2017-07-24-minutes-public-works-study-session

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Dept. of Public Works Page 3 that staff has made application to the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) and will likely hear from them shortly with a notice to proceed. The construction and demolition of the existing bridge is the burden of the developer. Although staff will be working with the developer to make sure the proper structure is placed. Knowing that the bridge is moving forward it's a good time to start engaging the community on the impacts of keeping the road private. The concern from Public Works has been, and continues to be is essentially a public road serving sixty (60) residents of the approved Planned Unit Development there is some thought they could close the road. In which case we would not have public access that we were seeking with the bridge and other public road construction. Mark added that there is some advantage to see if that section can come into the road network for public dedication. There are two paths we can go down. We can either lobby and reach consensus from the easement owners to petition for the road to be established on network, in which case we would be providing snow removal and ongoing maintenance on the roadway and the other option is condemnation by the Board of County Commissioners. Staff is committed to having conversations this week about this issue with the easement owners. Discussion was held regarding the public road standard and how the roadway is to be built. Commissioner Jewell recapped the conversation with questions on how the easement owners can close the roadway. Mark replied that the County does not have any right of way of the private road. Further discussion was held. Commissioner Jewell added that closing that road is not an acceptable alternative and staff needs to find a way to prevent that from happening. Commissioner Osiadacz added that staff will be contacting landowners that are adjacent to Lund Lane to discuss what the roadway will look like. She has received several emails with concerns about speeds and what will occur as the improvements are made. One of her goals is to work with the developer and meeting with the property owners and find ourselves in a position where everyone is agreeable to the outcome. Commissioner Jewell asked to discuss the improvements because he feels this is another piece to the issue. Discussion was held regarding the roadway improvements and the traveling public. Board Direction: No Direction. KITTITAS COUNTY ROAD STANDARDS —TASK ORDER WITH KPG. Mark stated that staff has been looking at the road standards. The last update that was minimal was in 2015. Staff is anxious to update the current road standards to be more user friendly and have been having several discussions with one of our consultants KPG. Staff has seen other county standards and they far exceed what our road standards are currently. Staff would like to make a draft run at updating these standards in 2017 with a presentation to the Board in 2018 after outreach to the public and stakeholders. Commissioner Jewell commented that the last time the road standards had a broad update was as far back as 2007-2008. Mark replied that it was in 2005. Commissioner Jewell added that he is favor of an update; however, he is concerned about staff doing a full draft without a stakeholder group being involved in the process. Mark commented that staff would like to come back at another study session with a proposal for what the stakeholder group would look like and would prefer to have a document for the stakeholder group to review and get some body of work together for them. Discussion was held. 411 N. Ruby, Ste. #1 TEL (509) 962-7523 Ellensburg, WA 98926 FAX (509) 962-7663