HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/20/66 January 20, 1966
The monthly night mee~ing of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington,
was held in the Co ncil Chambers of the City Hall at 7:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
on Thursday evening, January 20, 1966 with Mayor Jarstad presiding. Also present
were the following: Commissioners Clark and Schoneman, Fire Chief Tillett, City Engineer
Mebus, City Planner McConnell, Street Supt. Mottinger, Captain of Traffic Ingram,
representatives of the press and radio, and approximately 14 other c~tizens.
Meeting was called to order by the Mayor and the invocation was given by Reverend
Ron Smith, First Christian Church.
City Clerk read the minutes of the previous meeting, and they were approved as
co rr~oted.
City Clerk had a quit claim deed signed by JamesM. andShirley J. Massey, husband
and wife for a 307 strip of land which will eventually make a 607 street.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Jarstad the Quit Claim deed be accepted and referred
to the City Attorney for checking, carried unanimously.
City Clerk had another Quit Claim Deed and easement signed by Curtis and Beaulah
Bay, for a 307 strip on the East side of their property and between their property and a 3(
road and from the waterfront back to the Highway on Oyster Bay. At~ched to the deed was
a voucher in the amount of $3,400 for settlement of condemnation suit.
Motion by Mr. Sd~oneman and Mr. Clark the Quit Claim Deed and Easement be accepted
and the voucher paid, car~ied unanimously.
In the discussion, Mr. Schoneman stated the location of the Quit Claim Deed and Easeme~
is for one of the lift stations in the Oyster Bay-Ostrich Bay Sewerage Project and these
will complete the required amount of properSy needed to construct sewer lines. It may
not, however, be the last easement. Mr. Schoneman thanked the people for %h~t~ coope~atior
in obtaining the easements.
January 20, 1966 (Con't)
Nr. Jarstad congratulated the Public Works Dept. and the City Attorney for the
fine job done in acquiring the easements for the sewer project.
City Clerk had requests to call for bids for: An adder cal~lator for the Clerk's
~Office; Furniture for the Office of the Chief Plouf; Fire Dept. Chair; Fire Alarm
Equipment; Naterials required for fire alarm maintenance.
Notion by Nr. Clark and Nr. Jarstad the requests be approved, carried unanimously.
-City Clerk read a report of separation of Eugene C. Houk from the Water Depte
effective January 18, 1956 (Extra Labor). Reason for separation ~asbecause of
completion of the Job.
Notion by Nr. Schoneman and Nr. Clark the separation be approved, carried unanimousl
In the discussion, Nr. Schoneman stated Nr. Houk assisted in the construction
of the pipeline to the Neadow~ale well and the clearing of the right-of-way and easement
City Clerk read a notice of employment for: Sally K. Natland, Clerk Billing Nachine
Operator in the W~ter Office at $326 per month, effective January 19, 1966 (Civil
Service eligible)
Notion by Nr. Clark and Nr. Schoneman the employment be approved, carried unanimously
~In.the discussion, Nr. Clark stated Nrs. Natland will fill a new position created
by the new budget and comes as a result of an examination that was helde
City Cleric read an application for a pinball location license at Duke's Cafe~
signed by Evelyn L. Duke and approved by Police Chief Plouf.
Notion by Nr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark the application be approved, carried unanimously.
City C~ rk read the General Claim covering the payroll pe~od ended January 10, 1966
in the amount of $62,191.52 approved by Austin Clark and audited by W. R. Vaa.
Notion-by Nr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad the claim be approved, carried unanimously.
City Cl~k read a letter from the General Services Administration, dated January l~,
1966 and signed by V. L. Barnes, Chief, Real Property Division Utilization and Disposal
Service. The letter stated the City's application for two ~arcels of NAD, Bangor,
property consiting of approximately 12.1 acres has been accepted and the letter
stated that the property is suitable for park and recreational purposes, andlisted
the ~air market value of the property for purchase.
Notion by Mr. Jarstad and Nr. Clark the Council accept the application as stated
and the amount of money as stated in the ~tter andpay the bill andown the property,
carrie~ unanimously.
In the discussion, Nr. Jarstad stated that this purchase is the result of a year~s
work on the part of the Park andRecreation Dept in making application for surplus
~nds. Originally these two t~ngles were not available to the City. These t~ parcels
are on the end ofpresently owned NAD property. Thisis the same property the Christian
school had an option to buy anddecided not to, and it then bccame available to the City.
The land will be developed into a fine city park.
Nr. Cl~rk stated it is fortunate the City is able to take advantage of this situatio~
and that the real value of the property will be realized in the future when this kind
of property will no long~rbe available.
City Clerk read a letter from the W~s ington State Pollution Control Commission
dated January 12, 19~, signed by Roy NcHarris, Director, and stating the change orders
No. I on Schedules B and C of the Ostrich Bay, Oyster Bay Sewerage project have been
a:~provede
City C~ rk readl a Resolution whereby the City of Bremerton associates itself as
a member of the Puget Sound Governmental Conference, adopts the articles of Associati~
and Bylaws of the Conference, and a6rees to contribute to the expenses of the Conference
pursuant tothe Articles of Association and Bylaws.
Nr. Jarstad stated the Resolution is a result of a change of the Bylaws of the
Pu~et Sound Governmental Conference of which the counties of King, Kitsap, Pierce and
Snohomish mentioned are members and have been in operation as such for eight years.
The By!a~s were adopted by the Conference and must be adopted by the individual
governing bodies that make up the conferee.
Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Nr. Sch~eman the Resolution be approved for passage
as Resolution No. 1285, carried t~nanimously.
City Clerk read a Resolution providing for transfers of appropriations between
classes, within the same fund, in the 1965 budget, as authorized by RCW
Notion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad the Reaolution be approved for passage as
Resolution No. 1283, carried unanimously.
City Clerk read a R~solution providing for the abandonment of all f~nds provided
in the 1965 budget whic~ remain unexpended on January ~0, 1966, with the exception
of those listed in the R~solution.
Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Nr. Jarstad the R~solution be approved for passage
a~ Resolution No. 128~, carried unanimously.
January ~0, 1966 Con't.
City Clerk read a letter dated January 19, 1966, from the Dept. of Health Education
and Welfare regarding the City's application for acquiring the installed water and
sewer lines located at areas A & B of the Navy Eastpark Defense Housing Project
and stating the instructions for making the application are enclosed.
Mr. Jarstad suggested the letter be turned over to the Commissioner of Public Works.
Mr. Schoneman stated the application has been discussed with repres~ntatives of the
General Se vices Administration and no money has been mentioned as yet.
City Clerk read a letter dated January 19, 1966 signed by Langdon S. Simons Jr.
and addressed to Mayor Jarstad, from the Central Association of Seattle stating
the Central Association of Se~ tle, the Seattle Chapter - American Institute of
Architects, and Mrs. Harlan Edwards as an individual, are Jointly sponsoring a unique
"Wsshington ~tate Urban Study Tour of E,mrope" to be conducted May 14 thr~ugh May 30,
1966 and invited a representative of Bremerton to attend.
Notion by Mr. C~ rk and Mr. Schoneman to pay all bills that are approved by a majority
of the Commissdoners, carried unanimously.
Mr. Ch rk reported that today, January 20, is the end of the 1965 Financial year for
the City. Cash on hand in the tax supported funds is in the.amount of $110~725.06.
Mr. Clark explained the figure reflects an expanding economy at this time, and stated
the hope of avoiding the issuance of registered warrants as is usually done at this
time of the year until some of the receipts fc~ the new year are realized.
Mr. Clark went on to explain the phrase "226 in '66" which will appear quite a bit
publicly before the election in the fall. The phrase represents initiative 226 which
will be the initiative by which the Cities will receive one tenth of the existing
State Sales Tax. Mr. Clark urged all to support the initiative. Mr. Clark stated
the point of his comments in support of the initiative is that in order for local
government to be strengthened, it has to have an adequate tax base and it is hoped the
people will realize this.
Mr. Schoneman reported an incident recently where he was travelling across town
and came upon a car on fire. The situation gave him the opportunity to use a fire
extinguisher he carried in the car. Through this experience he suggests that it would
be wise for all city vehicles to carry fire extinguishers.
Mr. Schoneman reported he and Mayor Jarstad attended a meeting in Tacoma for the
purpose of acquainting local publicagencies with the Federal Aids available to local
government. He stated they were helped by experts and a letter good information was
gained in the time spent there.
Mr. Schoneman statedthe topic of discussion for this night meeting is the Arterial
Street program for the City andrelated information reg, rdin6 the laws w~ch require
the cities to hold a hearing on the arterials periodically and also not ed~everal
improvements that have already taken place.
Mr. Schoneman introduced Mr. Archie Mottinger, St. Supt., who has been on each
and everyone of the improvements to the Bremerten City S~eets since 1958. All
three commissioners extedded compliments to Mr. Nottinger for being a 24-hour a day City
Fm~ploy~e and the job done by him and his department.
Er. Jarstad reported the wrentling pr. gram is underway in the Park and Recreation
Dept and 1~$ people have signed up so far. Ah additional 100 boys are expected to sign up
Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Schoneman the City Clerkbe directed to write a letter
to the General Services Administration telling them of the interest the City of Bremerton
has in acquiring (a portion of or all of ) the property at the Eastpark surplus lands
that have been so designated by hhe GSA, and also of the City's interest in acquiring
a map of this property which was not provided at the time the letter was received~
carried unanimously.
Mr. Jarstad reported the following for the month of December: Police Dept.
~48 arrests with 29~ being traffic arrests;- Fire Dept. ~6 fire calls and two first aid
calls; Humane Society 2,1§9 dogs taken care of aud 1,066 strays picked up; ~694 cats
received and 7~7 strayes pi~ked up; 4616 truck calls; 13~464 telephone calls;
lll4 complaints investigated; 2,000 dogs disposed of; Toll Bridges--413,210 in December
1964 to 844,492 in Decmeber, 1965, an increase of 31,282 c~,ossings on both bridges; total
for both bridges in 1964 was 6,077,700 and the total for 1965 was 6,696,923 crossings,
an increase over a year of 619,223 c~ssings. Bonds outstanding on the b~tdges are at
$4,155,000.00.
Mr. Jarstad announced the hearing required by law on the Arterial Street System
in the City.
Mr. Schoneman opened the discussion by stating th~ requirements set forth by law
for holding such a hearing. Mr. Schoneman directed City Engineer Meb~s to present the
six-year street program as outlined and also show the changes and aSditions proposed
to the s~em. City Engineer Mebus presented maps representing the 1961 Street system
andthe map. the proposed one for 1966 and went through the additions proposed at this time on
January 20, 1966 Con't.
In reply to a question of plans to widen Callow Avenue, Mr. Schoneman stated
the last legislature approved the provision of funds for resurfacing of Callow and
the City has asked this money be reallocated to other jobs in the City and will ask
the legislature for more funds to widen Callow rather than just resurfacing it.
At this point, Mr. Schoneman introduced Mr. Ron McConnell, the new Planner for
the City of Bremertone Both Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad Joined in welcoming him to
his new Job and stated he represents the hopes and plans of Bremerton for some tin~
to have its own planning department.
Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad the additions to the Street Plan for the City
as presented be adopted and reaffirm the plan as it was basically, carried unani~:.ously.
~r. Jarstad thanked the people for attending the meeting snd cited some of the
growth and development forthcoming for the City of Bremerton and invited all to
continue attending the weekly Council meetings and the night meetings once each month.
THE FOLLOWING IS A REPORT TO DATE ON THE OSTRICH BAY-O¥.~TER BAY SEWER PHOJECT
(As reported by resident engineer, John A. Peabody)
SCHEDULE A-SEWERS, W. J. Schade & Sons, Inc.
January 10, 1966 Placed 15 joints of 12" CIP overflow pipe at Sta. 1~
January ll, 1966 Worked from ll:O0 P.M. until 4:00 A.~.; Five 18~ joints of CIP class
22 layed
January 12, 1!~66 No activity
January 1Z, 1966 864' of 12" CIP class 22 overflow pipe laid; this overflow pipe
is station 14 relief line
January 14, 1966 Three men repairing equipment
January 16, 1966 Crew of s~ven men layed six joints or 60~ of 2~" conci"ete pie
January 17, 1966 24" concrete pipe layed to D St
January 18,- i966 Six men commenced laying 10~ CIP Class 22 waterfront pipe at Sta 16
and 20; work started at ~:4~ P.M. and finished at ll:*~ P.~.~.-18
joints layed
January 19~ 1966 Two nights straight of hard luck--chain drive on hoe broke and
spocket drive broke
January 20, 1968 Pipe laying continues until 2:4~ EM
January 21, 1966 Three 18' joints and two 0ends of 18" siphon laid on D
January 24, 1986 Inspection of 18" CI~ and fillings on D St~
SCHEDULE B-PL~ STATION NO. l§, Del Guzzi, Inc.
January 10, 196~ No activity
January ll, 1966 No
A tivity
January 12, 1966 All c.~anes aud crews from station 16 moved to Sta. 18 to Drive $~set
piles to their final position
January l~, 1966 Crane crew of four men d riving sheet pi~es for final penetration
January l*, 1906 Sheet pile driving is about concluded
January 17, 1966 Three men framing additional sets of walers, some digging with a
clamshell bucket is being done
January 18, 1966 Cook visited station with Peabody, Sr.
Js~uary 19, 196G One new pile buck came on the job; excavation is now within eight
feet of a finishedgrade
January 20, 1968 Coffer dam is nearing completion; small powered hoe was lowered
and started tri~m~ng the edges
January 21, 1966 Three men grading for the floor slab; selma sand pl~ ced in bottom
of coffer dam; sand is commercial concrete sand
January 2~, 196~ Crane moved from 16 to 16; two carpenters setting forms in coffer dam
for edge of floor slab; on~ labor~r tri~,m~ng tLe subgrade
SCHEDULE B-?~.~J,,~P STAUiONS, Del Guz i~ Inc~
January 10, 1968 One crane equipped to drive sheet piles repairin~ break in coffer
dam wall; one operator and three men setting sheet pile and driving
January ll, 1966 ~h~ crane and operator with crew of three men trying to pull damaged
piles fz~.~m coffer dam wall--no progress
January 12, 1988 All operations stopped; attempt to pull distorted piles from coffer
dam failed; cranes moved to station 1S
January l~ thru January 21~ No work
January 2~, 1988 Crane arrived with a crew of four men; one man wirdng up a cage of
reinforcing steel which will be placed for floor slab
SCHEDULE C-Chlorine Contact Chamber, Del Guzzi~ Inc.
January 10, 1966 Two men placing steel in wall forms of flash mixer
January ll, 1966 Dole placed a foreman in mharge of all work at the contact chambers
January 12, 1966 Dole with f ~reman and crew of four men have reinforcing steel and forms
about ~S% complete on the flash mixer chamber
January l~, 1968 Foreman and four men ~olacing steel and forms for construction of ~lash
mixer chamber--6S% co'plate
January l~, 1966 Should be able to complete chamber on 1/17/68
January 17, 1968 Forms for walls of flash chamber were filled with concrete test
cylinders taken of the concrete
January 18, 1980 No forms would be stripped from the flash chamber walls until Friday
January 19, 1988 ~echanical portion of the c~utact chambers if ~0% complete
Jsmuary 20, 1966 Con'to
January 20, 1966 T~ men at c~amber; one man sent with a small hoe to do fine grading
at the bottom of the coffer dam
January 21, 1966 Sandexcavated from bank at the east end of the contact ~smbers in
preparation for the installation of a N.H.
January 24, 1966 Two men working on the installation of ~ M.tt.
RESERVOIR NO. 15, Chicago Bridge and Iron
January 10 thru January 14 No activity ~ '
January 19, 1966 Leischnmr with a carpenter and laborer started ~orking on
for bearing ring; one tractor grading accessroad into the reservoir site
January 20, 1966 Carpenter and two laborers setting up pannel forms of the footing
ring of reservoir to be
January 21, 1966 Out form of the footing ring in place; three trucks graveling the
access road
January 24, 1966 Road to stand the test of rain andtraffic.
Meeting adjourned.
E.H.T. McGOWAN, CITY CLEFK
' ~ K. JARSTA ,I~YOR