HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-06-24-minutes-public-hearing-water-leasing06/24/2019 MINUTES 1
COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON COMMISSIONERS AUDITORIUM SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY 1:00 P.M. JUNE 24, 2019
Board members present: Chairman Cory Wright and Vice-Chairman Brett
Wachsmith. Excused: Commissioner Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mark Cook, Public Works
Director; Amy Cziske, Treasurer; Lisa Murray, Administrative
Assistant III; Erin Moore, Water Resource Coordinator; Peter
Dykstra, Special Deputy Prosecutor; Tristan Lamb, Public Health
Administrator; Samantha Cox, Water Resources Program Tech.; Mark
Larson, Public Health Official; and 1 member of the public.
PUBLIC HEARING LEASE OF WATER PUBLIC WORKS
At 1:00 p.m. CHAIRMAN WRIGHT opened a Public Hearing to consider the
Leasing of Kittitas County Water Rights through Public Auction.
MARK COOK, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/INTERIM ENGINEER reviewed a
proposed short term water lease program in response to the 2019
drought conditions. The proposal was to lease 25 acre-feet blocks
of certain County owned water through an auction process. He said
they were anxious to see if there was a market for it. The program
would be somewhat of a test as there nothing similar within the
State. He said the minimum bid would be $240.00 per acre foot and
an auction would be set for July 9, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. PETER DYKSTRA, SPECIAL DEPUTY PROSECUTOR answered questions from the Board
and provided clarification of the proposed short term water lease
program.
THERE BEING NO ONE REQUESTING TO TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE HEARING WAS CLOSED. RESOLUTION 2019-106 LEASE OF WATER PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER WACHSMITH moved to approve Resolution No. 2019-106, to
Short Term Lease of Certain County-Owned Water and Setting the
Public Auction for July 9, 2019 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners
Auditorium, 205 West 5th Avenue, Room 109, Ellensburg, WA noting the
minimum bid is $240.00 per acre-foot, and to lease the water in
blocks of 25 acre-feet. CHAIRMAN WRIGHT seconded. Motion carried 2-
0.
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The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Cory Wright, Chairman