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1943-02-16 City Council MinutesThe Council met.in regular call showed the following Jones, Savage, Hansen and sessian with Mayor Councilmen present, Clausen. February 16, 1943. F'ourtner presiding. The roll Chandler,. Roscoe, Hansen, William Carter of Seattle Heights asked the Council about joining their fire district tith the Edmonds Fire District so their firemen may_obtain Firemenus Insurance from the State, This matter was'laid over until the Pire'Chief M: C. angels had been consulted. Attorney 0. 1). Anderson presented to the Council an easement from Ralph V. Hard to install a trunk sewer line across his property on Third Street. The following agreement between .the City of Edmonds and Pointer Williamette Company was drawn up by the City Attorney. AGREKa'NT This Agreement, entered into by and between Edmonds, A municipal corpor- ation, of Snohomish County, Washington, hereinafter called "the City", and Pointer-Williamette Co, a corporation, hereinafter,called "the Company", WITNESSETH: That the Company is presently engaged.,:in the operation of a plant on the waterfront, in said City, wherein it is performing war contracts with the U. S. Army covering the construction of barges, and it is necessary, in the public service, that that portion of Yost Admiral Way from the South line of Dayton Street, in said City, South to a point opposite station 1018482.5 on the Great Northern right-of-way main line, be closed in 6rder that such right-of-way may be available for the necessary use of the Company; and further in order that the public may be barred from access to such plant for ob- vious military reasons. That in order to effect such closing it is hereby agreed, by and between. the parties hereto, as follows:. that for the duration of the present war Yost Admiral flag, from the South line of Dayton Street South approximately four hundred feet, more or less, to a point opposite station 1018*82..5 on the Great Northern main line right of -way may be'closed by the company, ,and such portion of said highway so closed may be made use of by the company as an integral part of its plant. That.as a consideration for the closing of said highway and the use there- of by the Company the Company agrees -to establish and maintain in a condition suitable for traffic a substitute or alternate roadway leading from Dayton Street South to a connection with Yost Admiral Way Southerly of the portion of the latter road'so closed. The Company further agrees that upon the termination of the present war, or sooner if it ceases operation: of -its plant at Edmonds, to restore the portion of Yost Admiral Flay so closed to a condition as good as obtained prior to the closing thereof, and to remove all structures therefrom. It is Further Agreed that the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the City from any and all claims, costs, charges, damages or suits arising out of or in any way resulting from the closing of said highway, or from any negligence or carelessness in the opening and maintenance of the sub- stitute or alternate roadway provided for herein. Dated this 12 day cf.-February, 1943. + Edmonds, a municipal corporation. by F. A. Fourtner Mayor. Attest: Anita Gust Asst. City Clerk Pointer Williamette Co. it. W. Pointer There being no further business on motion the meeting adjourned. Mayor Assistant City Clerk.