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Dept. of Public Works Page 2 to facilitate their fruit operations. Public Works controls access points on Public Roads, by vacating portions of Perry Road Zirkle Fruit Company would have the ability to control their access needs along the private road portion. 9. Perry Road has an average daily traffic count of 124 vehicles and is designated as a Local Access Roadway. These counts are driven by Zirkle Fruit operations due to vehicles utilized by agricultural workers. 10. Zirkle Fruit desires to acquire more access points than County Code permits to facilitate their fruit operations. Public Works controls access points on Public Roads, by vacating portions of Perry Road Zirkle Fruit Company would have the ability to control their access needs along the private road portion better suiting their operational need. Due to ownership of land solely controlled by Zirkle Fruit along Perry Road no impacts would occur to other County residents. Easements would be maintained for utilities to serve Zirkle operations. 11. The attached exhibit drawing is a portion of that Record of Survey performed by Cruse and Associates for the applicants, with the proposed vacation area highlighted in Red. Requirements of RCW 36.87.040 Director/Eneineers Report: Whether County road right of way should be vacated or abandoned. • County right of way should be vacated to the owners of the neighboring properties. Whether road is in use or has been in use. The road is in use, previously the road served various residents and agricultural operations. Currently Zirkle Fruit Company is the sole owner of the surrounding property and agricultural operation. The road is a dead end road that only provides access to Zirkle Fruit ag operations. The condition of the road. • The road is in good condition; the pavement was recently rated and required no action during the 2017 chip seal program. Whether it will be advisable to preserve it for the county road system in the future. • Public Works sees no viable reason for the County to preserve Perry Road as a public facility. The new agricultural operation is a long term fruit orchard operation that will be a central headquarter location for a private agricultural company in Ellensburg. Whether the public will benefit by the vacation. • The Public will benefit by the reduction in future maintenance costs along Perry Road. These maintenance costs are anticipated to increase with the change in use and truck traffic. 411 North Ruby Street, Suite 1 TEL (509) 962-7523 Ellensburg, WA 98926 FAX (509) 962-7663