HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/12/1973 Adjourned Meeting 541
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. ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING, , -. March.. 12.,..1973
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The .Council..,met..in session. at,.,7:3.0 --P.M. ,.. in..the-.Co.uncil .Chambers;,,.- Yakita City Hall. Coun-
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cilmen .present were Mayor...Ber.t. Broad,.., Wray... Brown_,.., Howard...C:.._.. Cole,, , Betty ..Edmondson, Don
_.Schussl'er. and _Bill.,..Whitaker..,.: Also .present. were City .Manager: Craig :McMicken. and City
Attorney. Fred_Andrews.'
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. The.. Council..`d'isc.ussed suggested.__ dates._..to'. hold.. the .s.pec_ial,_.el.ection '.on_.the. Convention-
_ .. Cultural Center. $1..9..million _bond. issue.. '.It..was...decided.,to .seta May 22, 1973., as the date
.for said_.Bond.Issue..Special Election.
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The Council .discussed .several . matters in.-.,connec.tion..w.ith..ahe ::.proposed..Convention- Cultural
Center and _ Bond .Issue - Special _Eledtion.:.. capital,... financing., . eque'sting funds. from the Count ,
legislation regarding._a-room tax,- appointing of,a..Campaign....Manager, increasing business
• license fees and,negotiating.for the purchase.of.the.property.for the Convention - Cultural
Center.
Mr. Bob .Yeasting,..Foster..and .Marshall,, , Inc..,. Financial..Consultan,ts,. being present, spoke
.to..the. matter of the. .financing. ;of.th ...propose&., Convention- Cultural Center..,: stating that he
r. has been. to .several :of .the :.mee.ting.s:rand...concur.s :with the.. suggested .plan of a
. $1 -. 9 . million. Gener.al__ Obligation_- Bond;.Issue.._ to: be._placed. before the - voters ,. and Councilma-
tic,. non- .voted..bonds.,_in-.the :amount .'of $950,000".to...be raised .by-:°the proposed. general busi-
ness . - license': increase...._..Mr.. Yeasting,. stated .,that .-he . feels:. it ..is . important. to.. g.et options
. .on the property .needed_:for the proposed: Center ....After...,-due...discussion, it. was MOVED by
Schussler;. seconded-by ..Cole. that the City :Manager negotiate the .matter .of: securing 'options
on the . property-.: and: should. have. these .op.tions..in...hand .by .March 26 , 1973, .before . the April
2, 19.73., . deadline....for.. having everything :.prepared .to.....get the matter on the ballot for May
22, 1973. •
.. There was , furtther discussion .on .the - matter of the.. options...and° the suggested .amounts to
. offer for..the property. needed... It was .noted._that._$.250E,:0.00:' was.'suggested..for the :Holtzinger
. and Y.M..C.A.'.properties, :.and that it .was.._re.ported.,.that....a, price.of .$326,000 had been asked
for the..Capital Theater.by.the.Junior.Amusement Company, and 'that the assessed valuation
of .this property by.the Assessor's Office was $145,000.
City Manager .McMickenrequested.permission for the Mayor:and..himself- to- getwith the
.County Commissioners. and request funds to assist.in the financing .of the.proposed Center.
After due-discussion,.it was the concensus -of the Council members that they do this.
.It was.then MOVED by Schussler,._ seconded by Whitaker that the Council members go into
.. Executive_Session_to.discuss a amount that the City Manager should offer for the
Capital: theater property: carried,.. Broad, Brown, Cole, Edmondson,, Schussler and .Whitaker
voting aye by voice vote. Lust absent. (Council then .went into .Executive Session at
8:30 P..M.. -- at 9:15 P.M. convened.again for regular Council.meeting.)
The.. City- Council.. re- convened._ at .9 -:15 P.M. . for.. the balance.- -of...the..,Council meeting.. _There.
was further. discussion.regarding..the suggested amo. unt _.to..raise,business..license fees. It
was noted. that..the. Merchants.' Committee of. the :.Chamber .of ..Commerce approved the -idea. of . a
.74 percent.indrease to produce.the needed $950,000. Councilman Brown stated that busi -.
.. nessmen who had . discussed. the. matter .with him .had..indicated .that they would be, wil1ing:,to
go 50 percent, but .not higher.. Mr. Brown further stated that he would feel a little .safer
about.requesting the 74 percent .increase, when the Chamber'ratifies committee's
approval .of .the 7'4 percent increase. ,
• - There was discussion .on .Federal. Revenue ..Sharing: and .on whether-the matter of funds for the
..proposed._Shop complex should be brought to a vote of the people.. No action was
on these matters at this -time.
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There .being .no .further business . to come .before °.the._ Council , . it was MOVED by , Cole , seconded
. by Whitaker that this.rmeeting be adjourned at.the.hour.of 9 30:':P.M., to Friday, :March 16,
1973, to then.meet'at 12:00 Noon..at the Cosmopolitan Chinook ,Hotel:-carried, Broad, Brown,
.Cole, Edmondson, Schussler and Whitaker voting aye by voice vote. Lust absent.
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