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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC HEARING STAFF REPORT <br />HEARING DATE: February 6, 2018 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Conduct a Public Hearing to consider the vacation of <br />a portion of Perry Road right of way. <br />BACKGROUND: On October 2, 2017, Kittitas County Public Works <br />received a request from Phil Hull, authorized agent for <br />petitioners: Zirkle Fuit Company, to vacate a portion <br />of Perry Road, to accommodate a growing agricultural <br />operation along Perry Road. <br />Kittitas County Code allows for one access off of a <br />County Road per parcel with an optional second <br />access for agricultural purpose. The operational need <br />along the Southern half of Perry Road has required <br />Zirkle Fruit to look at options to have and maintain <br />several access points, truck turn arounds, staging, and <br />loading areas for fruit production. <br />Zirkle Fruit is the sole owner of all land South of the <br />Kittitas Reclamation District canal along Perry Road. <br />This prompted Public Works to recommend Zirkle <br />Fruit to submit a road vacation application allowing <br />them to control operation along this portion of Perry <br />Road to better accommodate their operation and <br />alleviate the public road requirements that were <br />hindering their needs. <br />Perry Road no longer services multiple landowners <br />south of the aforementioned canal rendering the need <br />for a public road inapplicable. <br />Public Works recommends considering the vacation as <br />the public will be benefited by its vacation and <br />abandonment due to the reduction in maintenance and <br />lack of public interest due to the change of land <br />ownership and surrounding agricultural operations. <br />