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pn8s ... To <br />KITTITAS COUNTYT-+ <br />July 30, 2018 <br />Weihl Road Resident <br />Dear Weihl Road Resident: <br />='XTTZTgB CO <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />Mark R. Cook, PE Director <br />For several years, Kittitas County Public Works has been working with area residents attempting <br />to improve Weihl Road and bring it onto the public road system. We have completed <br />engineering design and revised project costs. We have been discussing the potential forming a <br />Road improvement District (RID) for constructing improvements. The Kittitas County Board of <br />County Commissioners desires hearing from potentially impacted residents prior to proceeding <br />with RID formulation actions. <br />You may recall that we sent a letter to you in October, 2017 (attached). In that letter we <br />proposed a cost structure that would require approximately $740 per year for each property <br />owner over a 15 year cost recovery period. At that time, we received a majority of owner support <br />for the project. Final engineering results in a project cost of approximately $874,000 — well <br />above the previous cost estimate of $750,000. <br />The Board of County Commissioners recently committed to holding the previously identified <br />cost structure for benefitted property owners at the funding level identified in our October, 2017 <br />letter. Maintaining that cost structure requires the Board to fund approximately $274,000 of <br />project costs (approximately 30%). This contribution allows us to maintain the cost structure we <br />presented in October, 2017. <br />Please contact me (Mark R. Cook) at 509-962-7523 if you are opposed to the Board moving <br />forward formulating the RID. We anticipate, in the absence of significant opposition, to <br />scheduling RID formulating actions in late August/early September 2018. <br />Sincerely, <br />XZIZ64, <br />Mark R. Cook, PE <br />Director/Interim County Engineer <br />C: Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners <br />Attachment: October 27, 2017 better <br />411 N. Ruby St, Suite #1 TEL (509) 962-7523 <br />Ellensburg, WA 98926 FAX (509) 962-7663 <br />