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NOVEMBER 161 1960
The City Council met in regular session, Assistant Mayor Coombs presiding. Councilmen Barber,
Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson and Acting City Manager Arntson present on roll call.
Bostic absent and excused.
The invocation was given-by Councilman Oliver.
The minutes of the regular meeting of November 9, 1960 were approved as read.
The hearing on Petition No. 60 as filed by Francis Draper and others, requesting the vacation of
an alley or narrow street in the vicinity of the 700 block_ on South 23rd Avenue, having been
continued from the regular meeting meeting, of November 9, 1960 to this date, all persons were
heard both for and against said matter. Mr. George Twohy, attorney, represented the petitioners
and contended that the area to be vacated is too narrow for a street and further stated that his
clients wished to clean up and beautify this strip. Mr. John Laird and Mr. Francis Draper who
own property contiguous to said right-of-way further emphasized Mr. Twohy's plea. Mr. William
Mays, attorney representing his mother, Mrs. Malcom Mays at.2304 St. Helens and who opposes the
vacation of said right -of -way, called the Councills attention to the fact that the-Planning
Commission has denied this matter, that the petioners have not shown a good and sufficient reason
for vacating said strip of.land, that easements for streets are hard to come by and the City
should hold this one and that if this property is vacated, St. Helens and Tah Kin Road will
always be dead end streets. Mr. W. G. Boyd, 710 South 22nd Avenue and Mr. F. E. Bailey,-2208
St. Helens further emphasized Mr. Mays plea against said vacation. Upon questinning by Mr.
George Twohy, it was determined that none of the property owners present objected to the vac& ion
of'the strip of land between Tah Kin Road and Maclaren. All persons having been heard, the
Clerk of the Council read a letter submitted by the Planning Commission recommending that-the
vacation be denied since there is not sufficient reason presented by the applicants to necessi-
tate a vacation and further stating that there is definitely a need for street right -of -way
between Tah -Kin Road and St. Helens to provide access to Dr. C. D. Brandt and John Laird's
property on the West for future development. After discussion by the Council, it was MOVED by
Robinson, seconded by Larson that the vacation be denied: carried, Barber, Burns, Coombs, Larson
Oliver and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. Bostic absent. MOVED by.Burns, seconded by Barber
that the easement now held by the City between Tah Kin Road and Maclaren be vacated: Burns and
Barber voting aye by voice vote. Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting nay. This motion
lost for the want of a majority. Bostic absent.
In accordance with action taken by the City Council at their regular meeting on November 9, 1960
on 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, Mr. Lloyd Hammerstad re-
ported that he has tried to annex the site of the new development without success and that he has
5 or 6 houses on septic tanks and 9 more houses built without sewer or septic tank service. The
Deputy City Engineer reported on the plans for future annexation. A motion to
pass said resolution having been tabled at the regular meeting of November 9, 19600 it was MOVED
by Robinson,seco nded by Larson that said matter be taken from the table: carried, Barber, Burns,
Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. VThe Clerk of the Council then
read the tabled motion as follows: "MOVED by Robinson, seconded by-Barber that said resolution,"
being resolution No. D -191, "be passed as read ": Barber, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson
voted aye on roll call. Burns voted nay. Motion carried.
RESOLUTION NO. D -191, A•RESOLUTION authorizing the Acting City Manager and the City Clerk to
execute an agreement with United Builders of Washington Incorporated, for the construction of a
sewer.
WHEREAS,,-United Builders of Washington Incorporated is desirous of being
connected with the City sewer at the -site of its new development on Nob Hill Boulevard known as.
Glenside Court, the'same being outside the corporate limits of the City, and it is willing to pay
for the construction and irs tallation of such a sanitary sewer, and
WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interests of the people of the City of
Yakima to enter into such agreement and to perform such construction, now, therefore,
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
authorized and directed to enter into an agreement, a copy of which is hereto attached and by
this reference made a part hereof, with United Builders of Washington Incorporated for the con
struction and installation of an eight -inch sanitary sewer, together with necessary manholes, on
Nob Hill Boulevard from South 44th Avenue t.o a point 410 feet West of Gle nside Avenue, the
engineering and inspection cost and $1,500.00 toward construction costs to be borne from the
Water - Sewer Fund of the City, and the balance of the construction cost to be paid by United
Builders of Washington Incorporated.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH
City Clerk
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 16th day of November,'1960.
(S E A L)
CICEAL COOMBS
Mayor pro tem
A resolution authorizing the purchase of a Keeler Polygraph and a.Fargo Intelligence Recording
Kit without calling for bids, having been read at the regular meeting of the City Council _on
November 2, 1960 and continued to the regular meeting of November 9, 1960,and the City Council
having requested a written report on the usage and need for such equipment for this meeting,and
Chief Soderstrom having delivered said report to members •.of •the Council prior to this meeting,
It was MOVED by Oliver, seconded by Larson that Resolution No. D -192 providing for said purchase
without calling for bids, be passed as read: carried, Barber, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and
Robinson voting a ye.on roll -call.
RESOLUTION NO. D -1929 A RESOLUTION authorizing the purchase of a Keeler Polygraph and a Fargo
Intelligence Recording Kit, without calling for bids.
WHEREAS, 'it is necessary within the operation of the Police Department of
the City of Yakima to purchase a Polygraph and accompanying Kit, and
WHEREAS, there are sufficient moneys appropriated for the purchase of said
Polygraph and Recording Kit, and
WHEREAS, the Model 6303 Positive Pattern Keeler Polygraph is one of the
latest developments in the Polygraph field, and the manufacturer is the oldest manufacturer of
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Polygraphs and the only company manufacturing Polygraphs.that maintains a factory instruction sch ol
in the operation of each model of its Polygraphs, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it would be additional expense and
not serve any good purpose to call for bids to purchase such a Polygraph and Recording Kit and
is of the opinion that said equipment should be purchased without calling for bids, now, there-
fore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY-OF YAKIMA:
That the purchasing agent of the C_ty of Yakima is hereby authorized and
directed to purchase a Model 6303 Positive Pattern Keeler,Polygraph, with desk for the same,
and a F750A Fargo Intelligence Recording Kit, without calling for bids.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH
City Clerk
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS. 16th day of November, 1960.
(S E A L)
C 1 CEAL C OOMBS
Mayor pro tem
An ordinance appropriating the sum-of $10,000.00 from the Cumulative Reserve Fund for Domestic
Water Supply Development to the Wells Account in the.1960 Water Department 1960 Budget having
been read in its entirety at the regular meeting of the City Council on November 9, 1960 and
having been read by title only at this meeting, it was MOVED by Burns, seconded by Oliver that
Ordinance No. 187 providing for said appropriation be passed as read: carried,'Barber, Burns,
Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Bostic absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 187, AN ORDINANCE appropriating the sum of $10,000.00 from the Cumulative Reserve
Fund for Domestic Water Supply-Development to Account 688 Wells, of_the Capital or Betterment
classification of the 1960 Appropriation for 52 - Water Department, and declaring an emergency.
✓An ordinance appropriating the sum of $47,000.00 from the Water Sewer Fund to the Wells account
in the Water.Department 1960 Budget having been read in its entirety at the regular meeting of
the City Council on November 9, 1960 and having; been read by title only at this meeting, it was
MOVED by Robinson, seconded by Larson that Ordinance No. 188 providing for said appropriation
be passed as read: carried, Barber, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on
roll call. Bostic absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 188, AN ORDINANCE appropriating the sum of $47,000-00 from the unappropriated
moneys in the Water - Sewer Fund to Account 6 -88, Wells, of the Capital or Betterment classifi-
cation of the 1960 appropriation for 52 - Water Department, and declaring an emergency.
In connection with the passage of Ordinance No. 187 and 188 and the City Council having requested'
a written report from the consulting engineers,Gray and Osborne, on the construction of the wells
at the Airport and Kiwanis Park, Mr. Don Gray handed members of the council a written report
and discussed same with them. -
This being the time fixed by, the Council for the hearing on the assessment roll for L.I.D. No.
882, being the Whitney School Domestic Water District, and there being no protests in writing or
otherwise, it was MOVED by Oliver, seconded by Barber that Ordinance No. 189 confirming said
assessment roll and every part thereof, be passed as read: carried, Barber, Burns, Coombs,
Larson, Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Bostic absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 189, AN ORDINANCE confirming the assessment roll covering Local Improvement
District No. 882 as created and established by Ordinance No. 36 of the Ordinances of the City of
Yakima*
Moved by Robinson seconded by Larson that Resolution No. D -193 authorizing the payment of
$1,000.00 to S. R. Reynolds and Bertha Ann Reynolds, for damages sustained by Mrs. Reynolds
when she fell on a raised portion of the sidewalk in front of certain property located at 111
North 6th Avenue, be passed as read: carried, Barber, Burns, Coombs, Larson, Oliver and
Robinson voting aye on roll call. Bostic absent.
RESOLUTION NO. D -1931 A RESOLUTION authorizing the payment of $1,000.00 to S. R. Reynolds and
Bertha Ann Reynolds, his wife.
WHEREAS, on September 16, 1958, Bertha Ann Reynolds, the wife of S. R.
Reynolds, caught her foot on a raised portion of the sidewalk in front of certain property known
as 411 North 6th Avenue, in the City of Yakima, Washington, the same being a public walk, and
stumbled and fell, injuring her left knee, causing great pain and.suffering and permanent damage,
and
WHEREAS, the said S. R. Reynolds and Bertha -Ann Reynold s•;;: wtY}in the time
specified by law and City Charter, duly made proper claim against the-City for damages as..a re-
sult of said fall, and �.
WHEREAS, subsequent thereto the said S. R. Reynolds and Bertha Ann
Reynolds commenced legal action against the City of Yakima to recover damages as a result of
said fall and injury, and
WHEREAS prior to trial a tentative settlement was made of said lawsuit
and the damages in the sum of 41,000.00, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the said sum of $1,000.00 is a
reasonable sum to be paid for such damages, and that it is in the best interests of the people
of the City of Yakima to make such payment, now, therefore,-
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
That the Director of Finance of the City of Yakima is hereby authorized
and directed to pay the sum of $1,000.00 to the said S. R. Reynolds and Bertha Ann Reynolds, his
wife, upon the execution by said parties of a Release absolving the City of Yakima from any and'
all further liability as a result of said occurrence.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH
_City Clerk
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 16th day of November, 1960.
(S,E A L)
CtCEAL COOMBS
Mayor pro tem
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Moved by Barber, seconded by Oliver that Resolution No. D -194 transferring $2,900.00 in the 1960
Budget for Current Expense expenditures, be passed as read: carried, Barber, Burns, Coombs,
Larson,.Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Bostic absent
RESOLUTION NO. D -194, A RESOLUTION transferring funds within the Maintenance & Operation
classification of•the 1960 appropriation for 15 - Statutory & General.
WHEREAS, a surplus exists in Account 7- 11,-Statewide Pension of the '
Maintenance & Operation classification of the 1960 appropriation for 15 - Statutory & General,
and
WHEREAS, at the time of the adoption of the 1960 Budget it could not have
been reasonably foreseen that additional moneys would be required in Account 7 -12, Social
Security, and in Account 7 -13 Industrial Insurance and Medical Aid.-both within the Maintenace
&.Operation classification of the 1960 appropriation for 15 - .Statutory & General, and
WHEREAS, a surplus exists in Account 7 -31, Publication & Printing, of the
Maintenance & Operation classification of the 1960 appropriation for 15 - Statutory & General,
and
WHEREAS,,at the time of the adoption of the 1960 Bud et it could not have
been reasonably foreseen that the City would be required to pay the sum of 11,000.00 in settle-
ment of a damage claim, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it is in the best interests of the peopb
of the City of Yakima to make the of ore.said transfers, 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:
Section 1. That the following sums are hereby transferred within the
Maintenance & Operation classification of the 1960 appropriation for 15 - Statutory & General,
to -wit:
From:
7 -11 Statewide Pension $12900.00
7 -31 Publication & Printing 11000.00
2,900.00
To:
7 -12 Social Security $ 400.00
7 -13 Industrial Insurance and
Medical Aid 1,500.00
7 -91 Refunds & Damage Claims 1 O00.00
2,900.00
Section 2, The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and,directed to
make the aforesaid transfers.'
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH
City Clerk
ADOPTED-BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 16th day of November, 1960.
(S E A L)
CICEAL COOMBS
Mayor pro tem
There being no further business to come before the Council, it was MOVED by Barber, seconded by
Oliver that we do now adjourn at the hour of 5:35 P.M. carried, Barber, Burns, Coombs, Larson,
Oliver and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Bostic.absent.
ATTEST:
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