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Home My WebLink About02/26/1962 Business MeetingI' i i QV 1 2,71 FEBRUARY 26, 1962 The City Council met in regular session, Mayor Bostic, Councilmen Keith, Larson and Maxwell, City Manager Smith and City Attorney Andrews-present on roll call. Councilman Barber reported sick and Councilman Lemon and Robinson absent and excused. Councilman Larson :gave the invocation. The minutes of the regular meeting of February 19, 1962 were approved as read. The matter of a resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with Ormund 0. Fluegge for the installation of sewer line which was ordered posponed to this date, was again postponed since the staff has not been able to get together with Mr. Fluegge. A Notice of Intention to Commence Annexation Proceedings having been filed with the City Clerk on February 20, 1962 by Kenneth E. Matson and Joe J. Ernst, said Notice was read by the Clerk of the Council. It was then MOVED by Maxwell, seconded by Keith that the City Council meet with the officers and representatives of Ernst - Matson Partnership who are present,to determine if the property described in said Notice of Intention to Commence Annexation Proceedings will be accept- ed for annexation and if the.owners thereof will be required to assume the City's indebtedness: carried, Bostic, Keith, Larson and Maxwell voting aye by voice vote. Barber, Lemon and Robinson absent. In accordance with this action the Mayor dbvia.ted-from-the regular order of business and convened the meeting with Mr. Kenneth Matson and Mr. Joe J. Ernst, partners, to discuss the matters of acceptance of said annexation and whether oi� not the owners thereof will be required to assume the City's indebtedness. All matters having been agreed upon, it was MOVED by Larson seconded by Maxwell that the City Council does hereby inform Ernst - Matson Partnership that it wil: accept the proposed annexation and that the property owners therein will not be required to assume the City's indebtedness: carried, Bostic, Keith, Larson and Maxwell voting ave by voice vote. Barber, Lemon and Robinson absent. A petition, being Petition No. 130, fully describing the property proposed to be annexed by Ernst - Matson Partnership was then filed with the Clerk of the Council and it wa� IOV�ED by Keith second d by Larson that said petition be approved and referred to the staff, and teh nt�Iie' a° yor1�natrh�e`c��t�e� °o"iivyet'� e Review Board specified in Section 2 of Chapter 282, Laws of 1961 for its consideration of the proposed annexation: carried, Bostic, Keith, Larson and Maxwell voting aye on roll call. Barber, Lemon and Robinson absent. Petition No. 123 as filed by Clarence Sanders, Petition No. 124 as filed by Clarence K. Lally, Petition No. 125 as filed by the Mayfair Tavern, Inc., and Petition No. 126 as filed by,.-George R. Fain, having been filed with the City Clerk on the 20th day of February, 1962, all requestion the rezone of certain property, it was MOVED by Maxwell, seconded by Keith that said petitions be referred to the Planning Commission for recommendation: carried, Bostic, Keith, Larson and Maxwell voting aye by voice vote. Barber, Lemon and Robinson absent. Petition No. 127 as filed by Carl M. Van Hoy and Improvement District for the paving of the alley Maple, having been filed with the City Clerk on seconded by Keith that said Petition be referred carried, Bostic, Keith, Larson and Maxwell votin absent. others requesting the formation of a Local between 8th and 9th Avenue South from Pine to. February 20, 1962, it was MOVED by Larson, to the staff for study and recommendation: aye by voice vote. Barber, Lemon and Robinson Petition No. 128 as filed by Kenneth J. Landers and others requesting the formation of a Local. Improvement District for the construction of curbs, gutters and the surfacing of Willow Street on the North side of the P.P. & L. Co., Wasteway from 6th Avenue North to a point 145 feet West of 9th Avenue North, having been filed with the City Clerk on February 20, 19625 it was MOVED by Larson, seconded by Keith that said Petition be referred to the staff for study and recommendation carried, Bostic, Keith, Larson and Maxwell voting aye by voice vote. Barber, Lemon and Robinson absent. An ordinance appropriating $286.00 from the unappropriated moneys in the Airport Improvement Fund to the Airport Improvement 1962 Budget for the payment of the final estimate to Knoble Electric Company as authorized by the City Council at their regular meeting of February 19, 1962, having been read by the Clerk of the Council in its entirety, was ordered laid on the table for one week to be read and considered at the next regular meeting of the City Council_ on March 5, 1962. Moved by Larson, seconded by Keith that Ordinance No. 323 creating the "Sewer Expansion Fund" for the purpose of accounting for the use of Government funds used for the purpose of financing the planning for the expansion of the City's Sewer System, be passed as read: carried, Bostic Keith, Larson and Maxwell voting aye on roll call. Barber, Lemon and Robinson absent. ORDINANCE NO. 323, AN ORDINANCE creating the "Sewer Expansion Fund" of the City of Yakima, and declaring an emergency. Mayor Bostic reported on his meeting with Mr. Thompson of the Northern Pacific Rail Road regard- ing the signals on railroad street crossings stating that the problem concerns the through trains and those trains which are only switching and that it has been suggested that two different types of .signals be worked out to make these crossings safer. City.Manager Smith reported that at the noon Council luncheon on this date, Warren Eckles, the City's negotiator for acquiring property for the airport clear zone, reported to the Council on the status of his negotiations with the various property owners. The Council came to no definite conclusions, but did discuss the prospect of exercising eminent domain against those properties remaining, if any,after the negotiated purchases are closed. Manager smith also reported on the Northwest City Manager's Conference held at the Chinook Hotel February 22 through the 24th stating that some 100 delegates representing four states and British Columbia attended making it a very worthwhile conference. He also reported that the Association of Washington Cities has written for suggestions for the convention which is to be held in;Yakima on May 9th and 10, 1962 and asked Councilmen to sub- mit suggestions. Public Works Director, U.ohn Mayo, reviewed the city's policy on garbage pickup after a holiday. Manager Smith also announced that he. and members of the staff will on this date, meet with a citizens committee in the _ �, -the Fair Grounds to answer questions on the matter of annexing certain property east of the present city limits and in Fire District 13. He invited Council: members to attend if possible. (corrected to read "Rifle & Pistol Range ") A r 272 FEBRUARY 26, 1962 There being no further business to come before the Council, it was MOVED by Keith, seconded by Maxwell that we do noi,n,T adjourn at the hour of 3:50 P.M. carried, Bostic, Keith, Larson and Maxwell voting aye by voice vote. Barber, Lemon and Robinson absent. ATTEST: 'T Y C L E R K rry =; Corrections ordered 3/5/62 by the City Council. M A Y 0 R 1 1 1