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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/05/69 March 5, 1969 A regular meeting of the City Council ofl:Bremerton was held in the Council Chambers of the City llall at 10:00 o'clock A.M., P.S.T., on March $, 1969, with Mayor Jarstad presiding. Also present were the following: Commissioner Clark, Commissioner Schoneman, City Clerk McGowan, City Engineer ~{cCuIlough, Co~unlcations Supervisor Patroon, Police Captain Little, Fire Chief Ti]let!, ~ater Superintendent ~R~nble, Assistant Water Superintendent 19eller, Mrs. Martin - a reMdent of Callow Avenue, and Representatives of the Press and Radio. The meetin~ was called to order by ~ayor Jars!ad and the Invocation was given hy Rev- erend Glenn Soule of the Manette Co~nunity Church. ~layor Jars!ad wished to in!erupt the regular order of the meeting in order that~a rep- resentative of Callow Avenue, ~rs. ~rtin, could present her findings to the Council. ~rs. Martin, of 2146 North Callow presented a petition to the Council, which she believed to be the majority of the residents in that area, which requested a meeting with ~the Council showing their favorable attitude toward a Local Improvement District. ~lrs. ~artin also stated that many residents of North Wycoff were also interested in the ~mprovement of their area. She also relayed the feeling of the residents toward the 15th and Cal]c~ Avenue Intersection as being very hazardous. All Con~niss~oners co~nended Mrs. Martin for her work in initiating this possible Local Improvement District and informed her that she would be notified when a meeting could be held w~tb the resk!ents of her area. ~t~e petition was referred to the Engineering Department for checking. The mime!es of the previous meeting were read and approved as amended. The City Clerk announced that it was the time and place set for a public hearing on a rezone of property located at 4505 Kitsap Way, owned by the 1~estgate Motel. ,~lotion by ~r. Jars!ad and Mr. Clark to open the hearing, carried unanimously. lt~e City Clerk read an excerpt from the minutes of a Planning Co~ission meeting held on February 19, 1969. The excerpt expressed unanimous feeling of the Planning Cor~nission to grant the rezone from R-1 and R-2 to B-2 to allow for motel expansion. b[ayor Jars!ad asked if there was anyone in the audience who wished to speak for or a- gainst the rezone. There heing no one, blr. Schoneman moved to concur with the reconanendation of the Planning Commission to grant the rezone, and instruct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance accomplish, ing same, seconded by blr. Clark, and carried unanimously. The City Clerk announced that it was the time and place set for bid openings on the fol- lowing: Approximately 900 feet of 8" Concrete Sm*er Pipe, and TV Pipeline Inspection System. ~otion by blt. Schoneman and ~Ir. Clark to open the bids, carried unanimously. The City Clerk opened the following bid on 8" Concrete Sower Pipe: BRIB~ERTON CONCRETE PROiRJCTS, Bremerton, [/ashington, Check for $41.00 enclosed, Bid - $.90¢ per foot. ~otiom by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to award the bid to Bremerton Concrete Products, for a unit price of $.9¢1¢ per foot, carried unanimously. The City Clerk opened the following bids on the ~¥ Pipeline Inspection System: EUGENE CONCRETE PIPE CO., Eugene, Oregon, Bid Bond enclosed, Bid - $8,970.65; Plus State Sales Tax - $403.68; GIU~3 T(YFAL - $9,374.31. VIDEO SCAN COvlPANY, Portland Oregon, Cashier's Check for $450.00 enclosed, Bid - $8,875.35; Plus State Sales Tax - $399.39; GRAND TOTAL - $9,274.74. The City Clerk then read a letter from Video ~an Company which also proposed an alter- nate bid which totaled $7,637.00 bio!ion by [lr. Schoneman and ~lr. Clark to refer the bids to the committee as a whole for study, carried unanimously. The City Clerk had.a memo from Edna Johnson, Chief }/ater Accountant, requesting that the following items be declared surplus: (1) Fisher M-Scope - pipe locater; (1) Smith Pipe Cutter 4" to 8"; (1) Garco Lite Plant - Model 139-SN #697; (1) Garco Lite Plant - Model 39A - SB 950; (1) t;arco Lite Plant - Model 35 - SN 673; and (1) Barco Rancher - SN - BR 1655. All items are presently located in the ~ater Distribution Division. blot!on by ~!r. Schoneman and ~lr. Clark to declare all items listed surplus and dispose of in the best interest of the City, carried unanimously. The City Clerk bad the following Notices of l~aployment: .I(~IN P. JONES III, Engineering Aide I in the Engineering Department, at $463.00 per month, effective Febnmry a, 1969, Probationary Until Eligible by Examination. (This notice was made to correct the former one which had an hourly wage of $2.67. ]~m wage was being neither increased or decreased, but just changed from hourly to monthly.) CERNIE C,. SAUNDERS, Electrician~ltelper in the Traffic Control Dept., at $3.32 per hour, effective ~larch 1, 1969, Civil Service Eligible. {}LIVI!R JACK,IN, JR., 'Extra Labor in the Cemetery, at $1.90 per hour, effective February 28, 1969, Temporary Employee. RON tfllBER, Extra ltelp in the Cemetery at $1.90 per bout, effective ~larch 4, 1969, 'l'en~mrary llmployee. ~}otion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Jars!ad to approve the Notices of Employment, carried unanimous ly. ~arch 5, 1969--Con't. The City Clerk had the following Change of Pay Status Reports: JM~S F. JOI~qSON, From Patrolman 3rd Year to Patrolman 4th Year in the Police Department, from $650.00 to $680.00 per month, effective February 16, 1969, Civil Service Eligible. .JA~S COBEN, From Patrolman 3rd Year to Patrolman 4th Year in the Police Department, from $650.00 to $680.00 per month, effective February 22, 1969, Civil Service Eligible. ROBERT W. Wx~NF.R, F~(tra Labor in the Parks ~ Recreation Department, from $2.25 to $2.50 per flour, effective March 1, 1969, Temporary Fmployee. b~tion by b~r. Jarstad and Mr. Clark to approve the Change of Pay Status Reports, carried unanimous ly. Hayor Jarstad commended bit. Saunders for his work in the Police Department, as Communi- cations Technician. Tile City Clerk had two applications for transfer of licenses at Elsie's Grill for pinball machines and a music machine, qqae applications were signed by Joseph I. Rainier, and approved by the Chief of Police, Plouf. ~Iotion by blt. Jarstad and Mr. Schoneman to,approve the applications for transfer of li- censes, carried unanimously. 'llm City Clerk ]lad a Payroll Voucher for pay period ending February 28, 1969 in the amount of $98,510.48. 11~e Claim was audited by W. R. Vaa and approved by Austin Clark. ~Iotion by ~r. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to approve the Payroll Voucher, carried unanimously. Motion by Mr. darstad and Mr. Clark to rescind action to approve the change of pay status report for Robert Iqarner, carried unanimously. The City Clerk read AN ORDINANCE governing food service establishments which was written to augment the existing State Board of Ilealth Rules and Regulations by imposing a fee for inspec- tion services of the health department and by reestablishing the grading system for restaurants. The ordinance was proposed hy the Department of Public ltealth. It was decided that the ordinance must be rewritten and consideration would not be given the ordinance this date. bIotion by b~r. Clark and ~tr. Schoneman to refer the ordinance to the City Attorney for preparation of a new ordinance in proper form, carried unanimously. The City Clerk read ORDINANCE NO. 2839 relating to heights of buildings and amending Section 506, Chapter IV, Title II of Ordinance No. 1792. ~{otion by ~tr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to pass ORDINANCE NO. 2839 on second reading, car- ried unanimously. b~otion hy ~lr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark to rescind action taken by the Council at it's meet- ing of Febmary 26th, whereby ORDINANCE NO. 2856 was passed on second reading, carried unanimously. This motion was necessary because a week hadn't lapsed between the first and second readings. The City Clerk then read ORDINANCF, NO. 2836 fixing the age at which appointed officials and employees, except uniformed personnel of the Police and Fire Departments, may no longer work for the City of Bremerton. ~otion by b~r. Clark and Mr. Jarstad to pass ORDINANCE NO. 2836 on second reading, carried unan imou s 1 y. ,~)tion by bit. Clark and ~4r. Schoneman to pay all bills approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried unanimously. Cormissioner Clark stated that the budget appropriation for Cities is now 50-million for the bi-enni~un as compared to 22-million for the last bi-ennium and the 16-million proposed by Governor Evans for the first year of the coming bi-ennium. The tqays and Means Conmittee of the llouse has increased the appropriation proposed by the Governor by 14-million making a total of 30-million for the biennium, lle pointed out that five years ago it was determined that the Cities needed 60-million per biennium, lie noted that the budget proposes an additional 2S-million, over the Governor's recommendation, for salaries of State Employees and he finds it a bit ironic that the I.egislature can find 25-million for salaries for one area of state government, and can only find an additional 14-million for all phases of City government, b~r. Clark remarked, however, that he still had hopes that the legislature would come closer to our stated need of 60-million before the session closes. Commissioner Schonenmn read a letter from George E. Lamb ~, Associates, Consulting Engin- eers, which proposed to perform engineering and test-drilling required to perform a foundation study for the proposed 4-story parking garage at 4th ~, Washington Avenue. The cost estimate was listed as follows: George E. Lamb, P.E. $20.00/hr. Technicians r, Draftsmen $12.00/hr. Drilling, sampling [ testing as required Our cost plus 10% Service Charge The letter further stated that the above work, including report and reconmendations, can be performed for a total of between $1,000. and $1,400., which latter mount will not be exceed- ed without Council authorization. Approximately $750.00 of the above estimated cost represents drilling work. blarch 5, 1969--Con't. ~lotion by ~lr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to authorize George E. Lamb & Associates to pro- ceed with this study and report; and to instruct the City Clerk to draft a letter to same in- forming them of the Council's decision, carried unanimously. Commissioner Schoneman stated that City Forester Ervin Iteath has requested Council atttborization to harvest logs at a Gorst location in order to prevent further loss of revenue because of the decay of trees, lie further requested that the Council authorize a bid call to contract the logging, as the city machinery would be working at it's full capacity in routine log- ging. Mr. lleath also stated that the estimated City revenue from the sale of logs in this area would be approximately $18,000.00. ~lotion by Mr. Schonoman to authorize the request to call for bids for a logging con- tract. l)iscussion followed on this matter, as to the feasibility of this request since the City had purchased its own logging equipment. Conmissioner Schonoman stated that since the harvesting of lumber is a constant project, it must be done now, and city employees will be too busy working on other logging projects. ~layor Jarstad and Comnissioner Clark expressed their wish to table the matter until more information could be obtained. biotion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark to refer the matter to the committee as a whole for study; Mayor Jarstad voted yes, Commissioner Clark voted yes, and Conmissioner Schoneman ab- stained from voting. Commissioner Schoneman's former motion was defeated for lack of a second. Commissioner Schonoman read a report from City Forester, Ervln Heath, which stated that total logs removed from the proposed Golf Course site was 513, for an estimated total value of $1,800. These figures project a recovery of approxirmtely $15,000. from the golf course site. Cu,,,issioner Schoneman announced that Mr. Tyson..will be in Bremerton today to meet ~ith the City Council in regard to an agreement on the Golf Course Program. Commissioner Schonoman also announced that tomorrow ~4r. Gallaghan of the Fisheries De- partment, will be at the Gorst Creek site to review methods of feeding and to inspect the dams constructed for fish rearing. Commissioner Schoneman stated that the Kitsap Way sewer extension will cu,,~ience tomorrow. lie stated that while the sewer change-over is made at 4th ~, Park, traffic will be inter- upted. ~l~is will tie-in with work being done on Burwell Street. blr..C~honeman reported that a bank is being cut-down at the Ivy Road and the Brownsville llighway intersection in the northeast corner. Slope easements were acquired by the City En- gineering Department and it is being cut for the purpose of improving the vision for traffic at that intersection. Canmissioner Schoneman extended his thanks to the residents involved for their easements, making this improvement possible. ~Xtayor Jarstad moved to instruct the City Clerk to draft a letter to the Committee for the Juvenile florae setting forth the Council's general conditions in making available 9 1/2 acres to tbe County for a juvenile home, seconded by bir. Clark. Commissioner Schoneman stated that this property was offered to the County approximately seven years ago on a lease basis. It has been used as a gravel pit and has served the purpose ~,,ell. A portion of this could new be used for construction. City Clerk llcGowan stated that he had called Dr. Campbell of the Bureau of Governmental Research to ask him if the State Constitution prohibited giving property away. Dr. Campbell told him that be would research this and write him a letter. blayor Jarstad stated that the letter to the Juvenile ltome Committee should only give general conditions in making this property available and must be written prior to the Juvenile llome Site (:ommittee's meeting on Monday. brayer Jarstad 'stated that the Council met with a representative from California regard- ing parking garages, lie stated that the Council would go to Los Angeles to view the new favilities before a bid call is drafted for the 4th ~, I~asbington Avenue parking complex. binyor ,Jarstad announced that he would speak at the Kiwanis Club at 12:30 Thursday, biarch {~th. Ills topic would be bridges and ferries. There being no further business, the meeting was ADJOURNFi3.