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2017-09-14 MINUTES 1 <br />COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />COMMISSIONER’S CONFERENCE ROOM <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br /> <br />THURSDAY 3:00 P.M. SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 <br /> <br />Board members present: Chairman Paul Jewell; Vice-Chairman Laura <br />Osiadacz & Commissioner Obie O’Brien. <br /> <br />Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Patti <br />Johnson, Solid Waste Director/Maintenance Director/Project Manager. <br /> <br />SPECIAL MEETING COURTHOUSE NEEDS SW/MAINT./PROJECT <br /> <br />At 3:00 p.m. Chairman Jewell opened a Special Meeting to discuss the <br />Courthouse Space Needs Spreadsheet provided by Architects Rasmussen <br />Triebelhorn (ART). <br /> <br />Chairman Jewell stated that the Space Needs Analysis needs to be <br />refined and then the County needs to get those updates back to the <br />Architect. <br /> <br />Patti Johnson, Solid Waste Director/Maintenance Director/Project <br />Manager stated that she had met with the City of Ellensburg and the <br />Architect and found out today that they will not need to do a Re- <br />Zone, they will need to do a street vacation and two major utilities <br />will need to be moved/worked around which includes water and sewer. <br /> <br />There was discussion of the options the Board has including a ½ <br />block of retail space. Ms. Johnson stated that the proposed site <br />will fit the building and there are options for the Board to <br />consider 2 and or 3 stories for the future Courthouse. <br /> <br />Chairman Jewell indicated that the Board needs to get a feasibility <br />analysis done. He felt that will give the Board the most information <br />to make the best long term decisions. Commissioners O’Brien and <br />Osiadacz agreed. <br /> <br />Ms. Johnson was directed to begin the RFQ process for the Board to <br />obtain a feasibility analysis. <br /> <br />The Board went through each departments request and made changes for <br />Ms. Johnson to take back to the Architect. The Board did determine <br />across the Board that offices selected as “standard” would be <br />changed to “basic”. They also removed the Staff restrooms and noted <br />all restrooms would be for both public and Staff’s use. The Board <br />expressed their interest in hearing back from the Architect after <br />all the changes had been updated. <br />