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Kent Washington November 3 , 1952
Regular meeting of the city council present T-Tayor T,Iooney,
Councilmen Blessing, Curran, Randall, Schultz , Shaffer,
Thornton;
Minutes read and approved of the last regular meeting;
Report of officers read and filed, .police report ;
Ordinance read on vacation of a portion of Clark Street in
Washington Central Imp. Coos hnob Hill Addn. to Kent , and
hearing was held for anyone to object , Tir. Clark objected to
the vacation for his client l:Irs. Plorris that owned lot 2
just' North of .the part of the street that was petitioned to
be vac$ted, he claimed that it would landlock her property zo
and it was not for the good of the city to vacate this portion $WO
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of Clark Street. After some disscussion on the vacation, a
. motion was passed to pass the ordinance , a roll call vote was ;�
taken the yeas were Blessing, Shaffer, and Thornton, . neys NA
were Curran, Randall, and schultz, the I'ayor cast the decid- o
ing vote with a yea. Ordinance Ido. 851P was passed to vacate
the said street. After ordinance passed to vacate street T,Ir.
Clark attorney for T-Irs. Ruth Tiorris stated that he would see
us in court.
ilotion was passed to instruct the Mayor and Clerk to sign
a Quitf Claim Deed for Lots 12 & 13 Block LM O.P.of Kent , to
a Mr. James Corkins, now owner of the property for a clearence
of the title. 0
The National Bank of �1ashington request` permission to place
blacktop on the depressions in their sidewalk on 1,,Ieeker St.
jThe engineer t�ras instructed to look into the matter, and also
the condition of the building, and also the Merrifield Apt.
building at First Ave. and Gowe Street.
Motion for clerk t_o write a letter to the N.P.Ry. Co. in
regard to the time of repairing the crossings at Smith 8-1 James
Streets, as their letter had stated.
The street crew was authorized to move the gate at the ' dump
and pick up the garbage that some one had dumped at the gate.
Petition received from people on the IIamilton Rd. requesting
of the council for better and more water supply, by motion
petition eras placed on file.
Estimate on new water mains on Knob Hill if an annexation
was completed, by the Engineer & the 'rJater Supt . was set at
20,000.00.
CLAIMS PRESENTED AND ALLOI^dED AS FOLLOWS: ;
Police Payroll for October, 1,665.77
Payroll for October 4; 580.17
Fire Payroll for October 267.00
Cur. Exp. Claims 769.72
Water rt 566.68
rr 60.21
Street $$q,6t�
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T iay Chas. Bridges
city clerk