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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/01/48 September 1, 1948 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Brem&rton, Washington was held in t~ie Mayor's office at the City Hall at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, Sept- ember l, 1948~ Mayor Kean presiding with the followingbeing present: Commis- sioner Haddon, Commissioner GorSt, the City Attorney and the City Treasurer. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the minutes of the previous regular meeting as written, carried. Mr. E.C. Searle, Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the ~City of Bremerton appeared before the City Council and presented letter. Clerk read letter regarding easement~ and bill of sale, Water and Sewex· Sys- tems, Project Wash. 45-049, Sheridan Park, transmitting the original and three copies of an Easement and Bill of Sale with charts covering the water and sewer systems for Project WASH. 45-049, and requesting that the effective date of the City taking over the system be November l, 1948 in order to give them tame for working out of the billing f~r rental and requesting that eSl copies be executed and retain the original for recording purposes, in the County Auditor's office, further requesting that they be informed of the date, book and page of recording and all carbon copies be returned to their office for further processing and dis- tribution. Mayor Kean advised that he had signed the easement and bill of sale and had referred the original and copies to the Engineer's office for checking. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the Mayor be authorized to sign, the letter be made a matter of record and referred to the City Clerk and the City Engineer for the necessary matters in compliance with the letter, carried. Mayor Kean remarked that too often the Housing Authority did not receive the proper thanks and appreciation for the fine things they have done and are doing and' it war his opinion that the Council, if unanimous, should do so at this time. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to express appreciation to the Director and members of the Bremerton Housing Authority for their splendid cooperation in matters of this kind and their assistance in acquiring property of this kind carried unanimously. Mayor Kean announced that the Council has been planning on acquiring Sin- clair Park for the City to provide space at the present time for t he National Guard and future possible commercial uses and he had been informed recently that the City would be able, ' under an act recently passed by the House to acquire the property free of charge. Clerk read Public Law 829-80th Congress, Chapter 727-2D Session, H.R. 2239, An Act to amend Section 13 la) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 as emended, approved June 29, 1948. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon that the Council go on record as wishing to take advantage of the provisions of this law in regards to Sinclair Park and the matter be referred to the City Attorney for the preparation of whatever pap- ers might be necessary in order to accomplish this purpose carried. A discussion followed concerning the proper method of preparation~of the papers. Clerk read reports of separation for: Larry 0'Neal, Lincoln Perry~ Danny Lin, Jack Dunn, Shirley Phillips, Patti J. Serry, Ruth Huntly and Kenneth Chase, Part time recreation Leaders. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the foregoing separations car- ried. Clerk read change in pay status for E. Fay Ellis to Fireman 1/c at $24~.00 per mohth, effective August 2S, 1948. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to approve the change in pay carried. Clerk read letter from Lee A. Meyer, Real Estate Officer, Federal Works Agency, Public Buildings Administration enclosing the original and four copies of Lease~No. WASpb ~9,0~ (Se) covering four rooms in the First Street Wharf Building, requesting signature and acknowledgments and the return of all copies to their office, after which one'copy will be returned for the files of t he City. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mrs. Haddon' that the mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to execute the lease, carried. The City Clerk reported t~t on the matter of the installation of a gas tank and pumps on the Police 'parking lot he had made inquiries and had received only one estimate on the Job. C. Jack Jones had estimated an amount of~ including tax and $70.00 for digging. Following discussion on the matter a~notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the City Clerk be instructed to issue a call for bids for the installation of a tank and pumps on the Police parking lot, carried. September 1, 1948 (Con't) Clerk read application fSr location license to~ install pinball machines at Stan's Drive Inn by Stanley R. Baselt, 2003 E. llth, Bremerton, approved by the Chief of Police. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the application carried. ~Clerk read claim for damages by Wilbur G. Day in the amount of $12.36 for alleged damages done to his car by a City Engineer's car at llth and Callow on August 15th. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Gorst to refer the claim to the City Attorney carried. }~r. Ernest Wagner, 630 Washington Avenue, appeared before the Council to ask how the sewers would be taken care of on the EaSt side of .Washington under the Pollution Control program and asked if the easements were granted the City by property owners would there still be a charge to that owner for sewer.connections, and advised that he hesitated to Sign an easement until some concrete answers on the subject was given by the City. The City Attorney advised that he had been confronted by this situation in more than one case in getting the easements f or the s ewers si~aed, and beach pro- perty owners wanted assurance that they would be connected up with a wewer in re- turn for signing the easements. Mr. Johnsen advised that if the owners of the pro- perty feel that they are losing something or the City is damaging their property the City should compensate them for that loss, but that amount would not necessar- ily agree with the amount to be charged for the sewer connection. Mr. Johnsen ad- vised that this is a problem that the City will have to face sooner or later but hasn't been advised that the City is in any position to give a final answer. Mr. Gorst advised that he was sure those residents on Washington Avenue would have no worries and he would see if some kind of an answer one way or another could be given on those questions; and referred Mr. Wagner to the office of the City En- gineer for more specific information. Clerk read letter from James L. Rondeau, Promotion and EnSertainment Chair- man of the Kitsap County Fair Association to the Police Department thanking them for the wholehearted cooperation in the matter of supplying necessary labor for Fair buildings. Contents were noted and ordered filed. Clerk read complaint report from the Traffic Department of the Police De- partment advising that on August 24, 1948 a Bledsoe Transfer Company truck had knocked the ventilator off the woman's Jail, and reconm~ending that the City At- torney file claim to recover the amount spent in repairing the ventilator. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to refer the matter to the Chief of Police, the City Attorney and the Building ~nspector for the collection of the bill from the Bledsoe Transfer Company, carried. Clerk read tabulation of bids, by the City Engineer, on L.I.D. 23? and re- con~uending that the City accept the bid of Ted Hyde Construction Company as the lowest and best bid for the City. Bad on entire district in the amount of $8,952 · 50. Notion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to concur in the recommendation and. award the bid to the Ted Hyde Construction Company carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Nfs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read application for taxi stand location license for Harry C. Lane at 246 Washington, approved by the Chief and Captain of Traffic of the Police Depart- ment. Notion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the appli.cation carried. Clerk read petition signed by ten property owners of 17th Street protesting against the present plan of constructing sidewalks along slid ¢treet in leaving a two foot parking strip and a thirty foot street, and suggesting that the park- ing strip be eliminated and the sidewalk be moved 18 inches closer to the pro- perty lines, thus making a street ~7 feet wide. Motion by ~r. Gorst and Mr. Kean to refer the petition to the City Engineer for recommendation, carried. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1803, second reading, amending "An ordinance relat- ing to connection with the City Sewer System from property beyond the City Lim- its of the City of Bremerton authorizing such connection in certain cases, fixing charges to be paid to the City of Bremerton for such connection, prescribing pen- alties for failure to pay such charges, and declaring an emerEency," dated June ll, 1941. Notion by Ar. Gorst and Ar. Kean to pa~s the o~dinance on final reading carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Nfs. Haddon, Yes. ~Lr. Gorst, Yes. September l, 1948 (Con't) Clerk read Ordinance No. 1804, second reading; authorizing the reconstruc- tion of a corm~unity building for Manette playfield, making funds available there- for not ~appropriated in the current budget and declaring an emergency. Motion by Mr. Kean' and Mrs. Haddon to pass the ordinance on final reading carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. The City Engineer' appeared before the Council and announced that he had quested Ken. G. Branch, Architect, to submit'an agreement on the moving of the Child Care Building to the ~ianette Playfield, :which he had done at a rate of 6% of the cest of the work, which is a reasonable fee and suggested that the Coun- cil approve the agreement. Motion by Mr; Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the agreement, if approved by the City Attorney, and authorize the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent to proceed with the bonstruction of the building at the Manette playfield carried as fol- lows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read letter from E.S. Severance, City Engineer, advising that inas- much as the lease on the site of the ~heridan Park ferry dock has run out and inasmuch as there seems no further ne~d for keeping such dock in readiness for emergency use, it is recommended that bids be called for the sale and removal of the dock, dolphins and any appurtenances thereon. Further advising that the Water Department has expressed a desire to purchase the cast iron water line and any attachments thereto, and further' suggesting that the call for bids be made for the 29th day Of September, 1948 . Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to concur in the recommendations and re- fer the matter to the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent for disposal of the dock and appurtenances in the best interests of the City, carried. The City Clerk reported that a few days ago a resident of the Sheridan Park area had come into his office to request permission, to fish from the dock and had told him that the wire over the gate had been torn down and the lock on the gate had been broken. Mayor Kean advised that he had told the Police to replace' the wire and keep the gate looked as the City could be held liable for any accident which might happen from' or on the dock and the place was much too dangerous for children to play around. Clerk read letter and Resolution No. ll06? passed by the King County Board of County Commissioners going on record as opposing the proposed Charter amend- ment No. 13 which will be presented to the voters of the state at the coming election, which provides Constitutional authority for the organization of consol- idated City and County governments in Counties with a population of more than 300,000. Contents were noted and ordere~ filed. Clerk presented notice of meeting of the Association of Washington Cities at Port Angeles on September 24th. Following general discussion it was decided that a delegation from the City would attend and the matter was referred to the City Clerk to make arrangements for- their attending. Clerk announced this as the date for the'opening of bids for wire for the Fire Department and One bid had been received. On motion' by Mr. Kean and ~r.- Gorst clerk opened bid from the United States Rubber Company, 2EO Jackson Street, Seattle 4, Washington with a certified check in the amount of $150.00 and a total bid of $455.00 per thousand feet with $ returnable reels extra at $15.00 each. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer the bid to 'the City Clerk and Pur- chasing Agent, the Fire Chief and the City Engineer carried. The City Attorney read release by the City on property of Mrs. Jack O. Young 1501 Snyder Avenue, Bremerton, Washington, for connection to the City sewer sys- tem. Motion by Mr. Gor~st and Mrs. Haddon that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to sign the release carried all members voting Yes. The City Attorney read proposed ordinance, firat .reading, v. acating a~ portion of State Highway No. El. Notion ,by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean ,to' approve the ordinance on first read~ng carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs~ Haddon, Yes., ~r~ Gorst, Yes. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills presented at this meeting if approved by the majority of the COuncil carried as follows: ~r. Kean, Yes. Nfs. Haddon,Yes. Mr. Gorst,, Yes. September 1, 1948 (Con't) Mrs. Haddon instructed the City Clerk to run an ad in the newspap&rs adver- tising that rooms are available for meetings at the First Street Wharf. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried. Nayor