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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS AUDITORIUM
SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY 3:30 P.M. APRIL 08, 2019
Board members present: Chairman Cory Wright; Vice-Chairman Brett
Wachsmith and Commissioner Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Mark Cook,
Public Works Director/Interim Engineer; Elizabeth Torrey, WDFW;
Nicky Pasi, Mountains to Sound Greenway; Betsy Robblee, WWRC –
Outreach & Policy Manager & Marc Eylar, PLAC Member.
SPECIAL MEETING WA WILDLIFE RECREATION COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS
At 3:30 p.m. CHAIRMAN WRIGHT opened a Special Meeting with Betsy
Robblee, Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition (WWRC). He
said the meeting was to receive information about existing Statewide
opportunities that may assist and increase entities efforts in
obtaining grant funding for certain projects which fit into certain
categories.
BETSY ROBBLEE, WWRC reviewed the organization’s program, roles, and
information on existing Statewide grant opportunities for recreation
improvements and how they could assist entities. The Washington
Wildlife Recreation Program (WWRP) is the State’s premier
conservation and recreation program which provides matching funds to
create new local and State parks, protect wildlife habitat and
preserve working lands. She reviewed some of the proposed projects:
Palouse to Cascade – E-burg to Renslow Surfacing; Quilomene Wildlife
Area Restoration & Funded: Heart of the Cascades – Critical Habitat;
Rader Road Ranch – Farmland Preservation (WWRP) projects in Kittitas
County.
There was a roundtable discussion and clarifying questions were
asked.
The Board thanked Ms. Robblee for coming and sharing potential
opportunities.
The meeting was adjourned 4:14 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
04/08/2019 MINUTES 2
Mandy Buchholz Cory Wright, Chairman