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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/15/54 453 December 15, 1954 The regular meeting o£ the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washing- ton was held in the Mayor,s Office, City Hall at 10:00 o'clock A.Mo, December 15, 1954. Mayor Yowell presidin~ with Commissioner Culltn, Commissioner Wheat- on, City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Wallace being present. A represent- ative of the press was also present. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin the minutes 0£ the regular meeting of December 8th, 1954 be approved as written, carried. At this time the Girl Scouts presented the Mayor with a copy o£ the Bill of Rights as this was Bill of Rights Day. The City Clerk ~nnounced it was the date and time set for the hearing on the petition for annexation for the area known as Phinney Ridge. Mr. Henry L. Thielke protested against several of the signatures on the petition and it was referred t.o the Engineering Department to check their records and report back to Council. The City Clerk reported that the Committee who studied the truck crane bids recommanded the award be made to Totem Equipment Company. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Yowell the award be made to Totem Equipment Company, carried. The City Clerk read an application for a Master Pinball Operator,s Lic- ense from Heberllng Brothers and enclosed their c~eck in the amount of $1,~166.6V. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Mr. Wheaton the license be granted, carried. The City Clerk rea~ Ordinance No. 2092, An Ordinance repealing certain ordinances and sections of ordinances of the City of Bremerton, which have be- come obsolete, have been superceded by the adoption of charter or have been repealed directly or by implication by the enactment of later ordinances. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Mr. Wheaton Ordinance No. 2092 be passed on second reading, carried. The City Clerk read Resolution No. 885, setting the date for hearing on the vacation of a portion o£ 9th Street frontin& and abutting Lot 40, Block H and the vacated portion of Edith Street, Oyster Bay Addition. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Yowell the passage of Resolution No. 885 be approved, all members voted yes. The City Attorney reported he had drawn a contract between John Wo Cunning- ham and Associates and the City of Bremerton as he was instruced at the last meeting but in the meantime Mr. Cunningham had revised his contract and sent it back to the Commissioners for their sig2atures. The Council felt the contract ~raw~.hy the City Attorney set forth the terms as they were agreed upon by both parties at last Council meeting. Motion by Mr. Yowell and ~r. Wheaton the contract be approved as drawn by the City Attorney and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign, carried. Mr. Severance returned to the Meeting wita a report ~hat after checking the signatures on the petition for annexation of the Phinney Ridge area the petition still carried 76.~8~ of the valuation to carry the petition. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Yowell the petition be accepted, carried. The City Clerk read Ordinance No. 2091, An Ordinance accepting and incorporating into the corporate limits of the City of Bremerton certain land lying oUt~de the limits of the City of Bremerton and being contiguous to the Otty of Bremerton and declaring an emergency. Motion by Mr. ~eaton and Mr. Yowell the passage of Ordinance No. 2991, all members voting Yes. Mr. Severance reported he had prepared the plans and specifications for the installation, of a warm air heating plant at the Municipal Repair Garage and Paint Shop, and requested authorization be given to ca~l for bids. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent publish the call for bids for the heating plant, carried. Attorney Ralph Purvls representing the Andersons in regard to the Waaga petition discussed at a previous meeting, reported that an easement has been prepared and is agreeable to the Andersons. The City Attorney checked the easement and felt it should include all the property owners and not the Andersons, because there is no other accessible road. It was agreed by the Waagas to include the property owners in their easement. The City Attorney will prepare the ordinance necessary. The City Engineer brought to Council a copy of the plat of the George Dewey Jr. High School Addition showing how the lots are laid out which the school board proposes to sell. He explained that this plat will go to the Planning Commission for their approval at their next meeting. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cullin authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the plat of the Geo. Dewey Jr. High School Addition upon approva; by the Planning Commission, Carried. December 15, 19S4 (cont) The City Engineer brought up for discussion the matter of clearing the title on the alley between lath and 1Sth Streets West of High located North of 1820 lath. No action taken. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin the bills be paid if approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin to adjourn, carried.