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Josh Fredrickson <br />From: Kittitas County Commissioners Office <br />Sent: Monday, July 10, 2023 7:30 AM <br />To: Laura Osiadacz; Brett Wachsmith; Cory Wright <br />Cc: Mark Cook; Candie Leader; Josh Fredrickson <br />Subject: FW: public comment for July 10 public works study session <br />Please do not reply all. Thank youl <br />Julie Kjorsvilc, CMC <br />Cleric of the Board <br />Kittitas County Board of Commissioners Office <br />205 West 5`' Ave. Suite 108 <br />Elllensburg, WA 98926 <br />509.962.7508 <br />https.//www.co.ldttitas.wa.us <br />From: pat kelleher <psk98926@yahoo.com> <br />Sent: Sunday, July 9, 2023 8:43 PM <br />To: Kittitas County Commissioners Office <bocc@co.kittitas.wa.us> <br />Subject: public comment for July 10 public works study session <br />CAUTION: This email originated from outside the Kittitas County network. Do not click links, open attachments, <br />fulfill requests, or follow guidance unless you recognize the sender and have verified the content is safe. <br />Commissioners <br />I would like to amend my request for an increase of speed on Wilson Creek Road to include the segment from the <br />Vantage Highway to Judge Ronald Road along with the original request of Judge Ronald to Game Farm Road. <br />I was anticipating the traffic counter being installed at the midpoint of Game Farm and Judge Ronald Road. Instead it was <br />installed at the midpoint of Vantage Highway and Game Farm Road. <br />The 85th percentile guideline for speed is based on "free flowing traffic". My intention was to break my request into two <br />separate requests because of my concern of the "damping effect' of the 35 mph posted sign on "free flowing traffic" <br />by the midpoint of the Vantage Highway to Game Farm. <br />There is no 35 mph damping effect on Wilson Creek Road, the counter located at the midpoint of Vantage Highway to <br />Game Farm Road yield a combined 85% percentile speed of 48.2 mph. <br />The counter located on Wilson Creek in front of my front porch in a free flowing section of Wilson Creek yielded a <br />85% percentile of 55.4 mph. <br />Currently 85.8% of the vehicles using Wilson Creek exceed the speed limit at the midpoint of the 35 MPH zone. . <br />Raising the speed limit to 50 mph will probably bring the public compliance to the posted speed to 85%-95% with no <br />enforcement action required. <br />Pat Kelleher <br />