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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: July 13, 2020 <br />TOPIC: Coal Mine Trail Trespass <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Direct Staff <br />LEAD STAFF: <br />Mark R. Cook <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Direct staff to notice the property owner of trespass and work to remove derelict vehicles <br />from County property. <br />BRIEFING SUMMARY: <br />• During recent survey efforts Public Works became aware of a trespass <br />issue with a Ronald resident. <br />• Old cars are currently being stored within County property. <br />• The cars are currently not creating any impediment to the use of County <br />property <br />• Defining the Board's position on discovery issues similar to this one <br />enables consistent staff response <br />BACKGROUND: <br />During recent survey efforts supporting a parking lot for Coal Mine Trail access, staff <br />became aware of old cars being stored on County property. The cars are not inhibiting <br />the use of the property. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Discovery of the trespass creates an issue for Public Works — do we notice the property <br />owner and request removal or ignore the trespass? One solution would be to notice the <br />property owner of our discovery and advise that future use of the County will result in a <br />notice to remove the vehicles. That way we meet our obligations under discovery and <br />stall allow the property owner conditional use of County land for vehicle storage. <br />FISCAL IMPACTS: <br />None. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />Exhibit l: Map <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />PUBLIC WORKS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />