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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/03/57 April 3, 1957 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was called to order by Mayor Domstad at 10:00 o'clock A.M., Wednesday, April 3, 1957 in the Court Room, City Hall. Present at this meeting were Commissioner Cullin, Commissioner ~heaton, City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Holland. Also in attend- ance were representatives of press and radio, and persons interested in proposed local improvement district and bid opening on reservoir. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin that minutes be approved as written, car- ried. Clerk stated this was date and time for hearing on proposed local improvement ~istrict on Bertha Avenue from 6th Street and that no wirtten protests had been re- ceived. Letter was read by Clerk<, d~ted April 2, 1957 from Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. O1- son, 615 Bertha Avenue, suggesting that the two-foot strip between sidewalk and curb on both sides of Bertha Avenue be eliminated in order to make a wider street. Mr. Olson was present and made further remarks concerning his suggestion. He was assured that is th~s could be done it would be; however, ~he~ity Eng- ineer pointed out the strip was reserved for utilities and would need the power company's approval as utilites would then have to be put underground.~ An unidentified lady stated her steps are up in the air now and ~.'ndered if somethin~ could be done to have the sidewalk meet her steps. She was informed that whatever coold be done for her~hould be done. Mr. Severance recommended the improvement be ordered due to no protests being received. Clerk read Ordinance No. 2220, "An Ordinance approving~and adopting the maps, plans and specifications for the improvement of: Bertha Avenue from 6th Street to 9th Street by the construction of five foot concrete sidewalks and concrete ~urbs and gutters." Motion by Nr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to pass Ordinance No. 2220, carried as follows: Mr. Domstad, Yes. Miss Cullfn, Yes. Mr. Wheaton, Yes. Clerk read Ordinance No. 2221, "An Ordinance providing for the improvement of Bertha Avenue from 6th Street to 9th Street by the construction of five foot con- crete sidewalks, and concrete curgs and gutters;~all in accordance with the plans, maps, and specifications on file in the Office of the City Clerk, establishing an improvement district, providing for the levying of assessments for the payment of such improvement and making such improvement payable by bonds." Motion by Mr. Wheaton and ~r. Domstad to pass Ordinance No. 2221, carried as follows: Mr. Oomstad, Yes. Miss Cullin, Yes. Mr. Wheaton, Yes. Clerk stated this was date and time for opening bids on the reservoir and that several~ds had been received. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to open bids on the reservoir, carried. Clerk opened the bids and read from the following: General Construction of Seattle, bid bond enclosed, completion date 150 days and read telegrsmp from General making a correction in one item in their bid. Del Guzzi of Port Angeles, bid bond enclosed, 180 days for completion of the project, and telegram making a correction in one item in their bid. Purvis Const. Co., of Tacoma, bid bond enclosed, and 210 days completion time. Commercial Builders of Bremerton with bid bond enclosed and 180 days to complete ~he job. Latimer-Kurth Gen. Contractors of Bellevue, Washington, with bid bond enclosed and 150 days completion time. Wayne Const. Co., of Seattle with bid bond enclosed and 200 days completion time. April 3, 1987 (Con't) Big Bend Inc., Seattle, bid bond, and 180 days. E. Goettling & Sons, Tacoma, bid b~nd, 210 days. The bids were read item by item and totals were not given by any bidders ex- cept Del Guzzi; however, Water Supt. Casad took the bids to his office to have them checked and totalled and later in the meeting would return the bids so notation could be made in these minutes at that time. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Domstad to refer the bids to the conculting eng- ineer water supt., Commissioner of Public Works and City Engineer's Office and that award be made to the successful bidder.at next Council meeting, carried. Clerk read reports of separation for Dale Jensen, Park & Recreation' Oept., and Max F. Craft, Water Dept., who is transferring to the Street Department. Motion by Mr. Domst~d and Mr. Wheaton to concur in the separations, carried. Clerk read no,ice of employment for Woody J. 0'Rourke, Park and Recreation, ~1.50 per hour, effective April 1, 1987. Motion by Mr. Domstad and Miss Cullin to approve the notice of employment, carried. Clerk read change in pay status for Max F. Craft, Helper, Street Dept., $1.9~ per hour, effective April 8, 1957. Notion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to approve the change in pay status, car- ried. Clerk read payroll v~ucher for period ended March 31, 1957, 442,300.50, audited by W.R. Vas. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Domstad to approve the voucher, carried. Clerk read letter, dated March 26, 1957 addressed to the City Council and City Clerk from R. Jonason, Div. Credit Manager for Shell Oil Company, which enclosed Notice of Claim against Contractor's Bond and of Lien against Monies Retained from Contractor relating to the General~Construction Company eonthmcttdated October 1955, covering construction of the Union River concrete arch dam. Claim and Lien was for sum of $10,326.41. Clerk stated he acknowledged presentment and filing of the notice by executing the forms and returning the extra copy to Shell Oil ~o. Clerk read copy of letter, dated April 2, 1957, to Mr. Wheaton from Water Supt. Casad requesting approval of Mr. Wheaton a~d the City Council for construction of approximately 1200 ft. of lB inch sewer pipe for a drain line from the reservoir site at l?th and Ironsides, south on Ironsides to 16th and east on 16th to Trenton, esti- mated cost of $6,071.68. Attached to the letter was a copy of notice of publicatioh on projects of over ~B,500.00 wherein the work is to be done by city forces. Mr. Wheaton commented that the City Council had given approval for the city for- ces to ~o this work at a previous Council meeting. Motion by ~r. Nheaton and Mr. Domstad ~hat Clerk 0e authorized to have notice published, carried. Clerk read petition dated April 2, 1957, signed by H.G. Swanson, 1702 Gregory Nay and 35 others, requesting the condemnation of the building at 1728 Gregory Way due to i~s being a health hazard, fire hazard and safety hazard. Ma~ter discussed and then Mr. Holland commented he was quite sure the fire in- spector can order this to be ~one but will have to check on existing ordinances to refresh himself on the various regulations. Mr. ~heaton suggested this should be investiEated. It was further suggested that the fi~e inspector, chief of police and building inspector look into the pe- titions request. Clerk gave a report of findings of a study made by his office on the current population of the city, stating that the estimate as of April l, 1957 is persons. This is a decrease from the 30,000 grante~ by the State Census Board after an actual census was taken in 1956 but is believed to ~ an honest appraisal although not too encouraging. It was noted that if areas were annexed the Census Board would modify the figures accordingly. Clerk stated the petitioners who asked for vacation of parts of Yanttc Avenue wanted a hearing. Motion by Mr. Domstad and ~r. ~heaton to set hearing for these petitioners on ~pril l?, 1957 at lO:00 A.M., in the Mayor's Office and the City Clerk to notify all principals involved, carried. Water Supt. Casa~ returned to the Council Chambers with the totals on the res- ervoir bids. Clerk rea~ these figures as follows: Wayne Const. Co., $142,445.O0; Latimer- Kurth, ~134,280.80; E. Goetling & Son, $1~4,O86.00; Big Bend, Inc., $138595.00; General Const. Co., $137,471.50; Del Guzzi, $129, ~50.10; Purvis Const., $123,0~3.00; Commercial Constr., ~128,337.~1. April 3, 1957 (Con't) Clerk read Resolution No. 983, which stated that the north 38 feet of the east 2/3 of lots 7 and 8, block 1, Goldsworthy,s Addition, ds not required for municipal purposes and that Constance Reitan, also known as Constance Weir, has offered to exchange property which would be desirable for additloual street right of way, and authorized the exchange and execution and delivery of conveyance. Clerk also presented the deed for this transaction for signatures of mayor and clerk. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to pass Resolution 983 and authorize the mayor and clerk to execute the deed, carried. Clerk read letter dated March 28, 1957 to the City Council from E.S. Severance City Engineer, attaching a sewer application and agreement from Thomas I. and Irene Ilerett, property owners on south side of Burwell, in the County, and check for ~128.00 to cover the city's fee. Letter stated these property owners had cleared with Kttsap County and have paid the county for street repairs; and Engineer recom- mended the permit be granted and the fee accepted. Motion by Mr. ~ne~aton and Mr. Oomstad to approve the application and accept the fee, carried. Mr. William Paddison, 70~ 12th St., stated there were two places in the ~istrict now undergoing sidewalk repairs which should be attended to: 912 Park Avenue, a low spot where water collects and 91~ McKenzie, where a se~er connection was probably put in under the sidewalk and it has now settled. Mayor Domstad assured him bhese would be looked into, Mayor Domstad reported on his trip to the City of Everett on ~&onday, April 1st and ~r. McGowan took exception with his remarks concerning the Clerk's Office func- tions~ particularly concerning the duties and position of the Assistant Purchasing Ageut. Mayor Domstad commented that he would turn his recommendations over to the new committee formed for studying Bremerton's City Government. He also stated he would shortly visit the City of Yakima ~o see what improvements he might gain for Bremer- ton in their operation. ~t was noted that no action had been tauten concer~Ing the report of the study of present population which ~s to be turned over to the State Census Board. The figure reached was 28,$10 persons. Motion by Mr. Domstad and l'~r. Nheaton to accept the report of the City Clerk, carried. APPROVED: City ~lerk