HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/13/1959 Business MeetingF'500
MAY 13, 1959
The City Commission met in regular session, Mayor Alderson, Commissioners Wine and
Mathews and City Attorney Arntson present on roll call.
The minutes of the regular meeting of May 6, 1959 and adjourned meeting thereof, were
approved as read.
An ordinance directing the City Treasurer to transfer all funds,in the Accumulative
Library Reserve Fund to the Yakima County Treasurer, having been read by the City Clerk
and the City Attorney having read a portion of a letter from the Attorney Generals
office on this subject, it was MOVED by Mathews, seconded by Wire that Ordinance No.
B -2291, providing for said transfer of funds, be passed ax read: carried, Alderson,
Wine and Mathews voting aye on roll call. The City Treasurer questioning the title of
the fund in said ordinance, it was MOVED by Wine, seconded by Mathews that this
ordinance be reconsidered, carried, Alderson, Wine and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
It then being established with persons present representing the Yakima Valley Regional
Library, that the Library is in immediate need of these funds, it was MOVED by Wine,
seconded by Mathews that Ordinance No. B -2291 be corrected as to the title of the Fund
to be transferred, which is "Cumulative Reserve Fund for Yakima City Library Building
Fund; and that the transfer read all money and investments, since part of this money is
invested at this time, and that the 30 day clause be deleted and said ordinance be made
an emergency: carried, Alderson, Wine and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -22911 AN ORDINANCE directing the City Treasurer of the City of Yakima
to transfer all funds in the Cumulative Reserve Fund for Yakima City Library Building
Fund of the City of Yakima to the Yakima County Treasurer and declaring an emergency.
An ordinance appropriating $200.00 from the Airport Fund having been read in its entiret
at the regular meeting of the City Commission on May 6, 1959, and now having been read
by title only, and it having been established that Section One had been corrected as
ordered in the first reading, it was MOVED by Mathews, seconded by Wine that Ordinance
No. B -2292 providing for said appropriation, be passed as read: carried, Alderson,
Wine and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -2292, AN ORDINANCE appropriating $200.00 from the unappropriated funds
of the Airport Fund for the,purchase of a used automobile and creating an emergency.
Moved by Mathews, seconded by wire that Ordinance No. B -2293 appropriating x$2,000.00
of the Current Expense fund to the Engineering Department for the purchase of two used
automobiles, said ordinance having been read in its entirety at the regular meeting of
the City - Commission on May 6, 1959 and now having been read by title only, be passed as
read: carried, Alderson, Wine and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -2293, AN ORDINANCE appropriating 2.,000.00 from the unappropriated .
funds of the Current Expense fund for the Engineering Department for the purchase of two
used automobiles and creating an emergency.
An ordinance appropriating $8,450.00 in the Current Expense Fund for payment of legal
publications in the local newspapers of proposed amendments to the City Charter voted on
March 10, 1959, having been read in its entirety at a regular meeting of,the City
Commission on April 29, 1959 and laid on the table since that time, and now being read
by title only, it was MOVED bar „-Wine; secoftoed .by-�Matl;ews that -Ordinance- No:.:,B- 2294
providi•irig.for said appropriation, be passed as read: carried, Alderson, Wine & Mathews
-Voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -2294, AN ORDINANCE-appropriating the sum of x$8,450.00 of the unappropri
ed Current Expense Fund to Account 7 -31 Supplies Publications and Printing of the
Maintenance and Operation classification of the City Clerk in the 1959 Budget and de-
claring an emergency.
An ordinance appropriating the sum of x$2,288.00 of the Current Expense Fund to specific
salary classifications in the Finance 'Department Budget and eliminating certain positions
in the Water Department 1959 Budget, having been read in its entirety at the regular
meeting of the City Commission on April 29, 1959 and laid on the table since that time,
it was.: MOVED- by,Wine, ; secorid.ed'.by Mathews that'Ordinance;No.. B- 2295- :prbv ding'for said
appropriation be passed as read: carried, Alderson, Wine and Mathews voting aye on roll
call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -2295, AN ORDINANCE appropriating the sum fo $3,288.00 of the unappropria
ed Current Expense Fund to the Salary Classification, Clerk II, Finance Department, and
eliminating the positions of Senior Clerk at $4,470.00 per annum and Clerk II at
$3,432.00 per annum in the Salary Classification, of the Water -Sewer Fund which were
appropriated for in the 1959 Budget, and declaring an emergency.
An'ordinance appropriating specific sums in the Airport Fund, Cemetery Fund, Garbage
Fund, Street Fund and Current Expense Fund, said appropriations being needed to take care
of increased insuranbe rates, was read in its entirety and.ordered laid on the table
for one week.
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Wine that Resolution No. C -1690 providing for the transfer
of x$380.00 within the Airport 1959 Budget, be passed as read: carried, Alderson, Wine
and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. C -16901 A RESOLUTION providing for the transfer of funds within the 1959
appropriation of the Airport Fund.
WHEREAS, a surplus exists in some accounts of the Maintenance and
Operation classification of the Airport Fund, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that funds be transferred because of
shortages in certain established accounts of the Maintenance and Operation classification
of the Airport Fund, and
WHEREAS, such shortages could not have been reasonably foreseen
at the time of the adoption of the 1959 Budget, and
WHEREAS, the action contemplated herein is authorized by R.C.W.
35.33.120, now, therefore,
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BE IT . RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That the transfers be made from the accounts with a
surplus balance to accounts where shortages exist as follows:
FROM:
Airport - Maintenance & Operation
7 -44 Buildings - Supplies _ $280.00
7 -99 Miscellaneous (Advertising 100.00
3 0.00
TO
Airport - .Maintenance & Operation
7 -30 Supplies - Clerical & Office 100.00
7 -32 Supplies - Janitorial 280.00
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Section 2. That the Chief tCity Accountant is hereby authorized
and directed to make the aforementioned transfers of funds.
of May, 1959.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH
City Clerk
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 13th day
(S E A L)
JOE K. ALDERSON
Mayor
In accordance with action taken at a regular meeting of May 6, 195C4 an ordinance repeal-
ing ordinance No. B -2165 and dissolving Local Improvement D* t * tC ��lkbeing the
Lenox Avenue Curb, Gutter and Surfacing District, /�'i commis loner e wishhing to con-
sider this matter further, it was MOVED by Wine, seconded by Alderson that this
ordinance be tabled until the next regular meeting of the City Commission on the 20th
day of May, 1959: carried, Alderson and Wine voting aye on roll call. Mathews voting
riay.
The City Engineer reporting further on the protests filed on Local Improvement District
No. 870, being Kenny Drive and Various Streets Paving District, that 61.4% of the total
assessments against the improvement of Blackburn Street, these protests not having been
among those recorded on May 6, 1959, it was MOVED by Wine, seconded by Alderson that
Blackburn Street be deleted from Local Improvement District No. 870 as created by
Ordinance No. B -2287: carried, Alderson and Wine voting aye on roll call. Mathews
voting nay.
Moved by Mathews, seconded by Wine that Ordinance
exchange of equipment between the Airport Departme
the Water Department furnish pipe and labor to the
$1,900.00 in exchange for 1053.7 lineal feet CT1 x
2" mesh, #9 gage wire, be passed as read: carried,
aye on roll call.
No. B -2296 providing for the mutual
at and the Water Department and that
Airport Department in the sum of
3t6" high Steel Fence, round posts,
Alderson, Wine and Mathews voting
AN ORDINANCE providing for the mutual exchange of equipment between the Airport Depart-
ment and the Water Department and declaring an emergency.
501.
An appeal from that certain decision of the City Planning Commission in the matter of
rezoning property located at 61L}, 616, 618 West Lenox and 1103 South 7th Avenue from
R -2 two family residential, to B -3 general business I zone, having been duly filed by
Max J. La Fond, Garold E. Sessions and Elza W. Scott, Elwood Hutcheson, Attorney for
said property owners, explained that the people in this area were 100 percent for the
rezoning to a general business zone and that since west Lenox is an arterial and always
will be, it is not desireable for residential property. A realator speaking for these
property owners explained that he had lost one'sale of this property because it was not
rezoned to general business. The Planning Director explained that the Planning
Commission - believes the boundaries of the existing zone should not be expanded further
west, as it would compound the strip zone situation that exists on Lenox Avenue, and that
this type of zoning is objectionable from the standpoint of traffic movements on arterials
economical land use patterns and overall neighlborhood planning principles. Mayor
Alderson explained, after all persons had been heard, that this matter would be taken
Under advisement and a decision issued at a latter date.
The first draft of an amendment to the Water Code, being Ordinance No. B -606 was read
by the City Clerk. Moved by Mathews, seconded by Wine that this ordinance be prepared
in its official form making the necessary corrections and brought,forth at the next
regular meeting of the City Commission: carried, Alderson, Wine and Mathews voting aye
on roll call.
The following letter addressed to the City Commission from the City,Attorney, was read
by the City Clerk
MAY 11, 1959
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City Commission
City of Yakima
Yakimy., Washington
Re: 20th Avenue South between Lombard
Lane and the Naches - Cowiche Canal
Gentlemen:
Subsequent to the trip made by members of the Commission, City Engineer and my-
self to the above location, I wrote a letter to Mr. and Mrs Paul G. Magnusson
demanding that they remove the fence from the path on South 20th Avenue and
open it for travel., A copy of my letter is attached. Upon receipt of the letter
Mr. Charles R. Lyon, Attorney for the Magnussons, came in and we discussed the
problem. It had been my information that the path had existed in its present
location for well in excess of ten years. Mr. Lyon claims that he can show that
the path has been in its present location only since Mr. Tipple, the adjoining
property owner to the West, erected the,fence which extends twenty feet into the
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former street, and tint prior to that the the path meandered c®nsiderably but was
confined mainly to the center ten feet.
Mr. Lyon, at that time, stated that he would try to get together with Mr. Tipple's
attorney to straighten the mess out so that the path would be again opened to
the public.
Friday afternoon Mr. Lyon called to say that he had talked to Mr. Halverson,
Tipple's attorney, and was told by Mr. Halverson that he might contact Mr. Tipple
directly.. Upon doing so, Mr. Lyon was informed by Mr. Tipple that he would have
nothing to do with any settlement and did not want to even discuss the matter.
Since neither of the
it would appear that
proceedings will have
legal-actibn to abate
under the statute.
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Copies Furn- fished:
Mayor
Comm. Pub.. Works
Comm. Fin. & Acctg.
adjoining land owners appear to be in any way cooperative,
if the path is to be reopened again for public travel, the
to be commenced by the City,-and that it will necessitate
the fences of both Magnusson and Tipple as public nuisances
Very truly yours ,
s/ Anthony Arntson
City Attorney
The City Attorney recommending that action to abate the fences be taken against both Mr.
Paul G. Magnusson and Mr. Tipple and leting- the court decide this matter, it was MOVED
by Mathews, seconded by Wine that the City Attorney be and is hereby authorized to take-, -
necessary::action to'open the path on South 20th Avenue to public travel: carried,
Alderson, Wine and lylathews voting a ye on roll call.
Moved by Mathews that trustees from the City Jail be permitted to work on mowing and g
grass trimming at.the Tahoma Cemetery. This motion lost for want of a second. Commis-
sioner Wine expressed the opinion that this matter should have public hearing before
action is taken. Mayor Alderson contended that a policy for such proceedure should be
worked out by the City Commission before any action is taken.
Some discussion was held regarding the Ohlson Electric arbitration. MOVED by Wine that
we reconsider this matter. Motion lost for want of a second.
Moved by Alderson, seconded by Wine that we do now adjourn to meet again in regular
session at the hour of 10 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday the 20th day of May, 1959: carried
Alderson, Wine and Mathews voting aye on roll call.
ATTEST:
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