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JANUARY 30, 1967 • .
The City Council met in regular session, Mayor Larson presiding, Councilmen Lambert, Lynch,
McNeice and Robinson, and City Manager Smith present on roll call. Councilmen Brown and
Kurbitz,;andCity Attorney Andrews absent on roll call. It was MOVED by Robinson, seconded
by Lambert that Councilmen Brown and Kurbitz be excused from this meeting: carried, Lambert
Larson, Lynch, McNeice and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. Councilman Kurbitz present
after 3:05 P.M. (City Attorney Andrews excused previously to attend a Conference in San
Francisco, California).
The Invocation was given by Councilman Lynch.
The minutes of the regular meeting of January 23, 1967, having been duly certified accurate
by two Councilmen, and no one present wishing to have said minutes read publicly, Mayor
Larson declared said minutes approved as recorded. .
This being the time fixed for the Hearing on Petition No. 496, as filed by Max Seals,
Englewood Heights, Inc., and Walter R. and Marjorie Ott, requesting annexation of property
located south of Englewood, between N. 58th and N. 60th Avenues, it was MOVED by Robinson,
seconded by Lambert that Ordinance No. 877 providing for said annexation, be passed as
read: carried, Lambert, Larson, Lynch, McNeice and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Brown
and Kurbitz absent. .
ORDINANCE NO. 877, AN ORDINANCE annexing property to the City of Yakima, and zoning said
property. .
Petition No. 504, having been filed with the City Clerk on January 23, 1967, by Albert R.
and Lydia Bales, requesting improvement of property by the construction of a sewer between
Mead and Loren Avenues and West of S. 18th Avenue, it was MOVED by Robinson, seconded by
Lynch that said Petition No. 504, be referred to the City Manager and Staff for study and
recommendation: carried, Lambert, Larson, Lynch, McNeice and Robinson voting aye by voice
vote. Brown and Kurbitz absent.
An Ordinance appropriating 59,405.00 from unanticipated revenues in The 1962 Street Improve
ment Construction Fund, to be expended as authorized by the 1962 General Obligation Street
Improvement Bond Ordinance, having been read in full, was ordered laid on the table for one
week or until the next regular meeting to be held on February 6, 1967.
Councilman Kurbitz present after 3 :05 P.M.
MOVED by Robinson, seconded by Lambert that Ordinance No. 878 relating to traffic control
and maximum speed limits, adding Fruitvale Boulevard to previously listed streets and
amending the Yakima Municipal Code, be passed as read: carried, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson,
Lynch, McNeice and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Brown absent. City Manager Smith
explained that the only changes in this Ordinance from Ordinance No. 864 that was passed
on January 3, 1967, is to . include two locations which were inadvertently omitted. "
ORDINANCE NO. 878, AN ORDINANCE relating to traffic control; establishing maximum speed
limits on City streets; and amending Section 9.28.060 (b) of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code; and declaring an emergency. .
MOVED. by Lynch, seconded by Lambert that Ordinance No. 879 fixing the time of delinquency
and providing for the issuance of bonds for the payment of the unpaid portion of L.I.D No.
946, Scenicview Terrace & Other Sewers, be passed as read: carried, Kurbitz, Lambert, Lar-
son, Lynch, McNeice and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Brown absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 879, AN ORDINANCE fixing the time of delinquency of installments of assess-
ments levied for the payment of the cost of the improvement in Local Improvement District
No. 946, and providing for the issuance of bonds with coupons attached for the payment of
the unpaid portion thereof.
MOVED by Lambert, seconded by McNeice that Resolution No. D -1039 authorizing the execution
of an Agreement with the State of Washington Department of Highways for soil testing in
connection with improvements at the Yakima Municipal Airport, be passed as read: carried,
Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, Lynch, McNeice and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Brown
absent.
RESOLUTION NO. D -1039, A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the City Manager and City
Clerk of the City of Yakima to execute an Agreement with the State of Washington, Depart-
ment of Highways, for services in connection with Yakima Municipal Airport improvements.
Bids having been received and considered by a bid board on January 23,1967, for the First
Avenue Storm Drain - Walnut Street to Lincoln Avenue, and the following bids having been
received:
E. M. Gostovich, Sunnyside $36,510.00
Bill's Septic Service 39,980.00
N. L. Kimball 42,425.00
and the City Engineer recommending that the bid submitted by E. M. Gostovich of Sunnyside,
Washington, being the low bid, be awarded the contract, it was MOVED by Robinson, seconded
by McNeice that the Engineer's . recommendation be accepted and the bid be awarded to E. M.
Gostovich, Sunnyside, in the amount of S36,510.00, and that the City Manager be and is
hereby authorized to enter into a contract with said contractor upon the filing of the
proper bond and insurance: carried, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, Lynch, McNeice and Robinson
voting aye by voice vote. Brown absent.
The City Treasurer having submitted the following Investment Report:
December 31, 1966
Mr. George D. Smith, City Manager -
Yakima, Washington
Dear Sir:
The following investments were purchased during the month of December, 1966:
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CITY GARAGE
U. S. Treasury Discount Bills #15358211/2 @ 10M - .
Safekeeping Receipt #455$$ - Due 6/29/67 $ 19,509.00 3 19,509.00
FIREMEN'S RELIEF & PENSION
Yakima L.I.D. #939 - Warrant #1 $7.$3
Yakima L.I.D. #941 - Warrant #5 660.25
Yakima L.I.D. #941 - Warrant #6 1,45$.42
Yakima L.I.D. 943 - Warrant 11 164.01
Yakima L.I.D. #945 - Warrant #4 169.27
Yakima L.I.D. #945 - Warrant 5 633.$5
Yakima L.I.D. #949 - Warrant 5 433.50
Yakima L.I.D. #950 - Warrant #5 2,5$7.32
Yakima L.I.D. #952 - Warrant #5 5,4$4.7$
Yakima L.I.D. #961 - Warrant #1 $,505.32 20,1$4.55
FIRE CAPITAL .
U. S. Treasury Discount Bill #7604$4 @ 50M -
Safekeeping Receipt #455$7 - Due 6/29/67 4$,772.50 48,772.50
CEMETERY TRUST
Yakima L.I.D. #915 - Warrant #$ 27$.00
Yakima L.I.D. #952 - Warrant #6 $,969.10 9,247.10
A. E. LARSON LIBRARY TRUST
Yakima L.I.D. #957 - Warrant #2 397.73 397.73
Total investments purchased during the month of December $ 9$,110.$$
The following investments were sold during the month of December, 1966:
MUNICIPAL GARBAGE
U. S. Treasury Discount Bill #14501197 @ 10M - .
Safekeeping Receipt #39$24 • 9,756.00 9,756.00
IRRIGATION
U. S. Treasury Discount bills #14909231/2 @ 10M -
Safekeeping Receipt #42099 19,717.60 19,717.60
WATER -SEWER REVENUE BOND REDEMPTION 1964 PRINCIPAL & INTEREST
U. S. Treasury Discount Bill #14501697 @ 10M -
Safekeeping Receipt #39414 9,$0$.33
U. S. Treasury Discount Bill #14501649 @ 10M -
Safekeeping Receipt #40019 9,793.3$
U. S. Treasury DiscountBills #3$06.7$ @ 5M & #14909230
@ 10M - Safekeeping Receipt #42100 14 ) 7$$.20 . 34,3$9.91
CUMULATIVE RESERVE FOR DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT
U. S. Treasury Discount Bills #1450119$ @ 10M & #6470$2 0
@ 50M - Safekeeping Receipt #39$23 5$,536.00 5$,536.00
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
U. S. Treasury Discount Bills #14501420/3 @ 10M -
Safekeeping Receipt #40284 39,203.69 39,203.69
FIREMEN'S RELIEF & PENSION
Yakima L.I.D. #903 - Installment Loan Note #1 13,355.$9
Yakima L.I.D. #933 - Installment Loan Note #1 4,$79.02 1$,234.91
FIRE CAPITAL
U. S. Treasury Discount Bills #1454741$/21 @ 10M -
Safekeeping Receipt #40324 39,067.60 39,067.60
CEMETERY TRUST
Yakima L.I.D. #$47 - Bonds #92/96 2,500.00
Yakima L.I.D. #911 - Installment Loan Note #1 1,$06.10 4,306.10
Total investments sold during the month of December 3 223,211.$1
Yours very truly,
APPROVED: INVESTMENT COMMITTEE /s/ Gladys H. Richter
City Treasurer •
/s/ John M. Larson Mayor ..
/s/ George Smith City Manager
/s/ A. R. McGraw Director of Finance
Ls/ Glady H. Richter City Treasurer
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it was MOVED by Robinson, seconded by Lambert that the report of the City Treasurer dated
December 31, 1966, regarding the investments of the City of Yakima, be accepted and
approved: carried, Kurbitz., Lambert, Larson, Lynch, McNeice and Robinson voting aye by
voice vote. Brown absent.
Mayor Larson stated that representatives from the Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce High-
!' way Committee, H. G. Wells, Jack Kelly and D. B. Leonard, are present and interested in
bringing up a proposal for a.Resolution urging the completion of Interstate Highway $2
between Ellensburg and Yakima. Councilman Lynch, who is the-City Council's representative
to the Chamber of Commerce meetings and is on the Interstate $2 Highway Committee, stated
that he has attended several committee meetings and was disappointed to hear rather
recently, that the Interstate $2 project would have no funds available for 1967 - 1968. .
He further stated that he felt that this link between Ellensburg and Yakima is . the most
important section of the entire project and has been talked about since 1960 and will pro -
vide for freeway movement of traffic for 300,000 persons. He indicated that we have been
led to believe that this project had high priority and that this proposed delay should be
of great concern to the City Council and the citizens of Yakima, and if necessary, the
Council should pass a strong Resolution urging the completion of the highway between Ellens
burg and Yakima, stating their feelings and reasons and that this Resolution should be
directed to the State Highway Department, our State Legislators, Congressmen and even the
President of the United States. H. G. Wells, Secretary - Manager of the Greater Yakima
Chamber of Commerce, stated that the Chamber representatives present are extremely grati-
fied at Councilman Lynch's comments and feel that we can no longer sit by and let this
remain in a dormant state, and that there should be some additional construction money made
available in this biennium. Mr. Wells further stated that they feel that transportation
is a vital segment of the government, that this has been.a National cut, and that the
longer it is postponed or delayed, it will cost more because we will get half of the con -
struction done for the money now set aside, and something needs to be done now. He stated
that they hope that the City Council will take this suggested action, as has the Yakima
Chamber and the Chambers of many cities from Ellensburg to Walla Walla. D. B. Leonard,
member of the Chamber's Highway Committee, stated that he thinks another important factor
in this matter is the matter of safety. He stated that a good portion of fatalities are
head -on collisions, and with the Interstate system this is eliminated by dividing the
traffic. Mr. Leonard further stated that highway safety is a very important factor between
Ellensburg and Yakima and the longer we delay the construction on that highway, the longer
we condone the traffic hazards, and that the sooner it is completed, the sooner we are
going to have a safer highway. He stated that he would like to put an O.K. on the sugges-
tion that Councilman Lynch has made that the City Council take some kind of action and do
pass some kind of Resolution. Jack Kelly, President, Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce,
stated that he feels that a petition or Resolution from a group such as this City Council,
is much more powerful than anything else would be. After due discussion, it was MOVED by
Lynch, seconded by. Robinson, that the Staff be authorized to draw up a Resolution urging .
the completion of Interstate Highway $2 between Ellensburg and Yakima, in accordance with
suggested recommendations: carried, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, Lynch, McNeice and Robinson
voting aye by voice vote. Brown absent.
There being no further business to come before the Council, it was MOVED by Kurbitz, secon-
ded by Lynch that we do now adjourn at the hour of 3:40 P.M.: carried, Kurbitz, Lambert,
Larson,•Lynch, McNeice and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. Brown absent.
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