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Home My WebLink About12/18/1967 Business Meeting • • 368 • DECEMBER 18, 1967 • The Council met in regular session, Mayor Larson presiding, Councilmen Brown, Keith, Lambert, McNeice, and Robinson, City Manager McMicken, and City Attorney Andrews•present On roll call. Councilman Kurbitz absent on roll call. Kurbitz•present after 8:10 P.M. • for the balance. of this'meeting. • . The Invocation was given byCouncilman Keith. The minutes of the regular meeting of December 11, 1967, having been duly',certified by two • .Councilmen, and no one present wishing to have . said minutes read publicly, Mayor Larson declared said minutes qproved as recorded. • • This being the time fixed for a Hearing on a Resolution amending the General Plan to add the Central Business District Plan, as recommended by the Planning Commission, it was MOVEI by Brown, seconded by Lambert, that Resolution No. D -1153 amending the General Plan by add' ing the Central Business Plan, be passed as read: carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Acting Planning Director Ed Loidhamer stated that the Central Business District Plan has been approved by the Planning Commission, with the only change being the revised traffic pattern which reflects the Council's present desires. Mrs. Tak Kondo, President of the League of Women Voters, state• that the League has supported the General Plan and also the Downtown Business Plan and have informed the public of these plans, but feel that there needs to be a great deal of . work done to educate the people-so that they will have a part in these plans. Council members stated that, like the six -year street plan, they would hope that the General Plan • will continue to be reviewed and up- dated. RESOLUTION NO. D -1153, A RESOLUTION amending the "General Plan for the City of Yakima." Petition No. 569 having been filed with the City Clerk on December 14, 1967, by M. H. Benjamin, Cabana Motor Hotel, Inc., requesting annexation of property located at 1900 N. 1st Street, it was MOVED by Robinson, seconded by McNeice, that the Petition for Annexa- tion filed by Cabana Motor Hotel, Inc., being Petition No. 569, be, approved as meeting the • requirements of law; that said Petition be referred to the City Manager and Planning Com- mission for study and recommendation; that the Mayor be authorized to convene a Review Board, as required by law, for a hearing and review of this proposed annexation; and that January 8, 1968, be set as the date for a public heating by the City Council on this Peti- tion: carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye by voice vote: • The following Petitions having been filed with the City Clerk requesting rezone of propert : No. 572, filed on December 8, 1967, by Lester O. and Syble M. Beaver, Barbara Sears and Others - property'located on N. 38th Avenue between West Chestnut and Summitview; No. 573, filed on December 8, 1967, by Edwin H.•Medaris, property located at 403 and 405 S. 28th Avenue; • No. 574, filed on December 13, 1967, by Wallace R. Johnson, property located at 606 • and 608 N. 46th Avenue, Lots 2 and 3 of Larson's Lots No. 2; and No. 575, filed on December 13, 1967, by Seattle -First National Bank, Executor of Estate of Pauline Aller Hopkins, property located on N. 46th,Ave., Lots 4 and 5, Larson's Lots No. 2.; • • it was. MOVED by Lambert, seconded by McNeice, that said Petitions be referred to the Planning Commission for study and recommendation: carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. . • 'Petition No. 576, Notice of Intention to Commence Annexation Proceedings, having been filed with the City Clerk at this meeting on this date, December 18, 1967, by Chester S. and Lillian Meyer and Albert J. and J. Rooker, requesting annexation of property located on both sides of S. 44th Avenue from Nob Hill Blvd. south to Storm Avenue. extended, it was MOVED by Robinson, seconded by Keith, that this date be set as the time for a meeting with the .:.initiating parties who signed the Notice of Intention to Commence Annexa tion Proceedings dated December 15, 1967: carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson McNeice, and Robinson voting aye by voice: vote. Chester S. and Lillian Meyer and Albert J and Virginia J. Rooker, indicating that the area to be annexed is willing to assume its share of the City's existing indebtedness, it was duly moved, seconded and passed that the annexation proposed by petition No. 576 (Notice of Intentionto Commence Annexation Pro- ceedings) be accepted by the City of Yakima and that the area sought to be annexed be required to assume the City's existing indebtedness. The above Motion was made by Robin- son, seconded by Keith, and it carried. Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. Public Works Director John Mayo explained that this Notice of Intention No. 576 is being filed to replace Petition No. 526 due to an error in the legal description. MOVED by Brown, seconded by McNeice, that Ordinance No. 982 amending the Water -Sewer Code relating to rates, be passed as read: carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Public Utilities Director Frank Stein • explained this increase in rates is to help finance the new Water Treatment Plant, and this increase will mean on the average of an additional 50 charge to every water user. The improvements to the water system will•provide a much better quality of water; there will be a much greater quantity of water coming into the City; and we wont have to depend • so much on our wells. City Manager McMicken stated that the new domestic water treatment plant. and several enlargements will be supported by this rate raise. He further stated that the City intends to finance the extensions and additions by revenue bonds which will be supported entirely by water user charges.. The bond issue which would follow if the Ordinance is passed would be authorized and broken into two issues -- early spring for • • the first issue to be sold, and approximately six months later for the second issue to be sold. ORDINANCE NO. 982, AN ORDINANCE relating to public services and utilities; specifying the rates of sewer' service charges; levying a tax on the combined water and sewer department of the City of Yakima; specifying the rates of.water service charges; amending Sections 7.60.020, 7.60.050, 7.64.010, 7.68.043, 7.68.250, 7.68.252,7.68.255 and of the City of Yakima Municipal Code; adding Section 7.68.282 as a new section of the City of Yakima Municipal Code; repealing Section 7.68.285 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code; and declaring an emergency. . • • 369 DECEMBER 18, 1967 MOVED by Lambert, seconded by Brown, that Ordinance No. 983, fixing the time of delinquenc and providing for the issuance of installment notes for the payment of the unpaid portion of "L.I.D. No. 957, Coonse State. Addition. Sewer, be passed as read: carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. 983, AN ORDINANCE fixing the time _ delinquency of installments of assess- ments levied for the payment of the cost of the improvement in Local Improvement District No. 957, and providing for the issuance of Local Improvement District Installment Notes for the payment of the unpaid portion thereof. . MOVED by Robinson, seconded by Lambert, that Resolution No. D -1154 authorizing the execu- tion of a Supplement to an Agreement with the State of Washington, Department of Highways, regarding Yakima Municipal Airport improvements, be passed as read: carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Public Works Director John Mayo explained that the original agreement with the State of Washington, Department of Highways, authorized $2,000 to be set aside for soil tes and this supple ment will set aside additional funds of $2,500 for further soil testing in connection with the Yakima Municipal Airport improvements. RESOLUTION NO. D -1154, A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to execute a "Supplement to Agreement GC- 2138" with the State of Washington, Department of Highways, for services in connection with Yakima Municipal Airport improvements. . MOVED by Robinson, seconded by McNeice, that Resolution No. D-1155 authorizing the execu- tion of an Agreement with the State of Washington regarding acquisition of property for water improvement, be passed as read:. carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Public Works Director John Mayo displayed a map and explained the arrangements with the State that this agreement will cover. He stated that because of the State's construction of a four lane highway from Gleed, and the Domestic Water Treatment Plant being constructed by the City in this area, the City has been working with the State for the past two years in acquiring property. He further explained that this agreement covers certain portions of work on the City's project, including acquisition of easements and other real property to be performed by the State of Washington. Mr. Mayo stated that the State of Washington has been increasingly coopera- tive and is working very closely with the City to the mutual benefit of both. RESOLUTION NO. D -1155, A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to execute an Agreement with the State of Washington regarding acquisition of real property for and construction of improvements to, the City water system. MOVED by Keith, seconded by McNeice, that Resolution No. D -1156 authorizing payment of $39.19 to the Stone Church Assembly of God, in satisfaction of a Claim for Damages caused "- by a damaged sewer line, be passed as read: carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye on roll call. RESOLUTION NO. D -1156, A RESOLUTION authorizing the payment of $39.19 to the Stone Church Assembly of God in satisfaction:, of a Claim for Damages. MOVED by McNeice, seconded by Keith that Resolution No. D -1157 transferring $1,200 within the 1967 appropriation for the Transit Department, be passed as read: carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye on roll call. City Manager McMicken explained that this transfer is necessary in order to pay the salary for bus drivers for the balance of the current year, as it was necessary to hire an extra driver not allowed for in the 1967 Budget. RESOLUTION NO. D- 1157, A RESOLUTION transferring the amount of $1,200 within the 1967 appropriation for 410 - Transit Department. . MOVED by Keith, seconded by Robinson, that Resolution No. D -1158 authorizing the hiring of work and purchase of material without calling for bids in connection with extra work per- formed on sewer and water main projects, be passed as read: carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbit., Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye on roll call. Public Works Director Joh Mayo explained that extra work and labor by Larry DeBlasio, which had not been contemplate. by the contracts for two projects, Washington Avenue Interceptor Sewer and Water Main Project on East "A" Street, were performed under circumstances which constituted an emergency situation and recommended payment of the $1,357.63 as requested by this Resolu- tion. . RESOLUTION NO. D -1158, A RESOLUTION authorizing the hiring of work and purchase of materials without calling for bids. 1 City Manager McMicken referred to his Report #9 regarding the Proposed Barricading Manual which - has been prepared by the City Traffic Engineer under the direction of the Public Works Director. He explained that in reviewing this Manual a review of the assignment of responsibility for controlling "street breaks" and "curb cuts" has been made and he is rec.' mending that,,providing the Council approves of the provisions of the Barricading Manual, they direct the preparation of an ordinance to amend the City Code to transfer the res- ponsibility for street breaks, driveway approaches, and curb cuts from the Building Inspec tor to the Director of Public Works, and to increase the street break permit fee from $2.5s to $4.00, and make bonding and insurance coverage mandatory. After due discussion, it was MOVED by Robinson, seconded by Lambert, that an Ordinance be prepared amending the City Code according to the recommendation made by. the City Manager in his report #9: carried: Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. City Manager McMicken referred to his report No. 10 regarding the Licensing of Pin Ball . Machines, where one owner of machines paid the first quarterly installment on the license, then sold the machines, and under the present provisions of the Code hejis required to pay the balance of his annual license fee, and also the new owner of the machines is required to pay a full annual license fee. He also stated that there is no common or uniform policy regarding the transfer of the various kinds of City licenses, that regular business licenses may be transferred upon payment of a $3.00 fee, and other typeslof licenses have no provision for transfer. He recommended that the Code be amended to permit the transfer of amusement device licenses upon payment of a transfer fee, suggesting 10% of the annual license fee. Council members discussed this matter and suggested that the transfer fee be either 10% of the annual license fee, or $10.00, whichever is greater. After due discus- sion, it was MOVED by Robinson, seconded by McNeice, that the Yakima Municipal Code be • . .�epP�9 37O • . DECEMBER 18; 1967 amended to permit the transfer of amusement device licenses upon the payment o.f.a trans- . fer fee, of 10%. of the annual license fee, or $10.00, whichever is greater: carried, Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting.aye by.voice vote. City Manager McMicken requesting authorization for out of State travel for Police Depart- ment personnel, Richard Nesary and Nina Tokarsyck to travel to Pendleton, Oregon, to pick up a female•prisoner, with expenses paid, it was MOVED by McNeice, seconded by Robinson, thatsaid travel be allowed with expenses paid: carried", Brown, Keith, Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. .There being no further business to come before the Council, it was MOVED by Kurbitz, seconded by McNeice, that we do now adjourn at the hour of 10:20 P.M.: carried, Brown, Keith, .Kurbitz, Lambert, Larson, McNeice, and Robinson voting aye by voice vote. • READ AND CERTIFIED ACCURATE BY DATE / - i( • • COUNCILMAN DATE- Z • COUNCILMAN • • _ ATTEST • �+� • . �-� �G`zz -e-� l ,• � %C/l/'.�',�- _ C I T Y C L E R K MAYOR • b/A- • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • A