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<br />05/17/2016 MINUTES 4 <br /> <br /> <br />ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS <br /> <br />APPLICATION LODGING TAX COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />Commissioner Jewell moved to approve an Amended Application for Lodging <br />Tax for Tourism-Related, Small-Scale Municipality – Owned Capital <br />Projects and Operations. Commissioner Osiadacz seconded. Motion carried <br />3-0. <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS LODGING TAX COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />Commissioner Jewell moved to approve a Request for Proposals for Lodging <br />Tax Funds from Tourism-Related, Small-Scale Municipality-Owned Capital <br />Projects and Operations in the total amount of $100,000.00. Commissioner <br />Osiadacz seconded. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> <br />CITIZEN COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS <br /> <br />Mark Auslander said he had recently heard about possible options for <br />affordable housing in Kittitas County, including acquiring land to <br />create a new community for mobile homes with low-percentage loans, etc. <br />He questioned why the contract amount for CC Consulting had doubled. <br /> <br />Larry Alder felt it was important to keep the Shady Brook community <br />together. He said most of the residents speak Spanish and it would not <br />be good to break them up and scatter them throughout the community. He <br />questioned if the County could stipulate any movement from the present <br />location until everyone in their community could move together. <br /> <br />Janice Jump said the Shady Brook owners have health issues and it was <br />their desire to sell their property. She indicated her parents had <br />property taken away from them a couple of different times and there was <br />no one who offered assistance to help them find another place to move. <br />She felt the current residents are being very well taken care of in the <br />process of having to eventually relocate. <br /> <br />Ellen Shawsnider (unknown spelling) said she was not a resident of <br />Kittitas County yet, but was in favor of having productive, <br />collaborative, discussions on affordable housing. She suggested having <br />an architectural competition and approach programs at the University of <br />Washington or other colleges, and have them design an ecological, <br />sensitive, affordable housing development which could be recognized <br />nationally and a focus of interest to people who visit the County. <br /> <br />Taylor Smith said he was in favor of having an architectural competition <br />and felt it would bring a unique and artistic value and could enhance <br />the reputation of the County. <br />