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1968 06 251279 COUNCIL MEETING -REGULAR SESSION June 25,1968 8 o'clock PM -City Hall The City Council met in regular session with the meeting called to order by Mayor John E.Jones.Present were:Monte Holm,Otto Skaug,Jack Eng, Gordon Ebbert,Michael Boyle and John Jones.Dr.Lindell was also present. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jones. Mayor Jones greeted Mr.Ray Wagner and Jack Randall as visitors to the meeting. Minutes of the meeting of June 11 were approved as submitted by a motion of Otto Skaug,second by Jack Eng.Passed unanimously. BILLS TOTAL AMOUNT PAID GENERAL $3,808.60 LIBRARY 3,533.85 PARK 1,466.21 EQUIPMENT RENTAL 426.37 STREET 845.81 WATER AND SEWER 2,837.45 SANITATION 306.18 Motion by Monte Holm to pay the regular bills.Second by Jack Eng.Passed unanimously. Warrants No.816 through 906 were approved for payment in the amount of $13,224.47. STREET VACATION -VISTA VILLAGE ADDITION -PUBLIC HEARING )0fo I The City Manager pointed out the area on the map that is being considered for vacation.He stated that the land actually belongs to the Moses Lake S hool District and is not necessary for their purposes. He also said that from a traffic viewpoint the City is not anxious to have another street coming out at that point.It was proposed by the School District that the street be allowed to continue through to the West in the event it needs to be an assist to their property. The Public Hearing was declared open to the public by Mayor Jones.No one was present who wished to discuss this item and there were no written protests. Mr.Waggener explained that it had come before the Planning Commission and they recommended that it be passed on to Council for vacation pro ceedings . Motion to close the Public Hearing by Jack Eng.Second by Michael Boyle. Passed unanimously.Mf June 25,1968 1280 STREET VACATION -VISTA VILLAGE ADDITION -ORDINANCE Ordinance No.585 was read in its entirety.Mr.Waggener explained that the Ordinance could be passed with one reading inasmuch as the Public Hearing had been set on the 28th of May and,in effect,most everybody was on notice that we were going to do this and there were no objections from the public. /<A Motion by Monte Holm to adopt Ordinance No.585 on this first reading.Second by Otto Skaug.Passed unanimously. RESOLUTION -ACCESS RIGHTS -CLOVER LANE Resolution No.459 conveying access rights by quit claim deed to the ^— State ofWashington,Department of Highways between Clover Lane and /O^ Secondary State Highway No.11G (SR17)Jet.PSH No.18 to Ephrata Wye between Highway Engineers Stations 847 + 42 .8 and 847+90.03 was read. A copy of the construction drawing was shown by Mr.Nevins,Public Works Director. Motion by Gordon Ebbert to adopt Resolution No.459 .Second by Dr.Lindell.Passed unanimously. 1970 BLOCK CENSUS INFORMATION /07? A letter was read from the City Manager stating that 1970 population and housing census data can be provided by the Washington Urban Data Center if they are contracted with to do this work by July 1,1968. Planning Consultant Val Rupeiks advises that the City of Moses Lake .sJ should take advantage of this service.The fee for the service would be One Thousand ($1,000)Dollars or less.Mr.Waggener requested authoriza tion from the Council to contract with the Urban Data Center of the University of Washington for this statistical information so that it could be included as an item in the 1970 budget. He further explained that a great deal of information could be compiled for the City as a result of this study. After much discussion pro and con as to the value of such a census,a vote was taken.Motion by Holm to accept the proposal of the Urban Data Center. Second by Gordon Ebbert.Yes votes:Ebbert,Holm,Jones,Boyle and Eng. No votes:Skaug.Abstaining:Lindell. APPOINTMENT TO INTER-RACIAL COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Mayor Jones said that Larry Peterson had discussed appointment to the Inter-Racial Commission with Mrs.Janie Shelby.She has agreed that she would like to serve on the Commission.Mayor Jones expressed the Opinion that she would be a fine addition to the Commission and requested confirmation of the appointment by the City Council. Motion by Skaug to confirm the appointment of Mrs .Shelby to the Inter-Racial Commission for Human Rights.Second by Eng.Passed unanimously. 1281 June 25,1968 GARBAGE CONTRACT A letter from the City Manager was read requesting authorization from the City Council to call for bids for a renewal of contract for garbage collection in the City of Moses Lake in order to assure the citizens the best possible contract. He stated that although he had asked both Mr.Dietrich and Mr.Fuller for detailed information regarding the cost of operation of the garbage service it had not been forthcoming and he felt it needed this information in order to justify negotiating for the contract. The alternatives to calling for bids would be to negotiate a tentative proposal or take over the garbage as a department of the city government. Motion by Monte Holm to authorize the City Manager to call for bids for garbage service.Second by Michael Boyle.Mr.Wattener said that bid specifications would be prepared and it would be discussed with the council before being made public. Passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned. uJt'nc k~ ATTEST: 1 '.