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Jerald V. Pettit Kittitas County Auditor 205 West 5 th -Suite 105 Ellensburg, WA 98926 509-962-7504 Fax 509-962-7687 January 3, 2018 Kittitas County Board of Commissioners 205 W. 5th Ave, Suite 108 JAN -3 ,·, f',",' Hi. Ellensburg, WA 98926 RE: Certificate of Sufficiency Commissioners: This is to inform you that on 12/15/2017 a petition to create a less than countywide Port District was submitted to this office. The Petition is outlined as follows: 1. NAME: Port of Kittitas County 2. BOUNDARY: All areas defined by the boundaries of Kittitas County with the exception of that area encompassed by the Naches school district. 3. COMMISSIONERS: a. The District will be governed by three (3) Commissioner elected after voter approval of the Port petition. b. Commissioner districts will be those districts established for the election of Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners, with the exception of that area encompassed by the Naches school district. Staffhas reviewed all l,021signatures contained within the petition and determined that 899 are valid signatures ofregistered voters within the proposed boundary. Minimum number of signatures to be considered sufficient is 888; therefore, the petition contains sufficient signatures to continue to the next step. RCW 53.04.023 Formation of less than countywide district. A less than countywide port district with an assessed valuation of at least one hundred fifty million dollars may be created: (I) In a county that already has a less than countywide port district located within its boundaries; or (2) under the provisions of RCW 53.04.025 . Except as provided in this section, such a port district shall be created in accordance with the procedure to create a countywide port district. The effort to create such a port district is initiated by the filing of a petition with the county auditor calling for the creation of such a port district, describing the boundaries of the proposed port district, designating either three or five commissioner positions, describing commissioner districts if the petitioners propose that the commissioners represent districts, and providing a name for the proposed port district. The petition must be signed by voters residing with in the proposed port district equal in number to at least ten percent of such voters who voted at the last county general election. A public hearing on creation of the proposed port district shall be held by the county legislative authority if the county auditor certifies that the petition contained sufficient valid signatures . Notice of the public hearing must be published in the county's official newspaper at least ten days prior to the date of the public hearing. After taking testimony, the county legislative authority may make changes in the boundaries of the proposed port district if election, from districts or at large, as provided in the petition initiating the creation of the port district. The election shall be otherwise conducted as provided in RCW 53 .12.172 , but the election of commissioners shall be null and void if the port district is not created . Sincerely, Accounting 509-962-7502 • Elections 509-962-7503 • Recording 509-962-7504 • Licensing 509-962-7505 • www.co.kittitas.wa.us/auditor •