
on Saturdays. Burn season is open.
General Manager Balding
report is attached.
FLANIGAN AND LEAVITT PROPOSAL: Mike
Flanigan had a proposal for Waste Water General Insurance and Liability
Insurance. He works with many firms for
waste water and fire departments and special districts. The proposal for Waste Water includes
property coverage, general liability and injury coverage. Proposals are attached. We would join a JPA (It is California Rural
Water Association Member Guard, JPRIMA) to be included in this insurance
package. The quote is 1,922 annually for
three years. We are already members of
California Rural Water Association. Fire
District insurance would stay the same with American Alternative Insurance
Corporation.
***Director Oring moved and Director
Mowery seconded a motion to accept the proposal from Flanigan and Leavitt for
$1,922 for Waste water with California rural Water Association and to join the
JPA and to renew Fire District insurance with American Alternative Insurance
Corporation for $3,940 annual premium.
Motion carried.
Secretary’s report: Ninety-two percent of the property landowners
have paid in full or for the first quarter for waste water for 2016-2017.
BOARD MEMBER ITEMS:
Director Oring read a short letter regarding the Marijuana meeting of
September 12, 2016.
Stones
Bengard CSD Town hall Meeting
On September 12, 2016, we held a
town hall meeting after our regular board meeting at the Fire Hall. About 70 residents from Stones and Spalding
attended. We asked Lassen County
officials to discuss the Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance, which allows 12
plants on any property up to 1 acre and 24 plants for 1 to 10 acres. The ordinance stipulated set backs from
property lines and the construction of fences seven feet high that cannot be
transparent. Such fences on some of our
small parcels would block neighbors’ views.
Also the concern is about water use, watchdogs and increased traffic.
The following officials
attended: our District 4 Supervisor,
Aaron Albaugh; County counsel, Bob Burns; County Planning & Building
Director, Mori Anderson; County Administrator, Richard Egan; plus District 2
Supervisor elect, David Teeter; Lassen County Times Editor, Sam Williams.
People had many questions and
concerns. By a show of hands, about half
of the attendees were in favor of a ban on cultivation.
Subsequently, the Lassen County
Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a ban on cultivation, which takes
effect November 14, 2016. The state of
CA voters passed Proposition 64 that will allow recreational marijuana in 2018;
however, counties will still be able to set cultivation limits. We will be monitoring the Board of
Supervisors as they indicated they will be revisiting the issue in light of the
new law.
Thanks to
everyone who attended.
WEBSITE MANAGER: Rick
Nickolas explained a proposed new webpage and showed us the front page with
beautiful pictures of Eagle Lake. The
board is excited to have it up and running.
There would be a section for agendas and minutes, but also much more. It would be a web page that people could
learn about the area, the climate, activities and maybe even have a local
classified section. We could post items
of interest to the community.
PUBLIC COMMENT: None
CORRESPONDENCE: None
OLD
BUSINESS:
DISCUSS/ACTION: Weed Abatement, Request for Cal Fire help. Next
month we will look at a draft letter to send to property owners who need to
abate their weed and debris issue.
NEW BUSINESS:
DISCUSS/ACTION: Re-certify Sewer System Management Plan.
Director Mowery moved and Director
Oring seconded a motion to approve Martin Balding to update the plan and have
it recertified. Motion carried.
DISCUSS/ACTION: Website Paid Advertising and Local
buy-Sell-Swap bulletin board. This was
addressed under Web manager report.
DISCUSS/ACTION: Approve or disapprove
Director Oring moved and Director
Mowery seconded a motion to approve Robert Johnson, auditor, Three-year
contract for 2017-$3,400; 2018-$3,500; 2019-$3600. Motion carried.
DISCUSS/ACTION: Insurance quote. Move up on agenda and was approved.
ADJOURNMENT:
The next meeting will be held on December 12, 2016, 6:00 pm.
With no further business to conduct, the meeting was adjourned at 7:15
p.m.
BOARD MEMBERS SIGNING OF BILLS:
Bills were signed.
Respectfully Submitted,
_____________________________Sandy Jansen, Secretary
November 2016 Treasurer’s Report for October 2016 activity
Balances as of October 31, 2016
Accounts at Lassen Co.
Fire District: Balance $
97,202.42
Sewer District: Balance $ 141,284.69
Capital Improvement Fund:
Balance $ 23,089.75
Special Investment (from Capital
Improve) $ 254,816.54
Other accounts:
Petty cash (Checking) $
3,524.96
________________________________________________________________________
by Kay Oring,
Treasurer
BOARD MEETING
Monday, November 14, 2016
at 6pm
Notes by Martin Balding,
General Manager
NO SPILL REPORT: The monthly ‘'No Spill “report for October has been made to the state.
LIFTS STATIONS AND PONDS: Ponds one and two are at the 1.975 foot level, six inches higher than last year at this time, with a flow of about 4,000 gallons per day, one third of flows in the past.
The system in general appears to be in excellent
condition with the heavy wall PVC pipes and the HDPE pond liners
in excellent condition. Pond sediment is minimal and due to the low rate of inflow only two ponds are
required to handle the natural
treatment and evaporation.
Our two lift stations will operate as long as they are maintained. Occasional switch and float replacements have been made and also pumps have been rebuilt.
We have spare parts including pumps and motors on hand.
LAKE LEVEL, EVAPORATION AND PRECIPITATION:
No estimate on lake level at this time. In October 3.45 inches of precipitation was recorded, great! There is still boat launching at the South End of the
lake and the trout fishing
has been good.
STAND BY GENERATOR: Our generator is ready to run.
HOMEOWNER SYSTEMS: One call
has been handled. A reminder, septic must be pumped, sometime.
PUBLIC GREEN WASTE: The project will continue. Note: for
Buck's Bay and Stones residents ONLY!
Property owners have been bringing in lots and burning will start soon.
FIRE PERMITS: Not needed
now but do call 252 4247
to check on burn days.
SOLAR SYSTEM: Since September 2014 over 35,600 kWh has been generated with a retail value of $4,984.00. Our 36 panels have supplied all of our building needs including electric heat for the winter.
WATER
STORAGE TANKs: The 3,000-gallon water tanks at Stones
and Buck's Bay are full and ready
to use for f ire Service. Cal Fire
knows the locations and is positive about the water storage.
STOCK WATER:' Stock Water pump has been drained and removed for the winter season.
COUNTY WELL: Smith Pumps will be here??????????????????
SEWER
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN:
The SS:MP must be updated every
five (5)
years, and must include any significant program changes.
Re-certification by the governing board of
the Enrollee is required in accordance with
D.14 of the SSS WDR when significant updates to the SSMP are made. To complete the re-certification process, the Enrollee shall enter the data in the Online SSO Database. Enrollees are required to provide an electronic copy of their SSMP to the Online SSO Database.
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