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Home My WebLink About03/10/13 Bremerton, 'fiashin~zton, ifarch 10th., 191;i. ~e~ular meeting,s_ of tile 3i',~y Council called to order by Mayor ..... ~em~,~ at 7: o'clock i~.~d., all officers being present except Co~cilman Calkins. ]~inutes of previous session read and approved. Letter read from residents and property owners on Sheldon Blvd.. protesting against the proposed bulkhead on the norSh side of that thoroughfare. Letter read fromproper"~y owners on Ninth Street between ~ashing~on and Pa~fic Avenues protesting a~,~a~m~t being included in proposed Local improvement Dis tr~ct and requesting thut four foot walk~ with wooden ~tters be laid instead of ~f~ ~Je feet wide with curbing; after discussion both thsse petitions were referred to the Ztreet and Alley Committee for one week. Letter read from proper~y owners ~bntting on Anoka Street asking Codicil to order the i~prove~aent of said street by grading and laying sidewalks and ~bing. Referred to gtreet and Alley Committee and Engineer. ihvo length, petitions were received from property owners and residents om ;,aahin~ton ~w~nue one praying theft the stree$~b~ caved and the other protestin(~ ag~in~-~t 2avin~ s~d street at this time. These petitions were each re~erred Let;ter reud Zr,o:-a ~. ,.,. Lioore, attorney protesting a~'ainst ~i~e a,_)poinl;~:lent oF i,L:'~. Ella :i. orubo~Ten a~s folicewoman, on tko grotmdS th,,:~.t; she could not lc,Da!il: ::olu suc~ f_i"ice, ai~o,,,~er letter was received from City Ai;~orney Cart t.~ i; the ~ t-z was .uo~ clear. X:otio~] b~ Zo-,..,::z's an~ :2oas to re:~Ter the mat;ret to the City ~ttorne~- :9or one :reek ~ _.z~_e5 ~o,n:azttee re?orted having ives~iga~ed ways and l:lean~ :fforoirl~:~ l)i-'~i)~::z'tv or, nerD $o keep sidewalks clear of gravel and ~ ~co,n.,~nd~d t;~ ..... a , ham.ss anJ ';:',,,~:pon be purc]'~ased for the use of $~e btreet &~pa~tmen'$ :lotion by L.IcSlotl~lenr~,:.~d_ 2owe~'s t n r~fer reco~endation of Street and -,lley Committee to 2~rc)!~tsillt]j Cor~ittee for investigation before next meeting. L~r. fl"a.~'~ ..... ~. epo.~'-~,ed '-'~,,, '- ~'a~~.'~ ~Jilhelm had reported to him about i,~.e"' ~'.,a~f' t~:e ~'~a,'s being7 ::~erfo:~:'~uefl in ~istrict $61 and Sfireet: and Alley Co~nittee :'~as to inves 2[,~tion by ~'os8 ;~nd .:~ufi l~g~on 8o authorize City Atto~'ney to make tz'i~ to Tacoh'ta in connectio t with ?r-~2osed purchase off ElecSric Lig]~t plant if The b,:)nd~:] o:i, t]t(~ five a~olicants for liquor licenses havin{? bee~ ataproved t~:;- ,~;~ :,tl,orney, t:~e Licens.: and ;~eve~!ue Co~nittee reoo~nended that licenses be :.[otion ];'F ?~uf.f in -: to a and ]',2~Qlothlen to approve report o.[' CommitSee and in:~l;ruct Clerk $o isst~e l;he five licenses. Carried. License ~rnl "evenue Co~muitSee :nade favorable report on the application of .~n. D. i~ing :~or pool room license in ~he i,ieroh Building. ~'~tion'~',- ?,uffin ton arid ,,ard to approve reoo~endation of committee and Jn;:tz'~:c :~ Clerk u,. L .... t~e license ~arried City ~l~torney ~'eported that A.~,7. Lucas had surrendered his license as a fawn- broker and ~r,~ , ....... ],al was instructed to have Luoas remove I~mvnbrokers sign. Ztesolution z~e~d providing ~or the arrest of lessors, lessees, i~ates and i'requenter~, of houses of pros$iSuti0n, to the end that all such ~ersons be fined or pt~nished as providied ])y Orflin~nce. Ci~,., ,~ttorney stated that a word or ~vo needed changing. !.iot'i_on by ]]uffin:~;[;on and i'.io;51,3t]i~s~ $hat Attorney i~ke the necessary corrections. Ca?'ried. i,iotL, n b~r Buf:gington and ';;ard to adopt resolution as read and corrected. Carried. Healt)~ att~: Sanita!~ion Co~ittee reported having investigated about: ].andi~ for garbage scow m-~d recom::~ended ~treet; depart,~ent be instructed to make excavation at low tide so that scow could be brought close enot~ to enable garbage men to trans- fer garbage from their wagons. ::orion by Burlington and i~lcGlothlen to adopt report of Committee. Carried. Clerk read report of Treasurer for'~ebruary and same was referred to Finance Co~a,~i t tee. Cit;y At.;tordey reported that .i.C.D~lap had sold his interest in the boat house at the City ~ark ~,~d. had requested that his lease wit;: the City be transferre~t to Geo. L.Van ~t,:erp; the Dark Boar8 havin~,,~ requested ti ~I; t~te n~tt, er ;e delayed one week, it was so ordered. Resolution road declaring the intention of the Council to i)rovide for tits ex~en- sion and opening of a street thirty feet wide beginning at a t~oint 690.85 feet west and 190,~feet north of a ceri. ain stone momzm,~nt which is the southeast co~'~er o' the northeast qusn~er of sectis, n fourteen, to~ship ~;ent~,-fo~r north, range one east U.id. in the uity of Dremerton, Kitsap Oo~nty,','ashim:~;~on, (~hence running west ~82.66 feet, more or less, to the east margin oi' Broadway thence north alonft' the ea:-~t m~.~gin of Broadway , tl~rt:y feet, thence east '282.66 :feet, more or less, to the west .margin of Jarren Street; thence south ~0 feet to tl:e place of be- gi~ming, same to be used as a public street an,; his']tway, all in. accordance with plans to be prepared by and filed in the office of the C~ty Zngineer o:F the City Br eme r ton. i,Iotion by Powers and Crawford to pass resolution ~nd in~tr~.ct A~orney ~o necessary action to carry out intentions of Covmcil as ?rovided therein. ~le~L read an Ordinance a~?proving and confirming ti~e re-assessm:':nt aud supplemen- tal assessment roll of Local Improvement iis;trict No. 47. Liotion by Crawford and "ard to pass Ordinance as read. Carried. Clerk read Ordinance changint[~ the name of i~;ill S~reet to Sheldong U~oulevard. ~,,~otion by l~.IcGl~thlen and rawford to pass Ordinance as read. Carried. Resolution read declaring~that a certain alley between the property of H. ~iei'ert and ~. Ostram and others near the corner of ~ark Avenue be~een Sixth and Se'~enth Streets had been i~ use as such alley for over twelve years, and lnstru~:t~n~.~ the City Engineer to cause to be removed all -~' ~ resting on the surface of said ~' that the sa~e might be in condition for im:~edi~te use and travel. 1,iotion by Powers and ~IcGlothlen to pass resolution as read. C~rri~,d o~ roll call as follows: Crawford and Foss "No"; Powers.Buffington,~ard and ~',~c~lothlen Engineer submit~.ed final esti~nate in District ~A6Z and recommended that the be accepted and contractor released and final pa~aent made. ~,Iotion by Jard and Powers to adopt report of ~gineer; Carried. Engineer requested that a Roya~ Sypewriter now in use in his o~fice be purc]~ased and on motion of Powers and Uard th~ matter was referred to the ~:urchasing Cp~ittee with power to act. Complaint was made about the old building on Pacific Ave. at Ninth street aad the matter wa~s referred to the City ~kttorney. ~e ~..~yor reported that the veterans of the Grand .~rmy of the iiepublic ~l-md decide~ not to hold the a~ual convention in Port ~ngoles and might be persuaded t- co~e to Br e~e r ton. Resolution introduced by i~oss and ~Jard asking the G.A.R. to hold the annual con- vention in Bremerton and assuring them that She citizens would do every thing possible for their comfort and to make the occassion a memorable one. Carried unan imo u s 1 y. ~oti~u~ by Powers and ~Jard to pay all bills which had been a?proved by Fina~ee C o~ai t ~ ee. The~following bills were a~,proved: ?~'m. King ' o ~_., ?~remer~on Transfer CO..~)5; Independent Coal Co..iS; Silas omith ~18; ~.I.J.Pord J. E. ~,[cGillivrae ~4.E5; Prank L~elzer ~18; Leo Lambert $15; ~rank To~nse~ $15. Dan D~lap ~18; J.C.Adams $Z~,7~; i~.P.Le~t SE2;,.C.H.Jones ~ 19.~0; Reed ~;olwor~h Port Orchard i~,~rket ~o.~o;Kitsap Telephone Co. ,~7 90; Bremerton Charleston and ~'uel Co. l,~otion by Powers and 2oss to Gdjourn. Carried. ~. J. ~cCall City C~erk.