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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/03/1956 Business Meetingr 50 JANUARY 3, 1956 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 Tuesday, December 27, 1955, and adjourned meeting. thereof, were approved as read. This being the time for the hearing on the assessment roll covering L.T.D. No. 827 pro- viding for a sewer system in Heyduck Park No. 2,.and there.being no objections in writin or otherwise to said assessment roll, or any part thereof; it was MOVED by Huey, seconde by Huza that Ordinance No. B -1812, confirming said assessment roll and every part thereo be passed as read: carried, Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. B -1812, AN ORDINANCE confirming the assessment roll covering Local Improv went District No. 827 as created and established by Ordinance No. B -1757 of the Ordinancx -of the City of Yakima. This being the time for the hearing on Resolution No. C -13149 providing for the construcl ion of a domestic water system, beginning at the intersection of the center line of Fair Avenue and the center line of Terrace Heights Way, more particularly described and set forth in said resolution, and there being no objections in writing or otherwise to said improvement, or any part thereof; it was MOVED by Huey, seconded by Huza that Ordinance No. B -1813, creating L.I.D. No. 830, be passed as read: carried, Burns., Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. B- .18139 AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of property in the Cit of Yakima by construction of a domestics mater system, establishing a local improvement district, providing for the method of payment therefor, and creating a special fund. Moved by Huza, seconded by Huey that ,Ordinance No. B -1814, providing for the payment of the cost of the special city election of December 28, 1955, not to exceed $2000.00, out of the airport fund, and declaring an emergency, be pasted as read: carried, Burns, Huz and Huey voting aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. B -1814, AN ORDINANCE providing for payment of the cost of the special cit election of December 28, not to exceed $2000.00, out of the city airport fund, and de- claring an emergency. Moved by Huza, seconded by Huey that Ordinance No. B -1815, transferring the sum of $200.00, from "Electric Power ". to "New Structures, Pipe, etc." in. the Irrigation Depart- ment; and the sum of $375.00 be transferred from "Automobile" to "Fuel" and Miscellaneou items in the City Street Department, and the further sum of $4000.00 be transferred from "Loader to Replace Scoop" item to "Labor" in said Street Department, be passed as read: carried, Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. B -1815, AN ORDINANCE providing for the transfer of funds from certain budgeted items of the street department and irrigation department of the City of Yakima, and declaring an emergency. This being the time for the hearing on the petition of the Metropolitan Park Board for the annexation of beginning at a point on the oenterline of Fair Avenue 66 feet north of the northwest corner of the south half of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 20, Township 13 North, Range 19 E.W.M.; thence east parallel with the north line of said subdivision, to a point midway between the east and west boundary line of said subdivision; thence north parallel with the east line of Fair Avenue to the north line of the south half of the Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of said Section 20; thence east along said north line to the venter line of Sumac Lane; thence south along the center line of Sumach Lane to the center line of East Maple Street; thence westerly and southwesterly along the center line of East Maple Street to the center line of Fair Avenue; thence north along the center line of Fair Avenue to the point of beginning,'and there being no objections to.said annexation, or any part thereof it was MOVED by Huey, seconded by Huza that Ordinance No. B -1816, annexing said property, be passed as read: carried, Burns, Huza and Huey voting -aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. B -18160 AN ORDINANCE providing for the annexation_by* the City of Yakima, Washington, of certain property contiguous to the City of Yakima* Washington. Moved by Huey, seconded by ;Huza that the City Engineer having reported the completion of the 33rd Avenue South curb and gutter district, in L.I.D. No. 784, by the Contractor, said work is hereby accepted, and the City Engineer instructed to prepare an assessment roll for said district, and the City Clerk authorized to give notice of hearing on said roll for Monday, January 23, 1956 at 10 o'clock a.m.: carried, Burns, -Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. The petition of F. G. Brewer and W. S. Phillips for annexation to the City of Yakima of Lots 19 and 20, T. J. Hackett Addition, be accepted and referred to the City Attorney for the necessary proceedings therefor; hearing on said petition to be held on Monday, Januar, `16, 1956 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 Attorney be instructed to prepare a resolu- tion for an advisory ballot to be placed on the City Primary election to be held on Tues- day, February 14, 1956, relative to a proposed bond issue for the Yakima Airport: carrled, Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. Moved by Burns, seconded by Huza that we do now adjourn to meet Friday, January 6, 1956 at 4 o'clock p.m.: carried, Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. ADJOURNED MEETING, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1956, 4 :00 P.M. The City Election Board met for the purpose of canvassing the returns of the.speeial election, held"on the 28th day of Dee-ember, 1955 as provided by law, and found that a total,of 7645 votes were east; 4190 votes were east in favor of the $350,000.00 Airport Bond Issue, and 3400 votes were cast against said bond issue; said proposition was de- feated for the reason that at the last General Election of the County of Yakima, 14,164 ballots were cast at said election, requiring a 40% vote, or 5,667 and 60% of said amount to carry said Bond Issue. u J n 1 JANUARY 3 0 1956 The board further found that 6480 votes were ,cast in favor of- the--9ascade -Natural.-Gas Company, Inc. franchise, and 983 votes cast against said franchise, and that said pro- position carried. Moved by Burns, seconded by Huza that we do now adjourn:. carried,,-Burns., Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. M A Y O. � r ATTEST: C I T Y L R K 1 7 u 1 t