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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON COMMISSIONERS AUDITORIUM SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Board members present: Chairman Cory Wright; Vice-Chairman Brett
Wachsmith. Absent: Commissioner Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board and Mark Cook, Public
Works Director/Interim Engineer.
PUBLIC HEARING GAME FARM ROAD SPEED PUBLIC WORKS
At 2:00 p.m. CHAIRMAN WRIGHT opened a Public Hearing to consider a
speed reduction on Game Farm Road and to Amend Kittitas County Code
Section 10.08.020 Speed Limits.
MARK COOK, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/INTERIM ENGINEER provided a Staff
Report and reviewed the background and survey that was conducted of
the four vertical curves following a site visit. He indicated the
four vertical curves that were surveyed on Game Farm Road do not
meet the national minimum standards for safe sight stopping distance
at 50 MPH. Three of the curves met the requirements of 35 MPH while
a fourth requires a slower speed. The Public Works Department
proposed lowering the speed limit on Game Farm Road (MP 1.04 to MP
2.54) to 35 MPH and to sign the fourth curve as an advisory 25 MPH
to increase safety for area residents and the traveling public.
THERE BEING NO ONE IN ATTENDANCE, THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION OF THE HEARING WAS CLOSED.
ORDINANCE 2019-011 GAME FARM ROAD SPEED PUBLIC WORKS COMMISISONER WACHSMITH moved to approve Ordinance No. 2019-011,
Establishment of a Speed Zone and the Placement of Speed Limit Signs
on Game Farm Road and to Amend Section 10.08.020 Speed Limits of the
Kittitas County Code. CHAIRMAN WRIGHT seconded. Motion carried 2-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:07 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Cory Wright, Chairman