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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/25/70 February 25, 1970 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held in tile Council Chambers of the City llall at 10:00 A.M., P.S.T, on Wednesday, Febrtmry 25, 1970, with 5layer .larstad presiding. Also attending ~¢ere the following: Commissioner Clark, Commissioner Schoneman, City Attorney Ignlgren, City CLerk Yeadon, City Engineer Lewis, Fire Chief Tillett, Ecl Adams, and a representative of the Press. l~Je meetin~ ~ms called to order at 10:00 A.~4., P.S.T. by ~layor Jarstad and the Invocation was given by ."layer Jnrstad. The City Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting and they tere approved as amended. Concerning the minutes of the last meeting .~lr. Schoneman commented tlmt on the extension approved by the Council for Select Contractors subject to written approval of the engineering firm, that he }lad checked the conditions of the contract which state that the extension may be approved by the of hd)lic Works with the leritten consent of tile surety, Discussion followed whether it was proper for the delegation of this authority to the Commissioner of Public Works. Commissioner Clark com- mented that be felt it might not be legal to grm~t the authority as stipulated in the contract. .larstad state{! that it had always been the practice to bring extensions of time before the Council and thought this i.s n matter which should be brought in for discussion. Mr. Scboneman cormented further that the engineering firm had checked the conditions and apparently did not feel there was anything t~rong with this procedure. After further discussion the matter was dropped. City Clerk stated it was the time and ¢lace set for a bid opening for 1200 yards of washed sand. 5lotion by ~layor Jarstad and Mr. Clark to open bids, carried unanimously. City Clerk read the ~b~i ng bids: [I!NYnN ~WrF. RIALS CO~ANY, INC. - 5100.00 check enclosed. Bid - $4.33 per yard., TOTAI~ - 55,196.00 Plus S. S. T. $233.82 GIb~ND TOT^L - $5,429.82. 'lotion by ~layor Jarstad and b{r. (.'Lark to refer the bid to committee of tile whole and Mr. Pendergast o-~s and Recreation for evaluation and award at the next meeting, carried unanimously City CLerk read a REPORT OF SF..PARATION for the following: RONALD G. k'RAEl$, Extra-labor, Water Department, eCfective February 16, 1970, terminated. bBtion by Mr..larstnd and ~{r. Clark to approve, carried unanimously, City Clerk read a NcffICE OF 1.3IPlI3Yb{tiNT for the following: ii 1~l,lgq 51. qq~ACY, Planning Denartment, Extra-help, effective February 25, 1970, i 52.50 per hour. !!blotion hv Mr Clark and [~r. Jarstad to approve; under discussion, ~kayor Jarstad stated that Mr. l?rl~er' informed him that ~rs. Tracy is ,n graduate of l~ashington State University and will be ilworking part time in the landscaping of some of our park areas. The motion carried unanimously, !'.City Clerk read a NOTICE OF PUBLIC }~:ARING which had been set for December 3, 1969 and was never !ibeld because the ~ayor and Commissioners were called out of town on business and the City Council i~met December 2nd. The hearing was requested by the Planning Commission to amend Ordinance No. ~.,1792', Chapter VI, Section 702. i[~otion by Commissioner Clark and bit Jarstad to re-set the htblic tlearing for blarch 11, 1970, iicarr~ed ~man~mousl y. .ii [ICity Clerk reported that Findings and Order from the l~ashington State Highway Comission re: ISinclair Inlet to Arsenal Way, was on record in the Clerk's Office. 2ity CLerk read Ordinance No. 2874, second reading, to amend the use and area maps o~ Ordinance No. 1792. ~otion by Mr. Clark and ~r. Jarstad to pass Ordinance No, 2874 on second reading, carried unanimously. 7. ity CLerk read a PROCLAblATION concerning the 23 years of American Field Service with exhange of forei students. The PROCLM,I&TION names B~RCII 2-7, 1970 as /¢IFJIlCAN FIEIJ) SERVICE I~EK. It was urged that tile citizens of Bremerton participate in this week hy attending the Dessert Fair on Thursday, ~arch S, 1970, starting at 6:30 P.~I, at West Iligh Cafetorium. f:ity Cl,erk read CIt~NC, F. ORIIER NO, I and NO 16 re: IJ.A.B. 8-2-1S2(5) from Select COntractors to install 6~ ahnninum perforated pil~e 1' above the footing and the full length of conrete wall being !constructed at Bunvell [ Olyr~ic in the amount of 543S.S0, No. 16 re: U.A,B. 8-2-152(3) from Select ~Contractors to construct wooden steps r~ landing at 9th street Avenue in the amount of 5627.00. i~lotion by Mr. $cboneman and ~Ir. Clark to anprove change orders: under discussion, City F.ngineer l,m,'is !~---I~Tame[1 in detail the reasons for the chagnes. ~lotion carried unafiimously. City Clerk read RF.SOI,IffInN NO. 1450 announcing the City's intention to vacate alley described as Lots 1 through 10 , and the west 24 feet of lot 40 and all of lots 41 through SO,,, Block 1S, Plat of Bremer~ setting hearin~ for ,~larch 25, 1970 at 1O:{lO A.bl, at the CChmcil C ambers; and requir/ng City Clerk to post notices. ~otion by blt. Schoneman and ~,Ir. Cl,ark to pass Resolution No. 1450. On discussion: bit. Clark stated ~tPfl-~esolution corrects an erroneous motion last week at which time the hearing leas set for ~4arch 11, 1970, which did not take into account the time required for preparing the resolution; the hearing must be at least 20 days after passaje of the resolution and not more than sixty days. Motion cnrri~l unanimously. City Clerk read a ~tF~O to F. S. Schoneman from E. R. Weller estimating the cost of supply main to golf courseis 511,250.00, including the price of materials purchased from Il. D. FOwler Co. 5totion by ~Ir. Schoneman and ~lr. Clark to approve, under discussion , City Clerk Yeadon asked if this is to be done through force account. ~'Ir, Schoneman said it is. Commissioner Clark inquired as to whether the materials are included under this account. City Clerk said they are; carried unan Janus 1 y. " ~lotion by Nit. C/ark and ,Xlr. Jars(ad to pay all bills approved by a majority of the Con~nissioners, ~d unanimously. ' Commissioner Clark reported: 1) Tomorrow be will be speaking to the Government Class at East IIigh on the question of City ~inanc~ 2) Thursday evenin~ will be in Seattle attending a Budget Committee meeting of the Association of l~rashin~ton Cities, preceeding the full board meeting of which he will also attend FPiday mornine at tile University Towers. The Board members will take up the budget of the forthcoming year, the sales tax bill r~lating to the cities amt counties etc. Commissioner Schoneman reverted: 1) Progress report on the golf course: disking and dragging of the fairways 15resently takin- place on those that have been cleared of all materials . They are shaping up nicely. PLacement of the stmply line, connection has been made just ahead of the chlorinator and we have approxima. SOO feet of line in place. Final tree removal by City Forces, at the time of cons(mc(ion a amber of trees were left until the ground could be graded at which time the expert, ,lack R~emer takes another look and tags the trees to be removed for the final finished job. This has been done and the trees are now being taken out I/y the foresters.. 2) 1Va(er storage proposed for golf course site. The site has been excavated and considering the me(bed of retaining water in this sand loam, material was found on the site that can be properly conmacted to provide a hard surface; and weighin~ the method of concreting as opposed to blacktc or other compact type of materials it was considered asphalting of the area will be least costl, and will ~ive good results; therefore, the city will do this with asphalt based on North Kitsao': bid to the city which is on a year by year basis. ~lotion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to reject the concrete and mesh wire bid; underdiscussion ~oneman stated that the bid was appreciated. It was a good bid; however, the fact the City can make a savings by using asphalt, and must make all the savings possible, remains, lie also thanked ~Ir. Sullivan and ~lr. Tracy for submitting their bid, carried unanimously. 3) Re-alignment of the tmmk sewer on Broadway started yesterday, in connection with the constructi~ of Plrst-National Bank, the sewer that runs through a vacated alley had to he diverted, city crews are doing this work. This werk will. be done at the cost of the contractor. Estimated cost $2100.00 4) Anderson Cove storm sewer separation is just about completed and has made the lift stations more fimctienal and eliminated the drain water. 5) ~et with b~r. C, allagan. They have (we million Coho Salmon they wish to Clan( temporarialyin Gets( Creek Pump Station for thirty (.30) days. Also receiving. 1/2 million Chinook Salmon for 90 (lays. Time to ~ake a good look at a cermanent fish rearing site. There is land available f~ this and ~m should implore our state representatives to creat a special fund for a permanent com:r fish rearing pond. The City is willing to run lines to supply water. This would be a pern~nent to fisheries deCartment so ~t would be a continuous program. City Attorney reported: 1.} Discussed sales tax bill that was just passed and will attend a meeting in Olympia with 12 other attorneys to discuss and help form a uniform Ordinance tim( will be available for other cities in the state. 2) Re,or(ed on a meeting with Chief l~acbafner, 1Vashington State Patrol and Ron Kuest, Director of B~,a of Pharmacy, in connection with Senate Bill 80 re~nrding investigation agencies for narcotics an dan~.ermls dn~p.s enforcement. 'X~ayor reported: 1) The ~avor tbot~ht it woNrtb considerin~ by State Legislature what is done in several states, (ha the merchants who collect excise.r tax should be entitled to retain small portion of the funds for all the details and cost in collecting the sales tax. The State automatic~ally takes up to nC the funds for their work. 2) Assistant Secretary of Labor, Hr. Fletcher , wil] be speaking in Kitsap County tomorrow night a urged everyone to attend that could. 3) Reported that the tolerance po]icy on an~mement devises, etc. weald be reconsidered, due to the fact that the special legislative session took no action and that the City of Bremerton is the o mtniciDality i~ Kitsap County, including Kitsap County itself that is not licensing these device This is injurious to certain husinesses in tile City. Commissioner Clark con, hen(ed that he concu with the ~nyor s views on this' Policy. There hein~ no further business, the meeting was adjm~rned. ~PPROVED: 5R~I'AD,~or City Clt~k G. C. Yeadon, Sr.