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APRIL 23, 1958
The City Commission met in regular session, Mayor Alderson, Commissioners Schutt and
Mathews and City Attorney Hawkins present on roll call.`
The minutes of the regular meeting of April 16, 195$ and special meeting of April 22,
1958 were approved as read.
An ordinance providing for an' accountant, salary and office expense, being an emergency
ordinance appropriating $5,100.00 for salary, $109.00 for office expense and X120.00 for
training office personnel, was read for the first time on April 16, 195$ in its entirety
and laid on the table for,one week and now being read for the second time, it was MOVED
by Schutt, seconded by Mathews that Ordinance No. B -2153 providing for said accountant,
be passed as read: carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -2153, AN ORDINANCE providing for an accountant and necessary office
expense and specifying his duties and declaring an emergency.
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that Resolution No. C -1575, being a resolution of
intention to improve Lenox Avenue from the O.W.R. & N. Railway line to Landon Avenue and
from South 3rd Avenue to South 16th Avenue by the construction of concrete curbs and
gutters and sidewalks, and fixing the time for hearing at the hour of 10 o'clock on
Wednesday the 21st day of May, 1958, be passed as read: carried, Alderson, Schutt and
Mathews voting aye on roll call.
SOLUTION NO. C -1575, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
That it is its intention to improve the following streets by
grading, ballasting, surfacing with asphaltic concrete, and constructing concrete curbs
and gutters, together with the necessary drainage features, and by constructing concrete
sidewalks onL:both sides of said streets:
West Lenox Avenue from O.W.R. & N. W'ly R/W line to Landon Avenue.
West Lenox Avenue from South 3rd Avenue to South 16th Avenue.
That it is also its intention to improve the following street by
constructing concrete sidewalks on both sides of said street:
West Lenox Avenue from Landon Avenue to South 3rd Avenue
Said proposed district is to embrace all property adjacent to the
above improvements which is subject to assessment for the cost of said improvements as
provided by the laws of the State of Washington.
All persons who may desire to be heard with reference to said
proposed improvements are hereby notified to appear at a meeting of the City Commission
to be held at its of-rice in the City Hall in the City of' Yakima, Yakima County, Washingtoz
at the hour of 10 o'clock on Wednesday, the 21st day of May, 1958, which time and place
are hereby fixed for the hearing of all matters relating to said proposed improvements,,
and for determining the method of payment for said improvements; and the City Clerk is
hereby directed to gave due notice of said hearing and of the intention to make the afore-
said improvements.
All costs and expense in connection with the construction of said
improvements, including the engineering, inspection, advertising, publication of notices,
and all other expenses incident thereto, shall be levied and assessed against all of the
property legally and properly assessable therefor as provided by the laws and as above
described., with the exception that on the officially designated arterial street of Lenox
Avenue, the City shall bear the cost in excess of that required to construct a standard
32 foot residential street; also the City shall bear the cost of two feet of the width
of the sidewalks. 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.,
ATTEST: J. A. Smith
City Clerk
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION this 23 day of April, 1958.
( S E A L )
Joe K. Alderson
Mayor
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that Ordinance No. B -2154 rezoning certain property
in the City of Yakima, in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning Commission,
be passed as read: carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -2154, AN ORDINANCE rezoning certain specific property situate in the Cit
of Yakima, County of Yakima, Washington; and declaring an emergency.
The Planning Commission certifying that the statuatory procedure has been completed for
the plating of property beginning at 'a point 349.3 feet West and 176 feet South of the.
North East corner of the South East quarter of'Section 26, Township 13'North, Range 1$
EWM. thence West 279.3 feet, thence South 283.6 feet, thence East 279.3 feet, thence Nortl
283.6 feet to the point of beginning, except the 112 feet of the East 139 feet, excepting
also the South 56 feet of the West 140.3 feet thereof, being the proposed plat of Lyle
V. Washburn and Harriet Washburn, it was MOVED by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that said
plat be accepted: carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that the City Clerk be and is hereby authorized to
call for bids for the purchase of two truck chassis for the Municipal Garbage Service
as per specifications submitted by the Superintendent of that department; carried,
Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
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Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that Resolution No. C -1576, being a resolution of
intention to improve West "D" Street, East King Street and Maryland Street by grading,
ballasting, surfacing and fixing the date for hearing at the hour of 10:00 o'clock
Wednesday, the 14th day of May, 1958, be passed as read: carried, Alderson, Schutt and
Mathews voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. C' -1576, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
That it is its intention to improve the following streets by
grading, ballasting, surfacing with asphaltic concrete, together with any necessary
drainage features:
West I'D" Street from N.P.R.R. tracts to North 3rd avenue
East King Street from South lst Street to Maryland Street
Maryland Street from East Mead A#enue to East King Street
Said proposed district is to embrace all property adjacent to the above improvements
which is subject to assessment for the cost of said improvements as provided by the laws
of the State of Washington.
All persons who may desire to be heard with reference to said
proposed improvements are hereby notified to appear at a meeting of the City Commission
to be held at its office in the City Hall in the City of Yakima, Yakima County,Washingtor
at the hour of 10:00 o'clock on Wednesday, the 14th day of May, 195$, which time and
place are hereby fixed for the hearing of all matters relating to said proposed improve-
ments, 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 improvements, including the engineering, inspection, advertising, ,publication of
notices, and all other expenses incident thereto, shall be levied and assessed against
all of the property legally and properly assessable therefor as provided by the laws and
as above described,
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; 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.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH
City Clerk
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION this 23 day of April, 1958.
(S E A L)
JOE K. ALDERSON
Mayor
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that Resolution No. C -1577 authorizing the City
Attorney to compromise a lawsuit involving an appeal from certain assessments with Local
Improvement District No. 853, appeals having been made by Ilah J. Meyer, Ted S: Clark
and.Phyllis M. Clark, and John J1 Bennett and Evelyn Ann Bennett, be passed as read:
carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. C' -1577, A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Attorney to compromise a law-
suit involving an appeal from certain assessments within Local Improvement District No.
853.
WHEREAS, Ilah J. Meyer, a widow, Ted S. Clark and Phyllis M.
Clark, husband and wife, and John J. Bennett and Evelyn Ann Bennett, have, on December
20, 1957, appealed to the Superior Court in and for Yakima County, from the action of
the City Commission confirming the assessment roll for Local Improvement District No.853
as it pertained to Lot 11 and 13, Block 3, Rose Park Addition, the assessments being in
the respective amounts of $344.08 and $317.93, and
WHEREAS, the above mentioned owners are willing to compromise a
settle said pending lawsuit upon the basis of one half of the assessments as they now
appear upon the assessment roll, and
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the City to
compromise said lawsuit upon the basis indicated hereinabove, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized to
compromise the Superior Court action referred to hereinabove, being Cause No. 42331, to
the extent that the assessments of the properties of appellants as they now appear upon
the assessment roll of Local Improvement District No. 853 shall be reduced by one -half.
of April, 1958.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH
City Clerk
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 23 day
( S E A L)
JOE K. ALDERSON
Mayor
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Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that Ordinance No. B -2155 providing for the acquis-
ition by condemnation or purchase of easements and rights of way for the use by the City
of Yakima in the installation operation and maintenance of an approach lighting system
at the Airport and providing for the method of payment therefor; be passed as read: '✓
carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
l ORDINANCE NO. B -2155, AN ORDINANCE providing for the acquisition by condemnation or
purchase of easements and rights of way over, across and through certain real property
more particularly described below for use by the City of Yakima in the installation,
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operation and maintenance of an approach lighting system at the Yakima Municipal Airport;
providing for the method of payment therefor; and declaring an emergency.
An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of $15,000.00 for necessary easements and
rights of way of the $35,000.00 general obligation bonds issued for the improvement of
the Airport, was read in it's entirety for the first time and laid on the table for one
week, to be read and considered at the next regular meeting of the City Commission.
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Schutt that Resolution No. C -1578 compromising a claim
against the City of Yakima by Paul V. Creamer in the sum of $200.00 be passed as read:
carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. C -157$, A RESOLUTION compromising a claim filed against the City of
Yakima by Paul V. Creamer.
WHEREAS, a claim for damages has been timely filed against the
City of Yakima by Paul V. Creamer in the sum of $485.87, said claim arising from the
flooding of claimant's premises on or about January 12, 1958, and
WHEREAS, a compromise settlement has been agreed upon between the
City and the claimant in the sum of $200.00, and
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the City of
Yakima to compromise said claim, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That the claim of Paul V. Creamer in the sum of
$485.87 be and the same is hereby compromised for the sum of $200.00, and the City Treas-
urer is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to issue a warrant in payment of said
claim chargeable against the Current Expense Gen' 1 Government fund; provided, however,
that the treasurer shall not deliver said warrant to the claimant until a release is
executed and filed with the City Clerk by the above named claimant relieving and releas-
ing the City from any additional and further liability in connection with this subject
matter.
day of April, 1958.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH
City Clerk
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 23
( S E A L )
JOE K. ALDERSON
Mayor
Moved by Schutt, seconded by Alderson, that we do now adjourn to meet again at the hour
of 11 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, the 24th day of April, 1958, carried: Alderson, Schutt
and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
ADJOURNED MEETING, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1958
The City Commission :met pursuant to adjournment, Mayor Alderson, Commissioners Schutt and
Mathews and City Attorney Hawkins present on roll call::.
Moved by Schutt, seconded by Alderson that Resolution No. C -1579 creating two additional
precincts, namely 63 and 64, by dividing precinct No. 51 and reducing it in area, be
passed as read: carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. C -1579, A RESOLUTION creating two additional precincts to be designated
Precinct Nos. 63 and 64 and establishing the boundaries thereof.
WHEREAS, Precinct No. 51 as presently established has residing
therein more than 300 voters, and
WHEREAS, because of the increased voting population Precinct 51
should be divided into two additional precincts to be designated Precinct No. 63 and
Precinct No. 64 with the respective boundaries as hereinafter set forth; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That the present Precinct No. 51 shall be and is
divided into three voting precincts by creating two additional precincts to be designated
Precincts 63 and 64 and Precinct No. 51 to be reduced in area, the respective boundaries
of each. being fixed and established as follows:
Precinct No. 51:
Beginning at the center of Section 22, Township 13 North,
Range 18, E.W.M.; thence West along centerline of Summitview Avenue to centerline of
44th Avenue; thence North along centerline of 44th Avenue to centerline of Sunset Drive;
thence East along centerline of Sunset Drive to the West boundary of Precinct 46 on
Crescent Hill Drive; thence South along West boundary of Precinct 46 to the point of
beginning, also beginning at the NE corner of the Elf W�, E2, NEB,, SW1 of Section 22,
Township 13 North, Range 18, E.W.M.; thence southerly along the East line of said sub -
division to the center line of West Chestnut Street; thence westerly along the center
line of West Chestnut Street to the center line of 42nd Avenue, also known as Crestway;
thence northerly along the center line of 42nd Avenue to the center line of Mary Lin
Drive; thence northwesterly 95 feet, more or less, along the center line of Mary Lin
Drive to the center line of Crestway; thence North along the center line of Crestway to
the center line of Summitview Avenue; thence East along the center line of Summitview
Avenue to the point of beginning, also beginning at a point 460.2 feet west of the'South-
east corner of the Southwest quarter of Section 22, Township 13 North, Range 18, E.W.M.;
thence North 244 feet; thence East 48 feet; thence North 186 feet; thence East 82.feet-,
thence North 230.4 feet; thence East 330 feet to the east line of the southwest quarter
of Section 22, Township 13 North, Range 18, E.W.M.; thence North 656.22 feet to the
center line of West Chestnut Street 990 feet; thence South 65$.1 feet to the center line
of West Walnut Street; thence East 429 feet; thence South 660.4 feet to the center line
of Tieton Drive; thence East 100 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
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Precinct No. 63:
Beginning at the center line of 44th Avenue a nd'Summitview Avenue,
thence Northerly along the center line of 44th Avenue extended to the center line of
Sunset Avenue; thence Easterly along the centerline of Sunset Avenue through Hillcrest
Avenue and the West boundary line of Precinct #46; thence Northerly to the center line
of Douglas Drive; thence Easterly to the center line of 42nd Avenue; thence Northerly
to the centerline of Englewood Avenue; thence Easterly along the centerline of Englewood
Avenue to the centerline of 49th Avenue; thence southerly to the centerline of Sunset
Avenue; thence Easterly along Sunset Avenue to a point where the West City limit line
intersects Sunset Avenue; thence Southerly on the City limit line to the'North right of
way line of the Yakima Valley Canal, thence in an easterly direction on said canal
company right of way to intersection of canal and Summitview Avenue; thence Easterly
along centerline of Summitview Avenue to point of beginning.
Precinct No. 64:
Beginning on the centerline of Englewood Avenue and 49th Avenue; thence
West along said centerline of Englewood Avenue to the centerline of Minnesota Avenue;
thence Southerly along Minnesota Avenue to the centerline of Sunset Avenue; thence East-
erly along Sunset Avenue to the centerline of 49th Avenue; thence North to the point of
beginning.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION this 24 day of April, 1958.
ATTEST_: J. A. SMITH ( S E A L ) JOE K. ALDERSON
City Clerk Mayor
Moved by Alderson, seconded by Schutt that Ordinance No. B -2156 relating to and regulat-
ing traffic and amending Ordinance No. B -1526, known as the traffic code, be passed as
read: carried, Alderson and Schutt voting aye on roll call. Mathews absent.
ORDINANCE NO. -B -2156, AN ORDINANCE relating to and regulating traffic and amending
Ordinance No. B -1526 as amended.
Moved by Schutt, seconded by Alderson that we do now adjourn to meet again in regular
session at the hour of 10 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday the 30th day of April, 1958:
carried, Alderson, Schutt and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
ATTEST
ITY CLERK
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MAYOR
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