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Corporation Yard Timeline
- Special City Council Meeting. Called for the purpose of considering
the matter of leasing and also securing the options for the purchase
of the same. January 4, 1913
- Resolution No. 2191-N.S. January 4, 1913
Terms up to five years from the first day of April $100 per month commencing
with the first day of Mach 1913, $2,200 first day of January 1914, $2200...
and through January 1918.
- Resolution No. 2240-N.S. Second resolution to lease purchase of the
Corporation Yard
- Resolution 272-N.S. September 19, 1913 Creates office of City Architect
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- Resolution 342-N.S. May 19, 1914
"appropriating and providing for expenditure of $3500 for equipment,
construction and installation of a spur track facilities for the Corporation
Yard of the City of Berkeley, and a concrete storage reservoir and oil
pit, including furnace Boiler, and boiler house and necessary piping
therewith"
- Resolution 3388-N.S. June 9, 1914 Oil storage and heating plant bid
Ordinance Item(s) #7, #8, #9
Bids for construction
American Machine works $3246.35
J A Pinkerton $3415
Blake Brothers $4090
- Resolution 3485-N.S. June 19, 1914
Awarding contract to construct spur to Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe Railroad
Co for $993.88
Property deeded to City December 22. 1914
- Resolution No. 5091-N.S. November 26, 1915
"Directing the Department of Public Works to provide a manure dumping
place at the new Corporation Yard"
- Council Minutes April 14, 1916 Item # 33
"Bill entitled appropriating and providing for expenditure of 5000
for construction of a building for the Corporation Yard at Allston Way
and West Streets"
- Resolution 5477-N.S. April 21, 1916
Authorizing and directing the City Architect to prepare Plans and Specifications
for construction
Council Communication #3 City Eng. Jessup Matter of preparing plans
and specifications for the construction of building at the Corporation
Yard
- Resolution 557 1-N.S. May 19, 1916
Corporation Yard # 15 "Adopting the preliminary plans prepared
by the City Architect for improvements on a portion of the Corporation
Yard at Allston Way and West Street"
- Council Minutes July 18, 1916
List of contractors and bids
Walter Sorensen
Lester H Stork
L S Lewis
Jones and McGovern
California construction Co
J Wendering *
- Resolution 5890-N.S August 18, 1916
"Awarding bid to J. Wendeing for improvements at the Corporation
Yard for the sum of $9975; the construction of the improvements as per
the plan; with 6 bays for the sum of $8475; the construction of additional
bays as per his bid, for the sum of $1300; and the placing of a partition
wall between the store room and shed, and lowering of the brick wall
to conform more nearly to present grade, at a cost of $200."
- Building Permit No.5785 August 31, 1916
- Council Communication #3 October 6, 1916 From City Architect Ratcliff
for various additions and changes at the Corporation Yard
- Council Communication #7 From City Architect Ratcliff to replace the
two slot sinks at the shop to one slot sink.. . no additional costs
- Council Communication #4 From City Architect Ratcliff for "acceptance
of the bid of the Art Fixture Co. in the sum of 90 dollars for furnishing
electric fixtures for the Corporation Yard
- Resolution 6283-N.S December 29, 1916
(Upon the recommendation of the City Architect) "accepting the
work done under the contract of J Wendering for construction of improvements
at the Corporation Yard., as fully completed according to the plans
and specifications therefore.
- Resolution 6292-N.S January 2, 1917
Bid for two steel road oil storage tanks to be installed at the Corporation
Yard
- Ordinance 496-N.S. January 12, 1917
Creating the Bureau of Streets
- Resolution (?) 1916 Appointing W. B. Knapp Sup. Of Building City of
Berkeley (Knapp appears to have had some financial interest the decision to loacte the new corporation yard and would have benefited from the area's development including roads, sewers etc. More research needed...)
- Resolution 6072-N.S Late 1916
Authorizing WB Knapp delegate to third annual State Housing Institute
in San Diego and expenses of $50
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