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AUGUST 24th, 1953, 10 otclock A.M.
IThe City Commission met in regular session, Mayor Burns and Commissioners Huza and Huey
present on roll call.
IThe minutes of the regular meeting of Monday, August 17th 1953, and adjourned meeting
thereof be approved as read.
Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza, that this being the time for the hearing on'Resolution
No.. C -1075, providing for the construction of curbs and gutters on 44th Avenue North, from
Summitview Avenue to Snowmountain Road and Snowmountain Road west from 44th Avenue North
and certain of the property owners in said district desiring to withdraw their names from
the petition of remonstrance; It is ordered that said hearing be continued to Monday,
August 31st 1953, at 10 otcloc A.M., carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll cal
Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza, that this being the time for the hearing on the assess-
ment roll in L.I.D. No. 750, providing for the construction of the Conrad Sewer.District,
and there being no objections in writing, or - otherwise to said improvement, or any part
thereof; 'It is'ordered that Ordinance No.'B- 1485,'confirming said assessment roll and
every part thereof, be.passed as read, carried: B:urns,.Huza and Huey voting aye on roll
call.
ORDINANCE NO. 3=14$51 AN ORDINANCE confirming the assessment roll covering Local Improve-
ment District No. 750 as created and established by Ordinance No. B -1442 of the
Ordinances of the City of Yakima.
Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza, that Ordinance No. B =14$6, fixing the time of delinquency
and prescribing the form of-bond in L.I.D. No. 748, be passed as read, carried: Burns,
Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -14$6, AN ORDINANCE fixing the time of delinquency of installments of
assessments levied for the payment of the cost of the improvement in Local Improvement
District No. 748, and providing for the issuance of bonds with coupons attached for the
payment of the unpaid portion thereof.
Moved by Huza, seconded by Burns, that Ordinance No. B -14$7, repealing Ordinance No.
B- -1470, be passed as read,.carried: Burns., Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -1487, AN ORDINANCE repealing Ordinance No..B -1470 approved on July 6, 1953:
entitled "AN ORDINANCE providing for the expenditure of funds not yet provided for in the -
1953 budget, for the payment for the services of Homer M. Hadley, consulting engineer,
with reference to the Lenox Overpass; and declaring an emergency" and confirming
Resolution No. C -1073, approved on July 13, 1953.
Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza, that Resolution No. C -1077, providing for the improvement
of the alley from East Yakima Avenue to East Chestnut Street between South 6th and 7th
Streets by grading and pvaing same, be adopted as read, and hearing on said resolution
to be had on Monday, September 21, 1953, at 10 otclock A.M., carried: Burns, Huza and
Huey voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION C -10772 BE IT RESOLVE -D BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
That it is its intention to improve the alley from East Yakima Avenue to East
Chestnut Street, between South 6th Street and South 7th Street, by grading and paving
with asphaltic concrete placed on a gravel base; all of said improvements to be constructer
in full accordance with the plans and specifications to be prepared by the City Engineer
and filed with the City Clerk.
The district to be served by and assessed for the above described improvements is
described as follows, to -wit:
All lots in Block 131, Yakima and Husonts Addition, according to the
official plat thereof as recorded in records of Yakima County Auditor.
All persons who may desire to object to said proposed improvement are hereby notified
to appear and present such objection, if any, at a meeting of the City Commission to be
held at its office in the City Hall in the City of Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, at
the hour of 10 otclock a.m., on Monday, the 21st day of September, 1953; which time and
place are hereby fixed for the hearing of all matters relating to said proposed improve-
ment; and the City Clerk is hereby directed to give due notice of said hearing and of the
intention to make the aforesaid improvment.
The costs and expenses in connection with the construction of said improvement,
including the engineering, inspection, advertising, publication of notices., and all other
expenses incident thereto, shall be borne by and assessed against all of the property
legally and properly assessed against all of the property legally and properly assessable
therefor as provided by law and as above described; and the City Engineer is hereby
directed to submit to the City Commission at or prior to the date fixed herein for said
hearing, all of the data and other information required by law to be by him submitted.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION this 24th day of August, 1953.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN
City Clerk
( SEAL)
G. W. BURNS
Mayor
Moved by Huza, seconded by Burns, that Resolution No. C -107$, providing-for the Lenox
Overpass fund, be adopted as read, carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call.j
RESOLUTION NO. C -1073, WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. C -1073, adopted by the City
Commission on July 13, 1953, the City of Yakima is indebted to Homer M. Hadley for an
unpaid balance in the sum of $4,500.00 for his services as a consulting engineer with
reference to the Lenox Avenue Overpass for the preparation of plans and specification
therefor, and other services in connection therewith; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Yakima has incurred and in the immediate future will incur
miscellaneous other expnses in connection with the preparation and trial of the condemn-
ation proceeding now pending in the Yakima County Superior Court, Cause No'. 3$$34,'brought
by said City of Yakima against Washington Canners Cooperative,'a corporation; and
WHEREAS, the employment of said consulting engineer and the incurring of said expense
in connection.with said condemnation proceeding could not have been reasonably foreseen'
at the time of the adoption of the 1953 budget; and an emergency for the payment of said
indebtedness is hereby declared to exist for the reason that said indebtedness is now due
and owing, but no funds have so far been set aside or received for the payment thereof;
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
That funds in the total sum of $10,000.00 be borrowed by the Lenox Overpass Construct
ion Fund of said City, established by said Resolution No. C01073, from out of any invest-
ment fund of said City, and that.City emergency warrants be issued therefor and the same
be pruchased by any investment funds of said City, and that the said loan be repaid to
said investment fund. or funds on or before six months after the date hereof, together
with interest therecn at the rate of 4 per cent per annum from the date of payment until
repaid.
That the City Treasurer is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to issue to
said Home M. Hadley, an emergency warrant in the sum of $4,500.00 upon the presentation
of a proper voucher for the payment thereof for said services, and to issue such other
emergency warrants, not exceeding the total sum hereinabove stated, for costs and expenses
incurred or to be incurred in connection with the preparation and trial of said Lenox
Avenue Overpass condemnation Proceeding, upon the presentaion of proper vouchers for the
payment thereof; and that the funds for the payment thereof be obtained in the manner
hereinabove stated.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION this 24th day of August, 1953.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN
City Clerk
( S E A L )
G. W. BURNS
Mayor
Moved by Huey, seconded. by Huza., that the City Engineer having reported the completion
of the Avalanche Avenue Surfacing. District, L.I.D. No. 744, by the contractor,-said
improvement is hereby accepted, and the City Engineer authorized to prepare an assess-
ment-roll for said district, and the City'Clerk instructed to give notice of'hearing by
publication as required by law; said hearing to be on Monday, the 21st day of September
1953 at 10 o'cloc A.M., carried Burn's, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza, that the.City Engineer having reported the completion
of the Uplands Way Curb and Gutter District, L.I.D. No. 751, by the contractor, said
improvement is hereby accepted, and the City Engineer authorized to prepare an assessment
roll for said district, and the City Clerk instructed to give notice by publication as
required by law for a hearing on said assessment roll; said date to be on Monday, Septemb-
er 21st 1953, at 10 o'clock A.M., carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza, that the City Engineer having reported the completion of
the alley paving in Block 311 and 391 Capitol Addition and Block 413 Bedekers Addition,
L.I.D. No. 754, said improvement is hereby accepted, and the City Engineer authorized to
prepare an assessment roll for said district, the City Clerk'instructed to give notice
of hearing on said assessment roll, by publication, as required by law, for Monday,
September 21st 1953, at 10 o'clock A.M., carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on
roll call.
Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza, that the City Engineer having reported the completion of
the Storm'Sewer on Summitview Avenue east of 44th Avenue North, L.I.D. No. 755, by the
contractor, said improvement is hereby accepted, and the City Engineer authorized to
prepare an assessment roll for said district, and the City Clerk instructed to give notice
of hearing on said assessment roll by publication as required by law for Monday, September
21st 1953, at 10 o'clock A.M., carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Huey, seconded by Burns, that the employment of E. L. Stamper as meter reader in
the City Water Department, be extended to October 1st 1954, carried: Burns, Huza and
Huey voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Burns, seconded by Huza, that we do now adjourn, carried: Burns, Huza and Huey
voting aye on roll call.
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