HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/23/1959 Business MeetingDECEMBER 23, 1959
The City Council met in regular session, Mayor Bostic, Councilmen Barber, Burns, Coombs
Larson, Oliver and Robinson, City Manager Allison and City Attorney Arntson present.-on
roll call.
Invocati -on was given by Councilman Barber.
The minutes of the regular meeting of December 16, 1959 were approved as read.
The Planning Commission recommending the rezone of certain lots and blocks in the
Uplands from R -2 to R -3, it was MOVED by Barber, seconded by Coombs that Ordinance No.
60 accepting the recommendation of the Planning Commission to rezone from R -2, Two
Family Residential to R -3 Multiple Family Residential, Lots 1 thru 16, Block 24, Lots
1 through 16, Block 25, Lots l* through 6 Block 23, and Lots 1, 18, 19 and 20 Block 22,
all in The Uplands and Lots 20 and 22 through 26 Harland Addition, be passed as read:
carried, Barber, Bostic Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll
call,
ORDINANCE NO. 60, AN ORDINANCE accepting the recommendation of the Planning Commission
for the rezone of certain property between 40th and 41st Avenues and Richey Road and
Snowmountain Road.
Will J. Hackett and Marguerite Hackett having duly filed an amended request for the re-
zone of certain property situated at 1415 South 3rd Avenue in connection with original
petition No. 20 and the Planning Commission now recommending that said property be re-
zoned as amended, it was MOVED by Burns, seconded by Oliver that said recommendation be
approved and the City Attorney be and is hereby instructed4to prepare the ordinance
accepting said recommendation and rezoning said property from R -2 Two Family Residential
to B -2, Local Business Zone: carried, Barber, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver, and
Robinson voting aye by voice vote.
This being the time for the continuation of the hearing on the Assessment Roll for L.I.D
No. 870, being Kenny Drive and Various Streets Paving District and the City Manager
and the Council indicating that the protest of the Summitview Assembly of God, as filed
at the regular meeting of'the Council on Deggtber 9, 1959, has merit, it was MOVED by
Burns, seconded by Larson that the Council /as a Board of Equ &lization, as provided by
law, on the 20th day of January, 1960: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson
Oliver, and Robinson voting aye by voice vote.
This being the time for the hearing on the assessment roll for L.I.D. 67L6 being the
South 5th Avenue Curb and Gutter and-Sidewalk District, Attorney Carl Loy filed a
written and oral protest on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Aiken, property owners in this
district, claiming that said improvement has damaged the value of his client's property
since the water can not now drain away from the building on the property and that the
ingress and egress to the place of business has been damaged. All persons having been
heard on this matter, it was MOVED by Robinson, seconded by Coombs that this hearing
be continued and that the `'ity Attorney be and is hereby instructed to investigate the
legal status of the City in this matter and report to the Council on January 6, 1960:
carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye by
voice vote.
A petition, being petition No.25 having been filed by Russel 0. Price and others praying
for the vacation of certain property on Lincoln Avenue between Price Acre Avenue and
37th Avenue it was MOVED by Burns, seconded by Robinson that said petition be referred
to the City Manager to be further referred to the City Engineer and the City Planning
Commission for recommendation: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver
and Robinson voting aye by voice vote.
A petition,being petition No. 26, having been filed by Russell 0. Price and others re-
questing the rezoning of certain property on Lincoln Avenue between Price Acre Avenue
and 37th Avenue from R -1 Residential to R -2 Two Family Dwellings, it was MOVED by
Coombs, seconded by Larson that said petition be referred to the Planning Commission
for recommendation: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and
Robinson voting aye on roll call.
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An Ordinance appropriating the sum of $10,000.00 to the Cemetery Fund having /read in
it's entirety and ordered laid on the table for one week to be considered at the next
regular meeting of the City Council.
Moved by Coombs, seconded by "urns that Ordinance No. 61,amending Ordinance No. A -236
being the Penal Code, with regards to minors in possession of liquor, be passed as read:
carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll
call.
ORDINANCE NO. 619 AN ORDINANCE amending Paragraph 32 of Section 1 and adding Paragraph
32-A to Section 1 of Ordinance No. A -236 entitled "AN ORDINANCE for the preservation of
the public peace, safety, morality and good order in the City of Yakima, defining who
are disorderly persons and vagrants; providing penalties for the violation thereof;
repealing ordinances numbered 9, 11, 13, 18, 25, 49, 86, 163, 172, 174, 182, 193, 213,
214, 215, 219, 223, 227, 241, 271, 286, 2951 433, 498, 521, 618, 634, 652, 720, 841,
857, A -19, A -290 A -31; A -73, A -97 and A -134 and all other ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith and declaring an emergency. ", and declaring an emergency
Moved by Barber, seconded by Oliver that Ordinance No. 62 transferring $90.00 within
the 1959,Budget for the Cemetery Department be passed as read: carried, Barber, Bostic
Burns; Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. 62, AN ORDINANCE transferring funds within the 1959 appropriation for
50 - Cemetery and declaring an emergency.
Moved by Burns, seconded by Oliver that Ordinance No. 63 transferring the sum of, /$300.00
in the Current Expense Budget for Civil Service, be passed as read: carried, Barber,
Bostic, burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. 632 AN ORDINANCE transferring the sum of $300.00 from Account 7 -01,
Salaries, of the Salaries classification to Account 6 -12, Building Improvement, of the
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Capital or Betterment Accounts classification of the 1959 appropriation for 06- City
Civil Service, and declaring an emergency.
Chief of Police Soderstrom being present, it was MOVED by Coombs, seconded by Oliver
that the Chief and his department be commended for the achievment awards that they have
earned: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye
by voice Vote.
Moved by Barber,.s,econded by Larson that Resolution No. D -75 transferring $80.00 within
the Current Expense Fire Department Budget for 1959, be passed as read: carried, Barber,
Bostic, Burns, Larson,Oliver, and Robinson voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. D -75, A RESOLUTION transferring funds within the 1959 appropriation for
12 - Fire Department.
WHEREAS, at the time of the adoption of the 1959 appropriation for
12 - Fire Department.it could not have been reasonable forseen that the requirements for
Heat and Fuel would be greater than money budgeted, and
WHEREAS, surplusses exist in Accounts 7 -51, Travel - Conventions,
and 7 -50, Travel - Regular, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima finds that it-is
in the best interests of the people of the City of Yakima to make a transfer between
said funds in the sum of �80.Op and the action contemplated herein is authorized by
R• C. W. 35.33.120, now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
That the sums itemized below are hereby transferred within the
Maintenance and Operations classification of the 1959 appropriation for 12 - Fire
Department.
From: Maintenance and Operations
7-51 Travel - Conventions $67.00
7 -50 Travel - Regular 1 .00
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To: Maintenance and Operations
7- ,Heat and Fuel $80.00
and the Director of Finance of the City of Yakima is authorized and directed to make
the aforesaid transfers.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 23rd day of December, 1959.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH (S E A L) THOMAS C. BOSTIC
City Clerk Mayor
Moved by Robinson, seconded by Larson that Resolution No. D -76 authorizing the repayment
of principal and interest of the balance of a loan from the *Water -Sewer Fund to the Air -
ort Improvement Fund in the amount of $9,641.77 plus the accrued interest in the sum of
985.39, be passed as read: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and
Robinson voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. D -76, A RESOLUTION authorizing the repayment of principal and interest
of the balance of a loan from the Water -Sewer Fund to the Airport Improvement Fund.
WHEREAS, on August 13, 1956, the City Commission of the City of
Yakima adopted Resolution No. C -1402 which authorized the loan of the sum of $60,000.00
from the Water -Sewer Fund to the Airport Improvement Fund, said loan to draw interest
at the rate of 4% per annum, and
WHEREAS, in successive repayments on November 21, 1958 and February
18, 1959, the sums.of $37,544.58 and $12,558.23 respectively were paid upon the principal
of said loan together with the sums of $2,438,07 and $111.1_4 respectively upon the
interest due on said loan, and
WHEREAS, the principal balance of said loan is the sum o:f $9,641.7
and the total balance of accrued interest of said loan is the sum of $985.39, and
WHEREAS, there is now sufficient money in the said Airport
Improvement Fund to repay to the Water- Sewer--Fund said total bailance of principal to-
gether with said interest, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Yakima;
That the Finance Director and "ity Treasurer of the "ity of Yakima
are hereby authorized and directed to transfer the sum of $10,627.16 from the Airport
Improvement Fund to -the Water -Sewer Fund in total pay.r1ent of balance due upon the
-- 60,000.00 loan from the Water -Sewer Fund to the Airport Improvement Fund authorized by
Resolution No. C -1402, which stun includes the balance of the accrued interest thereon.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 23rd day of December, 1959.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH (S E A L) THOMAS C. BOSTIC
City Clerk Mayor
Moved by Oliver, seconded by Robinson that Resolution No. D -77 providing for the registra
tion of warrants drawn on the Municipal Garbage Fund, be passed as read:: carried, Barber
Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. 77, A RESOLUTION providing for the registration of warrants drawn on the
Municipal Garbage Department Fund of,the 'ity of Yakima.
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VHEREAS, the Municipal Garbage Department Fund of the City of
Yakima will be overdrawn if all payments against it are made and there are not now
available any other funds of the ''ity of Yal�ima to the Municipal Garbage Department
Fund for the payment of warrants drawn on said fund for necessary city expenses,, now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section l.. That warrants issued'by the 1'ity.of Yakima drawn on the
Municipal Garbage Department Fund.of the City of Yakima when the said fund becomes
overdrawn be registered warrants and be marked "Not Paid for Want of Funds" at the time
of such endorsement over the signature of the Treasurer, and that the issuance of such
registered warrants be continued until such registered warrants already is "sued shall
have been redeemed and there be on hand in said Municipal Garbage Department Fund
sufficient monies to pay warrants drawn on said fund as issued.
Section 2. That said warrants shall draw interest at not to exceed
4% per annum from and after date of presentation, and that said interest rate aPPear
on the face of said warrants.
`Section 3. That said warrants shall be redeemed and paid according
to their number, date and issue.
Section 4. That the Treasurer of the pity, shall call said warrants
in the manner provided by law.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMTCIL, signed and approved this 23rd day of
December, 1959.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH (S E A L) THOMAS C. BOSTIC
City Clerk Mayor
/'Members of the Chamber of'Commerce Publicity Committee, Airport Sign Project Sub -
Committee, being present in'.accordance with a request from the City Council on December
16,'1959 and said members now relating and recommending that` they have found that the
proposed sign can be placed on the west side of the entrance flush against the wall
without interfering with radio operations at the Airport and -,:f? h ,cormendin th t
0/the sign be purchased from the Valley Neon Company and the m P "r-A Ic be ase
9 to Central Neon,:.it was suggested by the Council that these recommendations be checked
by the archetect and this matter be given further consideration at a later date.
Other matters discussed but no formal action "taken were, the use.of the new bank as a
depository for City Funds, trucks on the avenues and streets, actuated semifores on
certain streets and avenues and the codifying of city ordinances.
A committee of Firemen being present asked questions regarding personel benefits and
were assured by City Manager Allison that these matters would be cleared up in the
coming year.
There being no further business to come before the Council, it was MOVED by Larson,
seconded by Oliver that we do now adjourn at the hour of 5:25: carried, Barber, Bostic
Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver,,and Robinson voting aye by voice vote.
ATTEST:
T Y C L E R K
M A Y O R
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