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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/17/66 MarCh 17, 1966 The monthly night meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, was held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at 7:30 P.M. Pacific Standard on Thursday, March 17, 1966 with Mayor Jarstad presiding. Also present were the following: Commissioners Clark and Schonem~n. City Attorney Fisher, City Cl.rk McGowan, City Engineer Mebus, City Planner McConnell, Civil Service Examim~P Southerland, Captain Mull of the Police Dept, Park Supt. Pendergast, re~ of the press and radio, and approximately 6§ other citizens._ Meeting was called to order by the Mayor and the invocation was given by Chaplain Baker, American Legion Post No. 149. City Clerk read the minutes of the previous meeting and they were approved as amended. City Clerk read a notice of employment for James R. Mehrens, Serviceman & Storekeeper in the Garage at $2.31 per hour, effective March 17, 1966 CiVil Service eligible. Motion by Mr. Schonema~ and Mr. Jarstad the employment he approved, carried unanimously. City Clerk read a notice of separation for ~obert G. Greet, Extra Labor in the Water Supply Dept. effective March 9, 1966. He quit. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark the separation be approved, carried City Clerk read the General Claim covering the payroll period ende~ March 15, 1966 in the amount of $62,880.59 approved by %ustin Clark and audited by W. R. Vas. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman the Claim b'e approved, carried City Clerk had letters from Gray & Osborne', consulting engineers, with Chamge Orders Nos. 2 and 4 Schedule-B Pump Stations, Ostrich Bay Sewerage Project attached. Change Order No. 2, Schedule B, Del GuCCi, Contractor, l~ovides for an increa: cost of $8,146 for installation of a telemetering alarm system in the pump station~ Mr. Schoneman explained all lift stations will have instrumentsthat will tell whether the pumps are in operation. The Health Dept. requires this .type installation in order for the City to receive the Federal .Grant for the project. Change Order No. 4 Schedule B, Del Guzzi, Contractor, provides for an increased cost of $6,447.00 for changes in pipe specifications. Mr. Schoneman explained it was necessary in order to construct pump station No. 13 to build a stoz~ sewer drain line which picks up drainage at the Westpark Area and Kitsap Way. There was no knowledge this line was not in existence at the time the contracts were made and such a line should have been constructed at the time the highway was built. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Jarstad the Change Orders be approved, carried unanimously. City Clerk read a letter from the B, mmerton School District concerning their request for vacation of some streets and alleys in the Olympic College vicinity. Attached to the letter was a memo fromthe Bremerton Planning Commission stating the Commission has ,eviewed the petition for vacation and recommends the petition be approved with the provision that a certain portion shown on the map between B~oadway and Chester along 13th Street be deeded to the City. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad to set the date of hearing on tha vacatio~ for Wednesday, April 6, 1966 at lO:OO o'clock A.M. and the City Attorney be instructed to draft the necessary resolution, carried unanimously. Mr. Sch~neman explained the request for vacation includes only one street that is in use at the present time--14th Street between Chester and Lincoln. City Cle~ read ale tter from the General Electric Company regarding the Gold Mountain site lease ~etween the City and General Electric Company, and requesting permission to lease space inside the building to KTNT of Tacoma, Washington, for purposes of installing their radio communications .equipment. The Letter also advised that J. D. Shotwell Co., of Tacoma no longer has communication equipment at the Gold Mountain Site. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark the request for permission to lease space be granted, carried unanimously. City Clerk read a PROCLAMATION by Mayor Jars~ad proclaiming March 13-19, 1966 as "MENTAL HHALTH ¥~EEK", and inviting citizens to assist in the furthering of the work and efforts of the Mental Health Association and to snpport the program at Olympic C~nter. City Clerk read Planning Commission RESOLUTION N~. 128 requesting a rezone of lots 5, 6, ?, 8, 9, 10, Block 12 Midway Addition to Bremerton (on Wycoff March 17, Contte between llth and l~th) from Residental-0ne (R-I) to Business-~hree (B-~). Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad the Resolution be approved amd. set the date of hearing for Wednesday, March 30, at 10:00 o'clock A.M. in ~he~ Council Ch~bers. Cit~ Clerk read ~e ~econd rea~ng of ~ Or~ nance ~ending the Nsc ~d Area maps of ordinance No.. 1V92 provi~ng for a rezone of lots ll, ~d 12~ Block 1, Goodfellows Na~ Y~d Tracts, ~tsap Co~ty, from R-1 t~ R-2. Motion by Mr. Cl~k and ~. Schonem~ the 0r~ce be ap~ved for passage ~d publication as Ordinance No. 2678~ c~ed ~imoualy. City C~ rk ~ad ~e second reading of ~ Ordinance ~ending the USE ~d Area Maps of Ordinance No. 1V~2 p~vid~g for a rezone of ~e following p~perty: ~at portion of ~ver~ent Let 2, Section 13, ToEship 2~ North, R~ge 1 East, WM described as follows: ~ Begi~ing 22.~ feet East and 74.8 feet south of the Northwest corner of said ~e~ent ~t 2; thence East 10V feet; thence south 60 feet; thence ~est 10~ feet; thence Nor~ 60 feet to the poin~ of beginning. Situate in Kitsap ~ounty, Washingto$ from R-1 to ~3. Motion by Mr. Schonem~ ~d Mr. Jarstad the ~dinance be approved for passage and publication as Ordinance No. 2676, ca,'tied ~imously. City Clerk read ~n Ordinance establimhi~ a "Gravel Pit Stores" F~d, p~vidi~ for the method of op ration, making ~approp~ ation therefor, ~d declaring ~ emergency. ~tion by Mr. Schon~an ~d Mr. Jarstad the Ordinance be approved for passsge a~ p~blicat~om as 0rd nance No. 28~, carried ~ously. I~ the discussion, Mr. Cl~k stated the f~d is being created at the ~ suggestion of the state auditor as a better way ~ keep accost of costs of operation in gravel pit operation. CiSy Clerk read, for info~ation and ~iscuasion, ~ 0~dina~ce creating a Planing Co~ission, a Pla~ing Department ~d the office of Planning Director; prescribing and regulating the duties and po~ers of each;. ~ prescribing ~e duties and ~wers of the City Co~cil regarding plying; opereting A~t. XI Sections l0 ~d ll of the W~shington State Constitution; and repealing Ordnance No. ~l and o~er ordinances in conflict with this ordinance; and declaring ~ emergency. Mr. Jarstad co~ented the 0rdi~ance is a f~ward step t~ the Planing Dept. and welcomed c~ from the people present. City Attorney Fisher stated the ordinance should contain a "Grandfa~er Clause". He had p~epare~ one and ~repemed it as an additional section of the Ordinance, ~d shoed be entitled "Work in Pro~ess"~ Ci~ Clerk read the agreement with the H~ane Society for the year 1988. Motion by Mr. Jarstad ~d Mr. Clark the agreement be approved as submitted, carried ~animoualy. Motion by Mr. Clark ~d Mr. Schonem~ to pay all bills that are approved by a majority of the Co~ssioners, carried ~animously. ~. Clark reported on ~e financial picture for the City as of FebrUary Cash on Hand in the Tax Supported F~ds is at $7~,~88.8~. Receipts through February are at 12.88 per cent of the estimated ~uual rec~pts$ and expenditurea are at L~.~0 per cent of the a~ual est~ated expenditures. Mr. .Clark further co~ented the Housing Authority su~itted its check im the ~ount of $8,988 for the year 19~ representing pa~ent in lieu of t~ea. Mr. Clark co~ented on the for~coming sales t~ initiative ~d cited articles that have appeared in newspapers by the tax advisory co~cll in, caring that m~y of the maJo~ cities have en~$d up with a surplus. He read a portion of a report f~m the State Audito~ in which it states the figures ~eleased by his office must be used carefully or they can be misleading which report clarified that th~ cities invo~ ed have, in fact, ended up the yea~ with a deficit~ Mr. Schoneman co~ented that a guard rail has been placed ~t a spo~t on C~bri~ Avenue which has been the scene of m~y accidents. ~. Schoneman stated ~e drain line from Reservoir l~ is ~der const~ction. Mr. Schonemam stated he ~ttended ~erican Public Works Association Seasiona in Olympia on the previo~ ~e~esday and ~ursday. Mr. Schonema~ learned of f~ds in the ~o~ of $200 million which will become available for Pollutiom Contel in the States ~der a new progr~ set up by President Jonson. progr~ will p~de for 80 per cent of the ~st of construction, ~d the City of Bremerton will conside~ making application for Mr. Schonema~ alse co~ented that the State Hi,way ~gineer ~ill consider the City's request for tr~sfer of ~e monies appropria~$~ for ~e resurfacing of Callow to the widening of ~eaton Nay~ March 17, 1966 Contr. Mr. Jarstad commented on the success of the t*enage danc. h.ld at th. Sheridan Park Co~Tmunity Building. Mr. Ja~stad reported the following: 284 arrests during the month of F.b~ua~y in the Police Dept.; Toll bridges increased from February of 1965 to Fmbruary of 1966 by 12,000 crossings. Mr. Jarstad commented the applications have been completed for th. Youth Corps Program and are ready to be s~h to the U. S. Department of Labor. Motion by Mr. Jarsta~ and Mr. Schonsman the applications be forwarded toth. U.S. Departm.nt of Labor, carried unanimously. Mr. Jarstad stated the City is making application for 20 people. At this pnint, the topic of discussion for the evening was introduced, that of a Municipal Golf Course in the City of Bre~nerton. Mr. Don Greenwood, President of' the Puget So,md Naval Shipyard Golf approached the Council and stated he represents about 150 members of the Associati He stated they have played golf in Tacoma for the past two years and stated if a golf course was constructed in the City of Bremerton~ these golfers wo~,l~ be able to stay at home and thus keep their "trade" at home. Mr. Dan 0rmiston approached the Cot~cil as one of the members of the PSNS Association and stated it has become increasingly difficult for their members to pl~y at the times they choose because of the crowded conditions which are beginnin~ to exist on the Tacoma courses. He stated the association w~ld gladey participate in a course in Bremerton. Mr. Snell approached the Coumcil and stated his knowledge of the fact that people would be kept at home if they had a golf course, and ~lso ~he course would draw from outside the City. He expressed the thought that the golf course could be developed into an all-arc,,nd recreHtional area for the whole family. Mr. Ken Hall, a member of the PSNS golf 'association, stated a normal course should be between 6800 and ?000 yards. He stated that the commercial 4,000 yard courses are strictly for making money. Park Supt. Pendergast expressed his favor of the golf course and stated a larger course would provide more "weighted holes", and thus be able to handle more golfers at one time. He continued by stating that'in order to support a golf course, the City should have at least 1,000 ~eople per hole to be financially insuz the paying of any bonded indebtedness. Mr. Pendergast and Mr. Clark discussed the cost of the course and decided they were ~zlking in teens of about $200,000 for construction on the site, not including the purchase of land or a clubhouse. Mr. Cal Regas approached the Council andbited several other cities that have golf courses and expressed his concern~with the fact that Bremerton did not have one. Mr. Jarstad stated there are three locations that could be considered for a golf course: The area near the head of the bay ~near Gorst; the leasing of school lands in East Bremerton; Property just south of Kitsap Lake, as was so indicated in the Clark, Coleman and Rupeiks report and watershed property by Sinclair Heights. There ~s some discussion of ~sing the Gorst Area and inquiries as to whether it was the watershed area that was being considered. Mr. Jarstad stated it is the area where Pa~rish Creek flows, which is in the vicinity of the watershed. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Jarstad to engage professional people te advise the City on which of the four loc~tions would be most suitable for the site of a golf course, c~ried unani~ously. Mr. Jarstad stated this discussion has merely been a preliminary talk and went on to say that a nine hole course in the area of East Bremerton school lands would be advisable because it would allow valuable instruction facilities for the students. Mr. Schoneman read a letter from Supt. of Parks Pendergast stating the cleanu operations on Lyons Field are under way. Mr. Schollmeyer address~ the Council and expressed the wish that a lease agreement between himself and the City of Bremerton could be executed with the provision that the effective date be mRde retroactive to the time when negotiations for the lease commenced. He contended that the property was being used by the City for some time before the lease was drawn. After some discussion, it was decided Mr. Schotlmeyer should discuss the matter with the City Attorney following the me~ing. Meeting adjourned. CITY CLERK