HomeMy WebLinkAbout1845 ORDINANCE N0. 1845
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bremerton, Washington, combining the sewer-
age system oz' the city with the waterworks utility of the city, providing for
the acquisition, construction and installation of certain additions and im-
provements to said combines system and declaring the estimated cost thereof,
providing for the issuance of water and sewer revenue bonds of the city in an
amount not to exceed $550,000.00 to provide funds to pay the cost oz' the same
and to pay the balance of the cost due for the construction and installation
of the improvements to the sewerage system constructed as authorized by 0rd-
inance-No. 1808, .ratiI'ying the calls l'or bids for the construction and install-
ation of certain of said improvements, and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton, Washington, now owns, maintains and oper-
ates a sewerage system which is inadequate to properly dispose of all or the
sewage of the City of Bremerton an~ its inhabitants and is in need of certain
additions and improvements in order to supply the city and its inhabitants with
an adequate system o~' sewage disposal anu in order to protect the public health
o£ said inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, the city also now owns, operates and maintains a waterworks util-
ity for the purpose of proviaing the city, its inhabitants, and people in the
vicinity thereof with an adequate supply o~' water; and
WHEREAS, by reason of the foregoing, in the judgment of the City Councll,
the public health is being endangered by the inadequacy of sala sewerage sys-
tem, which danger may be abated by the construction, maintenance and operation
of certain additions an~ improvements to said system; and
WHEREAS, under authority of 0rainance No. 1806, passed and approved Sept-
em0er 29, 1~48, the city constructeG certain improvements to its existing sew-
erage system anm proviaed for the payment of the cost of the same out of a
grant received by the city from the Washington State Development Board and
matching funds supplied by the city as required by law; and from other ftmds
of the city available for such purposes; and
WHEREAS, the sum of approximately $~5,000 of the cost of such improvements
remains unpaid, dna it is deemed necessary that the city provide said amount 'by
t~e issuance dna sage of water and sewer revenue bonds; and
ORDINANCE N0. 1846 (Con' t)
WHEREAS~, in orGer to provl0e funHs to pay the cost of the acquisition,
construction ~nd installation cZ' the additions and improvements to the com-
oined water aha sewerage system of the city proviaed i°or herein, it is also
deemed necessary ~n~ a~visable that the city issue ano sell its water anO
sewer revenue bongs; and
wHEREAS, the city will receive approximately $145,000 I'rom the United
States Navy Department to pay part of the cost of said additions and improve-
merit s; and
~HEHEAS, it is further deemed necessary and advisable that such sewerage
system be combined with an~ ma~e a part of the waterworks utility os' the city
so that the gross revenue I'rom charges for water and sewage ~isposal service
may be available for the payment o~' the principal an~ interest oI~ sai~ bongs;
and
WHEREAS, bias ~or the construction an~ installation of certain oI~ the
additions ant improvements proviGed for herein have already been called for
in the manner proviGed by law;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF BREMERTON ~0ES ORDAIN:
Section l. It is now fount and aeclared that the public health is being
enGangered by the lack oi' an adequate sewerage system in the City of Bremer-
ton and that such Ganger to the public health will be abate~ by the construc-
tion, maintenance ant operation oi' the additions an~ improvements to the exist.
lng sewerage system of the city as hereinaI'ter provided.
Section 2. Such sewerage system and all additions and improvements there.
to shall be consiGered as a part oI~ anG belonging to the waterworks utility of
the city, and the cost of acquisition, construction and installation oi' the
hereinafter~ prQ¥i~ed for ~additions anG improvements to such system and the mai~
te~ance~ and operation o~°~ such~'~system as improved shall be charge~ to the water.
works utility of the city, anG any rates and charges which may be collected
hereafter I°or sewage Gisposal service shall be pai~ into the Water Fund cz' the
city.
Section 3. The following described plan anC system of additions anG im-
provements to the combined water and aewerage system of the city is hereby
proposed, speciI'ied ant adopted, to wit:
The city shall construct an~install an intercepter sewer to be known as
the "West Bremerton Intercepter Sewer", running from Bremerton Boulevard ex-
ten~ed ~o Sinclair Inlet northeasterly along the shoreline of Sinclair Inlet
to the Puget Soun~ Naval Shipyard at Farragut Street, and shall 'install three
lift stations at necessary points on sai~ intercepter sewer.
The city shall acquire a site on the shoreline of Sinclair Inlet at ap-
proximately the I~oot oi' National Street extended, and shall construct a treat-
ment plant thereon, which plant shall be known as the "West Bremerton Treat-
ment Plant". SaiG plant shall be of the primary treatment type and shall con-
sist in general o~' a comminutor, grit cham~er, measuring flume, heating equip-
ment, chlorination equipment, ant all valves, pipes, electrical wiring anG
equipment necessary for a treatment plant or that type. The above provided
for intercepter sewer shall run to ana be connected with sai~ treatment plant.
The city shall construct an~Install a lii't station to be known as "Lift
Station 10" on the northwest portion oI' the Bremerton Intercepter Sewer pro-
vi~ed for in 0r~inance No. 1806. ~'
The city shall acqui~re all property, franchises, easements an~ rights-
of-way which may be foun~necessary to carry out said plan oI~ additions and
improvements to i~s combined water and sewerage system.
It is hereby further provided that the above described plan of additions
and improvements shall be su0ject to such changes as to Getails or other chang
not affecting the main general plan or plans as hereinbefore set forth as shal
be authorizeG by the City Council.
Said plan is all as more particularly set I'orth in maps, plans and speci-
fications therei'or prepared by the firm oi' James W. Carey ~ Associates, con-
sulting engineers of Seattle, Washington, ant by the City Engineer, and now
on l'ile in the oi'fice of the City Clerk.
Section 4. The estimated cost of the acquisition, construction anG in-
atallation of the above ~escribed additions and improvements and of paying
the balance of the cost ~ue on the construction an~ installation of those
improvements to the sewerage system provided for in 0r~inance No. 1806 is
Ordinance No. 1845 (Con't)
be paid out oi' a grant from the United States Navy Department in the sum of
approximately $145,000 ana from the sale oi' water and sewer revenue Donas of
the city as hereinafter provided.
Section 5. The city does propose ana adopt as an integral part of the
plan I'or acquiring, constructing ana installing the above described additions
ana improvements to its combined water and sewerage system and for paying the
balance of the cost of those improvements to the sewerage system authorized
by Ordinance No. 1808 that payment oI' part of the cost thereoS' shall be made
by the issuance ana sale of its water ana sewer revenue bonds in the principal
sum of not to exceed $550,000. The interest rate, date, I'orm, te~ns ano matur-
ities oS' said Donas shall be as hereafter fixed by ordinance.
Section 6. The action cz' the city anu its officials in calling I'or bids
for the acquisition, construction an~ installation of the additions and im-
provements to its combined water and sewerage system hereinbefore provided
for in the manner provided by law is hereby in all respects ratified an~ con-
firmed.
Section 7. This ordinance is deciare~ to be one necessary S'or the im-
mediate preservation cz' the public peace, property, health and sai'ety o~' the
people of the City of Bremerton, Washington. An emergency is hereby aeclared
to exist, and this ordinance is hereby aeclared to be in full I'orce and effect
from and a~'ter its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED unanimously by the City Council oS' the City of Bremerton, signed
by the Mayo~, and attested by the City Clerk in authen-D'iation of such passage,
this 31st day o~' August, 1~49,
CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
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