633 WALNUT ST.PDF13666
633 WALNUT ST
CITY of EDMONDS
Civic Center - Edimonds, Washington 98020 Telephone (206)
Office of the City Attorney
Leif Larson
City Engineer
City of Edmonds
Civic Center
Edmonds, Washingt6n-.98020
May 20, 1975
STR`1.6-� FILE
,;'R E CE IV ED
MAY
[doloods Ingr. Dept.
Re: Gear vs. City of Edmonds
Dear Leif:
Please be advised that the above.captioned-'�matter
has now been set for trial on
not January 9, 1975, as previously stated.
Very truly yours,
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LAW OFFICES OF
ANDERSON, HUNTER, DEWELL, BAKER& COLLINS, P. S.
601 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
0. D. ANDERSON (1892-1961) EVERETT, WASHINGTON 98201
JAMES P. HUNTER TELEPHONE 252-SI61
JULIAN C. DEWELL
WILLIAM W. BAKER AREA CODE 206
THOMAS R. COLLINS
G. DOUGLAS FERGUSON
H. SCOTT HOLTE
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may 16t 1975
Mr. John D. Wallace
City of Edmonds
Civic Center
Edmonds WA 98020
Dear John:
Re: Gear v. city of Edmonds
This is to advise that the trial in the above matter has
been scheduled as a jury trial to be heard on January 19,
1976.
Very truly yours,
ANDERSONII, HUNTER, DEWELLr BAKER & COLLINS, P.S.
By Julian C. Dewell
JCD:dh
CC: Mr. C. C. Richardson
Safeco Insurance Companies
Mr. Leif R. Larson
City of Edmonds
City Engineer
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CITY of EDMONDS
Civic Center - Eclimonds, Washington 98020 - Telephone (206) 775-2525
Office of the City Attorney
May 16, 1975 R'r.-CEIVED
MAY 19 1975
Leif Larson
City Engineer fdands Engr. Dept .
City of Edmonds
Civic Center
Edmonds, Washington 98020
Re: Gear vs. Edmonds
Dear Leif:
Please be advised that.the above captioned matter
has now been set for trial for-January,19-1,�--1.976.
Very truly yours,
OFF,10E OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
IF,�'ICE OF
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6hn .,,Wallace
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LAW OFFICES OF
ANDERSON, HUNTER, DEWELL, BAKER & COLLINS, P. S.
601 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
EVERETT, WASHINGTON 98201
0. D. ANDERSON (1892-1961)
JAMES P. HUNTER
TELEPHONE 252-SIGI
JULIAN C. DEWELL
WILLIAM W. BAKER
AREA CODE 206
THOMAS R. COLLINS
G. DOUGLAS FERGUSON
H. SCOTT HOLTE
May 9, 1975
Mr. John D. Wallace
City of Edmonds
Civic Center
Edmonds WA 98020
Dear John:
Re: Gear v. City of Edmonds
Safeco Insurance Company has reviewed the insurance policy
again and, although you have not actually tendered the
defense in connection with the inverse condemnation proceed-
ings to Safeco, Safeco is willing, at this time, to accept
the defense of the inverse condemnation matters for the City
of Edmonds up to the date of the expiration of its policy,
which was January 1, 1974.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please
advise. If you wish us to take further action in connection
with it, please write us concerning.those matters.
Very -truly yours,
ANDERSON, HUNTER, DEWELL, BAKER & COLLINS, P.S.
B Julian C. Dewell
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CC: Mr. C. C. Richardson
Safeco, Insurance Companies
May 7, 1975
Mr. Julian C. Dewoll
Anderson, Hunter,"Dewell..Bakor
Collins, P.S.'
601 First National Bank Building
Everett, Washington 9820lt-
Re: Gear C ty
Dear Mr. Dewell:'-;
As you requested in your letter of May,6, we checked to
see if your copy of the General Telephone Company Work Order -
and the Ordinance had been left in our office. 'No stray copies
were found and, therefore, we have made �ew copies.for you, which
are enclosed herewith.
Yours very truly,
CITY OF EDMONDS
LEIF R. LARSON', P.E.
City Enqineer
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Enclosures
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LAW OFFICES OF
ANDERSON, HUNTER, DEWELL, BAKER & COLLINS P. S.
601 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
EVERETT, WASHINGTON 98201
0. D. ANDERSON (1892-1961)
JAMES P. HUNTER TELEPHONE 252-5161
JULIAN C. DEWELL
WILLIAM W. BAKER AREA CODE 206
THOMAS R. COLLINS
G. DOUGLAS FERGUSON
H. SCOTT HOLTE
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May 6. 1975 M
Edmads Eflgr. NPL
Mr. Leif R. Larson
City of -Edmonds
city Engineer
Civic Center
Edmonds WA 98020
Dear Mr. Larson:
Re: Gear v. City of Edmonds
When we were meeting on May 1, 1 apparently inadvertently
_jqZtt q!y � eral Tplephop-e Company,,.
_pqRy.qf_the ' Work Order for Gen
toggt:her with the Ordinance, on the desk at_your office. I
would appreciate your advising if it was picked up inad-
vertently. It may have been picked up by one of the attorneys,
and a copy of this letter is going to them.
If'yqu locate the same.,_pl,ease.forward it to me,, otherwise, I
w-u ave another copy of the Work order from
like to h'
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,engral Telephone Company as well as a copy of the Ordinance
and/or franchise which was.attached..
Very truly yours,
ANDERSON, HUNTERj DEWELLo, BAKER & COLLINS, P.S.
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By uli Dew 1
JCD:dh
CC: Mr. Thomas D. Frey
Mr. John Wallace
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CITY of EDMONDS
Civic Center - Edmonds, Washington 98020 - Telephone (206) 775-2525
Office of the City Attomey RECEIVED
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APR 19T5
April 11, 1975 uliads
Mr. Thomas D. Fray
Guttormsen, Scholfield a Stafford
Attorneys at Law
820 White Hrney Stuart Bldg.
Seattle,, Washington 98101
Dear Tom:
This will geb--n-'firm
ity Engineer, Leif
9 5, at 200 poi. at th
JDW:mb
cc: Julian C. Dowell
Leif Larson
Re: Gear v. City of Edmonds
hat I "Vp sc e ul h
Larsor, 11 ell "oting on
e Edm6nAd City,Hall.
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Very W ly yours,.
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
John D. Wallace
.1"t Ile -
December 27, 1974
Jullan,.C.,Dewell
Anderson, Hunter, Dewell, Baker A Collins
601 First National Bank Building
Everett, Washington 98201
Re: Gear V. City of Edmonds
Dear Mr. Dewell:
Forwarded herewith as enclosure "I" is a copy of the
permit granted to the General Telephone Company for the
installation of.the underground duct in Walnut Street.
Also enclosed is a copy of the original Franchise
Ordinance granted to the Edmonds Independent Telephone
Company in 1934.
Yours very truly,
CITY OF EDMONDS
LEIF R. LARSON, P.E.
City Engineer
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LAW OFFICES OF
ANDERSON, HUNTER, DEWELL, BAKER COLLINS
601 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
0. D. ANDERSON (1892-19611
EVERETT, WASHINGTON 98201
JAMES P. HUNTER
TELFPHONE 252-5161
JUL I AN C. DEWELL
WILLIAM W. BAKER
AREA CODE 206
THOMAS R. COLLINS
G. DOUGLAS FERGUSON
December 20,
1974
Mr. Leif R. Larson
City of Edmonds
City Engineer
Civic Center
Edmonds WA 98020
Dear Mr. Larson:
Re: Gear v. City of Edmonds
RECEIVE0
DEC 2 1974
Ldm0fids EW. 060L.
We -have been furnished with a copy of the permit application
from General Telephone Company of the Northwest. We assume
that, pursuant to this permit, the work done by thetelephone
company was not on a franchise but solely on a permit basis.
we would appreciate your co4firminq.this to us and advisinq
N&ther or not any franchi,,ses have been issued to the tele-
phone'company in the area of Mr. Gear's house.,
Very truly yours,
ANDERSON, HUNTER, DEWELL, BAKER & COLLINS
By JPVn C. Dewell
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CC:-.,V omas D. rey�
Mr. Th
r. John Wallace
cOMPANy of the NORTHWEST
W.O. No. Z1J')';-%L:_"`%'1
c--igiml i.-I-OrCh 1" 1960
7;
-Application Date
F" - 2c,'N
1- n 4,:1,;
Approval Date
'Engineer
PEIMT APPLICATION — 210-71500T boo been revised
1968, Wo
-letter of 14arch. 22;,
In e=-pliame With 7=
lies for permission to:
op -THE NORTHWEST INC hereby app
1he GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPA14y '70
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con�; it
ccn�.tr'.-et ain an h o r.
W'Lth �Re!-t to.5th S
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--rean at AW-4853.
0; to,DI)a Vic
1,c. fe r all Sao_ stic na regard a�13 20011-" 1
191i) Construction
ximately
work is scheduled to start appro
days in this area.
to require approximately
the original
'If this work meets with your approval, -please sign and return.
...Of this form.
'GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY
16161, Hewitt Avenue.
Everett, Washington a for O.W. Cor
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.98201
Engineer
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Tit Northern Divisio
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tiow.for couftit
symbols and abbrevia
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erform the work listed above
is hereby authorized to p
.,;aNERAL TELE to all*applicable state, county
EPHONE COMPANY and subject
h their franchise
accordance wit
a' fications..
nces speci
..and/or municipal ord.ina nd
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0R.D1;11C-0L 1 0.
n Ordinarce crart4rg for a per' L od of 1wentj-fivo (25) years
to Ed"mords irdependert Tclorhor.e Compary,'it's succeL--sors'ward &8-
signs the ri-ht, privilege and authority to do a Scr.eral 1clephor-e
and ThegraphQbusiress within the Citj of Edmonds,
tOL-
SEC"101" 1: The City Courcil of the City of Ldmords, do ordain
folluv;a; '21,at there be, Lrd hereby is, grarted apor, the cor-
vvditior6 in thi*�; 0`rdirance cortaired, to Jrdeper.dCLt 2,Ae-
phore Compary, a Corp orat -;.or, organized �ard exist-"n'c', under the
laws of the 3tLte of '�iachirr-ton, 0 its successors r-rd assigns, for
L)
the period of T,;:er,ty-fiva (L-5) years 1-rom ard after the effective
'L
date of this Uruirarce, maixtair ard operate a general Telcphoi.e
and Telegraph syste.m and facilities t'.-urefur withii� the Clitj of
EdLairds, aid ,)I&ce, ereot, lay, LaaiLtair. aLa repl&ca iL, UPOL, a-
lorg and under all of the Streets, alleys, and other p-abli-- high-
ways of sz�id City, poles, c-,rduits, w—'rez;, cables Lrd other facili-
.ties for the cord,.i:,t ard operation of a 6;ez.t�ral -Teluphoiie and 2ele-
L
graph basireos ard trarsmizsior of electricity ti-lerefor.
3ECT1011 2: --lefore said grantee, its 2ucce2L;jrs or assigrs,
s all begir tllle construction Of said CJ1-dUit alJX-U LLLderl.Gath the
said stracAs and alleys, it or they shall file with tlii� Oit; Olerk
41 of Edmords, detailed pL,-r,. ard prolLileo of said cordaits r.3 ir.-
tended to be lt-id down aloi,g, underi.6&th z�aid streets F-rd allejs,
the distance from the curb that the CondaitL; zi,d the depth from
the official grade or surface of said Etreet or allej. The said
grartee shall ameid said plars in accordance with the directior
of the City Council.
IV SEC71C! 3. The corStructior of said cordaits shall i,ot be
begun until the City Courcil shL.11 upi)rxre said p1r-rs so filed
with the Git,-r Clerk as Vrovided ir 3ectior 2 of this Ordir.arc e.
SEC T101 4: T%e said grartee, its successors aid az;signs,
jec-11 at its or t'neir owi, experse restore each ard every street
err) AP r d al leY to as -0 Od a 0,;! 1` tJ or as it waz before street or
J,calley was di�;turbued for the'p'ar.)ose of puttlnj3 dowy. --tjci cor.daits;
c-r,d ir cLsc SLid grarteQ shall refusu or ie-luit to restore sLjjd
streets -i�d alley,- r-s herei:, specified, the' ;trel-t Co�aia`sL;iorer
sht.11 cauoe thu 6,.:jnu to be d,-)Yo t.Lt thu c,)L;t und ex�)cjo'
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grartee, its z'j.c,,.eojoru t-i.d duriiG the c�)zL;tructioxi of
f,
said cordaitL;, shLll SL.Ve .-*ti of Edrionds har:Lle6s L.1-d free
froLa ai.y cost and experze becaase- of ary damage Llieged to have
beel. caused �y reason of the conztructior. and miiirteraLce of said
cor'duits.
'rA 3ECTI0- 5. :,�he ric-ht. '-ere4r. LT�:az-ted to said Edzaords Ir"de-
ar a
Go*1r1-L)any, is ZLICCeSSOI'S -d LSigl. S-1Lll rot be
corstrued so as to deprivt� the C`t�� Of Z;JMOrAS J Lly oF'its powers
0 regulate tle use Erd cctrol of the strcut-�; ard 11eys ViithijYA
-TV - i -Zild City, or to hirder or delay the V,-*l,,y of Ldrnoi do from impi-jv-"--
ro irg4 said stroeta or tllcys zi�;;pruvided by th� I&: -IL; Of 'the Statt; of
Washingto r;
SECT10I. 6: T111-e poles chL�ll be placed ard erected ix such
Wtomarrer as :::ay be desiCpated by the StreL-,' Comia`ttee'oof the City
0�,urcil- The shall be carefully cx.rectea� ard faster ed so
F-3 Y-Ot to cczz,� ir cortact ;.-th ary object, z-rd shLll'be �str etched
so Es rot to irterfere -:.--th the free use of --t-id streuts Lrd
alleys, ard at such a.hei,:,�ht as MLy be deSigrated by siid Street
Committee ur.less otherwise ordered by thL. City Coul
SEC7.1011, 7: !"hat *.-:1her. it shL�ll bLco--,r�: Y ecoo:,��ry to take UP
or dij; 1.11; t--e �r3uid in the erec-.ijr of seid poles, tLe
said grarze,�, it�: 6acce-,sjr- az�-igz.6 6hLil, after sf-id poles
ar,� erected vithi-at dela-1 r, replace said and re--cve all szzr-
Plus d-�rt , e ar : �-: --r ot e- ubb. i sh az i rel� lc-,-, e s a 4-1 L �;re et, or
alleY il a-v C' j a 2 0,1 ":. --' t i o r &s 4- t -.-;L s b ef o;-a JL t wa -�, t al -:en ap , 5 -.1b -
Ject to the approval of the Ztreet Co��lmit-.ee.
: y 1.,q .10: 8: The CitY Of Ed-mcrds rt��jervE�s the ri6ht to order
the chai �e o !)j—, tj or - - -.u, h p o? e a r ci,,; (� r i r. -. he j ad Le r. t
Jf L1. z
J. he Cit; Cjur:uil, each ch&L-E� is for zhe public 6��od.
04,ttzA of t
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h�),*.,evcr, �ur the vej;ted rights �,f '�'_-e p4rties.
having due regard, L ithin thirty
ov,dud, L, id Conjpry ahall, V;
SLCT101 9 : 2r . 6 _ he C,.t.; Clerk, its bc- i
age htru,.�f, ile with t -
the 00 di4
T i o
days .1'r,)m the passi ,ayte.�,.,sabjc2t to ltv,
ceptarce of ti,c !*rai(;hiJ.,:u hcr I 'd 0O:L'.'a1-y
here ir hcrtiii, Lh�,Jl bt� cii,Q-tracd to 9'vO
_Ltail. LLd Operate tLb tulcphur.b optom
exclusive right to mul
of the Cit�' EamOrds- a, -.t TelephoLe COMPLiLy
,,,,o_ds 11�de,)erder
2rovided, that said E Edmords �'ive '1,616Pholes
shall furnish for the use of the City OP ed uLaer the direction
free of char6.z., to be placed End ii,stall
sound the fire alarm fre6-
of the City Q,ur:cil- ".0 to
necessary to ttmporarily re
10: Uhc2�.(jver bc(��;we blk�a or other plart
arraTge remove, 1=er, ov raise the wiruB, C& machinery or
of the said grantee for the passage of buildings,
other objects the. said grLztee shall temporarily rearrange, re-
move. lower or ralse its V17ires , cables or other plaLt, as the
case require.
recescities of the
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Provided, however, that the persor or persons de---.rirg t
shall PaY e
iir- machinery or other objects, th
move any such buill "'ji. alterirg, removing
er.tiro actual cost t 0 (,, Crar,tee Of chang'-ng, to per, -
id VIirQ.;, cableu or other plb,.r;t LO I_U
or replacing its 84 eposit in advar.ce with btid grar-teo
mit such ard shall d
. such cost z�s estimated by said &Taxt6c: IiTA SbA--ll
a sum equal to - - o' every kird vihatsoever direut or
pay &ll damages End clfJm 1 �r tly by the chLLgiEg,
caused directly or iLd4 ec les or other
clteriLg, re�novir.g or replE�cirg of said v;ires, cub
plant, except as may be occra,�,iored through the negligence of
grantee, so r_s to permit such pr-2sage.
shall be given not 044"'t-41
The grartee, its successors or assigns, -041. 44
arL51 v-rittul. I_Otice by the p&rt.V de
1GOU than forty-tiZht (4a) ho Said notice shall O/Y
to move such buildir,7 or other objects.
sirir J
dutail the struet- shall bear the apLroval Of s�--d Ci-�y, * by
said %`Iit� de�;iei ate, Lrd ,�uoh zauv��rg
such �)fficitl as the
shall b e with much haste as possible End shall Lot be IIrLeQ68-
eLrili dOlLYOU ir Quase the Zrar.tob LLnI.boes2ary 0xI)t-,nk'u or wa6te
'of ti"18.
The provisiors of th.,- Zecl;,.or shall be carried Out in 060
cordr-ree With the ordiiai-ccs of the City regulatir-c- such matters.
he QitJ WheLf,
Prov.ded, however, this 6ectior shall Lot aPPlY to t
er-aged ii, the performance of any public work as in this �Irai.-
chise provided.
3ECT2101. 11: A failure of the Ed-mords Independent Telephone ;0
.34ons of this Ordinance shall, at rV
Company to cor.ply with the FrOvI - ' A.
the opt ior- I of Goul,,Cil voric- a forfeiture of its rights ax
privileges huruby granted.
1934.
Passed and approved this 7th day of
2ublish�.d ;.uQast l0tI,, 1934.
' Te,rdU, City Clerk- Geo-Q. Durbin. ijayor. d�AVpr
Attest: Gco.: e, j�ctir_ City �.ttorrey-
Approved as to iOrm,
I hereby certify that the above and fore'goirg is a true and
,'92 of the City of Ld=or-AB. '.4ash.
Correat Copy of OrdirerCO 1,0-1
Geo.m. Leyda, City Clerk.
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December 20, 1974
Mr. John D. Wallace
Edmonds City Attorney
1411 Fourth Avenue Building
Seattle, Washinqton 98101
Subject: Gear Claim -- General Telg!phone_Pemit
Dear John:
Forwarded herewith is a copy of the General Telephone permit
including an extra set of drawings and specifications. Also
enclosed is a copy of the letter In which we disapproved the
first permit application.
The Invasion of Right -of -Way Ordinance was not passed until
October 15, 1968, after this job was completed.
Very truly yours,
CITY OF EDMONDS
LEIF R. LARSO4, P.E.
City Enqineer
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Enclosures
March.229 1968
mr. Cordell
Northern Division Engineer
General Telephone Company
1616 1/2 Hewitt Avenue
Everetts Washington 96201
SubJect: j.O./Est. No. 210-715007
Dear Mr. Cordell:
nd permit application for
We are returning herewith your plans a ubject Job order
construction of an underground conduit system as shown on s
p . lans. In accordance with City of Edmonds' policy9 these plans are,
oval for an.installation of this magmitude. In order
inadequate for appr &
for the City Engineer to approve this applicationg the following require-
ments in design and specifications shall be fulfilledt
Plan Details
Plans
Plans shall be drawn to a scale not less than 1"slOO
shall reflect actual right-of-ways and show in detailg location of existing
roadways, type of improvement, such asq rolled edge, . curb sections,.type of
existing surface and underground utilities.! A profile at
curbs. sidewalksg d work shall be provided.
a scale of 1"=10' showing your propose
We suggest that you contact Reidq Middleton & Associates to
obtain detailed data pertaining to existing underground utilities. These
ivi g.locations horizontally and
utilities shall be shown on the plan g n
Existing utilities crossing over or near trench bottom shall
vertically. . the benefit of the contractor, plans used In
be shown on the profile. ror
obtaining this information shall be referenced on your drawings.
We also suggest that a detailed field reconnaissance be made to
types and locations of improvements in the public right-of-way that
reflect
s. The details of existing improvements,
may not be of record on plan nts, etc., around your
especially storm sewersq water lines, fire hydra
proposed manhole locations will be important.
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This office desires that underground electrical installations
of this nature be placed outside of existing and proposed future curb
lines. It will be necessary that your design engineer confer with us as
to proposed future paving widths in order to establish this location.
Presently, the City plans to follow the proposed A.P.W.A. ",Location for
Utilities Standards."
Specifications
it is 4esired that the following specifications be placed on
your plans:
The City Engineer shall be notified 48 hours prior to
commencing construction of the entire job and notified from time to..
time as progress is made. No open cut crossings of city streets shall
be made without approval of the City Engineer. Existing surfaces shall
be pre-cut and backfilling shall be accomplished using granular material
and mechanically compacted to 90% relative density.
Restoration of paving will be accomplished with asphaltic
concrete in two (2) lifts. Existing drainage ditches, culvert.n, etc.,
shall be kept clean at.all times. Temporary diversion of any drainafre
system will not be permitted without & consent of the City Enginee'r.
Any drainage culvert, catch basins',or inlets disturbed by excavation shall
be repladed with new material or repaired as directed by the City Engineer.
Maximum length of open trench on streets shall.be 200 lineal
.feet. Street surfacing shall,be cleared at the end of each day's operation.
.Final cleanup, including complete restoration of,'"shoulders, cleaning of
ditches, curb and gutter sections, catch basins or curb inlets, removal of
rough material, and back slope of trenches shall be approved by the City
Engineer. No existing materials or unsuitable material shall be wasted on
city right-of-way without the expressed consent of the.City,Ehgineer.�..
Final Inspection and Approval'
Prior to final approval of construction, a visual inspection of
the job site will be made by the City Eng*neer. Restoration of the area
shall be complete with all improvements being restored to -their original
condition.
TO
FORM 41 - LITTLE'S
INTER -OFFICE COMMUNIC TIONS
DATE 197V
FROM(:
SUBJECT:
STREO- FILE
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Him=
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0. D. ANDERSON (1892-19611
JAMES P. HUNTER
JULIAN C. DEWELL
WILLIAM W. BAKER
THOMAS R. COLLINS
G. DOUGLAS FERGUSON
LAW OFFICES OF
ANDERSON, HUNTER, DEWELL, BAKER & COLLINS
601 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
EVERETT, WASHINGTON 98201
TELEPHONE 2S2-5161
AREA CODE 206
November 20, 1974
'7"P
Mr. Leif R. Larson
City Engineer
City of Edmonds
Civic Center
Edmonds WA 98020
Dear Mr. Larson:
Re: William Gear, et ux. v. City of Edmonds
RECEIVED
NOV 2 1 11974
"Monds Engr- Dept.
We enclose a letter which we received today from Douglas
Millard in connection with the above matter. We would
appreciate your having the items set forth in the last
three paragraphs of his letter in our office by Friday,
November 22 if at all possible. Please give me a call
at your earliest convenience if this cannot be
accomplished.
Very truly yours,
AN5SONf HUNTERF DEWELLf BAKER & COLLINS
j
B Ju ian C. Dewell
JCD:dh
Enclosure
CC: Mr. Thomas D. Frey
Mr. John Wallace
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LAW OFFICES OF
DoUGLAS MILLARD
200 METROPOLE BUILDING
SECOND AND YESLER
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104
[206] 622-8850
November 18, 1974
Mr. Julian C. Dewell
Anderson, Hunter, Dewell,.
Baker & Collins
601 First Nat�onal Bank Building
Everett, Washington 98201
Re: Gear vs. City of Edmonds
Dear Mr. Dewell:
NOV 9 �1 0
HUNTER,
DEVNELL,
COLLINS
This will acknowledge the receipt of certain documents
from you pursuant to plaintiff's Motion under CR 34 and my
letter of November 5. Still to be produced, however, are the
permit for underground insta ' llation by General Telephone
Company, and sheets 1,2.,3, and 7 of the General Telephone plans
(#210-715007). Also, you have indicated that the City's records
relating to the National Construction contract for sanitary
sewers (LID 72) are very limited. I would like to have a letter
from you explaining specifically what records relating to this
contract are in the City's possession, and, if any of these
documents are within the scope of our Request for Production,
they should be produced.
Last, from the time the first set of materials was
delivered in response to plaintiffs',request for production,
we have been concerned over the paucity of work orders produced.
Those produced cover only a small part of the various city
departments' activities within the area described in our Request
for Production. The City has apparently determined that those
work orders produced, -and no others, are the only ones which
exist and are within the ambit of documents described by the
Request for Production. I have not seen and am not specifically
aware of any particular work order other than the ones produced,
but I suggest that the city make another thorough review for
other such documents to be produced. Among other reasons for
that, the absence of such documents may be substantively as
important as the content of those documents which have been
produced.
Mr. Julian C. Dewell -2- November 18,.1974
Also, the request for production-ils a general one, and
any number of forms of documents would be within its purview.
Thus, if the city departments record their work orders or
describe work or inspections performed simply in log form,
certain entries in those logs would likely be subject to
production. I might add here that Mrs. Gear was advised by
the City Water Department in the course of a discussion
having to do with an apparently separate problem, that daily
logs are kept both by that department and by the Street Depart-
ment.
Complete production of the documents requested has been
an extremely long time in coming. our request was originally
served on July.15 and called for production on August . 7. Now,
over three months later, we still have not received all of the
requested documents. This has caused considerable delay in
our other -discovery. Accordingly, I must now insist that any
documents which remain to be produced under our Rule 34 Request
be delivered to my office not later than noon on November 29.
If they are not produced by that time, we will have to adjourn
Mr. Gear's deposition in order to present our Motion to Compel
Discovery'enclosed herewith.
Very tya
,y yours,
ARD
DOUG S M
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Enclosure
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RECEIVED
NOV 14 1974
LAW OFFICES OF
ANDERSON, HUNTER, DEWELL, BAKER & COLLINS
Edmonds E091. DePIL
601 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
0. 0. ANDERSON (1892-1961)
EVERETT, WASHINGTON 98201
JAMES P. HUNTER
TELEPHONE 2S2-5161
JULIAN C. DEWELL
WILLIAM W. BAKER
AREA CODE 206
THOMAS R. COLLINS
G. DOUGLAS FERGUSON
November
13, 1974
Mr. Leif R. Larson
City Engineer
City of Edmonds
Civic Center
Edmonds WA 98020
Dear Mr. Larson:
Re: William.Gear, et ux. v. City of Edmonds
We have delivered to Mr. Gear's attorney the documents
referred to in your letter of October 4, 1974. In addition,
item number 1, the General Telephone Company permit draw-
ing, has now been requested by Gear's attorney. You should
0 go furnish us with two copies of the permit for underground
pE;L rAVO
,.,,installation by General Telephone Company and sheets 1, 2,
11-14-14 -3 and 7 of the General Telephone Company plan (No. 210-715007).
It appears that we have complied with all other requests of
Mr. Douglas Millard, but I enclose a copy of his November 5
letter for your further information and cross-check. If -
you will furnish us with a notation of the costs for the
various documentation, we will forward it along to Mr. Millard.
Very truly yours,
ANDERSON, HUNTER, DEWELL, BAKER & COLLINS
Ju ian C. Dewell
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Enclosure
CC: Mr. Thomas D. Frey
Mr. John Wallace
RePoiO4 Mr-ft od PACV044 I
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LAW OFFICES OF
DOUGLAS MILLARD
200 METROPOLE BUILDING
SECOND AND YESLER
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104
[206] 622-8850
November 5, 1974
Mr. Julian C. Dewell
Anderson, Hunter, Dewell,
Baker & Collins
601 First National Bank Building
Everett, Washington 98201
Re; Gear Vs. City of Edmonds
Dear Mr..Dewell:
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' We have not as yet received any of the documents which were
agreed,to be provided by the City of Edmonds in our meeting of
September 16. 1 believe that Dick Allen of the City Engineering
Department has at least a partial -list of these documents, which
list was prepared at that meeting. To repeat, the documents to
be produced are:
- permit for underground installation by General Telephone'
Company, and sheets 1,2, 3, and 7 of the General Telephone
plans (# 210-715007);
- the following drawings from work contracted to National
Construction (LID 72): Nos. 5306 -07, -09', -10, and 1 -.12,
plus all administrative records, drawings,.and inspec ' tion
reports relating to National Construction work on sanitary
sewer system during 1969 and 1970;
- drawings of the water system (#EEW-172) in the area of the
Gear home, specifically including Nos. 224-17 (May 9, 1929)
and 224-4 (August, 1928), and any other drawing in the '224
series showing the area south of Walnut and any drawings
showing I pipes running north and south on 6 1/2th Street,
along the west side of Block 93, plat of Edmonds;
- drawings 24 and 25 of the aerial photography maps made
in March, 1965.
We would ask that the City provide as well a copy of any work
order of its Water Department on or about October 30, 1974 relating
to repair of a water line or meter adjacent to the Gear home.
As we have already agreed, we will reimburse the City for copying
costs. Please see that these documents are made available as quickly
as practicable.
Vrr]�,, truly yours,
0 UG MILLARD
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October 4, 1974
An4orsonj, Huntopq Dwell Baker t Collins
601 First Hational Bank Building
Everett, Washington 98201
Attention: Julian C. Dowell
SUBJEM William Goar ro CI
at uxe L
of Edmonds
Gentlement
In reference to the request by Mr. Gear and his
attmmsy for additional Information, we have compiled the
available drawings and material as follows:
1. On the matter of the 'General Telephone CoMwny
permit drawing for cable Installation on Walnut
Street, njither Mr. Gear nor his attorney have
called to say they need these,materLals as discussed
during the nesting at the City Engineer's Office.
2. We have obtained copies of the sanitary sewer
L.I.D. No. 72 drawings (shoots 7, 9, 16 and 12)
as requested.
3. The water system drawing requested by Mr. Gear
an his Inspeciton visit to Public Works Department
have been copied. He requested 2 shoots of the
Willis T. Batcholler drawings of August 1928.
4. The aerial photography made showing topographic
features In Section 24 asd�2S we" requested and copies
have been made.
S. We searched through the records for Item on
the, National Constructim Company work an the @&nL-
tary swer In approximately 1969* The only records
available are City accounting records and invoLess
V3,us a shoot of sumy notes for staking out the
grade, of the sever prior to cobstruction. Thore is
no other Information available on the sower or other
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Anderson. Hun* DiWell, Baker 9 Collins
October 4, 1974
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utility locations In relation to this sanitary sewer reconstruction project.
Two copies of. -each document as requested by Mr. Gear and his attorney
am enclosed herewith. You my then pass the copies to the plaintiff's
attorney based upon your Judgement In this matter.
If you need any further Information, pleas* do,not hesitate to call.
Yours very trulv
CITY OF EDMONDS
LEIF R. LARSON
City rngineer
cc: John Wallace, Edmonds City Attorney
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