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RESOLUTION NO. 310
Wh~EREAS, the City of Bremerton has advanced in population f.?om ap~.~Po~imab~ly
?Lfteen thousand under the Federal census in the yea~ 1940 to the pr-sent popula-
tion .stinated by Federal o.Cfictals ~x?)~-oxlmat~ly fifty thous~d, ~d which
population will be increased by ap~roxi'm~tely twenty thousand addition,zl as
as the Fe4erall~ sponsored Houstn~ Units a~e taken into the clt~ limits, and the
population of ~(Itsap Co,mt~ fmediately beyond the co~po~a~e limits of the City of
Bremerton has increased proportionately, ~d
WHEREAS said increase in population has been due primarily to the influx of
war workers to wouk in the Puget Sound Na~ Yard at Bremerton, Washington, the
Amm~ition Depot near the city limits of Bremerton, Kitsap Co~mty, Washington, and
the Keypoet Torpedo Station, at Keyport, Kitsap County', Washingtons,
WHEREAS, the said increase tn population has created m~y problems and part-
icularly financial problems for the City of Bremerton, and has greatly increased
the amount of money which it is necessary to expend for police protection, fire
protection and other necessary city s~rvices, and
W~EAS, the City of Bz'emerton has embarked upon the p~ogra~,~ to furnish ~ecess-
ary recreational facilities to its inhabitants and has budgeted large sums for
recreational purposes, b,~t it now appears that the funds budgeted will be e~austed
before the end of the year 1943 and the present recreational programs are enti'~,ely
inadequate to lumpish the inhabitants of the City of Bremerton ~d particularly
workers in the said United States plant~ which are all operating three eight-hour
shifts wi~h recreation and rec~eational facilities necessary to keep them in mental
and physical health, and
WH~EAS, the City has reached the end of its financial ability to rats~ fuhds
for recreational purposes,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By ~e City Co~cil of the City of Bremerton
that ~4ayor L. "H~m" Kean be and he is hereby authorized to r'epres~nt the City of
BremePtoh in preparing and ,xecutlng, on behalf of the City of Bremerton, an
application to the Federal Gov~rrn,.ent for Eeqeral f~mds in the stun of ~41,110.00,
uhd~r the Lanham Act, to aid the 0ity of Bremerton In i~s recreational progrmm.
BE IT F~THER RESOLVED, That the said Hayo? of the City of Bremerton is fully
authorized and empowered to exe~utc any and all documents incident to such
t~on ~or ~unds, and necessary In order t o comply with the Pe/ui~'ements of ~he said
Lanham ' ' ~
PA.Z3E]) by the City Council of the City of Breme~ton, si~ed by the ~,~ayoF, and
attested by the City Clerk in authenbicat:~on of suck ~assage, this 31st day of
July, 1943.