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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/21/42 January 21, 1942 Regular meeting of the City Commission~ of the City of Bremerton, Washington, held on Wednesday, January 14, 1942, at ten o'clock A.M. Mayor Bruenn presiding, Commissioner Wilkes, Commissioner Cased and the City Attorney being present. Deputy Clerk read minutes of previous regular meeting held January 14, 1942 and recessed meeting held January 16, 1942, and on motion of Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Cased, minutes were adopted as read, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Cased, Yes. Clerk read letter from the Bremerton TrafficCommittee requesting that the North margin of the West approach to the Manette Bridge be altered to permit a more direct route North toward Ninth Street. Notion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to refer letter to the City Engineer with the request that he report on this at the next meeting, carried as follows: ~r. Bruenn, ~es. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Cased, Yes. Clerk read petition and Resolution No. 175 requesting the vacation of a certain street in the Plat of Oyster Bay Addition described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot 1, Block C, Oyster Bay Addition; thence North 30 feet; thence West to intersection of said street with State Highway No. 21; thence Southeasterly along margin of said Highway No. 21 to North line of said Lot 1; thence East along North line of said Lot 1; thence East along North line of said Lot 1 to point of beginning. Motion by Mr. Cased and Mr. Bruenn to adopt resolution and fix the 25th day of ~ebruary, 1942, as date of hearing on said vacation, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Cased, Yes. Clerk reported this as the date which the hearing on the proposed improve- ment of Ninth, Tenth, Olympic and Rainier had been continued. Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Cased to continue for one more week, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Cased, Yes. Motion by ~r. Cased and Mr. Bruenn to authorize the Mayor and Clerk to sign the following addenda to the Agreement approved January 14, 1942, between the Berry Engineering Company and the City of Bremerton: "On the first page of this Agreement commencing with the fourth line in the Paragraph beginning with "The Owner agrees to pay the Engineer" etc., a change shall be made to ¥ read "the Units A~ B, C and D will be let under one construction contract or one Series of Construction Contracts and the work for Unit E will be let under another Construction Contract." Carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Cased, Yes. Clerk read Resolution No. 176 providing for the purchase of the Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter, Section 2, Twp. 24 N.R. i E. W.M., Kitsap County, for the purpose of establishing thereon a sanitary fill. The Purchase price to be $2~00.00 psyable in warrants of $500.00 each. Notion by Mr. Br~enn and Mr. Cased to adopt resolution, carried as follows: ~r. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Cased, Yes. The City Attorney reported that he had approved the Title Insurance Policy for this property and advised that the warrants be issued payable to Hunter Derby and W. E. Savage and delivered upon receipt of the deed. Clerk read Ordinance No. 1442 providing for licensing the playing of music for hire machines and repealing Ordinance No. 1362 and declaring an emerg- ency. Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to adopt ordinance, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Cased, Yes. Clerk read Ordinance regulating vehicular traffic and establishing one- way traffic on certain streets near the east end of the Manette Bridge. Motion by Mr. Bruenn and ~r. Wilkes to refer ordinance to the City Engineer, carried as follows: ~ir. Bruenn, Yes. ~Ir. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Cased, Yes. Clerk read Resolution No. 177 granting permission to the United States of America to cut trees, alter, improve and use the East Bremerton playfield; Mountain Ridge Park; part of Tenth Street lying between Pennsylvania and Hewitt Avenues; Lots 1 and North 10 feet of Lot 2, Block 21, Reese's 1st Addition; the South ~0 feet of the 153.67 feet of alley adjoining tax lot 131, Section 1~, Twp. 24 North, Range 1 East, W.M. Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Cased to adopt resolution, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Cased, Yes. January 21, 1942 (cont) City Attorney read Resolution No. 178 declaring the intention of the City of Bremerton to vacate all previously platted roads and streets within the property described as Eastpark. Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Wilkes to adopt resolution, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes. Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to authorize the Clerk to call for bids for the furnishing of gasoline and oil for the ensuing year beginning February 1st, 1942, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Casad, Yes. Mr. Bruenn presented Resolution No. 170 which had been adopted on the 27th day of December, 1941 and recommended the following clause be added to Section v: "?he City of Bremerton shall have the right to cancel this contract in case the Puget Sound Power & Light Company shall cease to be the owner of the property used for the rendition of this service." Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad to re-adopt Resolution No. 170 with the addition of this clause, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes. Mr. Bruenn presented Resolution No. 171 which had been adopted on the 27th day of December, 1941 and recommended the following clause be added to Section 8: "The City of Bremerton shall have the right to cancel this contract in case the Puget Sound Power & Light Company shall cease to be the owner of the property used for the rendition of this service." Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad to re-adopt Resolution No. l?l with the addition of this clause, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes. The ~ayor inquired if anyone in the audience had any business to take up with the commission and no one responded. Mr. Gorst from the Engineering Office spoke to the Commission regarding several small improvement jobs which were not being continued due to the lack of bidders. ~otion by ~r. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to instruct theCity Engineer to proceed with the improvement of Nipsic from East Thirteenth to East Sixteenth at prices listed in the preliminary estimate, said cost to be paid by General Construct- ion F~md and reimbursed by the property owners on completion of the job, carried as follows: Mr. Brue~, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes. ~otion by ~r. Bruenn ~d Mr. Wilkes to allow all bills presented at this meeting and approved by the majority of the commission, carried, all members voting Yes. ~otion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to adjourn, carried, all members voting Yes. E. J. McCall, City Clerk Deputy Approved: ~ay~r