HomeMy WebLinkAbout894 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton has resolved
that a second bridge spanning the Washington Narrows is essential to
relieve traffic congestion within the City of Bremerton and has re-
quested the 1955 session of the State Legislature of the State of
Washington to pass an act providing for the construction of another
bridge across the Washington Narrows, and
WHEREAS, it was determined that the only manner in which another
bridge could be financed was by the imposition of tolls on the existing
Manette bridge and the new bridge, if constructed, and
WHEREAS, it was necessary for authorization from the State
Legislature for the Toll Bridge Authority to construct such bridge and
impose tolls, and
WHEREAS, an act being entitled Amended Substitute House Bill
2~8, has passed the House of Representatives and is now before the
State Senate and wherein Senator Jack Rogers of Kitsap County, State of
Washington, wished to amend the bill to provide for an election to
determine whether or not the users of the bridge are willing to pay
tolls on both structures,, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton has orally
agreed with Senator Jack Rogers that if H.B. #258, as amended, by the
Senate Roads and Bridges Committee, is passed by the efforts of Senator
Jack Rogers, that the City on its own motion, if legally possible,
will call for an election for the determination of whether or not the
residents of the City of Bremerton are willing to pay tolls, in the
sum of $.10 per car or tokens at the rate of 15 rides per $1.00, there
being no charge for passengers, pedestrians or cyclists, and a
certain increased charge for three (3) axel trucks, and a depreciation
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charge for buses, on the existing ~ianette brid~e and the new bridge,
if constructed, for the purpose of financing the construction of the
new bridge and its approaches, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that a special municipal election be held in
the City of Bremerton, Washington, between the hours of 8:00 o'clock
A. M. and 8:00 o'clock P.M. on Tuesday, the 3rd day of May, 1955,
for the purpose of submitting the above question to the electors of
said city for their approval or rejection.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the valid title shall be as
follows: Shall tolls be imposed upon the existing Manette bridge and
the new bridge to finance construction of the new bridge across the
Washington Narrows and its approaches thereto and approaches to the
Manette bridge.
IN FAVOR OF TOLLS... ........................ ( )
OPPOSED TO TOLLS ........................... . ( )
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk shall give notice
of said special election not later than ten (10) days before the 3rd
day of May, 1955, in accordance with the laws of the State of Wash-
ington and with the Charter of the City of Bremerton.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the calling of this election is
an emergency matter and that this election shall be held upon the
above date.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency exists requiring
funds for which no appropriation has been made in the general budget,
and that the need for such funds could not have been reasonably foreseen
at the time of the adoption of the budget for the year 1955, and that
it will be necessary by an emergency appropriation to provide sufficient
funds for the holding of said election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the voting places for the aforesaid
special election shall be all of the regular precinct voting places
as established and used for the City election held on the 8th day of March,
1955.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, signed by the ~4ayor and attested by the City Clerk
in authentication of such passage this 16th day of March, 1955.
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