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AUGUST 13, 1956
The City Commission met in regular session, Mayor Behnke, Commissioners, Schutt and
Mathews and City Attorney, Hawkins present on roll call.
The minutes of the regular meeting of Monday, August 6, 1956 were approved as read.
This being the time for the hearing on assessment roll covering L.I.D. No. 823, Swan
Addition Sewer District and. there being no objections to said assessment roll in.
writing or otherwise, it was MOVED by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that Ordinance No.
B -1918 confirming said assessment roll and every part thereof, be passed as read:
carried, Behnke; Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -1918, AN ORDINANCE confirrrning. the assessment roll covering Local
Improvement District No. 823 as created and established by Ordinance No. B -1747 of the
Ordinances of the City of Yakima.
This being the time for r'eceivi rg of bids for ` 12,500 feet of control cable for the
Fire _".D6ppLrtmeht 1 --trie.following were received:
Inland Pipe & Supply
Co.,
$267.00
per in.
feet
Westinghouse Electric
Supply Co.,
280.90
per m.
feet
Hazard Insulated Wire
Works
384.00
per m.
feet
Moved by Mathews, seconded. by Schutt that these bids be referred to the Fire Chief,
W. K. Moore for recommendation.
Moved by Schutt, seconded by Mathews that Resolution No. C -lLOl pertaining to the re-
imbursement of employees and officials making trips on business for the city be passed
as read: carried, Behnke, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION N0. C -1401, A RESOLUTION pertaining to reimbursement of employees and
officials making trips on busiress for the city.
WHEREAS, employees and officials making trips on business for
the city are often in doubt as to how to prepare their bill for reimbursement; and_
WHEREAS, there is sometimes disparity in the amount of.' re-
imbursement sought for similar trips; and
now, therefore,
WHEREAS, the necessity for the trips is sometimes questioned,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THJ� CITY OF YAKI1 A:
That all bills for reimbursement for expenditures made on
business trips be itemized and paid as follows:
(a) Transportation - actual fare, if by common carrier;
.08 cents per mile, if by private care.
(b) Hotel rooms - actual expenditure, but not greater than
$7.00 per day, except when convention rates make an excess necessary.
(c) Meals - actual expenditure, but not greater than 5.00
per day, except when convention rates make an excess necessary.
(d) Miscellaneous minor expenses - actual expenditure.
All expenditures reported must be necessary and reasonable,
and incurred in the conduct of the business of the city. When two or more representa-
tives of the city attend the same meeting they must combine their plans for transpor-
tation to avoid needless duplication'of cars. Employees shall get approval prior to
the trip from the head of their departlrient and from the- Commissioner under whom the
department comes. Commissioners shall get approval of,the Commission as a body in
regular, or executive session before trips are made. Trips of employees to be made out
of the state shall also get the approval of the Commission.
day of August, 1956.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH
City Clerk
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 13th
(S E A LT
C. H. Behnke
Mayor
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that Ordinance No. B -1919 fixing the time of de-
linquency and prescribi.rg the form of bonds for L.I.D. No. 832, the Petzel Addition
Sewer District, be passed as read: carried, Behnke, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on
roll call. _
ORDINANCE' NO. B -1919, 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. 832, and providing for the issuance. of bonds with coupons attached for the
payment of the unpaid portion thereof.
Moved by Schutt, seconded by Mathews that Ordinance No. B -1920 fixing the time of de-
linquency and prescribing the form of bonds for L.I.D. No. d35 the Lincoln Crescent,
Sewer District, be passed as read: carried, Behnke, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on
roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -1920, 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. 835, and. providing for the issuance of bonds.wi.th coupons attached for the
payment of the unpaid portion thereof.
Moved by Schutt, seconded by Mathews that Resolution No. C -14.02 providing for the loan
of a sum of money from the "Water Fund ". to the "Airport Improvement Fund" providing for
the rate of interest for said loan ana the repayment thereof, and repeal of
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Resolution No. C -1397: carried, Behnke, Schutt and Mathews aye on roll call.
RESOLUT_I.ON NO. C -1402, A Resolution provid.irg for the loan of a sum of money from the
"Water Fund" to the "Airport Improvement Fund" providing for the rate. of interest for
said loan and the repayment thereof, and the repeal of Resolution No. C -1397,
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima has heretofore by Ordinance No.
B -1432 created an "Airport Improvement Fund" for the purpose among; other things of pro-
viding funds for the improvement of the airport, and
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima has vacated a portion of Washington
Avenue, and contemplates the extension of the existing runwayand. the construction of
high intensity lighting, and otherwise improving the airport, and
WHEREAS, in order to accomplish this and take advantage of
Federal matching funds, it is necessary to establish in said Airport Improvement Fund
sufficient funds to carry said project to completion and
WHEREAS, the funds hereby advanced are to be repaid by June 1,
1957, to the Water Department Fund by funds made available to the Airport Improvement
Fund by the Federal Government upon completion of the project, and thus there will be
sufficient funds in the future to repay said loan in the amount hereinafter authorized,
and
WHEREAS, the Water Fund has funds which are available and the
City Commission deems it to be for the best interests of the City of Yaki.na that said
water fund make the loan hereinafter provided for,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE
City of Yakima that the Water Fund transfer
the sum of 460,000.00, as needed, said loan
annum payable on completion of the proposed
said loan to be repayable from the funds to
upon the completion of said project.
IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the
and loan to the Airport Improvement Fund
to draw interest at the rate of 4 per
airport improveement above referred to and
be made available by the Federal Government
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Treasurer make the neces-
1sary transfer from the Water Fund to the Airport Improvement fund as herein authorized
,and provided, for.
1° repealed and nullified.
day of August, 1956.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH
City C1erIT
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. C -1397 is hereby
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION., signed and approved this 13th
(S E A L)
C. H. BEHNKE
Mayor
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that we do now adjourn to convene again on
Wednesday, the 15th day of August, 1956 at 10 o'clock a.m.: carried, Behnke, Schutt
and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
ADJDURNED MEETING,WEDNESDAY, August 15, 1956, 10 A.M.
he City Commission met pursuant to adjournment, Mayor Behnke, Commissioners Schutt and
Mathews and Assistant Attorney Carl Loy present on roll call.
The minutes of the regular meetings of August 6, 1956 and August 13, 1956 were approved
as read.
Moved by Schutt, seconded by Mathews that the bid, received Monday August 13, 1956,
for the purchase of 12,500 feet of control' cable for the Fire Department, submitted by
Inland Pipe and Sup- -1y Company in the amount of $267.00 per m feet, be accepted as 'the
lowest and best bid: carried, Behnke, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Scnutt that the City Clerk is hereby instructed to.
advertise for bids by publication as required by law for the purchase of cast iron
pipe, fittings, hydrants, valves, valve boxes,jointing compound, copper tubing, etc.
for the C_'!.ty Water Department; said bids to be received on or before the hour of 10
o'clock a.m. on Monday the 27th day of August, 1956: carried, Pehnke, Schutt and
Mathews voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that Resolution,No. C -1403 being a resolution of
intention to improve Glen Drive from Tieton Drive to West Walniit Street and others "by
grading; and surfacing and construct`inng concrete curbs and gutters and to improve the
alleys in Del Mar Terrace and others by paving alleys, all of which is more fully de-
scribed in said. resolution and fixing Tuesday, September 4, 1956 as the date of hearing
and the hour at 8 o?oclock p.m.: carried, Rehnke, Schutt and Mathews voting aye, on
roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. C -1403, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
That ittis its intention to improve the following streets by
grading, 46allasting, surfacing with asphaltic concrete, and constructing concrete curbs
and gutters, together with the necessary drainage features:
Glenn Drive from Tieton Drive to West 'Walnut `')treet.
Hi"llcrest Avenue from Tieton Drive to West Walnut Street.
3ZI_th Avenue South from Tieton Drive to the T�ortti boundary of
Rose Park.
East side of 35th Avenue.South from Tieton Drive to a point
approximately 32 feet north of the North boundary of Rose Park.
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West Walnut St.r.eet.from Glenn Drive to Del Mar Terrace
Webster Avenue frorn 34th Avenue South to 35th Avenue South.
North side of Tieton Drive from 34th Avenue South to a point
approximately 140.3 feet west of Glenn Drive.
South side of Tieton Drive.from 34th Avenue South to 36th
Avenue South.
That it is also its intention to improve the following streets
and alleys by grading, ballasting, surfacing with asphaltic concrete, and constructing
the necessary drainage features:.
Del Mar Terrace
East -West Alley and North - South Alley in block between 4th
Avenue South and 5th Avenue South and between West Yakima
Avenue and West Chestnut Street.
The proposed Local Improvement District is to embrace all
property adjacent to the above mentioned improvements which are subject to assessment.
All persons who may desire to object to said proposed improve-
ments are hereby notified to appear and present such objections, if any, at a meeting of
the pity Commission to be held at its office in the oity Hail in the City of Yakima,
Yakima County, Washington, at the hour of 8 otclock p.m. on Tuesday, the 4th day of
September, 1956, which time and place are hereby fixed for the hearing of all matters
relating to said proposed improvements or objections thereto, and for determining the
method of payment for said improvements; and the City Clerk is hereby directed to give
due notice of said hearing and of the intention to make the aforesaid improvements.
All costs and expenses in connection with the construction of
said improvement, including the engineerirr, inspection, advertising, publication of
notices and all other expenses incidjnt thereto, shall be levied and assessed 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 informa-
tion required by law to be by him submitted; 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.
J. A. SMITH
City Clerk
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION this 15th day of August, 1956.
( S E A_ L)
C. H. BEHNKE
Mayor
A letter received by City Attorney Hawkins re Wadekamper vs City of Yakima was read;
said letter stating that tiWadekampers have agreed to accept K3,50O.UO in full_ satis-
faction of the judgment which they obtained against the City of Yakima. MOVED by
Schutt; seconded by Behnke that this claim be paid and that the ity Attorney advise
the Commission,at a latter date, what fund the above amount could be paid from or how
the revenue can be raised to pay same: carried, Behnke, and Schutt voting aye on roll
call:. Mathews not voting. i.
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Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that Resolution No. C -1404 setting forth a state-
ment of policy with respect to annexation of suburban areas to the City of Yakima, be
passed as read: carried, Behnke, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. C -1404, A RESOLUTION setting forth a statement of policy with respect to
annexation of suburban areas to the City of Yakima.
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WHEREAS, the City of Yakima recognizes the importance of expand-
ing its municipal boundaries and shall continue to encourage the annexation of suburban
areas to the city. However, the City of Yakima also recognizes its responsibility to
the citizens of the City to insure that the future expansion and development of Yakima
will be guided by policies designed to protect the interests of the entire community;
and
WHEREAS, in order to . encourage the sound development of the
urban area, the City must take the initial responsibility for promoting and defining the
standards and requirements for the future extension of bothethe municipal boundaries
and municipal services;. and
WHEREAS, it should be noted that the City of Yakima has no
desire to control or regulate the affairs of individuals living outside the corporate
limits of the city, ' However, it is the feeling of the City that past practices regard-
ing the development of the fringe -areas surrounding the City have encouraged a pattern
of land use detrimental to the best interests of the City, and that a firm annexation
policy based on a well coordinated, comprehensive program for municipal expansion must
be adopted, now, therefore,.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAK,.IMA :
That it shall be the policy of the City 'of' Yakima to insist
that the suburban areas share the responsibilities of of sound municipal expansion by
voluntarily adhering to certain standards and requirements as prerequisites to annexa-
tion, or the extension of municipal services.
That the following general factors shall govern the acceptance
of every annexation:
(a) No annexation shall take place prior to the time that the
city is able to extend services without undue delay or
financial hardship.
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(b) No annexation shall take place at the expense of the older
parts'of the city, or at a sacrifice of re- development of the
older parts of the city.
(c) Annexations shall not be selective or piecemeal in area,
but shall be general and consistent with long range planning.
(d) Annexation shall occur when the suburb t'i.rst needs city
services.
( °) The studies necessary to ascertain the feasibility of any
annexation shall be accomplished and the findings publicly
announced before the boundaries .thereof are rigidly set in the
public mind.
(f) In so far as is possible, annexations shall be so designed
as to create a more uniform and logical city boundary.
That the following are the minimum requirements:
(a) Every area must meet the requirements of the city sub-
division ordinance when adopted.
(b) Areas must conform to all of the provisions of the City t s
comprehensive plan, and/or the land use plan for the suburban
area.
(c) Areas of less than five acres will not generally.be,con-
sidered.
(d) The boundaries of proposed annexations shall be regular.
(e) Proposed annexations shall not create "County Islands ".
(f) Annexation.petitions submitted between March lst and
December lst shall not be approved unless it is clearly in the
best interests of the city to do so.
Final approval shall be withheld until:
(a) The proper zoning classification is determined by the
Planning Commission,
(b) A report is made by the En�:,ineering and Water Departments
as to the feasibility of extending sewer and water lines into
the proposed annexation area.
That the extension of city services outside the corporate limits
shall not be allowed unless the following requirements are met:
(a) User requesting service must conform to the cityts Comprehen-
sive Plan and. /or the_Land Use Plan f"or the suburban area.
(b) Provisions of all city codes and grdin.ances must be met.
Plans for building construction shall be submitted to the
Euilding Inspectorts office for approval, and the regular fee
shall be paid for building, electrical and plumbing permits.
(c) The city shall reserve the right to terminate service in the
event that the property owner objects to, or resists, future
annexation, or, if it is found that the use does not conform to
the requirements as specified by the city.
ADOPTED RY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed tend approved this 15th
day of August 1956.
ATTEST ; J. A. SMT T - (S E A L)
C. H. BElaNKE
City Clerk Mayor
An ordinance relating to the municipal sewage system and providing for an alternative
procedure for extension, expansion, replacement, addition and betterment of said sewer
system was introduced and read. It was then decided to defer action on said ordinance
until, the next regular meeting of the City Commission in order to make some corrections
and consider same further.
Moved. by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that we do now adjourn to convene again in regular
session on Monday, August 2U, 1956, at 10 otclock a.m.: carried, Behnke, Schutt and
Mathews voting aye on roll call.
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