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CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
APRIL 25 1990
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton
was called to order in the City Council~Chambers, 239 4TH Street,
Bremerton, Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 1990 at 5:30 p.m., with
Council President Lynn Horton. Council members present were Lon
Overson, Wayne Estes, Spencer Homing, Hank Waibel, Morrie Dawkins,
C. R. "Tiny" Collins, A1 Colvin and Russ Johnson. Also present
were City Attorney Ian Sievers and City Clerk Kathleen McCluskey.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Council
President Horton and Invocation was given by Chaplin Ben Belcher
of Harrison Hospital.
CONSENT AGENDA
A. Minutes Of Meeting - April 11, 1990, #Ab90-087
B. Bid Award Recommendation - Timber Sales 1-90, 2-90,
3-90; Awarded: Timber Sale 1-90 to Grate Logging $157,000;
Timber Sale 2-90 to Hahn Logging $85,051; Timber Sale 3-90 to
Manke Lumber Co., $17,000, %AB90-088
M/S/C/U(Waibel/Horning) to approve Consent Agenda as presented.
ChAIMS/WAR~u%NT REGISTERS
Vouchers audited and certified by the auditing officer as required
by RCW 42.24.080, and those expense reimbursement claims certified
as required by RCW 42.24.090, have been recorded on a listing which
has been made available to the council.
]53 M/S/C/U(Colvin/Dawkins) on April 25, 1990, the Council does approve
for payment those vouchers included and further described as
follows: 108681 through 108718 in the total amount of $36,228.50
COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
Mr. Estes reported today he had the privilege of escorting
Council's Legislative Assistant Merilynn Erhart to the
Secretaries/Support Staff Luncheon, which was sponsored by the
Bremerton and Silverdale Chamber Of Commerce. He received copies
of current legislation in the City of Tucson, Arizona, relating
to Housing Code and Landlord Tenant Act. May 3, 5:00 PM, will be
the last formal meeting of the committee working on drafting of a
new Ethics Ordinance. He believes a new Ethics Ordinance will
bring about more harmony in the City. On Thursday, April 26, he
will be touring the City of Seattle's Spaying/Neutering Clinic in
order to get some ideas how to run such a program in
Bremerton/Kitsap County.
Mr. Hornin~ announced the Council office is into a full recycling
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program for recycling papers (agenda packets, computer printouts,
newspapers, etc.). He welcomed back the fast foot-ferries service.
And, to the Isaac Soriano family - thank you for caring.
Mr. Waibel drew everyone's attention to the graphic display
template, mounted above the Council podium, which was designed and
donated by a citizen, another example of the community helping out
the Council.
Mr. Johnson commented on a Letter To The Editor in today's
newspaper from one of the senior officers in the Police Department.
He noted he could not believe an article could have so much
inaccurate information. The article indicated the current
skateboarding ordinance was totally adequate to control skateboards
downtown. If that were true, he did not know how to explain boards
being torn off sides of buildings, trashing City parks, etc. The
Police Chief has expressed his views on the City's ordinance and
suggested that it be tightened up. Mr. Johnson noted he hoped the
skateboarders had come to some agreement as to how to mitigate a
total ban of skateboard in the business~ districts. More
importantly, the letter indicated the City Council was only funding
the drug enforcement control programs in the City of Bremerton in
the amount of $2,720.00 - this happens to be the supply/services
allocation to the Gambling and Narcotics Division and that division
is budgeted a total of $117,000 per year. Total funding in the
Police Department amounts to 3.4 million dollars of the 14 million
dollar City budget. And, it is widely known that drug enforcement
is a top priority for the Police Chief, Mayor and City Council, as
well as the Police Department, but to indicate the City Council
only allocates less than $3,000 for drug control in Bremerton is
ridiculous.
Mr. Colvin expressed his appreciation to Merilynn Erhart and Sybil
Laners for their assistance throughout the year and he noted a
special recognition of those services during National Secretaries
Week.
Mrs. Horton reported she had the opportunity to ride on as well as
steer the passenger only ferry on its inaugural trip. She believes
it will be an added element helping the revitalization of
Bremerton.
The following comments were made in memory of Isaac Soriano:
Wa~,~e Estes noted Mr. Soriano was a great humanitarian because he
would go out of his way to help other people in need, such as
delivering 50 gallons of oil to someone without any heat in their
home. He did not seek public notoriety for these kind acts but did
them quietly behind the scene. And, Mr. Estes expressed a "thank
you Mr. Soriano for being with us as long as you were".
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A1 Colvin stated he had met Isaac in the 1940's as a businessman
on Pacific Avenue and later he met his as a friend and fellow Lions
Club member. With his passing there will be a great void that not
just anyone can fill. His dedication to the community has been
long standing as a Lion and his testimony to his concern for the
less fortunate is self- evident. A comment he would pass on many
times was: "the moral arc of the universe is long but bends toward
justice". Isaac preferred quiet accomplishment and even quieter
expressions of appreciation and Mr. Colvin concluded by reciting
the poem "Sunset And Evening Star".
Tiny Collins stated in the near 40 years he had been in Bremerton
few names were always linked to the unfortunate of the City ...one
of those names being Isaac Soriano. During a first encounter with
Isaac, over the subject of one-way streets, the City staff,
Engineering staff, PSCOG had prepared an excellent presentation
with all the facts, figures, costs, benefits with the
implementation of one-way streets. When the presentation was
completed, Mr. Soriano gave a short but thorough lesson in
practical business operations, including the impact of traffic flow
on the profitability of a business. From that day on Mr. Collins
looked forward to encounters with Mr. Soriano because he never
failed to come away better for having been in his company. Mr.
Collins concluded by reading from the Bible the 12th Chapter of
Leviticus: "Remember now the days of thy creator and the days of
the youth .... "
Dick Brinkerhoff, past President Of Bremerton Area Chamber of
Commerce, stated he was present to pay tribute to Isaac's memory.
Mr. Soriano was a member of the Chamber Of Commerce for more than
50 years and Soriano Investment had been a staunch investor and
supporter of the Puget Sound Naval Base Association since 1960 and
Mr. Brinkeroff personally knew Isaac for some 40 years and he had
never met anyone more devoted to his community and to his family.
He preferred shying away from publicity and he readily gave of his
total support to numerous projects, both personally and
financially. He was awarded the Chambers highest Tyee Award of the
Chamber Of Commerce for community service in 1960. He concluded
by saying the entire community will miss Isaac and "God rest his
soul".
President Horton stated on behalf of the City Council and the City
of Bremerton she expressed deepest sympathy to the Soriano family.
PUBLIC RECOGNITION
Mayor Louis Mentor extended his sympathy to the Soriano family and
his appreciation for all that Isaac and the Soriano family had done
for the community over the many years.
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MaFor Mentor read a Proclamation recognizing the annual national
campaign to inform the public about communications disorders and
ways to get help, and to encourage early detection, proper
treatment and prevention of these disorders. And, he proclaimed
the month of MAY as BETTER HEARING AND SPEECH MONTH. S. K. Black,
Speech Pathologist and Carolyu Staves, Speech Pathologist, accepted
the Proclamation and expressed their appreciation for the
opportunity to bring before the public those services available in
the community for individuals experiencing hearing disorders.
Mayor Mentor read a Proclamation recognizing this Nation's more
than 200 year Heritage of Freedom and loyalty to the ideals,
traditions and institutions which have made our nation so great.
And, he called upon fellow citizens to take full advantage of the
special occasion known as LOYALTY DAY and participate in public
patriotic activities sponsored by the Veterans Of Foreign Wars of
the United States and others on April 28, 1990. Gertrude Johnson.
Secretary for the Loyalty Day Committee and Secretary/Treasurer for
the 4th District Auxiliary, stated this is the 33rd year of Loyalty
Day activities which will be held in Port Orchard, Saturday, April
28, 1990, parade starting at 11:00 AM, luncheon following the
parade at 1:00 PM, Myhres Restaurant. Gordon Dayteen, District
Commander of the Veterans Of Foreign Wars 4th District, expressed
his thanks also.
Mayor Mentor announced every Saturday morning a clean up activity
is planned from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., in the downtown area and
called "Bremerton Together Clean Up Project- Citizens Together For
a Better Bremerton". For the month of April he awarded the
"Business recognition plaque" to Pacific Electric for their
contributions in this clean up effort. Dan Van~ilder accepted the
plaque on the behalf of Ken Hills. MaFor Mentor presented the
individual recognition plaque for the month of April to Chuck
Laubach, who assisted in pressure washing the concrete walls of
City Hall park. Chuck Laubach stated he was somewhat surprised to
receive the award and that he appreciated Mayor Mentor's effort in
cleaning up the City and he believes it does make a difference.
David Richie, 5717 SE. Woodland Ct., Port Orchard, expressed his
concern over the City's new parking regulations. He recognized
that recent parking changes do enhance parking for residents,
however, the bad point is that it affects many Puget Sound Naval
Shipyard workers, who commute daily to Bremerton for their
employment. He acknowledged that the Shipyard has done very little
for the shipyard worker as to parking needs due to their not having
an abundance of land available. He did not look to the Shipyard
to solve the parking problem in a short period of time and he
believes the situation is more like the City is having a "hardball"
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contest between the City of Bremerton and the Shipyard. As a
shipyard worker, he feels that he is caught between these two
entities. He did not feel there was sufficient parking available
in off-street parking lots during the day shift hours. He did not
believe Kitsap Transit could respond to all situations of need due
to many workers in the Shipyard working irregular hours.
Currently, his work shift starts at 6:00 AM, which makes it
impossible for him to ride a bus rather than drive his own vehicle°
He requested the City Council to take another look at the situation
and see if there was some negotiating that could be done with the
Shipyard. He noted there are many vacant buildings in the City and
was not sure if there were any plans for their use; and he wondered
about some "park-n-ride" lots being established on the outskirts
of the City, such as the old Parker Lumber lot along the Navy Yard
Highway. He believes there is something that can be done, but not
swinging the pendulum all the way over and enforce parking the way
it is presently being proposed and not affect a great number of
people.
RoF McInnis, 2711 Maple Street, stated he would be back attending
City Council meetings and looked forward to speaking his mind on
issues as they come up.
Don Larson, 135 Rainier Avenue, stated he agrees with David Richie
regarding the parking problem and hassles that are being
experienced. He suggested it might be possible to look into
eliminating parking fines and run parking in the downtown on an
honor system where rates are posted on the meter. He related that
a local businessman had no interest in moving his business downtown
due to his being unable to work with the City of Bremerton, poor
parking available, etc. This past weekend he spent several hours
cleaning up several lots in his neighborhood and he used the City's
drop off point to discard the litter and trash picked up. He
questioned if the City had or would be putting in a flag pavilion?
He offered to personally donate a huge American Flag to the City
to be flown.
Joe Baolio, 3125 Sahali Dr., member of Men's Club/Gold Mountain
Golf Course, questioned what was the reason for the increase in
golfing fees? He believed a public utility or facility was set up
for the public to use and that it was part of the job of the
elected officials to provide such facilities for use. Gold
Mountain Golf Course is not running at loss. According to articles
in the newspapers, it is running between $60-90,000 in the black.
The group that is most impacted by the increase in fees is the
senior citizens and it will be a burden/hardship on this age group.
Golf is their recreation and social activity. He felt elimination
of the monthly rate was wrong and he did not feel it should be
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the realm of payment.
JerrF Diuiov---i, Bremerton, President of the Gold Mountain Men's
Club and speaking for both the Men's and Women's Gold Mountain Golf
Clubs, stated they surveyed 20 18-hole municipal golf courses (26
located in the State of Washington). All of them have senior
rates, 17 had daily senior rates and 13 had the same rates for
weekends and weekdays. The average rates for municipal 18-hole
golf course was $10.66 (Gold Mtn. $12.00); 18 senior rates $7.23
(Gold Mtn. $8.00); Weekends $11.01 (Gold Mtn. $12.00); punch cards
$359.00 average for 50 rounds $7.18 per round (Gold Mtg. $190.00
for 20 rounds $9.20 per round), etc. On the 18-hole courses
currently Gold Mountain is 12~ above the average and on May i that
jumps to 29~. On 18-hole senior it is i0~ above the average
currently and May i will go to 38~. Right now on punch cards Gold
Mountain is 32~ above the average and as of May i it goes to 53~.
Presently annual fees at Gold Mountain are 38~ above the average,
annual fee/couple is 22~ above average (those staying the same at
the May I increase). He believes the recent increase in fees for
Gold Mountain were based on an incomplete study and not based on
other municipal golf course within the State. The primary basis
for the study was privately owned golf courses in Western
Washington and these courses have a primary objective of profit
whereas municipal courses have a dual responsibility of being for
the recreation use and benefit of their residents at a cost that
will not further burden the taxpayers. Gold Mountain Golf Course
is presently fulfilling these objectives and increasing the costs
for local residents is not acceptable to the Men's and Women's
Clubs. He pointed out other golf courses in the area, such as
Kitsap Golf And Country Club, are pointed toward other clientele
than the average shipyard worker. Lastly, they request that the
City Council initiate action to stop the rate increase scheduled
for May i until a more complete study can be accomplished.
Jim Clancy, 1543 N. Lafayette, stated from past experience in other
cities and on other golf courses residents are allowed to buy an
annual card for $5.00, which would allow local residents to play
on the course for a fee of $7.00 per round. He would like to see
something like this instituted in Bremerton.
Horace Dicks, 912 N. Montgomery, stated he has been a citizens of
Bremerton for 50 years and had utilized the golf course from its
very beginning. Currently he pays $55.00 per month, which allows
him to play three days per week...when the new rates go into effect
that cost will raise to $96.00 for the same amount of days. And,
in 1991 that cost will rise up to $120.00 for 12 times per month.
He felt this was an outrageous increase for senior citizens.
Gerald Bon-ema, Chairman of the Old Timers Association, stated he
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believed the senior citizens will loose their right to play on a
course that they as taxpayers have built over of the years and that
it is a great injustice at a time in their life when they should
be able to relax and enjoy the fruits of their labor. He urged
Council to give this item further study and see if the fee raise
is really needed.
Earl La~ence stated from his experience playing golf in other
areas, the local residents pay only $6.00 per round for green fees,
outsiders of that area pay $25.00 per round. Another area has a
program where the golfers buy a annual card for $15.00, which
entitles residents to play any municipal golf course for a $5.00
green fee. He played at the Riverside Golf And Country Club in
California for $7.50 green fees.
Willard Wilson expressed concern over the impact the increased golf
fees will have on senior citizens considering the fact that cost
of living increases minus the increase in medicare has actually
decreased the amount they previously received. He felt the senior
citizens should not be penalized when their paycheck is getting
smaller.
6A - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT PAC-TECH ENGINEERING, INC.,
~AB90-089
The Utility's General Sewer Comprehensive Plan (Draft) provides
for the extension of sewer mains within the Utility's service area
for providing sewer service to non-sewer areas.
The Utility Department has received requests for sewer service
along the Tracyton Beach Road area, north of Sheridan Road. The
service is being requested by several property owners in the area
in response to development of several private homes and a Plan Unit
Development.
Attached for Council's consideration is a proposal for providing
professional services for the design and preparation of plans and
technical specifications for the extension of a pressure gravity
sanitary sewer main along Tracyton Beach Road from Sheridan Road
north to Sylvan Way as extended. The estimated cost for the
professional services is approximately $9,600.00.
Bill Duff¥, Utilities Director, provided a map showing the location
of the proposed project. An added benefit to the project would be
the elimination of a pump station (EB#7 - located on E. 31st and
pumps sewage in an easterly direction), thereby creating a gravity
system and thereby saving the City some operation and maintenance
cost as well as utility cost.
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Mr. Johnson questioned which lot did the City have a Utility
Agreement with? Mr. Duff¥ pointed out the lots on the map, noting
they were depicted by the green crosshatching marks. And, he has
received a request in a positive response to signing an Outside
Utility Agreement on the northern parcel of Government Lot 4. In
addition, they do have some other Utility Agreements on the Alta
Drive area that were not noted on the map but were signed a number
'of years ago.
Mr. Colvin questioned if the density increases to a certain level
are the Utility Agreements written in a manner that the People will
come into the City? Mr. Duff¥ stated yes, the reason for the
Utility Agreements is that currently the properties are non-
contiguous and if they were contiguous the City would request
annexation immediately.
Mr. Waibel emphasized the fact that this type of action by the City
should be viewed as a positive response providing utility services
to an area in need.
)59 M/S/C/U(Johnson/Colvin) to approve Professional Services Agreement
with Pac-Tech Engineering, Ibc., for providing professional
services associated with the extension of a sanitary sewer main
along Tracyton Beach Road north of Sheridan Road and authorize the
Mayor to execute the same subject to City Administrative Policies
and Procedures.
7A - ORDINANCE (FIRST READING) AMEND BUSINESS LICENSE & OCCUPATION
TAXES CHAPTER 5.02.090 OF THE BREMERTON MUNICIPAL CODE, %AB90-090
The franchise fee of 2% has been eliminated from the Cascade
Natural Gas Franchise. In order to retain collection of 6~ of
gross receipts from Utility taxation the occupation tax on
manufactured natural gas must be increased from 4~ to 6~.
Kathleen McCluske¥, City Clerk, stated the State does not allow a
Utility Tax in excess of 6~ on telephone, power and gas. This is
not an increase to the Cascade Gas Tax because the City is charging
64 currently - 2~ is a Franchise fee and 4~ is called a Utility
Tax. What she is attempting to do is to standardize the process
so it is all called a Utility Tax and is being presented in
ordinance form. The problem with the 24 tax in the Franchise
Ordinance is that the Franchise Ordinance expired in February and
that 2~ effectively went away, although Cascade Natural Gas is
continuing to pay it. When a tax is set by Ordinance, it does not
expire and"just go away", and an ordinance may be amended more
readily than a Franchise Ordinance should the State allow the City
an increase Utility Taxe sometime in the future. The City is in
the process of renegotiating the Franchise Ordinance and it will
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be before Council within two weeks and it will contain nothing to
do with taxes, the taxing will be shown in the Tax Ordinance.
Public comment invited - none received.
Mr. Waibel questioned what advantages does the City have in dealing
with a Franchise that they would not have dealing with a strict
utility? Ms. McCluskeF stated the only advantage, (power and gas
and TV cable company have franchises-phone company does not), is
that the City is able to put into the franchise a few more controls
and specific kinds of things the City wants, such as with Puget
Power the "under grounding issue", with Cascade there are some
restrictions regarding" excavation and repairing to former
condition", etc. These types of things could be included in an
ordinance, however, a franchise puts it into a long term
relationship. Mr. Waibel questioned if possibly the City would
want to include some types of controls in the Utility Ordinance?
Ms. McCluskev stated no, they would be included in the Franchise
Ordinance - the City does have another ordinance that deals with
some of the engineering concerns. Since the proposed ordinance has
only to do with the Taxation Code, there should not be other
standards included in it.
Mr. Johnson questioned what progress was being made on the actual
Franchise Agreement? Ms. McCluske¥ stated the agreement is being
reviewed by Cascade now and she expects to hear back from them in
about a week. Mr. Johnson stated there are a number of areas not
served by natural gas, which leaves people using other types of
energy sources that are less desirable environmentally, and
questioned if there was something in the Franchise Agreement that
would make it easier to extend services to more citizens in the
City? Ms. McCluskeF stated it was not too late for additonal
considerations - the next step will be to meet with Cascade and
discuss the draft proposal and she felt additional conditions could
be added.
246 M/S/C/U(Johnson/Horning) to approve Ordinance, on first reading,
increasing business and occupation tax for manufactured or natural
gas, and amending Chapter 5.02.090 of the Bremerton Municipal Code.
7B - OP. DINANCE (FIRST READING) RENAMING WYCKOFF AVENUE TO CORRECT
SPELLING, #AB90-082
Mrs. Helen Ross is in the process of writing a history of the
Public Sound Naval Shipyard. While researching Lt. Ambrose B.
Wyckoff, U.S.N., and his role in the history of PSNS, she noted
that the street sign spelling Wycoff Avenue is misspelled. She has
asked that an ordinance be passed correcting this oversight to read
W¥CKOFF Avenue.
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Earl Nelson, 313 Olympic Avenue, spoke in opposition to the
proposed change in spelling of Wycoff. He pointed out information
type areas that would have to be changed, i.e., telephone books,
street directors, business advertising, all computer lists: banks,
garbage company, credit cards, etc.
Eliza~eth Buell, 1722 High Avenue, spoke in opposition to the
proposed change, citing that it would cause to many problems.
President Horton stated she received some information from a
citizens which included a map dated 1891 and some information that
was recorded at the County Court House in 1906. The map indicates
the spelling of Wycoff as "Wycoff" and in the recorded documents
Wycoff is spelled Wyckoff and under each "k" there is a dash mark
that was put in to indicate that the "k" in fact was an error.
Evidently the City of Charleston elected to spell Wycoff without
a "k".
Mr. Overson stated he did not support this proposal and if it were
to be considered he felt it needed further study due to the overall
impact of such a change.
Mr. Homing stated he was not convinced that it was necessary to
make a change in the street name "Wycoff".
Mr. Collins stated as noted in the Kitsap County recorded
documents, it is very clear that the intent was to spell Wycoff as
it stands today.
Mr. Job--son stated he felt the proposed change would have too great
an impact on City residents and he suggested that when future signs
are made for Wycoff Avenue that possibly a second line could be
added saying "named after Lt. Wyckoff".
355 M/S/C(Collins/Johnson) to disapprove the intended correction of
spelling to Wycoff Avenue - it was not misspelled.
Vote: In Favor: Overson, Horning, Horton, Waibel, Collins,
Colvin, Johnson
Oppose: Dawkins, Estes
~C - ORDINANCE ~4265 (SECOND READING) AMENDING LA/~D USE TABLE %9
OF THE BREMERTON ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW APPAREL MANUFACTUKING
BY SPECIAL USE PEP. MIT IN THE BUSINESS CORE (BC) ZONING DISTHICT
~AB90-083
Public comment invited - none received.
M/S/C/U(Waibel/Colvin) to approve Ordinance %4265, on second
reading, amending Land Use Table %9 of the Bremerton Zoning
Ordinance to allow Apparel Manufacturing by Special use permit in
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the Business Core (BC) zoning district.
7D - ~SOLUTION 92299 - G~GORY WAY ONE-WAY WESTBOUND WITH
P~ESIDENTIAL PER/~IT PARKING CHESTER AVENUE TO NAVAL AVENUE, ~AB90-
091
On February 14, 1990, the City adopted Ordinance %4260 making it
illegal to park on planting strips. Since most of the Gregory Way
planting strips were recently restored as part of the sewer
construction, the City wanted to address those strips first in an
attempt to prevent the new sod from being destroyed. Gregory Way
was not wide enough to allow for on-street parking and two-way
traffic. Therefore, two alternatives were considered. One
alternative was to change the traffic flow to one-way to allow
parking on one side. The second alternative was to leave Gregory
Way a two-way street and eliminate all parking. A public meeting
was held on April 3, 1990, to provide an opportunity for the local
residents to have input on which alternative would be presented to
Council. Fifteen (15) of the local residents attended the meeting
and the consensus of the group was that they prefer Gregory Way
from Chester Avenue to-Naval be made one-way-westbound with two (2)
hour residential parking provided on the north side. The residents
also requested that the all-way stop at Gregory Way and High Avenue
be left in place.
The Washington Model Traffic Ordinance adopted by the City requires
that the Council pass a Resolution to make a street one-way.
Therefore, Engineering Department is requesting Council to approve
the attached resolution establishing Gregory Way from Chester
Avenue to Naval Avenue one-way westbound.
Scott Bannon, 1421 Gregory Way, stated his support of the proposed
Resolution and noted because of their traffic problems with the
Shipyard gates on Naval and State Street they are subject to a lot
of on street parking of non-residents, congested traffic; and there
have been two deaths in traffic accidents at the intersection of
High Street and Gregory Way.
Andy ParFDa, 1122 Hayward Avenue, member of the Parking Advisory
Board, stated he was happy to hear the residents on Gregory Way are
supportive of this proposal. He pointed out that now that
Ordinance %4260 has passed Ordinance %3723, which allowed people
to park on sidewalks is now gone. Ordinance %2986, which now puts
the responsibility on the shoulders of the abutting landowner for
any property damage to that right-of-way including the parking
strip and sidewalks, can now be enforced. Perhaps the Gregory Way
residents have shown to the rest of the citizens the way to move
ahead on one-way streets.
Eliz-heth Buell, 1722 High Avenue, stated it was about time - and
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lets get on with it!
Mr. Estes stated the people of Gregory Way have spoken loud and
clear and he urged the Council to approve the ordinance, which will
help straighten out the problems along Gregory Way. Those concerns
about the State Street entrance to the Shipyard will have to be
addressed with the Navy, perhaps making Naval Avenue the main gate
into the Shipyard.
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Mr. Collins stated he was in favor of one-waying Gregory Way but
he feels there is a need that should be looked at. If the one-way
runs from Chester to Naval west all vehicles that come onto Chester
will have to go either across or dump into State Street. State
Street has a four hour period each day that it becomes one of the
most populated streets in the City. He suggested looking at making
it useable, taking the greatest amount of impact off of Gregory
Way. In regard to the alley along side the Navy yard fence, there
are numerous vehicles that turn into State Street out of the alleys
parallel to Navy Yard fence. It appeared to him that the
appropriate thing to do would be to make the alley west of State
Street one way west and the alley east of State Street one-way east
to Chester. If something like this is not done, there will be
vehicles coming off the two alleys trying to go in a northerly
direction on State Street.
Mr. Johnson stated he supported the proposal, however, he felt it
may be a solution for a short term problem. But, the real problem
appears to be that due to security restrictions in the industrial
area of the Shipyard shifted heavy traffic on to the State Street
Gate, which the Shipyard has not addressed as to impact on the
residential area. He believed this issue needed to be addressed
and felt the Mayor should be directed to meet with the Shipyard and
discuss the most appropriate entrances to the Shipyard.
President Horton pointed out the State has allocated 8 1/2 million
dollars for a new entrance into Bremerton and she felt the issue
"where traffic is funneled" needed to be addressed. Mr. Johnson
noted that in the area of State Street there are no stop lights to
help move traffic safely.
Mr. Overson stated Mr. Johnson's observations are accurate ...the
City built Naval Avenue as an entrance into the Shipyard and the
Shipyard redirected traffic show that a large number of vehicles
exit out of State Street and the two do not meet. He believed the
proposal for one-way traffic on Gregory was a step in the right
direction. He noted the biggest problem with one-way streets is
that people like to speed on them.
Mr. Collins stated he would support the Resolution as presented,
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however, he felt that the one block section of Gregory Way from
Chester to State Street should be reviewed and the alleys should
also be taken into consideration now or at some later date.
.20 M/S/C/U(Colvin/Estes) to approve Resolution %2299, establishing
Gregory Way from Chester Avenue to Naval Avenue one-way westbound.
M/S/C/U(Johnson/Colvin) that the Mayor be directed to begin
immediate discussions with the Department Of Navy and the Office
Of Economic Adjustment to look at a long term solution to provide
traffic flow patterns for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in its present
configuration or desired configuration and to ask the Mayor to look
at additional one-way streets as refinement of action just taken
to maximize traffic flow with present City street configurations.
With no further business meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
KATHLEEN T.. MCCLUSKEY, CITY CLERK
APPROVED
LYNN HORTON, Council President
City of Bremerton
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