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Home My WebLink About07/26/44 July 26, 1944 Regular meeting o£ the City Council o£ the City o£ Bremerton, Washington, held on Wednesday July 26, 1944 at ten o'clock A.M. Mayor Kean presiding, Com- missioner IIaddon, Commissioner Gorst, the City Attorney and the City Treasurer being present. Clerk read minutes o£ previous regular meeting and of recessed meeting and on motion c£ ~r. Kean and ~r. Gorst same were approved as read, all members voting Yes. Clerk read notice of expiration on August 1, 1944 of provisional appointment for the position of patrolman held by Jack It. Thompson. ~otion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the separation of Mr. Thompson carr!ed, all members voting Yes. Clerk read authorization for non-e~vil service appointments for the follow- ing: James ~urray Brewster, patrolman for the Police Department. Pearl Miller Payne, recreation lea~er for the Recreation Department. Janice Elizabeth Richards junior clerk for the Water Department. ~otion by ~r. Gorst and Mrs. HaSdon approving the temporary non-civil ser- vice appointments, carried, all members voting Yes. july 26, 1944 (Con't) Clerk'read report of separation for Fred Hanks, laborer from the Sanitation Department. r?~tion by ~r. Kean and Mr. Gorst approving the separation, carried, all mem- bers voting Yes. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1568, second reading, declaring an emergency to exist on account of the need for additional garage facilities and garage repair facilities for vehicles of the City of Bremerton, and appropriating funds to meet such emergency. ~otion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to adopt the or~nance, carried, all mem- bers voting Yes. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1570, second reading, declaring an emergency to exist on account of the ommission from the 1944 Budget of items for the recrea- tion program in the City of Bremerton that should have been included therein, ratifying and approving the tss~snce of certain checks issued in lieu of warrants in payment of the cost of the recreation program, sod appropriating funds to meet said emergency. 5fetter by Mr. %ear ardor. Gorst to adopt the ordfnance, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk rea{~ release, by the U.S. Army, of Roosevelt Athletic Playfield, ef- fect]vc July 20, 19~. ~dotion by ~r. Kean and 5~r. Gorst instructing the Mayor and the City Clerk to s4gn the release of the property, the release be referred to the City Engin- eer for checking of the descriptlon and then be returned to the City Clerk, carr4ed, all members voting Clerk read letter from Geo. W. 5~art~n requesting the city to release a por- tlon of *he 6round on the '~es~; ~-~o of Lot 7, Tract 5, at the l[or*k end of Chester Avenue. Clerk rea3 !ohter from ~.S. Severance, City Engineer, recommending that the reque~t be den~ed but that permission b e given for any landscaping Mr. Mart~n mioht wish to do. !lotion by Mr. I[een and ~[r. Gorst that the previous action of the City Coun- cil bo reaffirmed and the request denied, carried, all members voting Yes. Clerk read letter from W.T.. Eiffert, Senior public Health Engineer, of the State Department of Health enclosing a copy of a petition addressed to that Ds- 2artment, requesting that a portion of the City of Bremorton be furnished sewer- age service, through the extension of a 3ity sewer system, az~d re~mmendlng Clerk read copy of a petition from residents of Fsrragut Street and Charl- ston Street area requesting an extension sewer be installed to adequately dis- pose of sewerage ~n this area. Mr. Gorst briefly reviewed the case as it had come before the City Council at previous meetings and advised that he would answer the letter from the State :[ealth I~epartment informing them of what has transpired in this case. C~erk read pet'ta~on to vacate that certain street running N~rthesster["y. and 3outhwester~y between Lot 9, Block 23, and Lot 1, Block 24, Decatur, Kitsap County, Washington, bounded on the north by Shore Drive or Winfield Avenue, also known as East Sth Street sod bounde(] on the South by the Meander llne, in the City of Bremerton, Washington. ~[otion by ~[r. Gorst and Mr. Kean that the petition for the above mentioned property be set for hearinL by the City for August 30, 1944 and a copy of the petition bo referred to the City Attorney for preparation of notices, carried, ali members voting Yes. Cl~rk read letter from Wendell R. Vas, County Auditor, enclosing s canvass of returns of the Annexation election held on July!l, 1944 by the residents of the County Esnette and Sheri. dsn precincts. 21r. Gorst asked that no action be taken on this certificate until certain improvements to the streets in that district had been completed. Clerk read Resolution No. 378 as follows: ?KiEREAS, the election board of the County of Kitsap has certified to the City Council the results of an election held on June 10, 1944, in Marine Drive Precinct, Kitsap County, Washington, on the question of whether or not the follow- ing described territory should be annexed to the City of Bremerton, and WHEREAS the said election board has certified that 15 votes were cast in said election of ~.ich 14 votes were for annexation and one vote against annex- ation, and the Boar~ of County Commissioners have certified that said proposit- ion for annexation did carry according to law, now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton ~at the fol- lowing described territory which is contiguous to the City of Bremerton, should be annexed to the City of Bremerton and that it is wise and expedient for the City of Bremerton to take and annex said territory, legally described as follows: July 26, 1944 (Cent) Beginning at the interior quarter section corner of Section 15, Town- ship 24 N. Range 1 E.W~M;; thence North to the North boundary of State ~lighway No. 21; thence Easterly along the Northerly margin of said. State Highway No. 21 to ~ntersect the Ci~y limits'of the City of Brcmerton; thence ~outh along said City limits to the intersection ~dth center line of 9th Street; thence west along center line of 9th Street to West line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 15; thence North to point of beginning in Kitsap County,. State of Washington, BE IT FURT!~ER RESCLVED THAT the City Attorney of the City of Bremerton is hereby ordered and directed to prepare an ordinance providing for annexation of sai~ territory in due form of law. Motion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to approve t~e resolution, carried, all mem- bers voting Yes. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1571 annexing certain territory hereinafter describ- ed and making it a part of the City of Bremerton pursuant to the vote of the tn- habitants of said territory at a special election held on June lO, 1944, and de- claring an emergency. ~otion by Mr. Gorst and Mr. Kean to adopt the ordinance, carried, all mem- bers voting Yes. Clerk read Resolution No. 379 as follows: WHEREAS the present State IIighway b~tween. Bremerton and East Bremerton, to- wit, the ~anette Zridge, is entirely inadequate to accommodate the flow of traffic between Bremerton and the ~snette peninsula, and the City Council is desirous of making application to the Fedorat Government for assistance in the construction of a new bridge to be a part of the State Highway system, and ~IEREAS, the City of Bremerton has no funds available to make the necessary survey and preliminary plans and estimates which must accompany an application for federal funds, NOW THEREFORE, BE If RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton that the State Highway Department is most urgently requested to immediately pre- par~ preliminary plans and estimates, based upon a~survey, all at the expense of the State of Washin2ton, in order that the City of Bremerton may attach such plans to its application for Federal Funds in connection with the construction of such proposed addition to the State Highway System. BE IT FURTH!~R RESOLVED'that the State of Washington be and hsreby is request- ed to actively aid and assist the City of Bremerton in all matters in connection with such application, including the planning and providing any State funds that may be necessary in order to match Federal Funds in connection with the construc- tion of such addition to the State Hi,way System. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State of Washington is hereby most urgently requesteo to select the proposed site or location of said addition to the State ~Jighway ~ystem, and that the City of Bremerton pledges its active cooperation and sss!stance to the State Highway Department in any reasonable manner. ~otion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to approve the resolution as read and cer- tifie~ copies be sent to the following: State Highway Department; Federal Works Administration, Seattle, Washington; Bureau of Public Roads, Portland, Oregon; The Federal Housing Authority; Commandant of the Navy Yard; State and Local Planning Commissions; Community Co-ordinating Council; Bremerton Chamber of Commerce an~ the East Bremerton Improvement Club, carried, all members voting Yes. ~r. Nutter read and discussed proposed changes in a proposed ordinance as recommended by Coates & Herfurth in an acturlal survey, setting up the Bremerton City ~uployees Retirement System. ~otion by ~r. Kc~ and ~r. Gorst to approve the recommendations of Coat~s & Herfurth, and refer the pension and relief plans-to the City Attorney, The City T~,easurer and the Civil Service Secretary-Examiner for further study and the ~lraw- in6 up of the necessary ordinance, carried, all members voting Yes. ~otion by ~r. Kean and Mrs. Haddon to allow all bills presented at this meeting and approved by a majority of the Council carried as follows: Mr. Kean, Yes. ~rs. Harden, Yes. ~r. Gorst, Yes. Notion by ~r..Kean an~ ~r. Gorst to adjourn, carried, all members voting Yes. APPROVED: /City Dlerk ~~ ~Iay~r ~