HomeMy WebLinkAbout1364ORDINANCE NO. 1 Vi y
AN ORDINANCE appropriating necessary funds for the acquisi-
tion of rights of way for relocation of the twenty (20) inch water
main feeding the City's Reservoir and for the acquisition of a por-
tion of a lot for the location of a pumping station from the un-
appropriated reserves of the l +ater Department and declaring an
u emergency.
WHEREAS, by reason of unexpected storms, floods and other
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unforseen weather conditions causing the sliding of the hillside
within the National Park Boundaries which has periodically disrupted
Ilthe main water supply in the City Reservoir and in addition thereto
has disrupted and damaged the water main discharging the overflow
from the City Reservoir and endangering the main water supply of
the City of Port Angeles, and
WHEREAS, it is found necessary for the continued operation
of said water system that a portion of a private lot for the re-
location of a pumping station to be used in emergency when said
main supply line is disrupted, and
WHEYEAS, said conditions were wholly unforseen and unexpec-
ted at the time of the preparation of the 1956 budget and by reason
of the unforseen circumstances an emergency exists.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL DO ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1: That floods, slides and other conditions not
anticipated have damaged, interrupted and endangered the water
supply of the City of Port Angeles and it is necessary for the
preservation of the public health and safety and for the usefulness
of said water system thatftinds be provided and rehabilitation work
immediately instigated.
Section 2: That there is hereby appropriated such sums as
may be necessary for the acquisition of right of way for the re-
location of a portion of the twenty inch water main feeding the
City's Reservoir and for the relocation of the overflow from the
City's Reservoir, such location to be upon property or right -of -way
acquired from private ownership, so as to remove the City's
facilities from the National Park Boundaries, and there is further
appropriated such funds as may be necessary for the reconstruction
of Bach pipe line and overflow.
Section 3: That there be, and is hereby appropriated the
sum of Five Hundred Dollars 4500.00) for the acquisition of the
South Forty (40) feet of Lot One (1), Block Two (2) of Puget
Sound Cooperative Colony Subdivision of Port Angeles for the
location and construction of a pumping station for said water
supply system.
Section 4: That all of the improvements contemplated here-
in are for the benefit of and for the use of the Water Department
of the City of Port Angeles and therefore the cost incurred and
funds herein appropriated shall be paid from the unappropriated
reserves within the 1956 budget of the Water Department of the
City of Port Angeles.
Section 5: That said conditions were not known or
forseen at the time of the making of the Budget for 1956 and by
reason of the conditions now prevailing an emergency is hereby
declared to exist.
INTRODUCED: February 2nd, 1956.
PASSED: ,T , 1956.
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APPROVED and SIGNED by the Mayor 5 , 1956.
Approved as to form:
, 1956.
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