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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/24/60 August 24, 1960 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Waahington, was held in the Council Chambers, City Hall, at 10:O0 A.M., Wednesday, August 24, 1960 with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner 01ark, Commissioner Schon- eman, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Holland, City Engineer Fortman and City Water Superintendent Humble. Also present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to approve minutes of p~evious regular meeting held August 17, 1960 as written, carried. Clerk stated this was time and place for opening bids for compact car for the Public Works Department. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Schoneman to open the bids, carried. Clerk opened the bids and read from: Kluge Chevrolet, 1960 Corvair, certified check enclosed for $100.00, $1,988.09. Crawford Motors, 1960 Rambler American, bid bond enclosed, Kerr Motors, certified check enclosed for $103.00, 1961 Ford Falcon, $2,050.96. Malvorsen Motor Co., certified check enclosed $93.08, Valiant, $1,861.56. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Domstad to refer the bids to committee for study, carried. Clerk presented reports of separation for David Alfred, Lloyd Sayer, Virginia Uusitalo, Del Lubash, Sally King, Sylvia Funk,.Kent Dolmseth, Susan Meier and Le- land G. Haydock, Park and Recreation Dept. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Schoneman to approve the separations, carried. Payroll voucher read by Clerk for period ended August 15, 1960, $50,969.64, approved by Austin M. Clark and audited by W.R. Vaa. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman to approve the payroll voucher, carried. Clerk presented general claim voucher to the City (General Fund) from Storm Sew- er Construction Fund (Project X-29), Cascade Trail Storm Sewer) to cover engineering for storm sewer, $678.07, audited by W.R. Vaa and signed by City Engin er. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Clark to approve the claim, carried. Clerk read letter dated August 23, 1960 to Mayor and City Council from W.R. Vaa, City Auditor, which attached the Preliminary Budget for 1961, and gave some of the data of interest concerning the preliminary budget. The letter showed a bud- get deficit of $334,911.83. Mr. Clark commented that this is the largest deficit to begin with that has been had for some time; and that it includes some anticipated pay raises so that the deficit is not as large as might appear. Clerk read Resolution No. ll09 authorizing City Treasurer to pay into Pacific First Federal Savings and Laon Association savings account and do necessary trans- actions in this connection. Motion by Mr. Clark and' Mr. Domstad to pass Resolution No. ll09, carried. Clerk read Bulletin, dated Aug. 25, 1960, from Puget Sounders, Inc. giving de- tails of proposed annual Olympic Peninsula Loop 'Dour, to be held August 26-28. Clerk read proposed ordinance, first reading, "An Ordinance relating to the City Employees~ Retirement System and disability Pension System under Ordinance No. 1572 and amending Paragraph~a) of Section 15 thereof to limit disability retire- ment to disability incurred while in city service." Mr. Clark e~plained this amendment is intended to .protect retirement of regu- lar employees from retirement of persons for disability due to a condition which ex- isted before employment and after a few months of employment rem~lts inr~tire~ent. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Domstad to approve the ordinance on first reading, carried. Clerk read letter dated Aug. 24, 1~60 to the City Council from City Engineer Fortman recommending award of 6th Street Widening and Paving Contract to low bidder, Ace ~aving Company. Attached was letter dated Aug. 19, 1960 to the Mayor from J.C. Claypool, ~ist. Eng., concurring with the City Engineer on recommending this award be made. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and ~r. Domstad to award to Ace ~aving Co., carried. Clerk presented the contract for furnishing water and services to ~arine Drive Water District by the City which had been approved at a recent meeting of the City Council and then forwarded to the district for approval. Mr. John C. Lindberg of the district was present and tendered a memo which stated the contract was approved by the district August 23, 1960, signed John C. Lindberg, Secretary. City Attorney stated a motion authorizing the Mayor and Clerk was not neces- sary due to previous action of City Council approving the contract. City Attorney stated further that two minor changes have been made in the contract and now ready for signing. August 24, 1960 (Con't) Clerk announced the bids for picking brush on the Watershed were to have been opened today but no bids had been received. ,, Mr. Clark discussed this matter and Mr. Schoneman made several comments, also; concluding with the statement that it is assumed brush pickers will not be interested in this area inasmuch as they have now had an opportunity to have it opened for brush picking. Clerk read an ordinance, second reading, "An Ordinance providing for the vaca- tion, removal, repair, or demolition of any building or structure which is, or threat- end to 2, a public nuisance danaerous to the health, morals, safety, or general wel- fare of the people o£ the City of Bremerton or which might threaten to constitute a fire menace; and for the assessment of the cost of vacation, removal, or demolition thereof as a lien or assessment against such premises; and to provde for the recovery of such~,costs in an action at law; and imposing penalties for the violation thereof." Mr. Schoneman requested that on Page 3, Section 6, "Complaint of Commissioner" the words "with the approval of the City Council" be added so all the authority is not delegated to one person. Motion by Mr. Schoneman and Mr. Domstad to amend the ordinance to this effect a and wherever inconsistent witi~ this recommendation. Mr. Wm. ~addock, 150~ Bloomington, objected to the ordinance in general. Mrm. Norman Starkel stated she and some of. her neighbors objected to Section (f) wherein the commissioner and/or his authorized representative shall be empowered to enter any building, etc. This same section was objected to by Mr. Glenn Vockrodt, 1409 Marlow; Mr. Dan Lancaster, 928 Wilbert; Mr. Eugene Senter 247 S. Lafayette; Mr. Glen Jarstad, Manette; Clarence Dahlke, Rt. l, Boxy56, Po~.t Orchard. Several of these ~ersons felt the .~rdinance would violate the 4th amendment to the Constitution. Mr. Holland, Mr. Clark and Mr. Domstad outlined the way in which the ordinance was designed to work and that they did not feel the people need to fear it. Since ~ome of these present were ~ncerned about ~e passage of the ordinance today, Mr. Clark stated that the information given out previously was that the ordinancw would be ready'today and that it may well be set aside and that he would vote "No" today if a vote were called; that today was to constitute simply a discussion of its possible future passage. Motion by ~r. Domstad and Mr. Clark to table the ordinance for further study by the Commissioners, carried. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Schoneman to pay all bills that are approved by a majority of the commissioners, carried. Mayor Domstad announced that radio reporter, Hon Scampfer, was levering for em- ployment elsewhere and Doug Robinson was introduced as taking his place. Glen Jarstad asked if conside~ation could be given to opening Twin Lakes up as a picnic area and be developed into a Bremerton asset. Mr. Paddison criticized what he termed lack of safety-first a~ the Evergreen rark; also, stated law ~as a~ainst three stores in town for using sidewalk to dis play their wares. ~ayor Domstad stated these have been looked into and the stores have ample in- surance coverage. APPROVED: City ~lerk August 24, 1960 Special meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held in the Council Ch~nbers of the City of Bremerton, Oity Hall, at 11:05 A.M. Wednesday, August 24, 1960 with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Clark, Co~mulssloner Schoneman, City Clerk McGowan, City Attorney Holland. Also pre- sent were representatives of press and radio. Mayor Doms~ad stated this special meeting was being held for the purpose of hear- ing an appeal from a decision of the Planning Commission. Petitioners were Stephen and Edith G. Firestone, Richard J. and Katherine Smith, James T. and Hilda Hanson, represented by their attorney, James Arthur. Present were Mr. Smith and Mr. Hanson. ~r. Arthur gave the ~ackground, ~aken from minutes of the Planning Commission, leading up to today's hearing, and stated that by its own action the Planning Commis- sion had adopted a comprehensive plan for zoning and that the area in question was shown on this plan for commercial use; that the proper~y was unsuited for anything else; and that he believed the action of the Planning Commission constittt~d a ratlf- fication of B-2. Mr. Arthur stated he could not understand on what grounds the Plan- ning Commission had denied the petitions for rezoning. August.24~ 1,960 (/~Con't) Mr. Arthur also stated he had contacted the financing agency of Olympic Manor property and read a letter from them stating they did not believe the intended use of the area would affect property values in Olympic Manor. Also, Mr. Arthur stated the school district has no objection to the proposed rezoning and, in fact, signed the petition in favor of it. Further, Mr. Arthur stated he had cleared with all de- partments, such as traffic, etc., and no objections. The following persons objected to the rezoning, primarily on the grounds that the traffic would be dangerous to school children: Mrs. Anderson, president of the PTA; Mrs. Colton and Mr. and Mrs. R~ssell. Mr. Lifven~mhl, County Planner, spoke in favor of the rezoning, stating the traffic would be more controlled that at present due to channelling of same; also, stated due to fencing around the area would cause the children to use a direct and controlled route to the highway; that screening would be placed at the front of the properties and would be only one entry and exit to serve the businesses going in; a;so, pointed out that under this particular zone (B-2) the planner has absolute ~:ontrol as to how the project is constructed and the plot plan will be gone over carefully to see that it conforms to desired specifications. The property in the area has been rezoned R-2 deliberately to keep businesses from creeping in. ~n the discussion of the sidewalks Mr. R.J. Smith stated if necessary the re- zoned property could have a sidewalk built; and it was pointed out on the other side of the highway it would take a local improvement district to get in sidewalks. Mr. ~uistorff, Planning Commissioner Chairman stated he was in agreement with Mr. Lifvendahl. Mr. Hansen stated he was willing to abide by whatever specifications are re- quired in putting in the project. Mr. Lifvendahl pointed out, also, that these businesses would not necessarily generate traffic but that the traffic was due to the Warren Avenue Bridge and would increase each year by about 10% with the development of ~he area north of the city. Mr. Clark stated that from the testimony heard today it appears that traffic would be less hazardous if the rezoning were permitted and the controls required would tend to alleviate present hazards; also, pointed out that the comprehensive plan has been adopted by the Planning Commission and that the plan fits the future development of the city. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Schoneman that the petition for rezoning be grant- ed, carried. Meeting ad journed. ~/~/~~ APPROVED: City C1 rk