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Home My WebLink About11/09/1960 Business MeetingNOVEMBER 9, 1960 The City Council met in regular session Mayor Bostic, Councilmen Barber, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson and Acting City Manager Arntson present on roll call. The invocation was given by Councilman Barber.. Minutes of the regular meeting of November 2, 1960 were approved as read. This being the time fixed by the Council for the hearing on Petition No.,60 as filed by Francis Draper and others requesting the vacation of an alley or narrow street right -of -way located in the vicinity of the 700 Block on South 23rd Avenue, and there being persons present wishing to be heard both'for and against said matter, and Councilman Robinson reporting that Mr. William Mays, attorney for persons opposing said petition, would not be able to attend this meeting as he is in court, it was MOVED by Robinson, seconded by Coombs that the hearing on.Petition No. 60 be continue �T done week, to be heard at the regular meeting of the City Council on November 16, 19601 l�r. enry Traub, property owner and petitioner for the vacation, requested that he be allowed to make his statement for this action as he.is leaving-the city and would not be able to attend the hearing on November•16, 1960. Permission having been granted, Mr. Truub stated - that the strip of land in question is to narrow for a street or alley and that it is now nothing but a weed patch and motorcycle'.path�6 or 8 feet from'his house.. An ordinance,appropriating the sum of $6,800.00 to the City Garage Fund, having been read in itts entirety at the regular meeting of the City Council on November 2, 1960 and laid on the table for one week,-and having been read by title only at this meeting, it was MOVED by Oliver, seconded by Robinson that Ordinance No. 185 providing for said appropriation, be passed as read: carried Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. 185, AN ORDINANCE appropriating the sum of $6,800.00 from the unappropriated moneys in the City Garage Fund to Account 7 -41, Motor Fuel, Etc., of the Maintenance & Operation classification of the 1960 Appropriation for 34 - City Garage, and declaring an emergency. A resolution authorizing the purchase of a Keeler Polygraph and Fargo Intelligence Recording Kit without calling for bids, having been read at the regular meeting of the City Council on November 2, 1960, and the City Council having asked for additional information, Police Chief Soderstrom reported on the usage of this equipment and stated that the County of Yakima has $750.00 to con- tribute to the purchase of said equipment but that they are not prepared to contribute to the cost of educating an employee to operate it. After discussion, it was MOVED by Burns, seconded by Oliver that said resolution be set aside for one-week and the Acting City Manager and Police Chief prepare a written report on this matter, exploring further the possibilities of other law enforcement agencies using the equipment and participating in the cost of the equipment and the education of an employee to operate it and also give consideration to_a plan whereby the City would pay all costs and charge for services rendered: 'carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. This being the time fixed by the City Council for the' hearing on the Assessment Roll for L.I.D. No. 873, being the Douglas Drive_ #2 and Webber Square Water Sewer District, and there being no protests in writing or otherwise to said assessment roll, it was MOVED by Burns, seconded by Oliver that Ordinance No. 186 confirming said assessment roll and every part thereof, be passed as read:. carried, Barber, Bostic, Burns,-Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. 1869 AN ORDINANCE confirming the assessment roll covering Local Improvement District No. 873 as created and established by Ordinance No. 12 of the Ordinances of the City of Yakima. An ordinance appropriating the sum of $10,000.00 from the Cumulative Reserve Fund for Domestic Water Supply Development to the Water Sewer Fund for the payment of drilling and construction of the Kiwanis and Airport Wells, was read by the Clerk of the Council and ordered laid on the table for one week, to be read and considered at the next regular meeting of the City Council on November 16, 1960. An ordinance appropriating the sum of $47,000.00 to the Water -Sewer Fund for the construction and drilling of the Kiwanis Park and Airport Wells was read in its entirety by the Clerk of the Council and ordered laid on the table for one week, to be read and considered at the next regular meeting of the City Council on November 16, 1960. Councilman Barber was excused at the hour of 4:00 P -M- A resolution authorizing the Acting City. Manager and the City Clerk to execute 'an agreement with the United Builders of Washington for the construction of a sewer at the site of its new develop- ment on Nob Hill Boulevard outside the corporate limits of the City of Yakima, having been read by the Clerk of the Council, it was MOVED by Robinson seconded by Barber that said resolution be passed as read. Discussion followed as to the City's policy on extending these services outside the city and the Council wishing to have a report from the City Engineer and Mr. Lloyd Hammerstad of United Builders on this particular project, it was MOVED by Coombs, seconded by Larson that the motion to pass this resolution be tabled for one week and that the City Engineer and Mr. Hammerstad be requested to report at the next regular meeting of the City Council: carried, Burns, Bostic, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. Barber absent. Moved by Oliver, seconded by Burns that Resolution No. D -190 authorizing the Acting City Manager and the City Clerk to execute an agreement with the Pacific Power & Light Company for a pipe line crossing at:a point approximately 242 feet North of Lincoln Avenue and 335 feet East of 30th Avenue, be passed as read: carried, Bostic, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Barber absent. RESOLUTION NO. D -1900 A RESOLUTION authorizing the Acting City Manager and the City Clerk to ex- ecute an agreement for a pipe line crossing with Pacific Power & Light Company. WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City to construct and maintain an eight - inch sanitary sewer pipe line under and across Pacific Power & .Light Company's Fruitvale Canal and right of way at a point approximately 242 feet North of Lincoln Avenue and 335 feet East of 30th Avenue, and WHEREAS, the said Pacific Power & Light Company is willing to permit the City to make such crossing if the City agrees to,indemnify and hold Pacific Power & Light Company harmless of all claims and liabilities, and the City is willing to undertake such agreement, now, therefore, P NOVEMBER 99 1960 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: That the Acting City Manager and the City Clerk of the City of Yakima - are hereby authorized and directed to enter into an agreement indemnifying and holding Pacific Power & Light Company harmless from any and all claims and liabilities arising out of the con- struction, operation and maintenance of an eight -inch sanitary sewer pipe line under and across Pacific Power & Light Company's Fruitvale Canal, all as in said agreement set forth, a copy of which is attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof. ATTEST: J. A. SMITH City Clerk ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 9th day of November, 1960. (SEAL) THOMAS C. BOSTIC, Mayor There being no further business to come before the City Council, it was MOVED by Oliver, second- ed by Robinson that we do now adjourn at the hour of 4 :25 P.M. carried, Bostic, Burns, Coombs Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. Barber absent. ATTEST: / MAYOR rl P�J L -1 1