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Home My WebLink About04/08/59 April 8, 1959 Regular meeting o£ the City Council o£ the City o£ Bremerton, Washington was held Wednesday, April 8, 1959 at 10:00 AoMo in the Mayor's O£fice, City Hall with Mayor Domstad presiding. Present were Commissioner Clark, Coramissioner ~heaton, City Clerk Mc6owan, City Attorney Holland and City Engineer Elton. Also present were representatives of press and radio. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mt. Clark to approve minutes of regular meeting held April l, 1959 as written, carried. Clerk stated this was time and place for opening 0ida on L.I.D. 279 and he had received three bids. Notion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark to open the bids, carried. Clerk opened the bids and~ead from Imperial Construction, certified check for $728.00 enclosed, $14,568.58. Bremerton Monument Company, bid bond enclosed, $14,647.12. Dave Ratzlaff, bid bond enclosed, $13,169.90. Mr. Elton commented that the bids were over the estimate. Motion by Mr.~heaton and Mr. Clark to refer the bidsto the City Engineer, Pur- chasing Agent and Commissioner of Public Works and report next week on them, carried. April 8, 1959 (Con't) Clerk stated the committee who studiedthe 4" compound water meter ~ids recom- mended award to Rockwell Efg. Co. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Clark to accept the recommendation, carried. Clerk presented applications as follows: From Harry R. A~mstrong, transfer of pinball location and musie~machine licenses at Hi-Seas, formerly 7-Seas Tavern, ~Z7 S. Cambrian; pinball location license at Tyee Grill, 2606 Sixth St., requested by George Brouer, under master license of Bremerton Mutual Amusement Co.; Music Lic- ense for juke box at Burt's Chicken Hut, ll3B Winfield, applied for by Bart A. Rey- nolds. The application of Tyee Grill was approved by C. Lewis, Chief of Police. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to approve the licenses, carried. Clerk presented payroll voucher for period ended March Z1, 1959, $45,229.00, audited by W.R. Vaa. Motion by ~r. Clark and Mr. Domstad to approve the payroll voucher, carried. Clerk p~esented claim voucher from Pacific Mechanical Constructors, Inc. for ~7,440.00 on Waterworks Betterment 1957 Fund for payment of retalned 15%;' approved by Water Su~. Humble and audited by W.R. Vaa. Mr. McGowan suggested that in the future the Council be notified of the date of final acceptance of public works projects for the.record. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Nr. Clark to approve ~he claim voucher, carried. Clerk r~ad letter from City Engineer Elton to the City Council, dated April 8, 1959,.~submitting deeds, and recommending the City Council accept a deed from Einnie A. Foss and then transfer the same property to Lillian Peterson; and accept a deed from Lillian Peterson for a larger piece of land than the Foss property. Letter stated .that the Foss property is now b~lng used as backyard space at 914 17th Street, home of Lillian Peterson. The piece of property which Mrs. Peterson would deed to the City Ls needed for access to the property lying adjacent to the Warren Avenue Bridge Toll Collection House. City would be responsible for paying unpaid taxes on the Foss property of $1.44 and would be responsible f or any unpaid taxes against the tract to 0e transferred from Lillien ?eterson to the City. Motion by Nr. Wheaton and Er. Clark to approve the Engineer's recommendations and go ahead with the deal, carried. Clerk stated that in accordance with directive of City Council his office had prepared estimate of census as of April 1, 1959, ~8,425 and recormmended this esti- mate be approved and forwarded to the Wash. State Census Board. Notion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark to approve the census estimate, carried. Clerk read letter dated April 2, 1959 to the Mayor from Par~ Supt. Pendergast, recommending approval to have the swimming pool painted and the expansion joints re- paired~r¼or t~ the swimming season and the money to be allotted from the City's Overall Improvement Fund. Eayor Domstad explained further the necessity for this work and Mr. ~heaton stated should be done early as ~ae~ year the pool has had to be shut down after opening because it wouldn't hold water. Mr. McGowan stated the estimate of ~2500.00 to $5,000.00 had 0een ~lven him for this work. Motion by Nr. Domstad and Mr. Wheaton to go ahead with call for bids, carried. C Clerk read letter dated March 17, 1959, addressed to the City Planning Commis- sion, signed by Hildegard Rybarczk, 1902 14th Street, asking that the alley between 14th and 15th be vacated as it is full of blackberr~ vines, rats and garbage. At- tached to the letter was a bank money order ~r Motion by Er. Domstad and Mr. Clar to refer to the City Engineer for recommen- dation, carried. Clerk read letter addressed to Nayor Domstad fromGeneral Services Administra- tion, da~ed April 7, 1959, which sta~ed the offer of the City of Bremerton Housing Authority to purchase a parcel of land containing 0.4~8Z acre in West Park Annex H- Wash-586 is accepted. The conveyance documents are 0eing prepared. Mayor 5omstad explained this is the land needed because the State Highway Dept. is putting a highway through and t aklng part of the old Westpark Fire Station. Clerk read letter addressed to Mayor Domstad, dated April l, 1959, from Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations, thanking the Mayor for his letter informing the CN0 of the very successful visit of the USS Bennington to Bremerton and of the sub- sequent cruise to California. Enclosed with his letter was a pamphlet "Design Requirements of Modern Attack Aircraft Carriers." Mr. Ken Crawford, who was present, stated that he is working on the proposed dispersal program~for the Navy and that Bremerton has a good chance of getting a super-carrier based here, and the dispersal committee is working with the Kttsap County Airport to see if facilities can be provided for the basing of aircraft. Clerk read an Ordinance, first reading, "An Ordinance establishing office hours of the Bremerton City Hall, repealing Ordinsnce No. 1938 and 2165 and declaring an emergency." April 8, 1959 (Con't) Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Whea~on to approve the ordinance on first read- ing, carried. Clerk read an ordinance, first reading, ~An Ordinance changing the name of Giblett Place to Sunset Vista and declaring an emergency." Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Cl~rk to approve the ordinance on first reading, ~arried. Clerk read an ordinance, first reading, "An Ordinance relating to the vacation of streets and alleys, and providing for the costs of administration by the appli- cants." City Attorney explalned that the proposed ordinance follows the state law and adds three steps in the ~pr~Cedure for applying for vacation. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Mr. Clark to approve the ordinance on first reading subject to setting of the amount of filing fee, carried. Mayor Domstad stated'that he was putting on his agenda for Monday, a meeting with the Commissioners for study of the foregoing proposed ordinance. Hr. Clark announced that the architect will be here tomorrow and that this week the general plans for the City Hall should be at the point of final approval and it looks like bids will be called for latter part of April. Possibly a con- tract could be let within another~$O days, and the end of May is the target date MOW, ~r. ~heaton stated the s~eel for the towe~ on. Sinclair ~eights is coming in and work will probably be commenced right away~. Mayor Domstad stated he would like ~o appoint Zo the Park Commission, Mr. Ed. Rommen to fill the unexpired term of F~ank Knox and A.R. Tell to fill the unempired term of Roy Holland. Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. ~heaton to approve the appointments, carried. Mayor Domstad stated the' Beautification Committee is doing a good job and that the State Chairman has reported Bremerton is No. i in thestate in taking action. Mr. Paddison thanked the city for improving sidewalk on Park Ave. Notion by Mr~ Domstad and Mr. Clark to pay all bills approved by a majority of the commissioners, carried. ~ee ting ad Journed. A~P~OVED: City Clerk ' ~-- Mayor