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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/05/56 December 5, 1956 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City o£ Bremerton, Washington was called to order by Acting Mayor Cullin at 10~00 A.M. in the Mayor's Office, City Hall, December 5, 1956. Present at this meeting were Commissioner ~eaton, City Clerk McOowan and City Attorney Holland. Also in attendance were represent- atives of the press and radio. AbSent, Mayor Domstad. Motion by Mr. ~heaton and ~iss C~llin to ~pprove minutes of regular meeting of November 28, 1956 as written, carried. Clerk reported the city had received claim for damages from Mrs. Myrtle D. Davidson of 2528 Cherrt Street for injuries received on November 9, 1956 when she broke left ankle from a fall at Burwell and Pacific. Mr. McGowan stated he would forward the claim to the city's insurance company. Clerk presented payroll voucher for period ended November 50, 1956 for 10, audited by W.R. V~a. Motion by Miss Gullin and Mr. Wheaton to ~pprove the payroll voucher, carried. Clerk presented three general claim vouchers on the Warren Ave. Bridge Const. Fund, as follows: Don M. Goldsworthy and Anna, for balance of Parcel No. 9, ~2,255.00; Donald M. Goldsworthy and Anna, Parcel No. 10, ~7,608.00; Oluf Johnsen, services rendered, ~510.00; first two vouchers approved by Oluf Johnsen and Roy Holland, and audited by W.R. Vas; and last voucher approved by Roy A. Holland and audited by W.R. Vas. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. ~heaton to pay all three vouchers, carried. Clerk read letter dated December 4, 1956 to the City Council, signed by Rob- ert Frost, Chairman, Executive Board, Sheridan Park Future Home Howners, register- lng disapproval of any action ~hat might be taken~ the City Council that would cause the Sheridan Park Fire Station to be razed and recommending it be used either as future fire station or other public capacity. Clerk read letter from same party and same date, asking consideration of City Council concerning the acquisition of the Sheridan Park Community Center for the purpose of housing the Police Department and/or the City Hall; or be maintained as a'second Civic Center; and be maintained under Jurisdiction of theCity for continued public usage. Mr. McVey was present as a representative of the Sheridan Park residents and he was advised by Miss Cullin that the City has been advised by the City Attorney that ~othing could be ~ ne about the fire station for a year because o£ the current lease unless the building was ~ken over for municipal purposes. Motion by Mr. ~neaton and Miss Cullin that the letters be put on file, carried. Clerk presented the fo~lowing resolutions, contracts and lease agreement from the Puget Sound Power & Light Company to cover a five-year period of service by the company to the city and are renewals of existing contracts and lease: Resolution No. 941, power for municipal water pumping with appropriate contract and lease a- greement; Resolution No. 942, power for municipal water pumping, with contract;. Resolution No. 945, power for municipal water pumping and contract; Resolution No. 944, street li~htlng service with contract. Ail contracts approved by City Attor- ney. Mr. ~heaton commented that he had looked over the contracts submitted and they are in order. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin that the City accept the resolutions, contracts and lease agreement and authorize the acting Mayor and City Clerk to sign Resolutions 941, 942, 945 and 944 and contracts and lease agreement for the City, carried. Clerk read letter dated November 19~ 1956 addressed to the Mayor from A. Pen- dergast, Supt. Park and Recreation Dept., recommending certain streets for play area during snowy weather, which areas have been selected after a study by Captain Phillips, Mr. Hat£ield and Mr. Pendergast. ~r. Wheaton stated he hsd authorized his departments to cooperate with Mr. Pendergast. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. ~heaton to approve the recomm~ndation, carried. Clerk read letter dated November 20, 1956 addressed to Mr. ~heaton from ~e Puget Bound Hospital expressing app~eciatlon for cooperation received £ro'~ ~heaton and his men for providing parking space on Sixth Street. Mr. ~heaton asked that the letter be filed. Clerk read Resolution No. 945 a resolution to authorize the C~ty ~reasurer to sell at public auction the following property: South 15 ft. of Lot ~0, Block Larson's 5rd addition. Motion by ~iss Cullin and~r. ~neaton to pass Resolution No. 945, carried. Mr. McGowan stated ~hat the bids opened last week for a front-end loader are still under s~udy by the committee and not ready yet for a recommendation but pro- bably will be by next Wednesday. December 5, 1956 (Con't) Mr. McGowan reported for the committee that studied the bids for the purchase of the Warren Avenue Bridge Project houses and buildings as follows: Parcel 17, 1706 Warren Avenue, a residence, accepted bi~ of $12~.00, Ben Bredeck; Parcel 8, 704 llth a residence, accepted high bid of $2,150.00, Lloyd White and John A. Wat- son; Parcel 3 garage, 1102 Elixabeth, $102.50, Wayne J. Harris. Parcel 13 and 23, bids rejected. Opinion of the committee that these parcels should be put up for public auction along with some others that are to be sold. Time for sale to be right after the Krst of the year. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to accept the recommendations of the committee, carried. Clerk read Resolution No.-946, designating and granting right-of-way across Warren Avenue Playfield for construction of viaduct. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to pass Resolution No. 946, carried. Clerk read letter from Shell Oil Company, Seattle, to.himself, asking that they be informed when the Union River Dam Project is officially accepted by the City and the last date for filing claims in connection with its construction. Oluf~Johnsen returned Warren Avenue Bridge Construction Warrant No. 66 issued October 51, 1986 to Glen R. Granzow and Ruth L. Granzow and asked that the City Clerk have it cancelled because these people didn't want to receive payment until January l, 1957. Mr. Johnsen presented an Agreement to Sell Real Estate signed by the Granzows in which they agreed to sell certain property for $2,988.00 with payment to be made on January l, 1987. Mr. Johnsen recommended the City Council approve this agreement and authorize the Acting Mayor and City Clerk to sign for the City. Motion by Miss ~ullin and Mr. Wheaton to accept Mr. Johnsen's recommendation and enter into the agreement with Mr. and Mrs. Granzow and authorize the acting Mayor and City Clerk to sign on behalf of the City, carried. Oluf Johnsen read Agreement to sell right of way bearing signatures of Don- ald M. and Anna Goldsworthy in which they agree to sell and City agrees to pur- chase certain real estate for Warren Avenue Bridge Project, and allow Goldsworthy to remove the dwelling at 1103 Cogean Avenue and the dwel~in6 at 608 llth to be- come property of the City, with purchase price as follows. $5,000.00 within ten days and balance of $2,608.00 upon removal of the dwelling at 1108 Cogean and de- livery of deed. Mr. Holland recommended Countil approval of the Agreement. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin to accept the recommendation and auth- orize the acting Mayor and City Clerk to sign, carried. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr. Wheaton to adjourn, carried. APPROVED: Cit~ Clerk.