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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS CONFERENCE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY 3:00 P.M. FEBRUARY 24, 2016
Board members present: Vice-Chairman Paul Jewell & Commissioner Gary
Berndt. Absent: Chairman Obie O’Brien.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board; Neil Caulkins,
Deputy Prosecutor Greg Zempel, Prosecutor; Peter Dykstra, Special Deputy
Prosecutor for Kittitas County; Robin Raap, Administrative Assistant and
Craig and Nancy Schnebly.
SPECIAL MEETING WATER RIGHT AGREEMENT COMMISSIONERS
At 3:00 p.m. Vice-Chairman Jewell opened a Special Meeting to
consider a Water Right Purchase and Sale Agreement with Craig &
Nancy Schnebly.
Vice-Chairman Jewell presented the Board with a Water Right Purchase
& Sale Agreement with Craig & Nancy Schnebly. He explained the
attached Exhibits and noted that there is no longer an Exhibit E.
AGREEMENT CRAIG/NANCY SCHNEBLY COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Berndt moved to approve and authorize Vice-Chairman’s
signature on Water Right Purchase & Sale Agreement for the purchase
price of the 1886 Water Right and the County’s portion of the 1871
Water Right is Four Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Two Dollars and
Forty Five Cents ($4,632.45) per acre-foot of consumptive water use
approved by the Washington Department of Ecology for transfer to the
Trust Water Right Program for mitigation of groundwater use in
Kittitas County, less the Earnest Money Deposit then held by the
Closing Agent and any interest earned thereon as presented. Noting
that the Sellers obligation to sell and Buyers obligation to
purchase is contingent upon the provisions of the Agreement; and
based on the calculation of at least 2.76 AF/acre of consumptive use
and will result in approximately 582.844 AF/year of consumptive use
for transfer into the Trust Water Right Program for mitigation of
groundwater use in Kittitas County. Vice-Chairman Jewell seconded.
Vice-Chairman Jewell and Commissioner Berndt both expressed their
appreciation to the Schneblys for assisting the County with this
extremely important part of the County’s history. Motion carried 2-
0.
VOUCHER WARRANT - #8810299345 AUDITOR
2016-02-24 MINUTES 2
Commissioner Berndt moved to approve and authorize Board signature
on warrant #8810299345 in the amount of $10,000.00 Earnest Money to
open an escrow account for the Schnebly Water Bank Agreement. Vice-
Chairman Jewell seconded. Motion carried 2-0.
Meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Paul Jewell, Vice-Chairman