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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/09/65 June 9, 1965 Regular meeting o£ the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at t0:00 o'clock A.M.D.S.T. June 9, 1965 with Mayor Jarstad presidinS. Also present were the following: Co~,issioner Clark, Coca, is- signer Schoneman~ City Clerk McGowan, Asst. City Attorney Lewis, Acting City ~gineer Mebus, Asst. Fire Chief Gardner, Water S~pt. Humble~ and representatives of the press and radio. Meeting called to order by ~ayor Jsrstad who led those present in th~ flag salute and also the invocation. City Clerk read the minutes of the lust meeting and they were approved as read. City Clerk announced it was the <late and time set for openinS bids on ~he improve- merit of Baymount Place by the construction of a sanitary sewer, and a timber bid. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark the bids be opened, carried unanimously. City Clerk opened the followin~ bid on the improvement of Baymount Place: G. C. Casebolt, enclosed bid bond, ~7,415.40. Motion by ~r. Schoneman and Mr. Jarstad the bid be referred to the Asst. City ~gin- eer for checking, carried unanimously. City Clerk opened the following bids on the timber sale: F. A. McIntyre Logging ~2,494.00; Moore Lo~ging Co., $2,572.00. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Jarstad the bids be referred to a committee consis- ting of the City Porester~ Water Supt. and the City Clerk for study~ carried unanimously. City Clerk read the following notices of employment, all temporary employees: Helen C. Proteau, Clerk's Office, $1.80 per hour effective June Vth; ~illiam Bissell, Park and Recreation Dept., i~50.00 per month effective June lst; Ray R. Wi~gs~ Street Dept., $1.50 per hour effective June 9th and Daniel C. Davis~ Street Dept~, ~1.50 per hour effective June 14th; Leslie Stoops, Water Dis~rlbution, ~1.90 per hour effective June 10th. ~otion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Clark the employments be approved, carried unani- mously. City Clerk read a memo from the Acting City Engineer recommending the award on the Park Avenue Stor~ Sewer Bid be made to G. C. Casebolt, Low bidder. ~otion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to concur in the recommendation, carried ~manimously. City Clerk read a Claim for D~nages signed by ~rs. Alice ¥o Whelan in the amount of ~)21.00 oo-ering expenses incurred after she fell in front of ~45 4th Street caused by stepping on the edg~ of a recessed lid set into the sidewalk at that location. ~cGowan reported the clai~n to the insurance company. City Clerk raad a letter addressed to the ~ayor signed by Virgil Bass, President Uestgate Volunteers, Inc., commending the Mayor, Public Works Commissioner and Street Forman and others who had a part ~n the planning and layout of the installation of cul- verts and walkway facilities on the Rocky Point Road near its intersection ~ith Marine Dri v e. June 9, 1965 (Continued) City Clerk read a letter addressed to the Mayor signed by the Asst. Fire Chief sug- gesting that approximately $1200 covering labor and parts needed for repair of the engine and aerial ladder hydraulic system of the aerial ladder truck be authorized without call- ing for bids. Only one company can furnish the parts and the company representative would be doing the work with some exceptions. Motion by Mr. Jarstad and Mr. Schoneman authorization be given to do the work without b~d call, carried unanimously. City Clerk road a letter addressed to the Mayor and Members of the Council signed by Roy M. Harris, Director Washington State Pollution Control Commission in which he ad- vised the application for a Federal grant for construction of Sewage Treatment Works was not given priority because at the location of the application on the relative priority list sufficient funds were not available to honor the full mnount of the grant request. However 'the application will remain active and will be rerate~ at the next rating period. Commissioner Schoneman stated he did have a chance to talk to Congressman Hicks and Senator Magnuson at a meeting and explained to them the project and there may be about ~1)800,000 available by Conzress this year and there may be a possibility the City may receive a portion of this. City Clerk read a memo from the W~ter Supt. to the Commissioner of Public Works re- questing authorization to negotiate with the consulti~g engineers, Gray and Osborne, for the design, planning and construction of a water storage reservoir on the ten acre City owned tract at Cheryll and Olympus Drive. ~otion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to instruct Gray and Osborne to proceed with the design of this reservoir, carried unanimously. City Clerk read a memo from the ~ater Supt. to Commissioner of Pbulic Works request- ing authorization for the Water Dept. to proceed with the ~nstalletion of pipelines which will connect-the existing system to a new reservoir site and to East side Well No. 8. The estimated of costs of these preJect~: Sylvan Way to Worral Drive $1~,000 an~ Worral Dri~e to well site $~,800.00. ~otion by Er. Schoneman and Mr. Clark approval of this work on both projects, carried unanimously. City Clerk read Ordinance No. ~6~, an O~?d~nance providing for an appropriation of f~uds for which an insufficient appropriation was mede in the 1965 budget and declaring an emergency. ($80,000 for purchase of pipe, valves, fittings and appurtenances in V~ater Distribution Capital Outlay Fund) ~otion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman Ordinance No. ~6~ be approved for passage and publication, carried unanimously. City Clerk read a revocable easement on the First Street Dock from the Port of Brem- erton to the City of Bremerton to allow the City to provide public metered parking upon the facility and to regulate it~ use. The Commissioners wished to commend the Port Com- mission for their action taken in this easement. Commissioner Clark stated the easement provides the grantor shall receive 50% of the net income and he felt although it was verbal ly understood by the Port Commissioners that the costs come out first before any split is made, it sho~l~ state this in the easement. The easement is also subject to cancellation oy either party upon thirty days written notice and because this could possible occur the costs whould be taken care of. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to accept the revocable easement subject to meeting with the Port Co~nissioners to resolve the question suggested by Mr. Clark, carried unanimously. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to pay all bills that ar~~ approved by a major- ity of the Commissioners, carried unanimously. Co~muissioner Clark gave the monthly financial report on the con~lition of the city as of the end of May and the picture continutes to be good. Commissioner Schon~man reported a memo had been handed to him by the Water S~pt. Recommending the award o~1 the timber sale be made to the highest bidder, Moore Lo[~ging Compauy. Motion by Mr. $choneman and Mr. Jarstad to col~cur in the rec©~mnen~ation carried unanimously. Commissioner Schoneman gave the following progress report: The installation of the pipe line ~nder Wheaton Way will be completed Friday; Park Avenue proceedtn¥ nicely; 1Sth Street from Lafayette to the new connection with Kitsap Way will be oiled tomorrow; erec- tion of prefab bldg. on Lions Field will ~e completed next Saturday. Mayor Jarstad reporte~ he ha~ 'talked with the Tracyton Community Club about their watershed tract of land and suggested to them if it does become available for some other use consideration be given to retain this property as a park rather than selling it for a development. J~e 9, 1965 (Continued) Mayor Jarstad has instructed the Park Supt. if ab all possible to establish a summer program on the Lions Field. Mayor Jarstad stated that he would like concurrence From the other co~issioners in placing "No Parking" signs along Sixth Street from Warren Avenue to Naval Avenue co,~encing June 17th. The Businessmen in this area have been notified. },~otion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schonem~ to concur with the Mayor in placing the "no parking" signs, carried unanimously. Mr. Oren Dixon, 901 Ford, addressed the Council and was interested to know if the str~et on the SE corner of 9th & Times can be used for private use and if so why is there no record on the county books stating it has been dedicated for private use. He would like a report next Council meeting on this matter and Co~issioner Schoneman stated he will check into it. Representative Red Beck aUdressed the council and read a questionnaire he ha~ re- ceived from Chet Biesen, Association of Washington Cities, regarding what can be done by cities in order for them to receive more money from the State to help meet their needs. Mr. Beck remarked that there needs to be a ~ole new basic reform in the tax structure. Meeting adjourned. ~ y Clerk