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FEBRUARY 1, 1952 -•
The City Commission net in regular session, Mayor Burns and Commissioners Carpenter and
Huey present on roll call.
The minutes of the regular meeting of Monday, January 28th 1952, were approved as read.
Moved by Huey, seconded by Burns, that the continued hearing on the Rose Park Irrigation
District be continued to Monday, February llth 1952:, at 10;00 otclock A. M.: Carried
Burns and Huey voting aye on roll call, Carpenter not voting.
Moved by Carpenter, seconded by Huey, that the following report of the Investment
Committee for investments-purchased furing the month of January 1952 be approved as
follows ::
Commissioners.
City of Yakima
Gentlement
The following investment-was purchased during the month of January:
CEMETERY TRUST.
Yakima L.I•.D-. 724 Warrant 4858 .............$671.01
(signed)
Yours very truly,
CITY OF YAKIMA
Gladys H. Richter
City Treasurer
APPROVED: INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
G. W. Burns, Mayor
Pearl Benjamin, City Clerk
Gladys H. Richter, Treasurer
carried: Burns, Carpenter and Huey voting aye on roll call.. ,
This being the time for receiving bids on'the Rose Park- Irrigation District- It was
moved by Huey, seconded by Burns, that said bids be read, but that no award be made
pending action of property owners at an adjouned meeting of the district: carried,
Burns, Carpenter and Huey voting aye on roll call.
This being the time for receiving bids for the construction of a sewer system in "The
Uplands" Addition I %.h.D- 733:, the following were received::
February 5, 1952
The City Commission
Yakima, Washington
Gentlemen::
The following bids- on' the Uplands Sewer, which is L.I.D. #7332: were
received February 4th.:
State'Construction Co. $90304.70
N. L., Kimball 7,443._04
De Blasio Bros. 8,826.90
Joe Brandt 7, 405.75
Daniel T. Gallagher 71307.40
J.D. & A.L. Goodman 7, 25.7.40
Engineerts Estimate 70152.40
I respectfully recommend that the contract be awarded to.the low bidder,,
J.D. & A':.L... Goodman..
Yours very .truly,
( signed) A-.. B. Collins:
A. B. Collins,
City Engineer
Moved by Huey, seconded by Carpenter, that the bid of J".D•. & A.L. Goodman in the sum
of $7,257.40 is hereby accepted as the lowest and best bid, and the Mayor and City
Clerk authorized to enter into a contract on behalf of the City of Yakima for doing
said work: carried, Burns, Carpenter and Huey voting ay e,on roll call.
RESOLUTION-NO, C -1000, WHEREAS, by ordinance, it.is provided that on the first Monday
of February of each year, the City Commission of the City of Yakima, Washington, shall
pass a resolution prescribing the form of contract for the city advertising for the
ensuing year;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by,the City: - Commission that
the form of contract for the city printing for the ensuing_'year shall be in substantial
the form hereto attached and made a part hereof, and the city clerk is hereby directed
to give notice for sealed proposals: for a contract for doing the city advertising for
the ensuing year by publishing the same in the newspaper doing the city printing and
advertising for two consecutive issues, which notice shall contain a general statement
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of the terms of the contract to be, let, together with the time and place when said bid's
will be opened, and providing that any and all bids,may be rejected:_.
Adoptad by the City Commission, signed and ap proved this 4th day of February,
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ATTEST.- PEARL BENJAMIN
City Clerk
( S E A.L )
G. W. BURNS
Mayor
Moved by Burns, seconded by Carpenter, that Resolution No. C -1000 be adopted as read:
tarried, Carpenter, Burns and Huey voting aye on roll call..
TAHOMA CEMETERY RULES AND REGULATIONS'
RESOLUTION N0, C -1001, A RESOLUTION prescribing rules and regulations for the operation,
government and control of Tahoma Cemetery.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. FEES AND CHARGES. - All -fees and charges provided for herein shall.
be paid in advance. For purposes of this resolution, grave sizes referred to herein
shall.be defined as followsz
"State "' shall mean an outside -measurement of approximately 31 x 86�inches.
"Regular" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 29x86 inches.
'tZ -0" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 24x73;inches.
"4 -0" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 20x60 inches.
'!3 -0" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 2Ox47 inches.
"2 -011 shall mean an outside measurement'of approximately 18x37 inches.
'tExtra State" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 35x86 inches.
"Jumbo "' shall mean an outside m asurement of approximately 37x92 inches.
"Metal-Vaults" shall'mean an outside m asurement of approximately 34x88 inches.
t °Concrete Vaults" shall mean an- outside measurement of approximately 36x92 in.
Section 2. SCHEDULE OF PRICES. The following- prices are fixed for all unsold
or repossessed property in Tahoma Cemetery, which price to include Perpetual Care. No
property to be sold without Perpetual Care.
SECTION A
All of Section Ax north of a line drawn between the Southwest Corner of Block
57 and the Southeast corner of Block 39, and Block 63, known.as the "County and Old -Age-
Pension Plot," shall be sold at the rate of $9.50 for the regular and 5 -0 sizes, and
$5.00 for 4 -0, 3�0, and 2 -0 sizes. The remainder of Section A� shall be sold at the
rate of $40;00 per lot.
SECTION .B
All--of Section B: shall be sold at' the rate of $35.00 per lot.
SECTION C
All of that part of Section C -lying East of a North -South line drawn between
the West side of Block 7 and the West side of Block 322 shall be sold at the rate of
$45.00 per lot.
All of that part of Section C lying East of a North -South line drawn between
the West side of Block,17 and Block 312 and the above - mentioned line shall be'sold at
the rate of $50.00 per lot.
All of that part of Section C lying West of the above mentioned North - South
line shall.be sold at the rate of $55.00 per lot.
SECTION D
All of Section D shall be sold at the rate of $80.00 per lot.
SECTION E`
All of Section E South of-the Mausoleum and East of a line drawn from the West
side of Block 82: to the West side of Block 144, known as the "Veterans' Plot,"` shall
be sold at the rate of $12.50 per lot. The remainder of-Section E. shall. b e sold at
the rate of $70..00 per lot.
SECTION F;
All. of Section F-. shall. �be ,sold at the rate of $40.00 per lot.
SECTION G
All of Section G shall be,sold at the rate of $35.00 per lot.
SECTION H
All- of Section H shall be-sold at the rate of $30.00 per lot.
SECTION T
All of Section I shall be sold at the rate of 430.00 per lot.
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SECTION J
All.of Section J shall be sold at the rate of $35.00 per lot.
SECTION K
All of Section K. shall be sold at the rate of $40.00 per lot.
SECTION h
All of Section L. lying North of a line drawn between the South side of Block
76 and the South side of Block 100 and East of line drawn from the West side of Block 25
to the West side of Block 76,, known as the "New County and Old Age Pension Plot,.'t' shall
be sold at the rate of $7.50 per lot for Regular and 5 -0 sizes,. and $2.50 per lot for
4 -0, 3 -0, and.2 -0 sizes, the only charge being that for Perpetual Care.
That past; of Section L: lying West of the "New County and Old-Age Pension
Plot, "` and North of a line drawn from the South side of Block 11& to the South side of
Block. 116, shall be sold at the rate of $25.00 per lot..
The remainder of Section L shall be sold at the rate of $45.00 per lot.
I ..O.O .F ..SECTION
All unsold or repossessed lots in the I.0'.O.F. Section shall be sold at the
rate _of $30.00 per lot.
MASONIC SECTION
All of the Masonic Section lying East of a line drawn between the.-West side-
of Block _66 and- the West side of Block 71. (known as the Lower Masonic Section) shall.
be sold at the rate of $30.00 per lot.
That.-part of the: Masonic Section lying West of a line drawn from the East
side of Block 50 and the East side of Block 54, known as the "Upper Masonic Section1".
shall be sold at the rate of $40.00 per lot.
The remainder of this section, known as the "New Masonic Baby P'lot,n shall
be sold at the rate of $11.00 per lot -.
CITY SECTION
All. of the City Section shall be sold at- the rate of $30..00 per lot.
Prices for all lots in walkways extending East and.Wbst in the above sections:
shall be the same as provided for in the section in which they are located.
The following p? ices are fixed for the care of all property in the Tahoma=.
Cemetery which has been heretofore sold:
Annual Care shall hereafter be charged at the rate of $1 «00 per year for
each grave. The charge for Perpetual Care shall be $15400 straight for
each grave placed under Perpetual Care.
Section 3. ADMISSION. Persons with dogs or firearms shall not be permitted
to enter the grounds, except that this shall not apply to the use of firearms in any
military service. Rapid driving within the, cemetery is prohibited.
Section 4., APPLICATION FOR BURIAL. Application for interment or disinterment
must be made at least twenty -four hours in advance to the Cemetery Superintendent.
Section 5. BURIAL PERMIT. A burial permit must, in all cases, be filed with
the Cemetery,Super'intendent before interment.
Section 6. SUNDAY BURIALS. Interments, disinterments or remova]s, will-not
be allowed on Sunday or a Legal Holiday, or Saturday afternoon, except in case of an
emergency.
Section 7, GRAVES-. The prices for opening and closing of graves for-adults
are as follows:
Regular $25.00
State 25.00
Extra.state .30.00
Vault s: 35.00
5 -0 20.00
Ashes 3.00
The price for a cement marker shall be $2,.500
The prices for opening and closing of graves for infants are as. follows:.
2 -0
3 =0
4 -0
5.50
8.50;
8.50
The size in all cases is determined by the funeral director in charge.
Only one interment will be allowed in any grave, except in cases: of mother
and infant child, or t win children, or two children buried at the same time.
All graves shall be numbered with a permanent number and an accurate record
kept of the name of the decedent and the number of the grave.
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Section 89 EXHUMATIONS. The charge for exhuming bodies will be the same asp
the opening and closing charge as shown above.
Section 9. VAULTS. At11.interments must be made in cement liners, cement
vaults, or steel vaults. The cement liners shall be made according to specifications;
designated by the City Commission,
Section 10. TOMBS. No tomb shall be erected on top of the ground.
Section 11., FOUNDATIONS. Foundations for all monuments shall be built by the:
City only, at the expense of the owner.'
A11 foundations must be six inches larger all around than the' base of the.
monument, to a depth of six inches, and said foundation must be flush with the ground
level.
The charge for foundations shall be seventy -five cents per cubic foot. There
shall be a. minimum charge of $ 5.00) for a 11, foundations .
S'-dot-ion 120 MONUMENTS.. Ail monuments in Section D� and E'shall have a maximum
height of 30 inches.'
Upright foot stones -will not be allowed in the Cemetery.
All monuments must be set on line according to Cemetery survey except on tracts
or irregular shape which the Cerm tery Superintendent will determine.
All bases for monuments must be made of granit. No sandstone, marble or
artificial bases will be permitted.
No headstones will be allowed in new sections or in the Masonic Baby Plot.
All markers placed'in Section L,, in the Masonic Baby Plot, and that part "of Section E
lying south of a line drawn from-the Southwest corner of Block 35 to the Southeast
corner of Block 299, and west of a line drawn from the Southeast °corner of Block 29 to
the Southeast corner of Block 68, thence west to the Southwest corner of Block 67,
thence South to the Southwest corner of Block 144, shall be level with the ground.
The charge for setting a stone not exceeding one foot by two feet in size; shall
be $10..00, and an additional charge of '75/ per inch shall be made for each additional
inch.
Soldiers,f stones shall be set without charge.
Section 13'. TREES AND SHRUBS. The indiscriminate planting of-trees and shrubs!
in the cemetery shall not be allowed and it shall be the duty of the Cemetery.\
Superintendent to have all objectionable features in the landscape removed, and if the
trees or shrubs in any lot become detrimental-to adjacent °lots- or avenues, the Cemetery
Superintendent shall remove them upon order from the superintendent of Streets. and
Publi c Impr overre nts .
Sectionl 14. STRUCTURES. Coping, fences, posts and chains, and all. wooden
structures about lots," blocks or graves are prohibited, and if any lnscriptlon, monument,
effigy or other structure, which the Superintendent of Streets and Public Imp? ovements;
deems offensive or improper, be placed in or upon any lot or grave, the same shall. be
removed upon order of the said Superintendent. 1.
Section 15. DESIGNS. Funeral-designs and floral pieces will be "removed as
soon as the same become unsightly, to a place designated by the Cemetery Superintendent
Section 16. RECEPTACLES. Receptacles for cut flowers must "be sunk level with
the ground, thus insuring the safety of such articles and facilitating the cutting
of the grass from the grave. Tin cans sunk in the ground are prohibited. Recep.tacle:s
must be approved by the Cemetery Superintendent.'
Section`179 EMPLOYEES. A-11 employees or other workmen engaged in performing
work within the confines of the cemetery shall be under the supervision and direction
of the Cemetery Superintendent. Vistors must not interfere with the performance of
duties of any employee or groundskeeper.
Section 18. ARTICLES LOST AND FOUND. Lost and found article s are to be
turned in to the.Cemetery Superintendentas office.
Section 19. RUBBISH. All paper and other rubbish must be deposited, by the
person responsible therefor, in a receptacle .provided for that purpose.
Section -20. DEEDS. As2 provided for. by Ordinance Noe. A- 2.52., any owner
desiring to deed a part of his tract,to another person must have the approval of the:
transfer by the Commissioner of Public Works. Any transfer not so made shall be of
no force or effect.
Section 210 POLICE POWER. The Cemet,ery Superintendent is vested with police!
power to arrest without warrant any offender in the cemetery. He is directed to expell
from the cemetery any person disturbing its sanctity by boisterous: or other improper
conduct, or who shall violate any of the foregoing rules.
Section 22. PURCHASE CONTRACTS. Perpetual Care and lots may be purchased on
time as per contracts set up by the City Commission.. Under this plan no lot or block
will receive Perpetual Care until said contract is paid in full, nor can any lot or
block be used until property is paid in full.
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ADOPTED BY THE CITY COTAMISSI ON, _ signed and approved this 5th day I of
February, 1952.
G. W. BURNS
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN ( S E A L ) Mayor
( signed) G,. W. Burns
OWEN. O . CARPENTER
Commissioner of Finance
(signed) Owen O.ICarpenter
GRANT E. HUEY
Commissioner of .Public
Works!
(signed) Grant E. Huey
Moved by Huey, seconded by Burns, that Resolution No. C -1001 be adopted as read :y,
carried, Burns, Carpenter and Huey voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Carpenter, seconded by Burns, that Ordinance No. B -1344, providing for extra
money for postage, etc for.City Treasurer, be passed as read;: carried, Carpenter,
Burns and Huey voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B- 13=44, providing for the expenditure of funds not provided for in the:
1952:budget, for the payment of increased cost of postage, printing and stationery;
and declaring an emergency.
Moved. by Carpenter; seconded by Huey, that Ordinm ce No.. B- 1345,. providing f or extra.
money for postage for I..I..D. costs b e passed as read :: carried, Burns, Carpenter and
Huey voting aye on .roll call..
ORDINANCE N0. B. -1345, providing for the expenditure of funds not provided for in the.
1952 budget, for the payment of increased cost of postage, printing and stationery;;
and declaring an emergency.
Moved by Carpenter, seconded by Huey, that Ordinance No. B-1346,-be passed as read:f
carried,.Burns, Carpenter and Huey voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE 110. B- 1346, fixing the time of delinquency of installment's of assessments
levied for the payment of the cost of the improvement in Local Improvement District
No.- 722, and providing-for the issuance of bonds with coupons attached for the payment
of-the unpaid portion thereof;.
Moved by Carpenter, seconded by Huey, that Ordinance No..,B -1347 be passed as read:
carried, Burns, Carpenter and Huey voting aye°on roll call.
ORDINANCE, N0. B- 1347-' fixing the time of. delinquency of installments of assessments,
levied -for the payment of the -cost of the improvement in Local Improvement District
No. 725, and �r oviding f or.the issuance of bonds with coupons attached for the
payment of the unpaid .portion thereof.
Moved by Huey, seconded by.Burns,that we do now adjourn: carried, Burns, Carpenter
and Huey voting aye on roll call.
ATTEST:
C. I 7Y C L E R K
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