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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/21/1954 Business MeetingI' 1 1 El� JUNE 21st 1954 The City Commission met in regular session, Mayor Burns and Commissioners Huza and Huey present on roll call. The minutes of the regular meeting of Monday, June 14th, 1954 were approved as read, carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. Moved by Huey, seconded b ,'f Huza, that this being the time for receiving bids for the con- struction of apipe sewer, on Cleman Avenue, L.I.D. No. 769,- the following were received: G. 'G. Teskey Carroll & Sanislo E. M. Gotvitch De Blasio Bros. N. L. Kimble 2,0$7.00 on T & G Pipe 21102.80 on B & S Con. 11$26.62 on T & G Pipe 2209.82 on B & S Con. 1,,919.00 un T & G Pipe 1,967.00 on B & S Con. 11,76$.30 on T & G Pipe 1,768-30 on B & S Con. 11,760.40 on T & G Pipe 1,999.90 on B & S Con. It is ordered that the bid of N. L. Kimble on T. & G. Pipe in the sum of $1,760.40 be accepted as it is the lowest and best bid. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby author- ized to execute an agreement on behalf of the City of Yakimafor doing said work upon the filing of the proper bond as provided by law, carried: Burns, Huza and:Huey voting aye on roll call. Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza, that this construction of curbs and gutters on North were received: G. G. Teskey, 44,623.$0 De Blasio Bros. $3,840.30. being the time for receiving bids for the 6th Street, L.I. D. No. 770, the following Upon the recommendation of the City Engineer the bid of De Blasio Bros. was accepted as the lowest and best bid in the sum of $3,840.30 and the Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute a contract on behalf of the City of Yakima for doing said work,upon the filing of the-,:,proper bond therefor, carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza that this being the time for the hearing;.o.n Resolution No. C -1130, providing for the construction of asewer system on Cleman Ave., and there be- ing no objections in writing or otherwise to said improvement or any part thereof; it is ordered that Ordinance No. B -1570, creating Local Improvement No. 773, be passed as read, carried: Burns, Huza and Huey - voting aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. B -1570, AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of certain property by constructing a pipe sewer With the necessary wye branches and manholes; establishing a CD Local Improvement District, providing for the method of payment therefor, and creating,-..a special fund. Moved by Burns, seconded by Huza that Ordinance No. B -1571 relating to traffic,at. the Municipal Airport, bepassed as read, carried: Burns, Huza,.and Huey voting,-aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. B -1571, AN ORDINANCE relating to and regulating traffic, travel and trans- portation and the speed of motor vehicles at the Yakima Municipal Airport, and declaring an emergency. Moved by Huey, seconded by Burns that Resolution No. C -1133, being a Resolution of Intention to improve Lots 1 to 16, inclusive of the Rice - Dibert Addition by the construe tion of a sewersystem be adopted as read, carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. RESOLUTION NO. C -1133, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: That it is its intention to improve the lots and tracts of land included within the following described district, by constructing a pipe sewer with the necessary wye branches, extensions, manholes, flush tank and water connection therefor; all of said. improvements to be constructed in full accordance with the plans and speci- fications to be prepared by the City Engineer and filed with the City Clerk. The district to be served by and specially benefited by and asses ed for the above described improvement is situate within the City of Yakima, Yakima County, tIashington, and is described as follows: Lots 1 to 16 inclusive, of the Rice- Divve.rt Addition, said lots lying on either side of 37th Avenue North, extending northerly -from Summitview Avenue for a distance of 840 feet, more or less. 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 Cou" Pity, Trlashington, at the hour of 10 o t clock a.m. , on Monday, the 12th day of July, 1954; which time and place are hereby fixed for the hearing of all matters relating to said proposed improvement or objections thereto, and for determining the method of pay- ment for said improvement; and the City Clerk is hereby directed to give due notice of said hearing and of the intention.to make the aforesaid improvement.' All costs and expenses in connection with the construction of said improvement, including the engineering, inspection, advertising, publication of CD notices, cost of acquiring right -of -way easements and all other expenses incident there- to, shall be levied. and assessed against the above described property, as provided by law and as above described; this improvement to be constructed in full accordance with the plans and specifications to be prepared by the City Engineer, and the City Engineer is hereby directed to submit to the City Commission at or prior to the date fixed here- in for said hearing, all of the data and other information required by law to be by him submitted. JUNE 21. -1954 ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION this 21st day of June, 1954. ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN City Clerk (S E A L) G. W. BURNS Mayor Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza that Resolution No. C -1134, being a Resolution of Inten- tion to improve Lots 1 to 16, in Biggins Addition by the construction of a sewer system, be adopted as read, carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. RESOLUTION NO. C =11341 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: That it is its intention to improve the lots and tracts of land included within the following described district, by constructing a pipe sewer with the necessary wye branches, manholes, flush tanks and water connection therefor; all of said improvements to be constructed 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 specially benefited by and asses- sed for the above described improvement is situate ti,dthin the City of Yakima, Yakima ,County, Washington, and is described as follows: Lots 1 to 16, inclusive, of Biggins Addition to the City of Yakima. 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, 1,1ashington, at the hour. of 10 o t clock a.m. , on Monday, the 12th day of July, 1.951 which time and place are hereby fixed for the hearing of all matters relating to said proposed improvement or objections thereto, and for determining the method of payment for said improvement; and the City Clerk is hereby directed to give due notice of said hearing and of the intention to make the aforesaid improvement. All 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 levied and assessed against the above described property, as provided by law and as above described; this improvement to be constructed in full accordance with the plans and specifications to be prepared by the City Engineer, and the City Engineer is hereby directed to submit to the City Commission ator prior to the date fixed herein for said hearing, all of the data and other information required by law to be by bim submitted. ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN City Clerk ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION this 21st day of June, 1954. (SE AL) G. W. BURNS Mayor Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza that Resolution No. C -1135, prescribing rules and regu- lations for Tahoma Cemetery, be adopted as read, carried: Burns, Huza & Huey voting aye on roll call. RESOLUTION IO. C -1135, TAHO�NTA CEMETERY RULES AND REGULATIONS A RESOLUTION prescribing rules and regulations for the operation, government and control of Tahoma Cemetery. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION 01 TI-E CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this resolution, grave sizes referred to herein shall be defined as follows: "State" shall mean an outside measurement of app roximately,31 x 86 inches.. "Regular" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 29 x 86 inches. "5 -0" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 24 x 73 inches. 114 -0T1 shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 20 x 60 inches. "3 -0" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 20 x 47 inches. 112 -011 shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 18 x 37 inches. "Extra State" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 35 x 86 incheE "Jumbo "shall mean. an outside measurement of approximately 37 x 92 inches. "Metal Vaults" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 34 x 88 inches. "Concrete Vaults" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 36 x 92 inches. Section 2. SCHEDULE OF PRICES. All fees and charges provided for herein shall be paid in advance. The following prices are the regular fixed prices for all unsold or .repossessed property in Tahoma Cemetery, which price to include Perpet- ual Care. No property to be sold without Perpetual Care.. SECTION A All of Section A north of a line drawn between the Southwest corner of Block 57 and the Southeast corner of Block 39, and Block 63, known as the "County and Old Age Pension Plot," shall be sold at the rate of ;9.50 for the regular and 5 -0 sizes, and .$5..00 for 4 -0, 3 =O and 2 -0 sizes. The remainder of Section A shall be sold at the rate of $40.00 per lot. SECTION B All of Section B shall be sold at the rate of $40.00 per lot. SECTION C All of that part of Section C lying East of a North -South line drawn between the West side of Block 7 and the West side of Block 322 shall be sold at 1 1 i i II _�i 1 1 1 JUNE 21, 1954 the rate of $45.00 per lot. All of that part of Section C lying East of a North -South line drawn between the West side of Block 17 and Block 312 and the above - mentioned line shall be sold at the rate of $50.00 per lot. All of that part of Section C lying West of the above mentioned North -South line shall be sold at the rate of $55.00 per lot. SECTION D All of Section D shall be sold at the rate of $80.00 per lot. SECTION E All of Section E South of the Mausoleum and East of a line drawn from the West side of Block 82 to the West side of Block 144, known as the "Veteranst Plot ", shall be sold at the rate of $12.50 per lot. The remainder of Section E shallbe sold at the rate of x',70.00 per lot. SECTION F All of Section F shall be sold at the rate of $40.00 per lot. SECTION G- All of Section G shall be sold at the rate of $40.00 per lot. SECTION H All of Section H shall be sold at the rate of 05..00 per lot. SECTION I All of Section I shall be sold at the rate of $35.00 per lot. SECTION J All of Section J shall be sold at the rate of $40.00 per lot. SECTION K All of Section K shall be sold at the rate of $45.00 per lot. SECTION L All of Section L lying North of a line drawn between the South side of Block 76 and the South side of Block 100 and .East of a line drawn from the West side of Block 25 to the West side of Block 76, known as the "New County and Old Age Pension Plot," shall be sold at the rate of $7.50 per lot for Regular and 5 -0 sizes, and $2.50 per lot for 4 -0, 3 =0, and. 2 -0 sizes, the only charge being that for Perpetual Care. That part of Section L lying West of the "New County and Old Age Pension Plot," and North of a line drawn from the ,South side of Block 113 to the South side of Block 116, shall be sold at the rate of $30.00 per lot. The remainder of Section L shall be sold at the rate of $45.00 per lot. I.U.O.F. SECTION All unsold or repossed lots in the I.O.O.F. Section shall be sold at the rate of ?$3.5.00 per lot. MASONIC SECTION All of the Masonic Section lying East of a line drawn between the West side of Block 66 and the West side of Block 71 (known as the Lower Masonic Section ) shall be sold at the rate of $35.00 per lot. That part of the Masonic Section lying West of a line drawn from the East side of Block 50 and the East side of Block 54, known as the "Upper Masonic Section," shall be sold.at the rate of $40.00 per lot. The remainder of this section, known as the "New Masonic Baby Plot," shall be sold at the rate of $11.00 per lot. CITY SECTION All of the City Section shall be sold at the rate of :$35.00 per lot. Prices for all lots in walkways extending East and West in the above sections shall be same as provided for in the section in which they are located. The following prices are fixed for the care of all property in the Tahoma Cemetery which has been heretofore sold: Annual Care shall- hereafter be charged at the rate of :5.00 per year for each grave. The charge for Perpetual Care shall be $15.00 straight for each grave placed under Perpetual Care. Section 3. ADMISSION. Persons with dogs or firearms shall not be permitted to enter the grounds, except that this shall not apply to the use of fire- arms in any military service. Rapid driving within the cemetery is prohibited. JUNE 21, 1954 Section 4. APPLICATION FOR BURIAL. Application for interment or disinterment must be made at least twenty -four hours in advance to the Cemetery Supe intendent. Section 5. BURIAL PERMIT. A burial permit must, inall cases, b filed with the Cemetery Superintendent before interment. Section 6. SUNDAY BURIALS. Interments, disinterments or remov- als will not be allowed on Sunday or a Legal Holiday, or Saturday afternoon, except in case of an emergency. Section 7. GRAVES. The regular prices for opening and closing of graves and for setting liners are as follows: Size Regular State Extra State Vaults Veteran 5 -0 4 -0 3-0 2 -0 Ashes charge. Opening; and Closing 32.50 32.50 32.50 10.00 25.00 20.00 10.00 8.50 5.50 3.00 The price for a cement marker shall be $7.50. Setting Liners $ 3.25 3.25 3.25 3.25 2.60 2.90 2.30 2.00 1.30 The size inall cases is determined by the funeral director in Only one interment will be a!-lowed in any grave, except in cases of mother and. infant child, or twin children, or two children buried at the same time. All graves shall be numbered with a permanent number and an accurate record kept of the name of the decendent and the number of the grave. Section 8. EXHUMATIONS. The charge for exhuming bodies will"-be th-e same as the opening and closing charge as shown above. Section 9. VAULTS. All interments must be made in cement liner: cement vaults, or steel vaults. The cement liners shall be made according to specifica- tions designated by the City Commission. Section 10. TOMBS. No tombs shall be erected on top of the ground. Section 11. FOUNDATIONS. Foundations for all monuments shall be built by the City only, at the expense of the owner. All foundations must be six inches larger all around than the base of the monument, to a depth of six inches, and said foundation must be flush with the ground _level. The charge for foundations shall be seventy -five cents per cubic foot. There shall be a minimum charge of $5.00 for all foundations. Section 12. MONUI2ENTS. All monuments in Section D and.E shall have a maximum height of 30 inches. Upright foot stones will not be allowed in the Cemetery. All monuments must be set on-line according to Cemetery survey except on tracts of irregular shape which the Cemetery Superintendent will determine. All bases for monument: must be made of granite. No Sandstone, marble or artificial bases will be permitted. No headstones will be allowed in new sections or in the Masonic Baby Plot. All markers placed in Section L, in the Masonic Baby Plot, and in that part of Section E lying south of a line drawn from the Southwest corner of Block 35 to the - Southeast corner of Block 29, and west of a line drawn from the Southeast corner of Block 29 to the Southeast corner of Block 68, thence west to the Southwest corner of Block 67, thence South to the Southwest corner of Block 144, shall be _level with the ground. The charge for setting a stone not exceeding one foot by two feet in size shall be $15.00, and an additional charge of 75¢ per inch shall be made for each additional inch. Veterans' stones shall be set at the rate of 4P.50 for each stone set. Section 13. TREES AND SHRUBS. The indiscriminate planting, of trees and shrubs in the cemetery shall not be allowed, and it shall be the duty of the Cemetery Superintendent to have all objectionable features in the landscape removed, and if the trees or shrubs in any lot become detrimental to adjacent lots or avenues, the Cemetery Superintendent shall remove them upon order from the Commissioner of Public Works. Section 14. STRUCTURES. Coping, fences, posts and chains and all wooden structures about lots, blocks or graves are prohibited., and if any inscrip- tion, monument, effigy or other structure, which the Commissioner of Public Works deems offensive or improper, be placed in or upon any lot or grave, the same shall be removed G 1 r- IL III JUNE 21, 1954 upon order of the said Commissioner. Section 15. DESIGNS. Funeral designs and floral pieces will be removed as soon as the same become unsightly, to a place designated by the Cemetery Superintendent. Section 16., RECEPTACLES. Receptacles for cut flowers must be sunk level with the ground, thus insuring the safety of such articles and facilitating the cuting of the grass from the grave. Tin cans sunk in the ground are prohibited. Receptacles must be approved by the Cemetery Superintendent. Section 17. EMPLOYEES. All employees or other workmen engaged - in performing work within the confines of the cemetery shall be under the supervision and direction of the Cemetery Superintendent. Visitors must not interfer with the performance of duties of any employee or groundskeeper. Section 18. ARTICLES LOST AND FOUND. Lost and found articles are to be turned in to the Cemetery Superintendentts office.. Section 19. RUBBISH. All peper and. other rubbish must be depos- ited, by the person responsible therefor, in a receptical provided for that purpose. Section 20. DEEDS. As provided for by Ordinance No. A -252, any owner desiring to deed a part of this tract to another person must have the approval of the transfer by the Commissioner of Public Works. Any transfer not so made ahall be of no force or effect. Section 21. POLICE POWER. The Cemetery Superintendent is vested with police power to arrest without warrant any offender in the cemetery. He is direct - ted to expel from the cemetery any person disturbing its sanctity by boisterous or other improper conduct, or who shall violate any of the foregoing rules. Section 22. PURCHASE CONTRACTS. Perpetual Care and lots may be purchased on time as per contracts set up by the City Commission. Under this plan no lot or block will receive Perpetual Care until said contract is paid in full, norcan any lot or block be used until property is paid in _full. ADOPTED BY THE CITY COYU,�ISSION, signed and approved this 21st day of June, 1954. G. W. BURNS Mayor STEPHEN H. HUZA Commissioner of Finance GRANT E. HUEY Commissioner of Public Works ATTEST: Pearl Benjamin City Clerk Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza, that the City Clerk is hereby instructed to give notice to bidders for the construction of a sewer system on Douglas Drive in the Uplands Addition, L.I.D. No. 773; said bids to be received on Tuesday the 6th day of July 1954, at 10 otclock a.m., carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza that a hearing on the petition of L. F. Sainsbury and others for annexation to the Citv of Yakima of Westview Addition be set, for Tuesday, June 29th 1954, at 10 otclock A.M. and the City Clerk instructed to proceed with the necessary notices therefor, 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. ATTEST C I T C L E R K Y1 - A' Y O - -R'-