HomeMy WebLinkAbout1509 Ordinance No. 1509
AN ORDINANCE specifying and adopting a plan or system for the repairing~
improvement and betterment of the Second Street Wharf, declaring the estimated
cost thereof as near as may be, directing the City Purchasing Agent to purchase
materials, directing the City Council to employ workmen, and declaring an
emergency.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That the City of Bremerton owns and operates as a public utility
wharves at the foot of First Street and at the foot of Second Street in the City
of Bremerton; that the wharf at the foot of Second Street has fallen into
disrepair and that it is emergently necessary that said wharf be immediately
repaired in order to make landing space available for ferry boat landings in
bringing defense workers from the Federal Housing project at Sheridan to the
Puget Sound Navy Yard.
Section 2. That the City Council of the City of Bremerton hereby adopts
the following plan or system for the repair of, and additions and betterments
to the Second Street wharf; that the said wharf shall be repaired and existing
piling having been thoroughly tested and being in sound condition, such add-
itional piling and materials as shall be necessary shall be purchased by the
City Purchasing Agent, and the Mayor and City Commissioners shall employ workmen
to do the necessary work; the bui~l~g o~ed by the City of Bremerton and
formerly used as a city garage in that part of West Bremerton recently taken
over by the U. S. Government, as an addition to the U. S. llavy Yard, shall be
moved on a barge to and placed upon the said repaired wharf.
Section 3. Materials which will be needed, in connection with said plan
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for repair and betterments to the Second Street wharf and which the City /
Purchasing Agent is hereby directed to purchase is listed as follows:
Piling and Lumber ......
~6 bearing piles 35 feet in length,
24 brace piles 40 feet in length, ~.-Z ..... .~ ~/
80 fender piles 40 feet in length,
6 goofing piles 45 feet in length,
15 caps, 12" x 12" x 20 feet,
9 caps, 12" x 12" x 30 feet,
15 fender caps, 12" x 12" x 18 feet,
12 curbs, 12" x 12" x ~2 feet,
280 stringers, 6" x 18" x 20 feet,
90 deck planks, 4" x 14" x 30 feet,
80 deck planks, 4" x 12" x 18 feet,
235 deck planks, 4" x 12" x 24 feet.
Hardware
680 drift bolts, 3/4" x 22"
150 drift bolts, 3/4" x 20"'
50 drift bolts, 3/4" x 28"'
50 machine bolts, 3~4" x 28",
40 machine bolts 5/8" x 26"
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1500 lineal feet of used cable.
That the total cost of said repairs, improvements and betterments is hereby
estimated at $8,O12.83 including all materials and all labor.
Section 4. That in calling for bids on the said materials the City
Purchasing Agent is authorized and directed to advertise for alternate bids in
the event materials of the exact size herein set forth is not available; and
to also make known to bidders that the City of Bremerton will consider the
purchase of used materials in good condition; that there is a shortage of the
materials listed in the next preceding paragraph and the City Purchasing Agent
is authorized and directed to buy on the open market the hardware ldsted in
the next preceding paragraph that each item of materials will have to be purch-
ased from a different person or firm, and such specific items of piling and
materials as shall not exceed $500.00 in v~ ue, calling for bids only for such
of the following items as cannot be purchased for &ess than $500.00 in value:
Bearing piles, brace piles, fender piles, 30 ft. decking and 24 ft. decking,
as is more fully described in the next preceding paragraph.
Ordinance No. 1509 (cont)
Section 5. That the ~flayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and
directed to issue warrants in payment of the expense entailed by the improve-
ment herein referred to, drawn on the City Wharf Fund.
Section 8. That an emergency exists affecting the public peace, health
· and safety, and this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage and
publ i cat ion.
PASSED unanimously by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed
by the ~ayor, and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of-such passage,
this 2nd day of December, 1942.
Mayor
Attest: