HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/02/44 June 2, 1944.
SpeCial meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington
was held at 1:45 o~clock P.M., June 2, 1944. Mayor Kean presiding, Commissioner
Haddon, Commissioner Gorst, the City Attorney, the City Treasurer, end
Atto~ey Garland being present.
The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, who explained the meeting
was held for the purpose o£ reading ~ resolution regarding the May's property
abutting 14th Street.
The City Attorney re~d Resolution No. 566, as follows:
WHEREAS, A. R. Mays, also known as Roy Mays, is the ewner of the follow-
ing described real property, to-wit:
Beginning at a point 1053.3 feet North and 102.50 feet ~ast of the
quarter section corner between sections 13 and 14, Township 24 North,
Range 1 East, W.M., thence North 50.44 feet, thence East to the
meander line of Dyers Inlet, t~ence South along said meander line to
a point due East of the point of beginning, thence ~est to the point
of beginning, together with the tidelands in front thereof, ezcept
60 feet on the Easterly end of said tide lands reserved for Public
Highway, all being a part of Government Lot l, Section 13, Township
24 North, Range 1 ~ast, W.M. (Except Sheldon Boulevard); Kitsap
County, ~sh.
Part of Lot 1, Section 13, Township 24 North, Range 1 East, ~.M.,
described as follows: Beginnin~ at a point 22½ feet East and 1053.3
feet North of Southwest corner of said Lot 1; thence South 120 feet;
thence Fast 140 feet; thence Northerly 40 feet; then~e Easterly to
the meander line (except Sheldon Boulevard); thence Northerly ~0 feet
more or less to a point East of beginning, thence ~est to the point
of beginning, together ~ith tide lands fronting above mentioned 80
feet, except 60 feet on the Easterly end of said tide lands reserved
for Public Highway; Kitsap County, Wa~ington.
and
WHEREAS, the north line of said property abuts the south line of Four-
teenth Street in the City of Bremerton; and
WHEREAS, said street has been in existence for many years; and
WHEREAS, the said A. R. Mays and his predecessors in interest have had
open, notorious md adverse possession of the above described tidelands abutting
along the south line of said Fourteenth Street for more than twenty years
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last past; and
WHEREAS, the ~ity of Bremerton has never claimed any of said tidelands
south of the south line of Fourteenth Street extended across the tidelands; and
WHEREAS, the said A. R. gays is selling the above described real property;
and
WHEREAS, the new purchaser raises a question as to the dividing line between
the ~ity of Bremerton and the said A. R. Mays properties; and
WHEREAS, in order that there shall be no confusion as to the dividing line
between said properties;
BE, AND IT HEREBY IS, RESOLVED~ (!). That the City of Bremerton does not
now and has never clsimed any of th~ tidelands lying South of the South line
of Fourteenth Street in the City of Bremerton, as said street is e~tended across
the tidelands, aaid street running practically east and west as shown on the
maps now on file in the Engineer's Office of the City of Bremerton.
Motio~ by Mr. Kean end Mr. Goret to adopt the resolution, carried, all
members voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried, all members voting
~S.
Approved: