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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1503 ORD!~[ANCE H0. 1503 A~ ORDINAl[CE defining the policy of the City of Bremerton with relation to the I~unicipal Wharves at ~ he foot of First Street ~d Second Street, Ueclaring the need for a~ditional harbor area a~jacent to said wharves t o sccotso~ate and faci!~- tare lsnc]ings of vessels carrying freight ~d passengers, directing the ~nstltution of con~e~ati:~n procee~in~s to acquire such harbor area for city purposes anal declaring an emergency. ~HE CITY 0F ~,RE~ERT0[~ DOES ORDAII.f: Section I. The City of Bremerton ~s the owner of a city wharf at the foot of First Street now being used for lan~ings of freight and passenger boats; that due to the Yacation of the former waterway on the southerly sic~e of said w)~arf and the driving of piles therein to accomodate lendings by vessels on the redulsr Seattle, Ba.lnbridge Island- Bremerton runs, all !endings st the said city wharf have nec- essarily been transferred to the northerly and easterly sides of said wharf; that it is urgently necessary for the City of Bromerton to acquire ~e harbor area here- fnafter specifically describ~'~ in connection with present and future uses of said wharf and particularly to accomo~at~ wharfage anr] ~ocking of passenger at-~ freight v~ssels. Section ~. The City of Bremerton is the owner of a wharf at t he foot of Secon~ Street not presently in use. Section 3. That the City of Bremerton and the County of Kitsap have greatly increased in nopulatien in recent r~onht~s and years an~ that t~ere will, be tremen5o~s a~dit!onal population increase ~ue to the constructffon of Federal Housing for War Workers; that the Puget So~d Navy Yard has arrange5 to transport large n~bers of war workers to an~ from the Pt~.(l~t Sound Navy Yar~ by ferry, an~] that due to the near completion of t~e hou. sfag ~roject comprising some 3000 housing units near Sheridan Park it is i~ed!ately necessary to make actdltional !an8ing facilities available in Bremerton to accomodate vassals carrying such workers; that landing facilities at one or both of the municipal wharves can be made available with a minim~..of delay an~ am. inim~,~ expenditure of critical labor and rsaterials and at a profit to the City of Bremerton. Section 4. It is hereby ~eclared to be the policy of the ~ity of Bremerton to take all steps necessary or advisable to ma'.-~e adequate wharfage and ~ocking facilities available for the transportation of war workers an~J~ the traveling public generally, and for the transportation of freight an5 waterborne co~r~erce, and to that end to repair, reconstruct an~ modernize either the First Street Wharf, the Second Street wharf or both of said wharves, ~ to utilize the harbor area here- insfter describe~ and all thereof in connection ,a~ th furnishing such facilitles. Section 5. That the harbor area hereinafter specifically ~escribed abutts the First Street Wharf mnc~ the Secon~ Street Wharf of the City of Bremerton an~ extends between an~ joins the said Wharves and that the same is leased to Sophia Bremer by the State Land Co~ssioner ~n~er the te~s of a lease which wtll expire on June ~V, 1944; that no improvements in aid of navigation and co~nerce have been plaae~on s~!~ harbor area and that the lease-hold interest of said Sophia [~remer is of nominal value. That there are ample monies in the Oity Wharf fun~ to pay such just compensation as may be ~etermine~ by the co~rt for such lease hold interest; that the sai~ harbor area is specifically descr~be~ as follows: Harbor area abutting on City of Bremerton between front an~ Second Streets more particularly described as follows: That portion of the harbor area between Front Street and Second Street in the Cit~f of Bremerton in- cluded in a tract described by metes an~ bounds as follows:- Beginnin~ at a point on the inner harbor line where same is intersected by the Northeasterly line of said Front Street sn~ runnit~g 'thence along sa~d harbor line N.41°27'19" E.91.255 feet ant~ N.23°46'.9 feet to the Southwest line of Second Street; thence South 65°!9'55" E. along said street line 91.40 feet; thence S.~4°4V'O5" W. 139.103 feet to end along the Westerly line of Waterway A, to the Souti'~west corner thereof; thence S.33 13' West 153.15 feet to the most Northerly corner of Public Place at the end of ?ront Street; thence along the line of said Public ~lace S.45© West 120 feet and N.45° W. 51.565 feet to said :'~oint of beginning, in Kitsap County, Washington. Section 6. That hhe Oity Attorney is hereby directed to forthwith prepare file ~d serve condemnation proceedings for the purpose of acquiring for the City of Bremerton said lease-hold'interest in said harbor area. Ordinance No. 1563 (cont) Section ?. That an emergency exists affect~.n~ t2~e public peace, health and safety and 'that this ordinance shall become effective ir~nediately following passable an~ publication. PAS~ED UNA!~_~MOUSLY by the City Council of the Cit~ of Bremerton, signe~ by the Msffor, an~] attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 2nd day of November, 1942. ~ ' T.~s.y o r AT t~EST: / City of ~lem~rt,)t~ I, th~; u. Jefs~gr,~d, do here by certify lhat th~ above a~ toregomg is a true and correct copy cl Ordirmnce No ~.O.~.of the City oi B~emer[o;] ent;tled ~s above and that the same has b~en 9ubkshed acco[dktg to law. ..........