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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/28/19 I Bremert°n'~snlng~°n' i Regular meeting of the City Council called to order by ~yo~ Giles at 8.00 o'clock p.m. fall members being present e~cept Mr Huestis. Minutes of previous session read end approved as re~d.. Letter read from Mr C.J.Herret reporting that M~rsh~,ll R~uce w-s not keeping proper on his be~t; Motion by Bowdoin and Olseh to appoint a special committee ~o investigate,carri the ~yor ap?oinked Messrs Bowdoin,01sen amd MeGillivray as ~ special co,nitres. Letter read from Bullding InspecSor Hale,repor~img Sha~ W.A.Parker was constructing a .building ~ Pleasan~ AVe.wi~hou~ a permi~ ~ wi~$hem$ eShe~ise complying wi~h ~he Oi~y Ordinance provided for such eases, ~ Shat P~ker had ~nformed him ~he ~ Ol, ea ~0h, irman of the BUilding co~i$$ee had given him ~ permits ~ H~le f~$her sta~ed tha~~ if ~the ~yor ~nd Co,oil did not~ wish ~he erdi~mee, enforced he would resins ~ Cleon ~denied h~ving give~ ~. Parker or ~ome a permi$ ,nd e~lled' a~en~ion to the fact tha~ ~was the Du~y of the Clerk ~o issue permiSs. The 01erk ~pl~ined Sh~ P"rker h*d - permi~ ~for moving = building from Pacific Avenue ~o Pie~s-nt Asenue which he h,d issued after th ~applioation had been =pproved'bY ~ Olsen~ as Oh~irm~ o~'SSreets committee, bu~ ~he pe~mi ~did no~ cover ~ny construction; ~heOlerk.alse s~a~ed ~ha~ ~ H~le w~s ou~ of ~ewn when Shis ~e~mi$ was issuea; cod de~l of discussion followed ~d some of ~he Co,oil was in favor of ~ccep~ing ~ ~a~es reszg~$ien; The 0iSy A~erney advised ~h-~ ~ Hale's ~letter could not be taken as a resig~iom,. ~ Le~er was re~.d from the ~s~er Builders -.ssoelatlon completing tha~ i~ was not f~ir ~to Shelr org~nis~.tion to employ ~ Hale as building inspector for'the re.son that he wac '~ Architect and a Contra. ctor; a letter was ~lso re~d from She C.rpenters Union reco~end ~ing ~ ~. M. Powers f~r the position of ~ilding I~pec~or. : The ~yor st=ted tha$ under =11 ~he tire,stances he belived She ciSy would be better served by m-king s. change and ShereforeLdeclared ~he office of ~ilding Inspector"vacua. ~and on'motion of ~Villiams ~nd MeGillivray She ~2or~s ,c$ion was ~.pproved. Le~er read from A. O. H-ll~m offering $o c0nsSruc~ a wharf for She OlSy wi~n~he ~der Standing ~hs~ bonds would be issued later,~d $~ing over the reeeipSs of bosh whsrves as a ~,ranty. Ordered filed. ~ Engineer's Es$imaSe ~ L.I.D ~8~ re~d ~d on mo$ion of McGillivr, y ~d Williams same w~s approved. ' Engineer's Es~i~e ~1. L. I. D. ~92 read and on me$ion of Willies snd Bowdoin s~me Was ~.pproved. Clerk reported ~h,~ ~his was She date sos for hearing proSesSs,if ~ny, on the improve- ment of S~h S~ree$,e$ al. and reported Sh%.~ pro,esS had been filed by-property oEers on Sixth s~ree$; She ~yor expressed She opinion Sha~ no more ps~ving should be done ~his 2ear and She ~M-.ter Superintenden$ opposed ~he improvemen~ as a business preposition.and ~he ma~$er was laid over $o nn*inished business. ~ Clerk reported Shis as the date ef He~rimg em proposed improvements in E-s~ Bremer~on ~nd on motion ef ~illi~s smd Cleon She ~ hearing was continued ~til Aug.ll~h. ~ 01erk reported ths.~ ~he 30 days provided ~law for reSaining 30 per cons on conSrac~ price in L. I. D. ~90 had elapsed, bus ~h~t ~der ~he specifications of the Job he could no~ make final se~lemen~ ~il a mmJoriSy ef She 0o~cil had .signed a relaese, ~d he ~sked for ~strue~ions. Engineer reported Sha~ some dir~ ha~ no~ been removed -nd suggest~ tha~ some money he.wilhold; and on mo~ion of NeGillivr-y and Williams 01erk was in~rue~e~ ~o make set,lemonS as per fins1 estimate provided She ComSrac~or ~]deposited $2~. Se cover Work in removing ~he dir~. 5 ~blic U~ili~ies cool,See reported that a letter h~d been received from ~he Booster's 01~b of She N=vy Yard erasing Shes She orginl~a~'ion would Sake no ac$ion ef ~he pl~s as adopted at ~. previous' meeting; She ~yor s~aSed ~ha$ She along She line 0o~cil had ~o the place where something must be done to cope wi~h She si~u~.$ion,~nd ~o~ced the co,oil would meet on wednwsd=y evening ~ at which ~ime a pl-n would be ~ubmit~ed for financing She work. ~ Stree~ co,iSles reported Sh~ Abr~h~m~ -nd Helard h~d pl=eed -n obstruction of concrete in ~he s~lley -$ ~he res~ of Sheir building on ~well Street, ~md ~h-t ~he li~ells She H~rri~on Building were ewtending in$o the -lley on She oppo=iSe side. ~ Motion $hs.$ SSree~ ~o~ni~ee and 0ity Attorney nosily ~hese property owner~ $o remove ~he :)b~true$ions, e~rried. ~ sSree~ committee reported tha$ there w=s a house on ~he s~ree~ ~.$ She foo~ of ~o~$h for Vh~eh ~ Bremer w-s collecting ren$ ~d he wished $o ~ow if She 01~y owned ~he s~ree~ ?0~, rezerred ~o ~he Oi~y Enginoer. ~ Street committee -.1~o reported ~hat a ~en~ h~d bee~~ 0~ Hslph S~ree~ ~.nd ~o~ion of Bowdoln =nd Wllli-ms the ~ove ~he Sons off ~he sSree$. Attorney wns directed $o h=ve no,ice served ~o ~ The side~alk on Sheldon Blvd was reported in need of rep~ir~ and on mo$ion ef MeGilliv- ~ray ~nd Olden She 0iSy Engineer was instructed ~o prep=re plan~ for ~he improvemen~ ~Sheldon Blvd ~nd Wa~er S~ree~. ~ ~ Pi~aek reported Sha~ atree$ employees were very carele~ abou~ hauling grovel over ~sidew~lk~,~nd stated Sh-~ Shey shoed be compelled to ele~n up She w-lk~ -nd keep Shem ~ele-n. ~ Bowdoin re~or~ed ~h~ someone h.d go$ h~$ by f~lling over . line ~ere~e ~he ~idewalk placed Shore a hou~emover ~ erased Sha~ such eon~r~otor~ should be ~ond and shoed P"2 fee~, ~d on mo$ion of Olden ~nd Willi.me OiSy A~orne2 ~irected to ~r~re om coverin~uch work.~ SSree$ comities re~ or,ed Sha$'Oo~l men ~d oSher~ were driving he.~vy loaAs ~idew~lka .nd re~.ue~t~,d ~hat ~o$iee be ~erved on She Oo~l Mereh~nSe,so .~ ~r~c~iee di~eon$inued .... July 28th 1919. (PAGE 2) Attorney Garland appe.red before the Council And on behalf of ~_r E_ing the owner of the old Rainier S.loon building,requested permission to make some tempor, ry repair~ to the front of sA.me and that he would ~gree to remove the building in s ye-r or 18 months; the Choirman of the Building 0ommittee reported ~g. inst allowin~ 2.~Vthing to be done to the building, and no action was tsken by the 0ouneil. Eirs Committee reported th.t the hy~r~n~ sat Burwell .nd Washington was being used by the stree~ contractor and w.s left cenn,eeted up after working holzrs, and th.t the pr.cries should be ~topped. F~ugineer reported that, the ~ontractor could, disconnect the hydrant ~t night and he Was directed to see that this w-s done. The hearing on Sixth Street et ~l improvement was taken up, and on motion of McGillivr- .nd Bowdoin w~s continued until~ next regul, r meeting. The clerk repoerted th".$ he h-d adVer'tised for bids for fire hose and that only one bid h.d been received; and .on motion of Willi.ms and ~eGillivr-y w-s directed to re-dvertiAe. Clerk re-d an ordin.nce re~ating to "Jitney Bu-" traffic .nd on motion of Bowdoin and Willisms the ordinance was referr'ed to the Street committee. Clerk reed ordins~ce r~ising'$he remuneration of the Wh. rfinger amd Assi.t~nt ~d on motion of Willi.ms and MeGillivr~y the ordin.ace w~s passed ..s read. Clerk re~d ordinance tem~i$~n~gf~het~a~ota bado~e~t~d~tofb~.~er$~$e~O~y issue of bonds for Water department Improvements, and on motion Of Olsen ~nd Bowdoin s-me was passed as read. all members voting Ys~. ~ Clerk re~d oP&ima~ee p~OT~i~g ~o~ ths~ffem~A.bAe~s of bonds in the smm of $~0.000. p..yable out of the speei~[l~d kmow~ as ImproVements ..nd Betterments ~ater fund series B .nd on motion of ~illi~s And MoGillivr.y ordinance w~s ~mm~amtmmmmm~~--.~,W~m~,,~_ ~mm~. 1Aid over until wednesday, evening. Clerk re-d letter from BenJ Alden Wharfinger tendering hie resign~.tion to t.ke effect A ~gu~ ls~ l~19 And on motion of t~illtams and MoGillivrsy resignation was ~coepted. mo~xon oy mcGillivray and ~illisms to ~llow all bills which have been approved by the ~inanoe committee; cart&ed. ' Motion by M~Gillivr~y ..nd Williams to adjourn.to wednesday~ July JOth, c~ried. tVedne~d~y July'5Oth 1919. ~eetin~ c-.lled ~o orde~ by M~.yor Giles ~.t 8.00 o'clock p.m. all members being present except N~r Huestis. ~ ~ord Car for 01erk reported,that but one bid h-d been received for supplying!the W-.ter DepArtment s-me being'from ~r F~kWho a~eed to furnish § passenger touring c-r with necessary e~uipm as selected by Nr Ro~s for $?~5. and on motion of Williams and Haddon the bid of Mr Ek was accepted. Qlerk .re~d ordinance providing for the form and details of bonds in the sum of $80.000, payable out of the Special fund heretofore ere. ted ..nd known as improvements ~d betterme~ Water F~d~serie~ B. and 'on motion of NcGillivray ~d W~lliams Ordin~ce ~w~ p~sed read all members~ voting ~e. Motion b~ Oleen ~d Pittack that Clerk be instructed to ~dvertie~ the bonds for e~le c~rried. ' ~ Clerk read a resolm~iondeel~ring the in~en~ion of the 01$y 0o~cil ~o call ~ election for the ~-le of bends Se ~inance ~he builging of a new wharf a~ ~the foot of Second s~ree~ ~ i~ a~d ~om~ not less th~n ~l~.O00. ~nd on motion ~ of ~Gillivray ~d ~illi.~ ordinance was eh.nged ~o re~d 'not $o exceed $!8.000. ~d was then passe~ as ammended on motion of ~Glllivra~ and ~llli~ms. ~ ~ubmtt~ed pl.$~ ~or the proposed wharf on Second s~ree~, ~d on motion ef ~.~ill- ~ivray ~nd ~illi.me plans were duly ~pproved. ~d clerk ~strueted to advertise for bida $o be opened at an adjourned meeting of ~he Co.oil on Au~s~ ~th l~l~. The ~yor -ppointed ~ ~r.nk ~ite to serve as ~h-rfi~ger ~d on motion of Willies ~nd NcGillivray appointment was oo~irmed. ~otion by Olsen~an~ Haddon that 01erk be ins$~eted $o auspend ~he i~su-nce of "Ji~ne2 licences~ ~$il f~her no,ice, carrie~. Building ecliPSes reported tha~ Oontrac$or Parker desired stree~ during the con~e~ien of ~he ~son~c Temple, and on mo~ie~ of MeGillivra2 Pi~$ack con~rac~er was~atloWe~ ~he half ~f ~arren S~ree~ and the sidewalk only on ~lfth street abutting the proper~y,wi~h ~he undere~.nding ~ha$ he eon~true~ a sidewalk aro~d ~he obstruction and put up . ~lie ~lability ~o~ion by ~illi~ms ~d McGillivraY $o adJou~,~il Tue~d.y Au~ ~$h, carried. ~ ~esday Au~st ~$h 1919. ~eeting called to order by ~yor Giles at 8.p.m all members being present except Hues~ia and ~ Pittack, who were out of City. Clerk reported that no bids had b en received for whr~f Job ~d on motion of ~cGillivra~ ~nd ~llliams Clerk was instructed to advertise in local paper ~dver~dse in Seattle p~pers. Engineer reoue~$ed instructions on removal or rep~ir of ~teps at foo~ of Ninth street ~nd on motion of ~illi~ms and Bowdoin the ~u~tter was referred $o the Street committee for ~nvestigation ~nd with instructions $o put up danger si~. Public U~ilitie~ co~ittee reported tha~ Garbage soow had ~o be moved from the foo~ of ~acific ~nd ~ new location wa~ hard to get. ~d on motion of Bowdoin and Williams the mat~ v~s referred to H.and S committee. ~o~ion by Cleon and McgillivraY~o adjoin, carried.