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Home My WebLink About08/05/1969 213 8 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF AUGUST 5, 1969 August 5, 1969 Port Townsend, Wn. The City Counéil of the City of Port Townsend, met in regular ses~3ion this 5th day of Aug. 1969, at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers of the city hall. Mayor Smity presiding. ROLL CALL Officers and members present are as follows: Mayor Smith, City Attorney Abraham, City Clerk Yolmgblood, Councilmen Scheyer, Hoglund, Ruby, Siebenbaum, Lindsey, Moody. Couniiman Judy absent. I MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS SESSION It was moved by Councilman Hoglund seconded by Councilman Moody that the minutés of the previous session be dispensed with. Motion carried. BILLS (}. CLAIMS I The following Bills & Claims as audited by the finance committee \~ere presented and acted upon as 'follmvs: CURRENT EXPENSE FUND----------------------Voucher No. WATER - SEWER FU}ID------------------------Voucher No. STR~T FUlID-------------------------------Voucher No. GARBAGE F1mD------------------------------Voucher No~ LIBRARY FUND------------------------------Vouchcr No~ PARK FUND---------------------------------Voucher No. FIREMENT PENSION & RELIEF F1rnD------------Voucher No~ 1967 SEWER CaNST. FUND--------------------Voucher No. 6488 2314 1538 1444 1831 927 284 181 through ~)536 ---$12,02~~16 through ~~343 ---1$ 4, l6..)~ 83 through 1553 --- 1~768.55 through 1457 ---~ 1,082~16 throuŒh, 1861 ---, 879~12 through 935 ---$ 26l~45 through 286 ---$ , 40.15 through 198 ---$ 4,082.00 8 It was moved by Councilman Hoglund seconded by Councilman Ruby thut the bills & claims be approved as read and the I'!íayor and City Clerk draw warrants upon thø proper funds for paYment of same. Motion carried. OFFICERS REPORT CLERK 'lhe city clerk reported the regular salary warrants for the Month of July 1969. I CURRENT EXPffi~SE FmfD------~---------------Voucher No~ WATER - SEWER FU}ID------------------------Voucher No~ STRl~ET FUND-------------------------------Voucher No. GARBAGE FUND------------------------------Voucher No. LIBRARY FUND------------------------------Voucher No. PAffi{ Fm~D---------------~-----------------Voucher No. PlRREiiŒNT PENSION & RELIEF Fill'ID------------Voucher No. 6469 2308 1532 1440 1829 926 282 through 6487 ---~~6,255~90 through :~3l3 - --12'017.61 through 1537 --- 2;24l~30 through 1443 --- 1,565;87 througj11830 ---~ 435.28 through .-------- p 326;42 througy 283 --- " 700.00 TREASURER The treasurer's report "vas read in full for the Nlonth of July 1969 nnd was ordered filed. POLICE 'Lhe polic~ report WaS read in full for the Month of July 1969 and WaS ordered filed. BUILDING PŒRMITS 8 The fol!bowing building permits were presented and acted upon as follows: George Fry," EnlDrge Dormer,' 543 VDnBuren, $200.00. ' .. Verne Geick, House, 48' X24', Frame, 15th (';(; Sherman,' ~Þ25, OOO~ OO~ Robert A. Snell, House, 45'X32', Frame, 56th & Kuhn, $4,000.00. I The permit of Mr. 'George Fry to eniharge D dormer WE;S held over due to the dormer being to close to a chir~eý. The Permit of Mr. no bort Snell to bu~'_ld a house brought comment fI'om Engineer Warren, he said! that no provision hod been made for water or selover hookups, the said the sewer line represents II less 'of a problem but the neares t \'Vn ter main '~'¡[',s some diE; tnnce away on LF:.ndes 3tr'_'et, Dnd ngain:Jd the question on whether the council wishes to continue allowing inst~llation of samll private lines t\lready prevalent in the area or to require-another type of hook-up, Councilman Hoglund recommended that the propærty owner be ãllowe.ddtboiruifta:I:lda temporary 'line upon deposit wi th the city o~ an amount extimated as the assessment against his-þropej~ty at some future date whe~ an adequate main line-wò1UÙ.~-be installedcto sePs the general area, and he wo1lD.ld not be assåssedJ again at the later date. mayor 3mi th plf:\ced the pÐrmi t on the agenda for a later date and would get in touch'with '~~ Snell. The Permit of Mr. Vern Geick for a house at 15th & Sherman was held over for inadequate utility lines. CounciLman Schoyer commented tho. Iof,r ~-:rebb who was having the house built at 15th & Sherman by Mr Geick Vf2,S the firs t builder in the aroa and had ins talled the sewer lirœ now serving several hofaes and now faces the same situation in inadequate utility lines. The Permit of rJIr L.M. 'fitterness for a house at 22nd & Sheridan that was held over to th:is , regular sessi n vms again held over by Mayor 3mi the I COMMUNI CA TI ONS The following communicati ns were presented and acted upon as follows: 8 From Celesta Rebekah Lodge #333 Port Townsend' City Council Port Townsend, Washington Dear Sirs: Rt 2, Port Townsend, Wn. July 26, 1969 to-wit: Chimacum Odd-Fellow Lodge #343 and Celesta Rebekah Lodge #333 Dre planning on building in the vicinity of the Robert Lowerre place in Chimacum, and would 1 ike to know if it would be possible to obtain a water tap or hook up there îor the hall. I I Yours truly, Mrs Mae Luck Secretary of Celesta Rebekah Lodge #333 .._- ... ,- - .- 214 -,------- _u_--,-,-- - ---,_..' 'no - --_u --_no -- ------------,----------- HINUTES 03' THE RJ;3-ULAR')ESSJON OF AUGUST 5, 1969 COlifTINUßD - ' ,-, - ------------ - ,--- -,--,------' ---- - ,-,- ,.._----,----_u_----'----"'-----'----------- r,1ayor Smith said that 'the present policy is no water taps out side of' the city limits. Councilman Hoglund su~",;osted t~'lat tl-'uir nDmos 3Duld be a dad to the list f'or taps at the water office. From Douglas A. Smith, Port Townsend, .m. Juy 31, 1969, to;wit: Port Tovmsend City Council, Port Townsend, '-v'ash ngton Gen tl omen: I rlould li1cc to request of tho cit7 council th{'t permission to extend the Victorian Village Homesites to include Block 124 of Eisenbeis Addition be granted. At presont tho Victorian Village consists of 3 city blocks in an L shape, and the developcment' of block 124 will complete the square of 4 city blocks. Yours truly, Douglas A. SMith :'~Dyor Smith said the above commun5_co.ti_on vnuld be taken u'j under new business. CO:CJITT~E R3;-OHTS Council"lÐ.n 3ibonbaum renortod that the Street, \'h'ter 8; Sewor committees met to discur¡s the utility problems thett ,vas facing the city. lie said.that homes were bo:"ng bu"lt ,md then they come in ¡:nd ask to put in private water and sewor lines. He said it was the cOlTmÜttees o~'inio~ that no more small private lines would bo installed in tho city streets, that the prop.~r size .- lin3s Gould be installed and each pro:"erty O'Nner would share in the cost. OLD BUSINE3;JS Undor old business, the pro;:osed plett of áensel Addition was again brought up nnd the follovling letter vms read. Augus t 4, 1969 Frl:'c!1k J. Hensel 13738 Corliss North Sea ttle, ./ash. 98133 Port Townsend City Council Port Townsend, ~ashington. Gentlemen: I hereby submi t the attached proposed plat of Hensel Addition, pursuant to RCW 58.16.0150, to the city of Port Townsend, ~ashington and re~uest that the city clerk, at my expense, cause to be conspicuous places in the land to be platted, three notices of a hearing to be held on said plat before the city council. Such notices should be posted not less than seven days prior to the hearing. ' Your attention is directed to RCW 58.16070 w~lich reQuires that th~ proposed plat be approved, disapproved or returned to the applicant for modicication or revision within 60 days from date of filing. Very trul yours, Frank J. Hensel In a..'di tion to the above letter we intend to do the fo110wing things in regard to this plat: 1. It is our intention to participate in the water ex~ansion program in this area. 2. We will provide sowage in the form of' approved sceptic tank systems and at such time that a sewage system becomes available we will p~rticipate in that program. 3. No less than two (2) lots of the present plat will be sold to any person nor "Jill we build on less than two lots of tho present dimensions (40' by 110') or we will revise pla t to show lots twice as bie; as the present one s, or vIe will revise to conform to minimum legal builuing lot size as designated by tho engineer. City Attorney Abraham said that under the statuate it is noVJ requi.red that a hearing be set, he said tho plat is adequate for a preliminûry plat, and tlLe idea f'or the hearing is to go OVGr the plat VIi th them and the planning cmn::Üss ion and t.lO public an..: tell Ur Hensel whether. or not tho plat is satisfactory. Af'ter some discussion ìilayor S-'-lith set a public hearing on the 19th of August at a regular council mooting. City Attorney Abraham said that under old business, he would ask the council to seriously consider in takine; up tho platting D.n~: ;3ub division ordinance at the neo.re1Jt possible time, partly because tho now state code requirements arc written in such a VJay that the city does not have a platting & sub division ordinance of its own the state i~)oses requirements on cities that are not necessary very þertinent to Port Townsend. He aga',n urged the co ncil to examine and consider passage or modification or rejection in the very near future. PUBLIC ~I3ARING -8 I I 8 posted in I . .". 8 I I r,~ayor Smith sDid tho. tat this time under old bus iness the Public dearing WQuld be held on the request of T,T 8: r:Irs Hedrick & T:Ir & Ers D. H. Solomonson the owners of pronerty on fir st between U and V s tree t for vaca ti 'In of' the o.bove portion of ?ir st. I;layor S:1'Ï th asy: ed for CO!!1."1en t from the public in regards to the vacation. Mr ~Vallin, suggested opening o~ the street, that it would alleviated a bad traf'fic hazard and solve all the problems. IiII' n:edrick one of' tho petitioners said the ~uppose of the renuest for the vacation was a drive way on ,ublic pro~erty, that there was no control on cars CO'1T1. 'ng ;n and parking. T:~rs ~7allin s~Üd she '.ïould hate to see str ,ets in tLat area vacatt4d j,n view of probablè..; future development of Fort ~orden o.S a state park. Aftor no more commonts from the public, ~;~a or Jmith roferred the ;-.ro-¡Josed vacat'on to the council for action. Council1.an Hub' suggested that the matter be investignted f'urther by the co uncil to see whethor or not the street could be utilized. Councilman Lin~:sey s[':'..d >.) ~;r3JJ ,¡o,t'1. co_.n:::il"w.n. ~;-_l-J"~r, t'l:-tc :-:..t ,,;'ulcl ~),) :lulà. c)"l>l-' f,)l" fl_~l"::-;',J')~T~:;-. Mayor Smith placed tho mE'tter on the agenda for the next regular se;Jsi<'n of' the council. HE':J BUSINl!:3S TInder New Business the city clark pr,)sented tho ~ollowing ordinances. 'I 'I II ,~ ~ '-.,--- 8 215 MINUTES ,OF 'I'HE REGULAR SES3IOH OF AUGUST 5, 1969, CON'rrNUED 8, ORDINANCE NO. 1569 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $1,500.00 TO SALARIES AND WAvES IN 'I'HE 1969 BUDGET OF THE FOR T TOWNSEND GARBAGE C OLLEC TI on ::mRVI CE, AND DECLARING AN EI\ŒRGENCY. Due to the nature of the above ordinance it had to be held over until the next regulo.r session. ORDINANCE NO. 1570 I AN' ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE SUI/i OF $1,246.00 TO SALARIES AND WAGES IN THE 1969 BUDGET OF' THE PORT TOWNSEND PUBLIC LIBRARY, leND DECLARING AN EM~RGENCY. I Due to the no.ture of the above ordinance it had to be held over until the next regular session. Mayor Smith, under new bus iness brought up the request to extend the Vic torion Village II home sites to include Block 124 of the Eisenbeis Addition. Attorney Abraham said he didnt recal~ any limitations of the size of mobile home parks in the ord. and he thought that all Mr Morgan needed is approval by moti 'n of an extention of h¡s license which now only covers a certain area. Counilman Lindsey made a motion seconded by Councilman Ruby that the area be extended as requested. Under the question, it was again bro'ught up about utili ty lines, whether or not the lines were large enough to take care of additional mobile homes and also additional surrounding areas. After considerable discussion, Councilman Lindsey withdrew his motion councilman Ruby with I drew his second. Mayor Smith again plac'ed the request on the agenda for the next regular council meeting SQ as to give the council time to look further and study the matter. . ~ 8 Mr Morgan made several recom.1'nendations to tho council regarding provisions in the proposed .c i ty zoning ord inance apjlrlying to mobile homes. ... Ñœ Mike Shaw of Hadlock, said he realized that there were no more water taps available out in that area but wondered what the citys policy was regarding taps in the area that werebei.ng payed for but not used, it it would be allright if he could either buy or come'to an agreement with the owner of the tflp to run l'Üs ovm line from the tap to his own property. City Attorney Abraha~ said that tl:e city does not wish to bocor:e involy;ed a~ some fut~e ~ate in 3till anot1;etr envolvlng from a prlvate agreement between tvlO Cl tzens. lle sald also, tll.at ln any event the Cl ty could continued to do business with the owner of the property to which the tap is attached. Private ggroements beyond this point are of no official concern ~ the city as long as a tap is utilized by no more than one user. Councilman Huby said there should be some provision under w:Üch unused taps wou,ld ret'L1.rn to the city, allowing them to be re-issued ins tead of remaining à oI'l11ant. Engineer Warrel1 said he did not see how the ci t:,r could shut off p,,;rsons nho have been pegularly paying for service ::;tl,I1 since the taps \'iere issued :1.n opder to retaIn them for possible future use. II Councilman Hoglund said that PO1~t 'rovmsend ci tizens 'l3'hould not be 6bligatod Í'or further develp l11ent out side the city, \'/0 either must put more \'Jator into the system or divorce ourselves II from it and said he was in favor of divorce. ' ' Attorney Abrahmn mentioned that tho city has repeatedly advised the Pú~ that it is ~1ehable tø offers .. Councilman Hogllmd said that some pressinG needs Viere needed :i-n enlarging our Oi'm peserv.oir at costs of around 30 to 40 thousand dollars and suggested the city review the water and se~er revenues with its financial advisors. Councilman Siebenbaum said tho.t everyone is fopgettinc ono main point. '~Ve have only a certai, am unt of ,':later out thnre ,J.nd thats all we can get. de must re':lÜate taps in nccordance with peak us3ge during the sU!!1mer. Councilman 1Toody, asked, what ever happenòd to l':IJ."'. Daly. Mayor Smithcor1...1'11onted that the water situation is a never endIng thing éil1d that '8e are go,!_ng to nGed more water sooner than we think due to increasing population and industrial expansion, and in thinking in terms of a better system for tha rural areas ~ould be better :in placing it in tho hands of a body betterqualified to provide further development of water in the outlying areas. of' I ,':' . , , ::0, " .. " ':-~. ' :-'~8 '.. ADJOURW;IENT I As there was no further business to come before the council at th1s time it \'Jas moved by CouncilÓan Siebenbaum seconded by Councilman Lindsey that the meeting do now adjourn. Moti~.)n carried. I ~~a ,,6'~ '~., 8 - --,