HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/17/13 Bre~,ner ton, ?lashington. t~ebruary l?th, 191~.
.,egular meting of the 8ity Cozu~cil of the City of Bremerton,called to order
by J,~ayor i.£ehner at $.30.o'clock p.m. present all councilmen,City Attorney,
h~ginee~',and Treasurer.~
].[inutes of previous session read and approved.
Letter read from Jillim~] i~ing asking for license to operate billiard and pool
room at ~,210 Duff, veil Avenue: referred $o license and revenue co~mnittee.
Petition ~'cad frown several residents of Ninth Street be~een Pacific and Par~
as~n~ that. sewer .be construot~ed to~ co.eot wisk P~k Avenue sewer,
referred to .%tierney to have necessary no.rices ~repared and ~g~eer uae instr-
ucted to make .p.lans and es.tim~tes~.
trt, et and ~lley co~,~n~tte~e made the following report ~d recom~:~endat~ons;
.~ecomen~ed th~ a strip of ,land five fe~t wi&e be conde~ed on the south side
of Ninth str~<~t from Uarren to Chester,.to make aaide street conform to width
of the~ part already graded. ~at Olive from Elizabeth to Che~ter be conde~ed
through. That Day ~iew street from Park Avenue to Chester Str~et be condenmed
throu~gh. That a street be condemned through the center of ~t ~:5 Tract ,~Z &
Lot ,,~ Tract' ..6 & ~t ,.~8 Tract ,,:6 from Elizabeth street to chester street.
Th~ a stre~,t be condenmed through the center of Lot ~5 Tract ~4 & Lot ,~ Tra~t
,'~5 and Lot ,,-5 Tract /5 from Elizabeth street to Chester street, also recomending
that an alley be condenn~ed throngh from ~Sixth street to Seventh street lOC feet
east of i~ark .lvem~e. ~eported that the temporary repairs to bulkhead o~Pourth
~tr.~et near Jify hall and that cost of s~e was about Five Dollars.
>~-;',~ },~, .,a~'d ~i~d ~IcOlo~hlen to adopt report of co~m]ittee and instruct City
~giueer to p~'epare necessary ~naps and data; carried.
i,lotion b~~ i'o~ers and Crawford that ~[ttorney and Engineer begin nece~ sary pro-
c,~edure to have alley opened bet',veon Sixth and Seventh near Park carried on roll
~all; all members voting ~lye.
[~[r Chapu~ 901 Park Avenue asked fro information about grading of alleys in
L.I.3.,,~61; ma~ter refer'red to City -~ngineer.
· ~tion was preoented by .J.G.Lewis asking that Eighth street between Pacific
and Coge~ be ~'~ade tho s~le ;'~idth as the rest of the street and protesting agai-
nst a~se~:.~.~ents on his property if present plans were carried out~claiming that
he ~.-;ould be damaged instead off benefitted. Motion by ?lard and Crawford that
~H;torney institute proc,~,~dings for condemning a strip of land t~velve f~et wide
on ~he south side of '~'~
~z~n,h street be'tv~een Pacific ~d Cogean Avenues; carried
on roll ~all,all me~hers voting Aye.
· ~pplications and bondsfor liquor licenses were referred to City ~ttorney and
License and ~ovonue co~],~tee.
D'ire,Light and Uater co.~.~ittce reco~.~ended that hydrant wrenches be purchased,
and purchasing ~o~;.~itte,- was instructed to procure s~e.
.,harC co~mittee report showed that hose had been ordered for sSeamer connec-
tions; .harfinger reported that one of the floats had s~k and reco:~,]onded that
a pu~:~p be purchased, that some of the electric fixtures needed adjusting and that
the rooms for Ohe assist~t wharfinger.
City ~gineer reported that he wished to procure copy of harbor area map at
once and that it ?~ould be nece sary for some one to go to 01~pia to copy the
:nap a~ the o:.',?ice of the .... ~'
~.o,~oner of l~ublic lands,
[.lotion by i~o~vers and licOlothlen theft" '
~ngzne,~r be instructed to procu~'e the
map of harbor' area; ca,'tied.
,m~ln~ .~ also reporSed ~nat according to the a~se~ent as levied by former
_]ngineer I.[r ~mukert on sixth would be liable for a~ ses~ment in District .59.
[lotion by t~ov~ez-s and Burlington to accept and file ~epo~t o~ Engine~r,carried.
Ci[,y ~lttom~ey reported that he had secured an order fro~.~ ~h,~ Superior court
fo~' ~he re-a~e~u~,~ont of that par~ of Broadway covered by Ordinal]ce ,,Z52 and in
complianc,~ ¥:ith said order snbmit~ed ordinance dire~ing tho re-assess~ent as
bherein provided; O~'dinance was ~'oad by clerk:
Ho$ion by ~ard ~nd Crau, ford to pa~',s ordinance ac read and instruct ~]ngineer
to p~'epal'o su[~!~li~nentary ause~ s~nen~ roil as provided therein; carried.
!~eport of ~Jit[~ a~torney on ~e~'~'y ordi~ance was ~'oad by clerk;
],lotion by l~ov~ers ~u~d ~,[cOlo~hlen that ordinance be read,lost on roll call as
fO1]mYS ~,rawford,Bu:7~ington anal ,mrd, Yes. io~'~ers,.~,[cOlothlen,,~alkims and ~oss.~.
i~eport el' ~zt~ ~Orney on ~as f~anch~se was red.by Clerk;
~,[o~:[on by ,Yard and ~owe~-s to read ordinance,aar~d on roll call all members
Ordinance was then discussed at length an several changes su~ested and as a
result ~.,~ Shepard agreed to a clause being inserted making a ~nim~ rate of one
dollar; ~his being the third reading of the ordinance it was passed on roll call
as follows; Crar~ford,Powers,Buffington,-Jard and i.[cGlothlen, ~ye. Calkins and Foss
No.
Treasurer reported that ~Ir Pleisher on Highland ~kve.had paid or claimed to
have paid. one asse~:sment on his property which was not shoran on his books and the
na,~tcr wa~-~ referred to the Finance
The L~yor reported that he had made a search of the records and fo~d that th
claim of the University State Bank had been paid in full, Attorney was ins' ed
to attend to the matter.
I,~ebruary l?th,i,91[~. IPage £.)
City ~ttorney reported that the General Lithograph Company h~d telephoned to
him and offered to Gccept three h~dred dollars in full pa~en~ of their bill
if same was paid at once; Motion by .'ard and Cr~ord to acoe~~ the proposition
and instruct Clerk to dr~w warramts for the ~o~t. c~rrted.~
L~ ~lcGlothlen reported that som~ of the property ov~ers in L.I.D.~8 wished
to h~ve the alleys p~ved with brick instead of ~sphalt and after discussion the
mattec was referred to the street and alley com.~ittee and Engineer.
Bills were received ~d approved ~y Finance committee as follows;
l~[i~s Freda Andreason ~l. T.H.Holmes ~,~J;2.50 E.~fthus .~61.50 Frank ~.[elzer ;~18.
~'rank Townsend ~;15. ~eo Lambert ~;15. Indt. J~sphalt Company ~3000.. J. S.Kenyon
,~,~3500.~, i~remer~on News ~39. Buffingtons Bazaar :j~8'.15. P.F.~en~ ,,;21. E.Har~ey
Jones ~17.25 Reed Jalworth ,~l~l. Oit~ Fuel and Supply Co..~4. K~ng ,,)17.50.
J.E.~ol;s ~)tl.25 Garrison Fisher Co ~5.50 i~aul L,iehner ~7.50 Bremerton Ice and
Fuel Company ~o.60 General Lithe.Co.
2iotion by Jard and Powers to pass all bills approved ~ Committee, 0am.'ied.
LIotion by Burlington and Crawford to advertise for publishin~ o~ ol'fi~ial
notices and for depository of City f~ds; ca~'ried.
~rchasing co~:~ittee w~s instructed to see Mr Coder about renting the office
in his building at the corner o~U ,~ashiugton and Second street.
Liotion by ~fard and Buffington to adjourn, carried.
E.J.L[c0all,
City Cle:~'k.