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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes 04/18/1968 10 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON April 18, 1968 The City council met in regular session at 7;30 P. M. Officers present were Councilmen Maxfield, Thorne, Bettger, Schroeder, Basom and Ranta; Manager Herrman, Attorney Moffett and Clerk McNeece. In the absence of Mayor Wolfe, the Clerk called the meeting to order and Councilman Maxfield was elected Mayor pro tem for this meeting. A motion was made by Councilman Thorne, seconded by Councilman Ranta and carried, to approve and place on file minutes of the Council meeting of April 4, 1968. A motion was made by Councilman Basom, seconded by Councilman Ranta and unanimously carried, to reject the bid of The National Cash Register Com- pany for a cash register for the Recreation Department. (This was the only bid receive,d. Due to the cost of this item" it was felt that a change in method of cashing-out should be tried by the department before expending that amount ($1,259.23) for this eight total cash register.) A motion was made by Councilman Bettger, seconded by Councilman Thorne and unanimously ,carried, to approve and pay to Enger Construction Company an amount of $2,779.18 for work accomplished in construction of the Light Department Warehouse Addition. (Retained percentage $ 875.50) A motion was made by Councilman Basom, seconded by Councilman Schroeder and unanimously carried, to approve the request and pay the pledge of $2,500.00 to Clallam County Economic Development Council. (Is budgeted in the 1968 Budget under Industrial Development.) A motion was made by Councilman Basom, seconded by Councilman Bettger and unanimously carried, to approve the payment of $4,157.10 to CH2M for engineering services from February 24, 1968 through March 25, 1968. A motion was made by Councilman Bettger, seconded by Councilman Schroeder and unanimously carried, to approve for payment claims vouchers in amount of $226,957.98 and Payroll Transfers $44,398.33~. A motion was made by Councilman Basom, seconded by Councilman Thorne and unanimously carried, that the "Working Agreement between the City of Port Angeles and Port Angeles Firefighters Local No. 656" be approved and signed, as read. A motion was made by Councilman Bettger, seconded by Councilman Basom and unanimously 'carried, to concur with the Planning ~ommission's recommen- dation and the variance remain the same as orginally granted to the Clallam County Library Board, a sideyard clearance of five feet. A motion was made by Councilman Ranta, "seconded by Councilman Basom and unanimously carried, to concur with the Planning Commission's recommendation and deny the request of Robert J. Lieby of 224 West 9th Street for a var- iance to enlarge an existing single family residence on this property because of the overcrowding which already exists on the property. A motion was made by Councilman Schroeder, seconded by Councilman Ranta ana unanimously carried, to concur with the Planning Commissionts recom- mendation and grant a variance to Mrs. Madge Olson of 906 West 14th Street to permit enlargement of her existing single family residence by extending the dining area to a point ten feet from the west margin of "E" Street. A motion was made by Councilman Schroeder, seconded by Councilman Ranta I and unanimously carried, to approve the request of Mr. Ted Cooper, 1111 South "B" Street, for a variance to allow him to enlarge an existing non- conforming single family residence by extending it into nis front yard. A motion was made by Councilman Thorne, seconded by Councilman Ranta and unanimously carried, to approve the request of Vern Grall and Harold Green for a conditional use permit to allow construction of an automobile car wash at 921 East Front Street, with the stipulation that a five to six foot sight obscuring fence be errected on the property line abutting the resi- dential properties and alley, and no vehicular ingress or egress be provided between the lot and the alley. I I r'" I I 'I ..... 11 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON April 18, 1968 (contd.) A motion was made by Councilman Bettger, seconded by Councilman Ranta and unanimously carried, to approve the recommendation of the Planning Commis- sion and grant to request of the Port Angeles Evening News for a variance to allow them to construct a building 45 feet by 140 feet on the north- west corner of First and Cherry Streets; the north wall along the alley to ,have no openings, and parking and loading area to be provided on the west side of the building. A motion was made by Councilman Bettger, seconded by Councilman Thorne and carried, to approve and place on file the Planning Commission minutes of April 15, 1968. A motion was made by Councilman Thorne, seconded by Councilman llettger and carried, to accept the Director of Public Wor~s.r~port ()n.cost of Penn Street Improvement between First and Front Streets, and'to table any action pending further developments in the area. A motion was made by Councilman Schroeder, seconded by Councilman Thorne and unanimously carried, to instruct the City Manager to contact the owner of the property on the northeast corner of 7th and Oak Streets to try to work out the problem of the tree on that corner obstructing the view and causing a serious traffic hazard. The following ordinance was read in full: ORDINANCE NO. l638 AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 1548 with reference to charges for sewer service. A motion was made by Councilman Bettger, seconded by Councilman Basom and unanimously carried, to adopt the foregoing ordmance as read. A motion was made by Councilman Basom, seconded by Councilman Ranta and unanimously carried, to proceed with the project at the Children's Hall as outlined by Councilman Thorne and the City Manager, and give these young people a chance to show what they can do. (The,City is to furnish electric heat and a fir;= ?S2ape tor the second floor of the building; Mr. Crawford is to supervise and the students or young people will be allowed to do the work involved in creating a Youth Recreation Center on this floor.) A motion was made by Councilman Schroeder, seconded by Councilman Thorne and unanimously carried, to accept and place on file the following reports: progress of Sewer Construction Project, Light Dept. Revenue and Expenses- March, Water Dept. Revenue and Expenses-March, Revenues Summary-March, Expenditures Summary-March, Water Dept. Work Report for March, Police Dept. Report-March, Recreation Dept. Report-March, Recreation Dept. Comparison Report, Treasurer's Report, Out-of town report of Robert James. A motion was made by Councilman Basom, seconded by Councilman Bettger ang~ unanimously carried, to authorize the City Manager to proceed with negoti-~~ ations with Harold Kaeser Company regarding underground electrical insta~- lations, and telephone service on the opposite side of the street from the sewer lines, on Oak Street and Railroad Avenue. A motion was made by Councilman Thorne, seconded by Councilman Schroeder and carried, to accept the letter from Donald A. Morrison, R.S, District Sani- tarian regarding the desirability of extension of sewers;to serve the Fair- mount area at the earliest possible date. Other subjects discussed were the Civil Defense Conference to be held April 24, 1968 at the Elks Club (The City Manager, Mayor Wolfe, Councilman Thorne and the Police and Fire Chiefs plan to attend); a dinner meeting with the Clallam County Commission on Monday, April 22, 1968; Councilmen Schroeder and Maxfield were selected as voting delegates for the A.W.C. Annual Convention in Spokane May 14-17, 1968; traffic lights at First and Front Street inter- sections (City Manager to check on cost of "walk" or tldon't walktl signals); Mr. Joe Dailey, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, presented coppies of a 12 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON April 18, 1968 (contd.) syrvey concerning a proposed city-wide one way street complex; Mrs. F. H. Jones reported trucks and trailers parking on Chambers between First and Front Streets creating a serious traffic hazard, and Councilman Bettger read a portion of the City Manager~s report on the Northwest City Managers Con- ference in Salishan, Oregon in which one speaker, in answer to the question "What is going to happen to Port Angeles?lI, answered, "Port Angeles will probably continue to be the nice little community it has always been. tl Councilman Bettger pointed out, if we wantachange, we must go out and work for it. The meeting adjourned at 9:35 P. M. dt# ( ~~M~Y~ '11lL1) ~. g4J City C erk NOTICE or cALL NB. BIDS NOTICE Is her~by given that seal- ed biGS will be received by the elt:). }-famlger. CHY of port Angeles. 140 'WQst Front Street, until 5:00 P.M., I May \~~rlo9;: ~~~ t~~pe DIstribution Transformers. V3.I'lous sizes ot: Aluminum Cable. . Quantities and specifications arc aVf\llabl~ at Ule oifice of the City ~M~~~~~. ~hal1 submit with bid the ~reqnir('d delivery tjrnc; a 5% bl(1 de- po~1t or bond. and a signc<l certifl. ~~~~:r~1~t~i~1 ~~~t t~~o b~~~~~fl~;t~~I;; ~Wi~,~~UbiCl~.c~ot~~~'t'l reser....es the.rlght 'to nC-cE.:'I)t or reject any nr all blds. I DO)JA-LD D. llERR1tIAN ; Cit.y Mnnager, _:Ubl~hC<1:' April 2L & .~:ay 2, 19G8. .._--- -- "'IIIIl I I I ....ollIl