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APRIL 217, 1960
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.
Invocation was given by Councilman Larson.
The minutes of the regular meeting of April 20-,'1960 were approved as read.
This beirg the time fixed by the Council for the continuation of the hearing on Resolution No.
D -120 beiiT a resolution of intention to improve certain property by the construction of water
mains in accordance with Petition No. 36 and the City Manager reporting that only 11.8/ protest
has been filed with the City Engineer and reassuring the Council that this project should cost
less than the Engineers estimate, it was MOVED by Burns, seconded by Barber that Ordinance No.
110 - providing for said improvement and creatirg L.I.D. No. 884, be passed as read: carried,
Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson. voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. 110, AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of certain property by construct-
ing the necessary mains, fire hydrants, .valves and other appurtenances for the purpose of supply-
ing water for domestic use and fire protection; establishing a Local Improvement District,.pro-
viding for the method of payment thereof, and creating a special fund..
This being the time for the hearing on Petition No. 31 praying for the annexation of certain
property west of Minnesota Avenue and south of Englewood Avenue,,said petition having been duly
filed by Lester 0. Beaver and others, and there being no protests in writing or otherwise, to
said annexation, it was MOVED by Larson, seconded by Coombs, that Ordinance No. 111 providing for
said annexation be passed as read: carried, 2arber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and
Robinson voting aye on roll call.
ORDINANCE NO. 111, AN ORDINANCE providing for the annexation by the City of Yakima, Washington
of certain property contiguous to the City of Yakima.
The Retail Trade Bureau having submitted to the Council for consideration, an ordinance providing
for certain regulations for "Distress Sales ", and this matter having been referred to the City
Manager and City Attorney for study and recommendation to be presented on this date, the Clerk of
the Council read, in it's entirety, the recommended ordinance. There being'persons present repre-
senting the Retail Trade Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce and private businesses, wishing to be
heard on this matter, all persons were heard both for and against said ordinance. MOVED by
(Larson, seconded by Barber that the Mayor appoint a committee, whose number is not fixed, but
shall be comprised of Attorneys Don Tunstall, Jim Hovis, Tony Arntson, and Walter J. Robinson, Jr
who shall advise and counsel said committee on this matter and bring their findings before the
Council at the regular meeting of May 18, 1960: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson.,
Oliver and Robinson voting, aye by voice vote.
Petitions No. 40, 41 and 42 having been duly filed with the City "Clerk, No. 40 being a request
for the formation of a local improvement district for the construction of curb, gutter and sur-
facing in the Plat of Edgewood Addition, No. 41 being a request for the formation of a local
improvement district for the construction of sewers, and No. 42 being a request for the formation
of a local improvement district for the construction of water mains in Edgewood Addition, all to
improve certain property located in the newly annexed area south of Englewood and west of
Minnesota Avenue, it was MOVED by Robinson, seconded by Oliver that said petitions be referred to
the City Manager for action: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson
voting aye by voice vote.
Petition No. 43, duly filed by John Noel, Jr. and others, requesting the formation of a local
improvement district for the paving of the unpaved portion of the alley in.Block 8, Original
Townsite of North Yakima, it was MOVED!,by Oliver, seconded by Larson that said petition be referr-
ed to the City Manager for action: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and
Robinson voting aye by voice vote.
Pursuant to a request by the City Council, Manager Allison prepared and submitted to the Council,
a written report together with a map, setting forth a Street Improvement Program. After discus-
sion of his report, it was MOVED by Oliver, seconded by Robinson that Page 2 of his report which
reads as follows:
"By following the foregoing procedure, we would eliminate a large percent of the square
yardage of streets designated for rehabilitation, and increase the square yardage for patch,
level and-seal and overlay. The latter falls in the cheaper category of construction. Of
course, there are some places where replacement or rehabilitation is the only answer. This
can only be determined by actually cutting small holes or cores into the streets to determine
how much base is there, and whether or not it is necessary to take out the base, some more
sub - grade, and put in additional gravel. We feel however, that there are not too many places
where this will have to be done. The square yardage of the .streets needing attention will
not be decreased at all, but the life of the base of these streets would be ,prolonged until
we can get to them with an overlay.
The reason for considering the foregoing m thod is purely because it gopears to be the most
logical method for financing. The total cost of improvement of all the streets covered in
the survey was estimated at 4466,676.42 for material and $501,468.01 for labor cost, or -a
total of 968,144.43• If bonds were issued for the amount without a vote of the electors
and spread over ten years, it would require about $120,000.00 per year to retire the bonds
and pay the interest. This represents about 2.7 mills of levy, which would have to come out
of our present millage.
The difficulty experienced this year is financing the budget by having to use $89,365.40 of
surplus from the 1959 budget, and the fact that the budgets for the last several years were
balanced with surplus from the Water Department, and recognizing the national trend and pre-
dictions of higher prices, higher wages and higher living costs, it does not seem practical
or feasible to obligate the City to pay $120,000.00 per year for ten years from funds that
must come from the present income and which will save very little in maintenance costs. The
only way it could be done is to reduce service to the public, which is contrary to the public
demands of more service. We are now doing our utmost to reduce, where possible, the cost of
the services we are rendering, so we can realize and perform additional services which are
badly needed but cannot be financed. We are gradually putting into practice all proven
techniques and procedures employed by business to bring about greater economy in the services
we perform. We are continually striving to render more service for the tax dollar we get,
and do not see where our belts can be pulled in tighter for future budget years.
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,(continuation - City Manager's report on Street Improvement Program 4/27/60- Page 2)
When the budget was proposed from 1960, it was estimated we would have a surplus of $173,614-
43 on December 31,. 1959. Of this amount, we proposed to use $89,365.40 to finance the 1960
budget. On December 31, 1959, we had an unencumbered balance of $373,285.57, or $199,671.14
more than had been anticipated. It is realized that there are some items that are going to
require some of this surplus during 1960, but it appears that it would be to the best interes
of the public to appropriate $100,000.00 of this surplus to the street fund for the purpose
of buying materials and hiring additional labor to protect the investment which thEe citizens
have in the present street bases. This amount added to the budgeted amount of 60,,550.00
for materials and approximately - 100,000.00 for labor, would make a total of approximately
$260,550.00 that could be used for maintenance of the streets during the year 1960.
be adopted: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye by
voice vote.
Manager Allison presented the Council with the 1959 Annual Report at,this meeting.
There being no further busire s-s to come before the Council, it was MOVED by Oliver, seconded by
Larson that we do now adjourn at the hour of 5:35'P.M: carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs,
Larson, Oliver and Robinson, voting aye by voice vote.
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