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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />PUBLIC WORKS STUDY SESSION MINUTES <br />COMMISSIONERS' AUDITORIUM, 205 WEST 5TH ROOM 109 - ELLENSBURG <br />Regular Meeting <br />MONDAY 1:30 PM January 8, 2018 <br />Board members present: Chairman Laura Osiadacz; Vice -Chairman <br />Obie O'Brien; Commissioner Paul Jewell <br />Others: Mark Cook, Lucas Huck and Candie Leader, Public Works; <br />Dan Carlson and Lindsey Ozbolt, Community Development Services; <br />Neil Caulkins, Prosecutor's Office; Anna Lael, Kittitas County <br />Conservation District; Mark Charlton, Kittitas County Farm <br />Bureau; Kirk Eslinger, Kittitas County Reclamation District; <br />Chad Bala; Jim Denison; Virgil Thovson; Four members of the <br />public <br />UPPER COUNTY HEAVY TRUCK CORRIDOR UPDATE <br />Chairman Laura Osiadacz opened the Public Works Study Session <br />following the Community Development Services Study Session. <br />Mark Cook gave background regarding the increased truck traffic <br />along county roads due to I-90 traffic slowdowns and closures. <br />Staff did research on RCW's that can restrict traffic during <br />certain months of the year. Staff concluded that a Resolution <br />can be approved by the Board of County Commissioners to be used <br />annually to restrict certain classes of trucks due to the damage <br />being done to county roads. Mark Cook added that Staff would <br />also coordinate with the Washington State Department of <br />Transportation to erect signage once the enabling documentation <br />is approved. After discussion the Board directed Staff to draft <br />a Resolution using verbiage to spell out the annual closure. <br />Staff will return in one month for further consideration. There <br />was one public comment made regarding the topic. <br />CURRIER CREEK FEMA FLOODPLAIN MAPPING UPDATE <br />Mark Cook stated that for the last several years Staff has been <br />working with FEMA on a remapping effort to correct inaccurate <br />mapping previously published. Mark Cook continued that this <br />effort has been completed and a notice was published in the <br />newspaper of record of the completion. He added that a Public <br />Meeting is being considered for a presentation on the changes <br />prior to final maps being published. Further discussion was <br />held with no action being taken. <br />2018-01-08 MINUTES <br />