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July 11, 1967
Port Townsend, \}ashinf';ton
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Tho City Council of' tho Ci ty of Port To\'msend mct in r'3ßu1ar ses s ion this 11th day of July
1967 at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambe:es of' the City Hall. =!Iayor Sullivan presiding.
ROLL CALL
Of'ficers and members present were as f'ollows: LIayor Sullivan, City Attorney lI.b rhh am, City
Clerk Youn(3b100d, Councilmen Swietzer, :Iop;l und, Rub-'_', 3iebenbaum, Lind sey, Carter. Counc i1man
Judy absent.
~I~UT~S OF ~~3 FR3VIJUG ~E3SIJN
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The minutes of' the previous ses3ion were read in full nnd it wr:s --l1oved by Counc ih1an Ho~lund
seconded by Counc i1man Rub7 that the minutes be approved as read and the i;:ayor and City :::lerk
siign same. i'.lotion carried.
BILLS & CLAn/IS
Tile f'olloVJir1('; bills and claims as audited by tho f'inance comrni ttee Here lJresented and a~ted
UDon as follows:
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CURR~HT EXfßHSE FUND-------------------Voucher No.
'.!A 'J:'J:R 7UHD- --- -- - ---- ---- -- ------- -----¥oucher No.
C;TR~_:T FUND- ----- - ---- -- -- ------ ---- ---V:Jucher No.
GARBAG~ FUrID---------------------------Voucher No.
LI~RARY FU:ND- ---------- ----- ------- ----Voucher No.
.eARK FU1ID----------------- -------------V -)Ucher No.
FIR3:=-:flTT P:ŒESIOH & R~LI:::;F FUlTD---------Voucher Ho.
ORDINANC3 NO. 1321---------------------Voucher No.
OfifliNANC:ΠNO. 1506---------------------Vouchcr No.
4795
1534
1001
968
1227
676
167
260
21
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through
through
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through
through
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through
4837
1560
1014
986
1250
689
168
261
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---~r_è2, 149.63
---:j) 949.36
---~ 409.80
---\? 29.48
---~;1,10850
--$94,779.70
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It vvas moved by Councilman Ho,e;lund seco:'ided by Councllr1an Huby that the bills and claims be
approved as read and that the J.IJ.ayor and City 61ork dravv '.mrrants u;on the proper funds f'01"
payment of same. I~Iotion carried.
OF~"IC 'ms R;~20RT
Ci t:T Clerk
The cit-: clerk read the fOlloWDl.ß ~a1ary warrunts for til.e I.Ionth of June 1967:
CURR ~;'YT EXP-~:¡'JSJi: '?Ulm-------------------Voucher No.
1,!'AT_£R ¡:'UI'TD-- - -- -- - --- - --- - - - -- ---------V ucher :ï.~o.
STR~=~T FlTi'ill-- -- -- - ---- ---- -- --- - ----- --¥oucheI' No.
GAR:oAG:¿: FUND- - -- ------- - -- - ----- --- ----Voucher No.
LI3BARY FŒ-:D---------------------------V mcher Ho.
fARK FUIID------------------------------Voucher No.
FIRE:,BN:S P3NSION 8::, R¿:LIEF FUND---------Voucher No.
4777 throu~h 4794 ---Q4,893.50
1527 t~roußh 1533 ---~2,214.65
997 tnrough 1000 ---~1,234.10
963 through 967 ---~1,983.55
1226-----------------)[ 360.60
675-----------------9 273.58
165 through 166 ---$ 275.00
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Treasurer
The treasurers re-oort v.¡as read in f'u11 for the llIonth of' June 1967 Lind was ordered filed.
T)olice
The 1"01ice Report ViaS read in f'u11 f'or the Month of June 1967 and vIas ordered filed.
BUILDL'G ? Æ~.r-TS
The f'ollowinr; building ~ermits weÐe presented Lind acte~ u~on as follows:
Emw,;ine J. ~.=attson, Utility Roo, 7'6"X22', :t<'rame F'ir & U, Ü100.00.
Dora Goodrich, Fence, 300'X4', '."food, 18th &: Kuhn Block 23, Lot 1-2, ~isenbeis Addn, f200.00.
Donald :':Iop;seth, Be-Roof', Composition, 1829 Lincoln, t~300.00.
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It was moved by Councilman Lindsey seconded by Councilman Hoglund that the builãin~ perr1its
be E"Çranted.~ :.10tion carried.
CO~=::Ul'\ICATIŒrs
The f'0110v/in,e; communications Her - presented and acted u on uS f'ollows:
From: state of' Was~inßton, Board For Volunteer Firemen,
June 29, 1967 to:wit:
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;.~r. Gale I. Younr;b100d, City Clerk
- . fort Tovmsend, .Jashington - 98368
Dear Mr. Youn~b100d:
At 10D-ß last comes the biC; blow. Ïlave f'ina11y caU[~ht up on rci";u1ar office v¡ork ,::mouc:;h to make
a computation of' the amount of unpaid fees and penal ties ov¡inr; by the City on. Port Townsend.
You will note we have chärr;ed only back to 1945 because of' an Attorney General's opinion ruling.
that this was the f'irst yeaI' that a penalty was provided by law f'or nor~-paynent of' annual f'ees
other than a denial of' bencf'i ts. This Hill sof'ten the blow ,.,ui te a lot.
"Je have computcd the principal and interest for each year unpaid based on the n-.l111ber of firemen
you listed f'or the years of' 1945 thru 1952. Cut-off' date on our f'ir:,ures is June 30, 1967 even
thoup;h we know it will not be possible f'or ~TOU to make payment by tha t tiJ:11e.
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19<15 280 mo. @ 45çt ;':126.00 into t ?rinc. ~~171.00 Total
- )i45. 00
1946 268 mo. @ 45çt ¿I Int. " 165.60 "
- .,)120.60 '1?45. 00
1947 - 256 mo. 345çt 115.20 into 45.00 " 160.20 "
1948 - 244 mo. @ 45çt 109.80 int. 45.00 " 154.80 "
1949 - 232 mo. @ 45çt 104.40 into 45.00 " 149.40 "
1950 - 220 mo. @ 45çt 99.00 into 45.00 " 144.00 "
1951 - 208 mo. @ 45çt 93.60 int. 45.00 " 138.60 "
1952 - 196 mo. @ 45çt 88.20 int. 45.00 " 133.20 "
~:;856. 80 ;,,360.00 ~~l, 216 . 80
:?or each month delay in payment the cost raises ;":3.60. Hop e you did remember to budp;et what is
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NECESSARY TO CLEAR TIm ACCOUNT. In case you vvondep if other ei ties are treated in the same
manner, the answer is "yes". The last such Was Colville 8.nd they p::I id $1,279.80.
We will be willing to at least make an attempt to answer any questions you may h8.ve concerning
this letter. Hope we can still be friends even af'ter you have made the paYment.
Sincerely,
Board for Volunteer Firemen
By Herb
Secretary
The city clerk inf'ormed the council that he had been aware f'or ab cut the las t two years that
the bill would be due but had no idea and could not find out wb.at the amount would be so thc:t
it could be budgeted, he ulso stated that the secretary of the Volunteer Firemen told him over
the phone th8.t the Board had wanted to cancel the debt f'or it was actualy their fault for not
following it up in thoes years, but a member of the attorney generals of'fice informed them that
the city would have to pay what was due. ..
After some discussion by the council it was moved by Councilman doglund seconded by Counci1m8.
Ruby that the payment be denièddunti1 further information is obtained on why it. took so long
to receive the amount Œl~e. Motion carriedl
Mayor Sullivan äsked the City Attorney to write a letter for more details.
From United States Department Of Agriculture, Oly1¿ipia Wn.
June 29, 1967
to-wit:
United Pacific Insurance Co.
1000 Second Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104
Gentlemen:
Reference is made to special use permit, Ci ty of' Port Townsend, Water Transmission, and Per-
f'ormance Bond No. 44489 for $1,000.00, dated April 2, 1959.
Construction of Road #2707 bas been completed to the satisfact:ion of the Forest Service and the
perf'ormance bond is no longer reguired.
We request that the bond be term.nated as of this date.
Sincerely yours,
R.E. Worthh~gton
Forest Super'Jisor
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City of Port Townsend
From Washington State Highvvay Commission
July 1, 1967
to-wit:
Honorable Robert V. Graham
State Auditor
Olympia, .Washington
Dear Sir:
We hand you herewith Certificate of the Washington State Highway Commission covering the routes
of Primary and Secondary State Highways within the limits 01' incorporated cities and towns as
of July 1, 1967.
This certificate is made in accordance with RCW 47.24.010.
Very truly yoUJ~, s
.1'l/ashington Sta-ce Highway Commission
By C.G. Prahl, P.E.
Director of' Highways
WAS:UNGTON STATE HIGHWAY COI,TI'iIISSION
DEP1-\.RTMENT OF HIGš2'VAYS
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
Certification of' Primary and Secondary State Highway Routes Through Cities and Towns as being
no longer necessary to State Highway System
July 1,1967
TO TH3 STATE AUDITOR:
TO THE CLERK OF_EACH. CITY ~rD TOWN AFFECTED:
Pursuant to. the provis ions of RCW 47.24.010, the unders igned, the Chairman of the Washington
State Highway ~ommission and the director of' Highways, hereby certify the f'ollowing deletions
to the Stat~ Highway System as being no longer necessary to the State Highway System and the
routes as below described are hereby returned to the aff'ected cities and towns effective this
date. . .
iNASHINGTON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF HIGH~AYS
OLTI~PIA, WASHINGTON
Certification. of Routes of State Highways in the State of' Washington within the limits
of' Incorporated Cities and Towns other than Routes. of' Limited Access Facilities
. July 1, 1967
TO THE STATE'AUDITOR:
TO THE CLERK OF EACH CITY AND TOWN AFFECTED:
Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 47.24.010, the undersigned, the Chairman of the Washington
state Highway Com.mission and the Director of Highways, hereby eertif'ty the routes of' State
Highways within the limits of incorporated cities and towns to be as follows:
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,TEF'F'E::S ON. C OUHTY
PORT TOWNS~~D Primary State Highway no. 9, (Olympic Highway) (Sign Route no. 167) - BoRth
Corporate Limits northeasterly to Wa~er Street at Walker Street; thence via Water Street to
Monroe Street.
Engineer Becker said that the B.(QYÚltôat was read means that in ~ e first 15 days of' J.uly th~
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state Highway Department can turn back within the city, streets that are no .lonr;er termend as
necessary to the state highway system, that this Was appropriate here doe rhw hin;hway i';oes no
f'urther than j;Ionroe street and accordinp; to t~(le statuate tJ.1.ey can turn the street back to the
city.
ORDINAnCE NO. 1512
Ordinance No. 1512 duly incorporated in tile ;;[inu tes of' June 20 1967 was again brought up f'or
passa~e or rejection.
It \vas moved by Councilman Lir:ídsey seconded by Councilr.1an Hop;lund that the f'i,rst reading of
Ord. No. 1512 be considered the second reading and the t~ird reading be by title only. Motion
carried.
Ordinance No. 1512 ..-¡as ap;ain read by title only and it was moved by councilman Hoglund seconded
by Councilman Ruby that Ord. No. 1512 do now pass. Notion carried.
ORDINANC~ KO. 1513
Ordinance No. 1513 duly incorporated in t e minutes of' June 20, 1967 was again brou~ht up f'or
passage or ref'ection.
It was moved b~'- Councilman Hoglund seconded by Councilman Lindsey thê:lt the f'irst readin?; bß
Ord. No. 1513 be considered the second reading and the third reading be by title only. Motion
carried.
Ordinance No. 1513 was again read by title only ê:lnd it was moved by Counci1mani~glund
seconded by Councmlman Ruby that Ord. No. 1513 do now pass. Motion carried.
ORDINANCE NO. 1514
AN ORDINANCE V ACATVTG THAT POETI mJ OF FRO:TT STR..£"::::T
LYING EAST OF A LInE PARALLEL TO AND 78 FRE'r EAST OF'
'l'H'3 EAST LUTE OF 'J ACA TED POLK STRJET AND l,ifES T OF TIm
PROLONGATION OF TIE EAST LIIill OF T:f-IE \JEST 27.5 FEET
OF PORT TO..ßSEIW ¡¡'lEST CLi'.SS TIDELAND DI STRICT ITO. E,6,
Aì'W PROVIDIiiTG FOR PAYl.mNT OF cosrrs O? PUBLICATION. -
It was moded by Councilman Hor;lund seconded by Counci1nan Ruby t~nat the f'irst readin,<7, of'
Ord. No. 1514 be considered the second readinr; and the th:ird reading be by ti tle only. M:otion
carried.
Ordinance No. 1514 was again read by title only and it \Vas moved by Councilman :-Iog1und seconded
by Councilman Ruby that Ord. No. 151~ do now pass. ¡lotion carried.
Councilman Lindsey stated that he had a request from ~~ Smith to open a portion of 11th Street
so thê:lt a trailor court bould be i;ut in. r.layor Sullivan referred the renuest to the streot
Supt. and the Ci ty Engineer f'or a rel)Ort at the next regular session.
Ccbunc ilman Siebenbaum renorted on the reques t of' Llr Carroll f'or 600' of' six inch water line
instal.led from Hastinr;s Ave to 30th street and ~IovJard S-':;reet and also thctt I:Ir Caro1l would
buy the pipe. He stated that at this time the StDeet Jupt. said that t::ere VloD.1d hav'J to be
an i..ndep enc.ent o:'Jera tor to do the ~JOrk f'or tIle street J..Je!1ctrt:'lent could not do anyu;.-::.in'j at tr.i s
time. No further action \NUS taken.
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The Ci -r;y Clerk inf'ormed the líayor and City Counc il thct~:; the f' orthcoming ele ct:i.ons requL"ed
the drawing of positions numbe~;s for councilmen seeking four year terms and that at this
regular meeting the councilmen com~ing up f'or e1ecti'n had to draw their position numbers.
The city clerk had Councilman Lindsey dr~lV¡f is m.'l11ber VI ich was position :'To. 3, Councilman
=-:Ioglund drew his position no which YVes ?osi tion Ho. 2, the remaining Posi t~on number went to
Counc ilman Judy VÚlO vIaS absent, ¡Us pos i tion number was r~o. 1.
'l'he City Clerk also inf'ormed the ~,=ayor êilld City Council that the two year term f'or Councilman
at large did not have to be assi~ned a posit~on number and ulso the filinr; period would be
from July 31 to and including Au~ust 4, 1967.
Councilman Ruby asked about the peti t~¡.on tl:at VIas read at the last counc i1 meetinc; l~or water
service f'rom i{'c, herson street to the city 1Ìl:1Ìts on Disco'Jery Bay l{oad. He rIDs infor:':1ed that no
ac ti on vms taken at the las t cot~nci1 meet in:?;. ::r S'danson s;'Joke before the counc iI, s ay~¡_nc that
the line ViaS a private line and at tLnes the pres3ure was so l.ow that they could not p,et nater
and also since the city hooked up to the line to water the entrance sign f'lowers and schrubs it
was aLlost impossible to get water. i:íayor .3u11iban referred tho :'latter to the.Jater Supt.
Councilman Siebenbaum explained his No vote on Ordinance 1512 saying that Other city departlnents
orerated on a bud.o;et and why s:,ouldnt tll.e Planning Com".Ìssion. lie said the Coffi."'11ission chairman,
III's Green, having formerly served as mayor should lcnow about budr;ets.
;;ayor Sullivan again re~inded the council about more revenue needed for the city.
Councilman Ruby also spoke on more revenue and mentioned about a business and occupation tax
on business in the city of' Port Townsend.
Councilman Ruby said he believed tll.ere Has somet.i.Ünp; that sLould come up on the Porter Property
at IJorth Beach, he said that ;,Ir Porter l1ad called him and said they had chopped h'-m off his pay
for the month. He said '~hat I.Ír' ~orter was a persone1 f'riend of' his and he should be n;iven a
def'ini te anS'der on YJhethcr \.Ie are ~oinr; to buy the property or not buy it. 'J:'his tl'.Ìnp; in
leaving people han~inß is for tho birds.
Attorney Abraham said that it isnt because tièey ëœe r;oinr; on the asumption that he is r;oinr;
to sell the property, the reason they have cut off his (J',rant is because they consider that
supplus property, and he should not be drawing welfare if he häs surC;lus property. .(jhether the
city buys the property or not, he is cut off'.
Councilman Hop;lund said that he was not p;oinn; to make a re,nort tonir;ht f'or fuEl had been advised not to
in the best interest of tne city, but as 10no; as it h<otd been grought u' on the f'loor we just as v¡el1
hash it over a bit. ::îe said all is f'ami1iar with the backr;ound on how this came to past, but
some of' the =!:ater develop:':1ents is th2.t~,.:r Po:;:'ter had an arrraisel of the pro;<')oy'ty, the fi::;ure
came out to y4,250.00. The city paid ~:;3,500.00 f'or the property adjoining whic,h is much better
property. .;'e went to VIr Porter and of'fered him q~3, 500.00 w' ich he flatly ref'u$Eid. "Ir Porter had ¡
came to him today and was real concerned over his f'inancial prot1œns, but as the city attorney
stated the ,ie1f'are Dept. has dEdared the property as surplus and he is b,einr; forced to dispose
of' the' property He said that he had talked today wi th LÍr' Hickson of the '¡,ìe1fare De:r:t and ~old
him of the circ~stances f'acinp; the city in determing if' the c~ty has ar:y mone~r ,avallable. l~.
our s ewer pro .iect. . He said that ;:Ir Chin of'lCarey & Cfaßlrê ßJf-Gfig JJM:rd 1~h~8ìt11~-eð Yièrèrnàlfhe:£ul t
at this time to estlmate how much money \You d be aval a .. .. ,
it would be wise not to discuss the matter and that was why ~le dldnt brlng l t up a t the last
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MEEting and was intending to do so tonight. He said th8.t he told Mr Porter our exact position
as to the price if agreeable to him but h~d a strong feeling the 3500.00 was not and also relt
that the property was not worth the 4200.gg that he was asking. He said the main problem is
we dont know if' we have the monies available and théit Mr Porter is aware of this and also Mr
Hickson of the vvelfare dept is aware and whether or not if the welfare depart.ment is going to
push him off the grant he didnt know but they certainly indicated to him th8.t they were not
going to take any drastic steps against Vœ Porter based on OŒ~ inability to. transact on the
méitter at this time.
Nlayor Sullivan said théit he had ref'erred the mci.tter to commi ttee and f'elt th8.tCouncilman
Hoglund and the com~ittee were doing the best they could under the circumstances.
Mayor Suiliv~n and Councilman Siebenbaum each gave a report on the visitation to the city
water sheds that was given by the Fœest Service, they each stated a very good trip and it
was well worth the time to find out what the Forest Service was doing as far as the water shed
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Mayor Sullivan asked Mr Mullins to stand. He said that Mr Mullins a f'ormer employee of' the
citywho had just retired from the city HS of' July 31st and thanked and commended I','lr IvIullin§
on his fine service and dedication to the city of Port Townsend and wished him well on his
retirement.
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ADJOURNMENT
As there was n9 further business to come before the council at this time, it was moved by
councilman Siebenbaum seconded by Councilman Lindsey that the meeting do now adjourn. Motion
carried.
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Attest:~"' 72. ~~J2
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MAYOR ~
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MINUES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF JULY 13, 1967
.July 18, 196'7
Port Townsend, Washington
The City Council of' the City of Port Townsend met in regula:r session this 18th day of July
1967 àt 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers of the city hall. Mayor Sullivan presiding.
ROLL CALL
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Officers and members prÐsent wer~ as follows: Mayor Sullivan, City Clerk Youngblood, City
Attorney Abraham, Councilmen Swietzer, Judy, Ruby, Siebenbaum, Lindsey. Councilmen Hoglund
and Carter absent.
MINUTES OF THE PREVI01JS SESSION
It was moved by Councilman Bindsey seconded by Councilman R~by th8t the minutes of the
previous session be dispensed, with. Motion carried.
BUILDIEG PERMITS
The following building permit was presented and acted upon as follows:
Harold R. McDonald, Assition to Hause, 14'X22', Frame, 16th & Hancock, $$3,000.00.
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It Was moved by Councilman Ruby seconded by CouncilmèU1. Siebenbaum. that the building permit
be granted. Motion carried.
COM"TfNICATIONS
. The following communication was presented and acted upon as f'ollows:
From Calmar A. McCune,
Port Townsend, Wn, July 12, 1967
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Mayor Dennis Sullivan
City Hall
Port Townsend, Nashington
Dear Mayor Sullivan:
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I have bee~ retained by Mr. Jesse L. LaVera of Beckett Point, Washington, with regard to
recovering certain money, with interest, paid by him to the City of' Port Townsend. Although
the exact dates have not yet been determined, it is believed that Mr. LaVera was employed
bye the City of' Port Townsend in 1941 and continued in its employ working within the City
Fire Department until the latter part of 1949. During the period of employment 4 percent of
the gross earnings of Mr. LaVera were withheld by the City of Port Townsend and applied toward
a retirement fund. Because r~. LaVera quit his employment, he is not entitled to participate
in the retirement program. He is entitled to the return of the Dortion of his contribution
together with interest thereon from the last day of employment. "Nrr. LaVera reports that he
has brought this matter to the attention of' various public officers and that none with
wllom he has spoken directly hHs denied the validity of his claim. I request that you inform
the undersigned in writing as to the City's intention to return the vvithheld portion of
Mr. LaVera's earnings. If there is no intenti n to make a reimbursement, I would appreciate
and explanation of the reasons supoorting that decision.
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Very truly yours,
Calmar A. McCune
Mayor Sullivan ref'erred the above communication to the City Attorney.
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