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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the East Bremerton Improvement Club has made
application to the Chief Housing Division of the Federal Emerg-
ency Administration of Public Works for an appropriation to be
used in the ,construction of a low cost housing project in that
part of the City of Bremerton, and
. East Bremerton is located on the point of a
peninsula between Washington Narrows and St. Claire Inlet, with
a gradual incline from sea level to an elevation overlooking
the surrouiiing country, water and the City of Bremerton, with a
wonderful view of the Olympics to the west, the Cascades to the
East, as well as the adjacent country across Dye's Inlet and
Washington Narrows, and is an ideal location for a home side,
with easy access to every part of that distrift of the city,
without steep or tiring grades and is connected to the main
portion of the City of Bremerton by a bridge across Washington
Narrows, and
WHEREAS, the main portion of the City of Bremerton, together
with the Puget Sound Navy Yard are also located on a peninsula
and the city has a connected population of approximately 10,000
to the square mile and the housing accommodations are not suff-
icient to take care of the demands of the enlisted and official
personnel in the Navy Yard and the civilian population, and the
housing project proposed by the East Bremerton Improvement Club
would, if carried out, relieve the housing,situation in the main
part of the city to such as to afford accommodations
to those who demand residence in close proximity to the Navy Yard.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COL11ISSION OF
THE CITY OF BREMERTON in regular session assembled:
That the application for an appropriation by the East
Bremerton Improvement Club to the Chief Housing Division of the
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works for its proposed
housing project be and the same is hereby approved as a necespity
and that it is the consensus of opinion of this commission that
such a project will relieve to a large extent the inadequate
housing accommodations in close proximity to the Navy Yard now
prevalent, in addition to furnishing labor to relieve the
unemployed at this time.
PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authenti-
cation of such passage this 9th day of September, 1933.
J. A. 1:cGillivray
Mayor
Attest:
E. J. LeCall
City Clerk