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10/20/2020 MINUTES 1 <br />COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON WEBEX SPECIAL MEETING <br /> TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. OCTOBER 20, 2020 <br />Board members present via WebEx: Vice-Chairman Laura Osiadacz and <br />Commissioner Cory Wright. Excused: Chairman Brett Wachsmith. <br /> <br />Others present via WebEx: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mandy <br />Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Mark Cook, Public Works <br />Director; Joshua Frederick, Engineer; Clay Myers, Sheriff; and 1 <br />member of the public. <br /> <br />Kittitas County is currently in Phase 3 and in person participation <br />is prohibited. The public was encouraged to join the meeting by <br />joining a WebEx event online. <br /> PUBLIC HEARING SPEED REDUCTION LYONS ROAD PUBLIC WORKS <br />At 2:00 p.m. VICE-CHAIRMAN OSIADACZ opened a Public Hearing to <br />consider a Speed Reduction on Lyons Road and to Amend the Kittitas <br />County Code Section 10.08.020 Speed Limits. <br /> MARK COOK, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR reviewed a Staff Report and <br />indicated they received a neighborhood petition on July 22, 2020 to <br />conduct a speed study and consider a reduction of speed on Lyons <br />Road between Wilson Creek Road and Naneum Road from 50 MPH to 35 <br />MPH. He explained the process of how they conduct their speed <br />studies with the results. Their evaluation of the roadway geometrics <br />(vertical curves) affirmed appropriate design conformance to the <br />national standards of engineering practice. Mr. Cook indicated that <br />Lyons Road is representative of most county roads: narrow lanes with <br />a minimal road shoulder and its operating at the upper end of their <br />accepted service level for rural road operation. The Public Works <br />Department’s most recent twenty-year transportation plan does not <br />forecast Lyons Road as breaking accepted levels of service in the <br />next twenty-years. Staff recommended maintaining the existing 50 <br />miles per hour speed limit on Lyons Road. <br /> THERE WAS NO ONE REQUESTING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE TIME OF HEARING. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT moved to continue the Public Hearing to consider <br />a reduction of speed on Lyons Road between Wilson Creek and Naneum <br />Road from 50 MPH to 35 MPH, to Tuesday December 29, 2020 at 2:00 <br />p.m., noting to leave the record open to both written and verbal <br />comments. VICE-CHAIRMAN OSIADACZ seconded. <br />