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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/12/45 December 12, 1945 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, was held in the Mayor's office at ten o'clock A.M., Wednesday, December 12, 1945. Mayor Ke~n presiding, Commissioner Haddon, Cormmissioner Gorst, the City Treasurer ~nd the City Attorney being present. Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting and on motion by Er. Gorst and Mr. Keen same were approved as read, carried. Clerk read Notice of Employment or Change in Pay Status for the following: Bart Robertson, Police Department; Harry Rhoades and Jasper R. Hill, Fire Deper~]~eut; E. Jennfngs Beard, City Clerk's Department. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the Notice of F~nployment or Chan~e in Pay Status ii' approved by the department head, carried. Clerk read Reports of Separation for the following: Osborne Myers and William G. Yarck, Police Department. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to approve the separations, carried. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1640, second reading, appropriating the sum of $180.00 for the salary of Circulation Librarian for the month of December, 1945, for the Bremerton City Library, and declaring an emergency. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to adopt the ordinance, carried as follows: Mr. Keen, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1641, second reading, relating to persons convicted of certain crimes; requiring them tc register with the Chief of Police; making certain records private and defining offenses and prescribing penalties. Motion by Er. Eean and Mr. Gorst to adopt ordinance, carried as follows: Er. Kean, Yes. ~rs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read letter from E. N. Drew, acting for L. R. Durkee, Division ~ Engineer of the Federal Works Agency, informing the City Council that the Federal Works Agency was preparing instruments to negotiate the s ale of the Nanette Sewer System to the City of Bremerton. Notion by ~r. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to note the contents and refer to the Commissioner of Public Works, City Treasurer and City Attorney for preparation of necessary papers, carried. Clerk read reGuest of F. P. Lyons for use Of a piano from the Recreation Center. Notion by ~r. Keen and ~r. Gorst to grant the request and refer ~o the Recreation Supervisor, carried. Clerk read Announcement to all Applicants, signed by E. M. Drew, acting for L. R. Durkee, Division Engineer, Federal Works Agency, notifying the City that all future applications for Federal assistance under the Lanham Act, should be sent to Glenn H. Lathrop. Announcement was referred to the City Treasurer. Clerk read letter from H. G. SubOrn, Chairman of the Board of Direcbors of Roosevelt Hospital, requesting the City to improve the street approaches to the hospital. Mr. Gorst recontmended that property be acquired to widen the entrance from State Highway No. 21 and further recommended that a bulkhead be built at Sixth and Adele. Motion by Mr. Kean and Nfs. Haddon to concur in the recormnendation of Mr. Gorst and refer to the Commissioner of Public Norks and City Engineer with power to act, carried. Clerk read application of Archie Shay for two additional taxicabs, said application being a~prcved by the 3bier of Police. Notion by N~. Ee~n and Mr. Gorst to aporove application, carried. Cl~rk read report on the field activities of the Division of Sanitation, Department of Public ~ealth, for the month of November, 1948. Report was made e matter of record and ordered Filed. Clerk read application of B. V. Jones for a motorcycle package delivery service which had been approved by the Chief of Police. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the application for license, carried. Clerk read application of Thomas O. Barrleau to transfer his taxicab license from a 1941 Packard, Motor DZO0676 to a 1942 Chrysler, Motor No. C34-14242. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to refer application to the Chief of Police for recommendation, carried. December 12, 1945 (cont) Clerk read application of M. L. Smith for a pinball location license at the Manette Billiard Hall, 2111 E. llth Street, said application having the approval of the Chief of Police. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the location license, carried. Clerk read petition signed by l0 property owners, protesting that electrical equipment in Dr. Colleur's office, 641 N. Montgomery, was dis trubing radio rece~ion in that vicinity. M~tion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer petition to the Electrical Inspector and City Attorney, carried. Notion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean that the Qity Clerk and Purchasing Agent be instructed to call for bids for a two-ton Ford truck chassis, return- able December 26, 1945, for use by the Sanitation Department, carried. Clerk reported this as date for hearing the application of George T. Harris to operate a taxicab and designated stand. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that in view of the fact no protests had been received, the applications be granted, carried. Clerk reported this as date for hearing the application of Charles Walker to operate a taxicab and designated stand. Clerk read letter from the Chief of Police stating reasons why he had disapproved the applications. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to concur in the recommendation of the Chief of Police and reject the applications, carried. Clerk read Planning Commission Resolution No. ll for the re-zoning of Lots 14 and 15, Block 9, Union High School Addition and the East one-half of Lot V and all of Lot 8, Block 5, and the East one-half of Lot 37, Block 6, all in Plat of Original Town of Bremerton. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1642 amending the Use and Area maps of Ordinance No. 155~ of the Cit~ of Bremerton and declaring an emergency. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adopt ordinance, carried. The City Treasurer requested a resolution making certain budget transfers in the Recreation Contribution Account. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon instructing the City Attorney to prepare the resolution, carried. The T~easurer reported that final business was completed toward granting Mrs. Kappelman a pension and that a warrant was being drawn, in the amount of $1495.00, on the Police Pension & Retirement fund, for pension payments from January l, 1944 to December 31, 1945. Mr. Kean reported that the Park and Recreation Commission had recommended that the City build an outdoor fireplace at the Warren Avenue playfield. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to refer to the City Engineer and Director of Recreation with authority to proceed with 'the construction of the fireplace, carried. The City Attorney reported having answered the letter from the Director of Recreation which had been referred to him by the Mayor. The City Attorney reported that a Mr. Parks, representing property owners North of the city limits, had been in to see him about annexing property East of Lafayette to the present city limits. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to refer the matter of the proposed annexation to the Committee of the Whole, the Water Department Superintendent, Fire Chief, City Engineer and City Treasurer for report and recommendation, carried. Clerk reported having called f~r bids for top soil at Roosevelt Field and five bids had been received. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to open bids, carried. Bids were opened and read aloud from the following: Bratten Brothers, Port Orchard, top soll @ $3.40 per {ard; Tahuya Lake Humus Co., $3.25 per yard, delivered and $2.00 pez~ yard at bog, Carl J. Werner, $36,0.O0 grinded, $2995. lump at bog, $540.00 picked up by City; Paul J. Wahto, $35?7.80 delivered 70 yards a day or $3,982.00 delivered in larger amounts. W. A. Hoffman, top soil at $3.00 per yard. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer bids to the Director of ParX and Recreation, the City Engineer, Frank C. Schricker, Cliff Casad, J. L. Hatfield, Committee of the Whole, Purchasing Agent, City Clerk and ~r. Beard, carried. December 12, 1945 (cont) Mr. Roy Davis appeared before the Council requesting the vacation of Hayward Avenue from Shore Drive to the Meander line. Motion by Mr. Keen and Mr. Gorst to refer to the Committee of the Whole and City Engineer, carried. Army SeiJas presented an amendment to the Pinball Ordinance which was read to the Council. The City Attorney recomm§nded that the Council not pass the ordinance. Motion by Mrs. Haddon end Mr. Kean to take this matter up with the Committee of the Whole, carried. ttelen Graham, Attorney for the Housing Authority, presented easements whereby the United States of America grants unto the City o£ Bremerton, property for street, roadway, and sidewalk purposes in Eastpark and Westpark Extension. City Attorney read Resolution No. 491 as follows: Accepting an Easement from the United States of America to the City of Bremerton to certain property within the limits of that housing project known as Eastpark, for street, roadway, and sidewalk purposes THE CITY OF BR~ERTON HEREBY RESOLVES: Section 1. That the easement from the United States of America to the City of Bremerton for streets, roadways, and sidewalks, executed on the 23 day of October, 1945, to the following-described real property in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, to-wit: All of the areas designated and shown in roads, boulevards, drives, streets, avenues, and ways otherwise described as Homer R. Jones Drive, Warren G. Magnuson Way, and a portion of Schley Boulevard, the courses and distrances of said streets, roads, drives, avenues, and ways being shown on Exhibit "A", which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, all lying within the following-described tract; (see resolution for description) contsining a reservation to the Grantor, its successors, and assigns for the laying, maintaining, and repairing of water main and other utility installations over, on, or under the above-desCribed areas and adjacent thereto, which areas are indicated on the map entitled Exhibit "A" attached to said deed, a duplicate print of which map is attached hereto and made a part hereof, be and the same is hereby accepted. Section 2. That the various streets, boulevards, avenues, roads, and drives referred to in Section I of this Resolution - namely, Homer R. Jones Drive, Warren G. Magnusson Way, and a portion of Schley Boulevard, including sidewalks - be and the same are hereby laid off, opened, extended, and established over and across the lands in that area described in~Sectlon 1 herein, in the courses and distances shown on said map,. and the ~eservation of the Grantor, its successors, an~ assigns is likewise hereby established in accordance with the courses and distances therein. Notion by ~r. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adopt the Resolution as read, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. City Attorney read Resolution No. 492 as follows: Accepting an Easement from the United States of America to the City of Bremerton to certain property within the limits of that housing project known as Westpark Extension for street, roadway, and sidewalk purposes THE CITY OF BREMERTON HEREBY RESOLVES: Section 1. That the easement from the United States of America to the City of Bremerton for streets, roadways, and sidewalks, executed on the 23rd day of October, 1945, to the following described real property in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, to-wit: All of the areas designated and shown in roads, boulevards, drives, streets, avenues, and ways otherwise described as Searle Street and Graham Way, the courses an~ distances of said st~ests, ~oads, d~ives, avenue~, and ways being shown on Exhibit "A", which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, all l~ing within the following described tract: ~see resolution for description) containing a reservation to the Grantor, its successors, and assigns for the laying, maintaining, and repairing of water main and other utility installations over, on, or under the above-described areas and adjacent thereS$, which areas are indicated on the map entitled "Exhibit A" attached to said deed, a duplicate print of which map is attached hereto and made a part hereof, be and the same is hereby accepted. Section 2. That the various streets, boulevards, avenues, roads, and drives referred to in Section 1 of this resolution - namely, Searle Street, and Graham Way, including siSewalks - be and the same are hereby lald off, opened, extended, and established over and across the lands in that area described in Section I herein, in the courses and distances shown on said map, and the reservation of the Grantor, its successors, and assigns is like- December 12, 1945 (cont) wise hereby established in accordance with the courses and distances therein. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adopt resolution, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1643 providing for the improvement of the Alley in Block 6, First Addition to Charleston, lying between Callow Avenue and Wycoff Avenue, extending from Burwell Street to Sixth Street, in accordance with the maps, plans and specificatious on file in the office of the City Clerk, establish- ing an improvement district, providing for ~e levying of assessments for the p payment of such improvement and making such improvement payable by bonds. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to adopt ordinance, carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read Ordinance Eo. 1645 approving and adopting the maps, plans specifications for the improvement of the alley in Block 6, First Addition to Charleston, lying between Callow Avenue and Wycoff Avenue, extending from Bur- well Street to Sixth Street, by clearing, grading, surfacing with concrete pavement twelve feet wide and six inches ~htck, and the construction of an eight inch sanitary and storm sewer, manholes, inlets and appurtenances. Motion by Mr. Gorst and ~r. Kean to adopt ordinance, carried as Follows: Mr. Keen, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. City Attorney reported a claim had been liked with the City Clerk by Amel Engstrom in the amount of $64.5Z, for damages to his automobile. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Keant o refer claim to the City Attorney, carried. Clerk read letter from Mrs. C. L. Roan, 1717 Sixth Street, requesting in- formation on the proposed widening of Sixth Street. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to refer letter to the Committee of the whole~CArnied. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills presented at this meeting and approved by a majority of the Council, carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to recess until 3:00 o'clock P.M., carried. APPRO'~ED: ~ December 12, 1945 Pursuant to recess the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, reconvened at three o'clock P.~., Wednesday, December 12, 1945. Mayor Kean presiding, Commissioner Haddon, Commissioner Corst, the City Treasurer and the City Attorney being present. City Attorney read Ordinance No. 1645 amending Section 3 of Ordinance No. 1461 of the City of Bremerton, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE for licensing and re- gulating the opera~ion of certain amusement machines and other devices and games for use by the public; providing penalties for the violation thereof; and lis- lng the effective date of this 0rdinance"~ and declaring an emergency. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adopt the ordinance, carried as follows: ~r. Xean, Yes. Mrs. Haddon, Yes. Mr. Gorst, Yes. Clerk read letter from C.P. McCuiston, 640 N0 Montgomery, requesting per- mission to change occupancy of a building he owns, without remo~eling the struc- ture to conform with the Building Code. The Building Inspector explained that Mr. McCuiston's request was in viola- tion of the City Building Code. Motion by Mrs. Haddon and Mr. Kean to sustain~e recommendation of the Fire Chief, Bu~lding Inspector and City Attorney that the request be denied, carried. Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst not to approve the verbal request of Mr. Hoy Davis for the vacation of the end of Hayward Avenue, carried. Mr. Beard reported on the increased valuation of City Buildings and ex- plained the effect on the present insurance rates. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to adJourn, carried. APPROVED: ~