HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/25/42 February ~5, 194~
Regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, Washington,
held Wednesday, February 2B, 1942, at ten o'clock A.M. Mayor Bruenn presiding,
Commissioner Wilkes, Commissioner Casad and the City Attorney being present.
Deputy Clerk read minutes of previous regular and recessed meetings held
February l@th and February 19th, 194~ Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to
approve minutes, carried as follow~: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr.
Casad, Yes.
Mr. Bruenn announced that the City Commission had unanimously decided not
to license pin ball machines in the City of Bremerton.
Clerk reported this as date set for the hearing on the vacation of the
Northeast corner of Lot l, Block C, Oyster Bay Addition to Port Orchard Navy
Yard and no protests had been filed.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to continue this hearing for thirty
days, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Wilkes that the performance bonds of V. F.
Walters on the construction of sewers, Docket Wash 48-1V2, be referred to the
City Attorney for approval, carried, as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes,
Yes. Mr. Casa~, Yes.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Wilkes that the City Engineer be instructed
to apply immediately for a priority number for the sewer Job, Docket Wash.
45-1V2, carried, all members voting Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1449 amending Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1441 by
correcting the date for the issuance and sale of bonds in L.I.D. 215.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad to adopt ordinance, carried as follows:
Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance No. 1450 vacating the East 5 feet of Lot ll, Block
12, Midway Addition.
~otion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad to adopt ordinance, carried as follows:
Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read Ordinance, first reading, providing for the improvement of Ninth
Street from Rainier to Olympic, Tenth Street from Rainier to Olympic and' Olympic
Avenue from a point midway between Eighth Street and Ninth Street to Eleventh
Street, on West side only, by clearing, grubbing, grading, graveling and oiling,
and the construction of curbs and sidewalks where necessary; establishing an
improvement district, providing for the levying of assessments and making such
improvement payable by bonds.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Wilkes to pass ordinance on first reading and
file in Clerk's office one week, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr.
Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Clerk read Resolution No. 192 selling to the United States of America a
burial plot approximately llO feet long by 28 feet in width, particularly
described as Block No. l, Perpetual Care Section No. 2 of Ivy Green Cemetery
for the purchase price of $1650.00.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn to adopt resolution, carried as follows:
Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Motion by Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Casad that the Mayor and City Clerk be
instructed to sign the notice of cancellation of the lease between the City of
Bremerton and J. J. Simmons for Lots 4, 5, 6, V, 8 and 9, Block 16, Charleston,
carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
The Mayor inquired if any one in the audience had any business to take up
with the Commission.
A gentleman speaking on behalf of Mr. J. J. Simmons asked the Commission
what municipal purpose the city needed the lots in Block 16, Charleston which
had been leased to Mr. Simmons.
The City Attorney stated the City Commission considered the protection of
life and property of the inhabitants of the City of Bremerton as a municipal
purpose mud that if the United States of America found that this property was
a strategic place for placing any equipment to protect property and lives, they
would aid the United States any way they could.
February 25, 1R42 {cont)
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to allow all bills presented at this
meeting and approved by a majority of the commission, carried, all members
voting Yes.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to recess until 2:30 P.M. this after-
noon, carried, all members voting Yes.
E. J. McCall, City Clerk
By ~ ~r
Approved: Dep~Aty ~ -
Mayor
Pursuant to recess the regular meeting of the City Commission of the City
of Bremerton, Washington, reconvened at 2:30 o'clock P.M. Wednesday, February
25, 1942. Mayor Bruenn presiding, Commissioner Wilkes, Commissioner ~asad and
the City Attorney being present.
Motion by Mr. Casad and Mr. Bruenn that the City Attorney prepare a letter
and that the Mayor is instructed to sign the same, tentatively agreeing to
furnish city water to proposed housing projects, Wash. 45112 and Wash. 45111,
providing satisfactory agreements can be consummated for taking same into the
city limits on the following basis:
45112, water to be furnished at the regular commercial rates as per
Ordinance No. 909, providing the Government will supply the materials for
installing a 12 inch cast iron water main from the end of the present main on
Russell Road to the intersection of State Highway #21 and County Road #32,
the city to furnish labor for such installation.
45111, water to be furnished at the regular commercial rates as per
Ordinance No. 909, providing the Government will supply the materials for
installing a 6 inch cast iron main from the northerly end of the present main
on Naval Avenue north to Cedar Way, thence West on Cedar Way to the north-
west corner of said project, the city to furnish labor for such installation.
Notion carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes, Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Wilkes to recess until l0 o'clock A.M.,
Friday, February 27, 1942, carried, all members voting Yes.
E. J. McCall, City Clerk
Approved: Del~uty ~'
February 27, 1942
Pursuant to recess the regular meeting of the City Commission of the
City of Bremerton reconvened at l0 o'clock A.M., February 27, 1942. Mayor
Bruenn presiding, Commissioner Wilkes, Commissioner Casad and the City
Attorney being present.
City Attorney read two Options for Transmission Line Easement between the
City of Bremerton and the Bonneville Power Administrator for a power line
right-of-way not exceeding 150 feet in width across Tracts i and 15, Bremerton
Water Works Tracts; Tracts 36, 37 and 38~ Bremerton Water Works Tracts No. 2;
SW~ NW~ and W~ SW~ of Section 32, and SE~ SE~ of Section 31 township 24 North,
Range I East, W.M. and in E½ NE~ of Section 6, Township 23 North, Range 1
East, W.M.
ALSO tract of land located in the NW~ NE~ and NE~ NW¼ of Section 28,
Township 24 North, Range i East, W.M.
Motion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad that the options as read, granting a
right-of-way to the Government across water shed property and adjoining city
property, for a power line from Bonneville, be approved and the Mayor and City
Clerk be instructed to sign, carried as follows: Mr. Bruenn, Yes. Mr. Wilkes,
Yes. Mr. Casad, Yes.
Mr. White representing the Defense Council appeared before the commission
in regards to an emergency appropriation for the Civilian Defense Council.
Notion by Mr. Bruenn and Mr. Casad to adjourn, carried, all members
voting Yes.
E. J. McCall, City Clerk
Approved:
Mayor