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MAY 19, 1952
The City Commission . met in regular session, Mayor Burns and Commissioners Carpenter and
Huey present on roll call.
The minutes of the regular meeting of Monday, May 12, 1952, were approved as read.
Moved by Huey, seconded by Carpenter, that this being the time for the hearing on
Resolution No. C -1011, providing 'for the cons.truction of curbs, gutters and sidewalks on
Landon Avenue and other streets more particularly described in said resclutin, and there
being objections in writing and in person to said improvement:. It is ordered that the
City Engineer be instructed to check said protests and that another hearing be aet far
Monday, May 26, 1952 at 10:00 oQciock A.M.; carried, Burns, Carpenter and Huey voting
aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO.. B- 1369, AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of certain property by
grading, ballasting, surfacing and constructing concrete curbs and gutters; establishing
• Local Improvement District, providing for the method of payment'.=therefor, and creating
• special fund.,
Moved by Huey, seconded by Burns, this being the hearing on Resolution No. C- 1013,
providing for the construction of curbs and butters on 42nd Avenue North and other
streets more particR.11arly described in said resolution, and there being no objections, 1. in writing or otherwise to said improvement or any part thereof: It is ordered that
Ordinance No. B -1369 creating Local Improvement District No.. 738, be passed as read:
carried, Burns., Carpenter and Huey voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. B -1370, AN ORDINANCE providing for the expenditure of . funds not provided
for in the 1952 budget, and authorizing the purchase of real property described as:
That part of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, Section 25,, Township 13
North, Range 18,; E.11V.M., described as follows:
Beginning at a point 30 feet west and 105.9 feet south of the northeast corner of said
subdivision;: thence west 143.25 feet; thence south 49 feet,. 10 -1/5 inches ;; thence east
143.2535 feet; thence ncr th to the point of beginning, Yakima County, Washington,
for street equipment and decaring an emergency.
Moved by Carpenter, seconded by Huey, that Ordinance No. B -1370 be passed. as read:
carried, Burns, Carpenter and Huey voting aye on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. _ C- 10:18, WHEREAS.,. the Department of Highways of the State of Washington
plans to conduct an origin and destination traffic survey-in the: city of Yakima, and
WHEREAS, a.study and survey of the arterial street system, the feasibility of
the improved routes through the city, proposed railroad grade crossings, and other.
traffic safety requirements are for the best interests of the City of Yakima.
NOW, THERE1' ORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION of the City of Yakima
that it is for the best interests: of the City of Yakima to participate in the origin and,
destination traffic survey to be made in the City of Yakima by the Department of Highways
of the State -of Washington, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Yakima pay to the Department of Highways
of the State of Washington, the sum of $4,824.57 as its share in the cost of said survey,.,
and that said sum be allocated for said * purpose in the 1953' budget of the, City of
Yakima.
ADOPTED by the City Commission this 19th day of May, 1952.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN
City Clerk
( SEAL )
G. W. BURNS
Mayor
Moved by Carpenter, seconded by Burns, that Resolution No. C -7:018 be adopted as read:
carried., Burns, Carpenter and Huey voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Carpenter, seconded by Burns, that it is the policy of the City Commission
that the names of common drunkards shall not be posted an ong taverns in the City of
Yakima, as pr oposed by the Judge of the Municipal Court: carried, Carpenter and Huey
voting aye on roll call, Burns voting NO.
Moved by Huey, seconded by Burns, that the City Clerk be authorized to give notice to
bidders for the purchase of a: Chip Spreader for the Street Department ;, said bids to b e
received on Monday, June 9th, 1952:at 10;00 o1clock A.M.: carried, Burns, Carpenter and
Huey voting aye on roll: call.
Moved by Huey, seconded by Carpenter, that the City Clerk is hereby instructed to give
notice to bidders for the removal of two houses on the p? ope rty at 606 Broadway;; one
to be moved within 30 days and one to be moved within 60 days from the date of opening
bids said b ids to be ope ned on Monday, June 9, 1952. at 10 :00 o'clock A..M.•: carried,
Burns, Carpenter and Huey voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Carpenter, seconded by Huey, that the bids, heretofore received for a motorcycle
for the Police Department be rejected and further arrangments for transportation be made
at a later date: carried, Burns, Carpenter and Huey voting aye on roll call.
Moved by Huey, seconded by Burns,. that the City Attorney is hereby instructed to prepare
an ordinaz ce changing the names of the following streets:
That Moxee Avenue from its intersection with East Yakima Avenue to the easterly
City Limits, be changed to Terrace Heights Way.
That North Avenue from the Northern Pacific tracks to its easterly limits, be
changed to East "'I" Street.
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That North Avenue and Hathaway Avenue from the Northern Pacific tracks to the
westerly City Limits, be changed to West "'I " Street.
That Vandiver Drive from 34th. Avenue North to Hillerest Avenue, be changed to
Barge Street.
That West "A` Street from Pierce Avenue to :Custer Avenue, be changed to Summitvi
Avenue.
That Stone Street from" Pleasant Avenue to 17th Avenue, be changed to West Pras:ch
Avenue.
That the street immediately south of Viola Avenue from 12th Avenue South to 15th.
Avenue South, b e named Royer Avenue,
That Haa:el Avenue from West Lenox Avenue to Prasch Aver_ue,be changed to Ledwieh
Avenue.
That Broadway Avenue from 'W.est Maple Street to the southerly City Limits, be
changed to 3rd. Avenue South.
That that portion of Ohio Avenue within the City Limits, be changed to 44th Avenue
North,
Moved by Huey,, seconded by Carpenter.°, that we do now adjourn; carried, Burns, Carpenter
and Huey voting aye on roll call.
ATTEST;
C I T Y L E R K
M A Y O R
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