HomeMy WebLinkAbout2518 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bremerton, Washington,
providing for the submission to the qualified
electors of the city at a special election to
be held therein on November 6~ 1962 of a
proposition of whether or not the city shall
issue and sell its general obligation bonds
in the principal sum of $220~000 in' order to
provide funds to acquire~ construct, install
and make certain capital /mprovements to the
park and playground facilities of the city,
and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, in order to provide the people of the City of
Bremerton with modern park, ~hyground~ recreational and athletic
facilities and to further the public health and welfare of such
people~ it is deemed necessary and advisable that the city acquire~
construct~ install and make certain capital ~mprovements to the
park and playground facilities of the city~ and to provide the money
therefor that it issue and sell its unlimited tax levy general
obligation bonds in the ~rincipal sum of Two Hundred Twenty Thousand
Dollars ($220~000); and
WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington
provide that the question of whether or not such bonds may be issued
for such purposes must be submitted to the qualified electors of the
city for their ratification or rejection~
NOW~ THEREFORE~ THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. It is hereby found and declared that the public
health and welfare of the people of the City of Bremerton require the
city to provide the following capital improvements at and to the
following city parks and playgrounds:
A. Roosevelt Field
Rest rooms, ball fields with necessary seating
facilities, new light towers and lights~ tile
drainage~ a parking area~ and landscaping.
B. Forest Ridqe Park
Surfacing the parking area~ landscaping~ permanent
tables~ fireplaces~ benches~ lights~ and open-air
cooking shelter~ and such other necessary equipment
and facilities as shall constitute capital improve-
ment s.
C. Warren Avenue Field
Tile drainage~ lights~ landscaplng~ and renovation
of wading pool.
D. Everqreen Park
Tile drainage~ grading and resurfacing where necessary~
rebuilding and enlarging of the picnic shelter~ renovating
the wading pool~ landscaplng~ and the acquisition and
installation of such other necessary facilities as shall
constitute capital /mprovements.
E. Man, rte Field
Tile drainage~ grading~ landscaping~ renovation of
wading pool~ and acquisition and installation of such
other necessary equipment as shall constitute capital
improvement s.
Acquisition~ construction~ installation and making of
all capital improvements as shall be found necessary
to provide a complete park and recreational area~ all
as more specifically provided in plaD~ now on file
with the City Clerk.
G. Two boat-launching facilities on properties owned by
the city and located~ one on the east and one on the
west side of the Washington Narrows.
H. Such playground and park equ/~ment and machinery as
shall be found necessary and as shall constitute
capital improvements~ all other things necessary for
the development of park and playground facilities
throughout the city~ includ/ng Stevenson C~nyon Park~
Sheridan Park Recreation Area No. 2~ and other areas.
Section 2. For the purpose of providi~ the money necessary
to acquire~ construct~ install and make such capital improvements~ the
city shall issue and sell its unlimited tax levy general obligation
bonds in the principal sum of Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars
($220#000).
Said bonds shall bear interest at a rate of not to exceed
6% per annum payabl, e semiannually, and shall mature serially in from
two to ten years from date of issue. Both principal of and interest
on such bonds shall be payable out of annual tax levies to be made
upon all the taxable property within the city without limitation as
to rate or amount. The exact date, form, terms and maturities of
said bonds shall be as hereafter fixed by ordinance of the city.
Section 3. It is hereby found and declared that an emergency
exists requiring the submission to the qualified electors of the city
of the proposition of whether or not the city should issue such general
obligation bonds for their ratification or rejection, at a special
election to be held within the city on November 6, 1962 in conjunction
with the state general election to be held on the same date.
The Kitsap County Auditor, as ex officio supervisor of
elections held at the same' time as the state general election, is
hereby requested to assume jurisdiction of and to call and conduct
said special election to be held within the city on saia Rate, anu
to submit to the qualified electors of the city at such special
election the proposition hereinafter set forth.
The Clerk of the city is hereby authorized and directed
to certify said proposition to the Kitsap County Auditor in the
following form:
PROPOSITION NO. 1
Park and Playqround Improvement Bonds, $220,000
Shall the City of Bremerton, Washington, for the
purpose of providing funds to acquire, construct, install
and make certain necessary capital improvements at
Roosevelt, Warren Avenue, Manette and Lebo Fields, Forest
Ridge and Evergreen Parks; to construct boat-launching
facilities on each side of the Port Washington Narrows,
and to do all other things necessary for the development of
Stevenson CanyOn Park, Sheridan Park Recreation Area No.2
and other areas as city parks and playgrounds, issue its
general obligation
3.
bonds in the principal sum of $220~000, said bonds to bear
interest at a rate of not to exceed 6% per annum, to mature
serially in from 2 to 10 years from date of issue, and to
be paid both principal and interest out of annual tax
levies to be made upon all the taxable property within
the city without l~mitation as to rate or amount, all as
more fully provided in Ordinance No. ~i$ of the city?
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Section 4. For the reason that the statutes of the State of
Washington require that this ordinance become effective and be certified
to the Kitsap County Auditor by September 21j 1962 in order to permit
said Auditor to call and conduct the special election authorized herein,
an emergency is hereby declared to exist.
This ordinance is hereby found necessary for the ~mmediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the citizens of
Bremerton and for the general welfarej and the same shall be in full
force and effect immediately upon its passage~ approval, authentication
and publication as required by law.
PASSED and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of
Bremerton~ signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this 19th day of September, 1962.
' ' Mayor
ATTEST..
' C~tty Clerk