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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2915 ORDINANCE NO. ~F/~"-- AN ORDINANCE Of the City of Bremerton, Washington, specifying and adopting a plan for the acquisition, construction and installation by the city of certain additional off-street parking facilities, and the financing thereof, declaring the estimated cost of such facilities, providing for the means of financing the same, and d~e!aring.an emergency. WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of R.C.W. 35.86.050, the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, has heretofore caused to be made all necessary economic and physical surveys to determine the need for and the economic feasibility of the construction and operation of additional off-street parking facilities within the city; and WHEREAS, pursuant to such surveys, a plan for the acquisition, construction and installation by the city of certain off-street parking facilities and the financing thereof was prepared; and WHEREAS, after notice duly given, a public hearing on said plan was held before the City Council at 10 o'clock A.M., September 30, 1970, in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Bremerton, Washington; and WHEREAS, at said hearing said plan for off-street parking facilities and surveys, information and material relative thereto were presented to the Council for its consideration; and WHEREAS, the Council has examined such plan, surveys, information and material, and has fully considered the evidence given and presented at the time of said hearing; NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Bremerton does ordain: Section 1. The Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, does hereby find and declare as follows: (a) That all economic and physical surveys necessary in determining the need, the practicability, and the feasibility necessary to the establishment of additional off-street parking facilities have been made, are a part of the official record of the hearing held before the Council on September 30, 1970, and are on file in the office of the City Clerk. (b) That comprehensive plans for the establishment of said additional off-street parking facilities adequate for such purpose have been prepared and are likewise a part of the official records of said hearing and are on file with the office of the City Clerk. (c) That a public hearing in accordance with the provisions of R.C.W. 35.86.050 has been duly held at l0 o'clock A.M., September 30, 1970, in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Bremerton, Washington, and that at said hearing surveys, information and materials were presented and were made a part of the official records of said hearing, and, together with the minubes of said hearing, constitute the official record thereof, all of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk. (d) That the City presently owns and operates off-street parking lots located on the following described property: 1. All of Lots 18 through 25, Block 6 as shown on the original Plat of the Town of Bremerton and located within the City of Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington. 2. All of Lots 21, 22, 23 and 24 and the East 1/2 of Lot 25, Block 19; the West 6' of Lot 47 and all of Lots 48, 49 and 50, Block 14; the North 13' of the vacated alley from the extension of the West line of Lot 24, Block 19 and con- tinuing East to the line 6' East of j ~ the line between Lots 47 and 48, Block /. .... ~ t 2 ~ ",~-} 14;~and all of Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Block ! 14/~nd the South 1 of the vacated alley f~om the line between Lots 16 and 17, Block 19 and continuing East to the line 6' East of the line between Lots 3 and 4, Block 14, all as shown on the original Plat of the Town of Bremerton and all located within the City of Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington. -2- (e) That there is a definite need for an off-street parking garage within the central downtown area of the City of Bremerton. That said garage should be constructed on the property described in (d)(1) above and should have a capacity of approximately 280 cars. (f) That the present traffic congestion in the downtown area of the City of Bremerton creates hazardous conditions to the traveling public, and constitutes a danger to the public safety. (g) That the construction of the off-street parking garage hereinabove referred to will alleviate such traffic congestion. (h) That such off-street parking facility at the above referred to location is authorized in the Comprehensive Plan for Bremerton, Washington, as amended; and (i) That such garage is the only additional off-street parking facility presently required to alleviate traffic congestion. Section 2. The following plan for the acquisition, construction and installation by the city of additional off-street parking facilities and for the financing thereof, is hereby found and declared to be necessary for public safety, and to be for the public use, and is hereby proposed, specified and adopted, to wit: (a) The city shall construct and equip a multi-story off-street parking garage with a capacity of approximately 280 automobiles, complete with all necessary and desirable appurtenances and facilities on the site described in Section 1 (d)(1) above. (b) The facilities described in (a) above, the off-street parking lots described in Section 1 (d)(2) and any other off-street parking facilities hereafter acquired, constructed and installed by the city shall constitute the Parking System of the City of Bremerton. It is hereby provided that such plan shall be subject to such changes in detail not affecting the main general features of such plan as shall be found necessary and desirable by the City Council. The city shall proceed to carry out the plan specified at such time or times as found necessary and advisable, and to the best interests of the city and its inhabitants. Section 3. The estimated cost of the acquisition, construction and installation of the additional off-street parking facilities provided for in this ordinance, including all expenses incidental thereto, is hereby declared to be as near as may be the sum of $1,025,000, which shall be provided by the issuance and sale of parking revenue bonds in the principal amount of $1,025,000. Section 4. The city does hereby propose and adopt as an integral part of the plan for acquiring, constructing and installing such off-street parking facilities that it shall issue and sell its parking revenue bonds as provided in the immediately preceding section. Said bonds shall be payable from the revenues derived from its Parking System and from revenues derived by the City from on- street parking. The exact date, form, terms, maturities, redemption rights and covenants of such bonds shall be as hereafter fixed by the City Council. Section 5. For the reason that it is necessary that the City obtain the proceeds of sale of the bonds herein authorized as soon as possible in order to pay the cost of acquiring, con- structing and installing the parking facilities provided for herein, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and it is hereby found necessary for the public health, welfare and safety that this ordinance become effective immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as required by law. -4-