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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS AUDITORIUM
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 11:00 A.M. OCTOBER 11, 2016
Board members present: Chairman Obie O’Brien; Commissioner Paul
Jewell; and Commissioner Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Angela San Fillipo,
City of Ellensburg; Kevin Ramsey, BERK Consulting Project
Manager; Lisa Grueter, BERK Consulting Project Director; Doc
Hansen, Planning Official; Jerry Pettit, Auditor; Anna Nelson,
Van Ness Feldman, LLP; and 1 member of the public.
SPECIAL MEETING BERK CONSULTING COMMISSIONERS
At 11:00 a.m. Chairman O’Brien opened a Special Meeting to
receive an update from BERK Consulting on population allocation
for Kittitas County.
Kevin Ramsey, Project Manager and Lisa Grueter, Project Director
for BERK Consulting, provided a power-point with information
relating to the Kittitas County 20-Year Comprehensive Plan
Update including growth projections, allocation, and land
capacity analysis. At the conclusion of the report they
indicated the next step was to finalize land capacity analysis
after County and local jurisdiction review; select countywide
growth projections including population and employments, as well
as selecting allocations to study areas.
Commissioner Jewell questioned why the Conference of Government
(COG) was going with a 2% increase. He said if the County is
challenged under the Growth Management Act, they have to defend
it and would be required to show their work. There has been a
good analysis conducted and the number they have provided is
1.89%.
Chairman O’Brien explained the reasons the COG was going with 2%
was because they anticipated a larger growth due to people
coming from the King County area, I-90 expansion, etc. He noted
the OFM would be providing new numbers in 2017 and they
anticipate an increase.
Jerry Pettit, Auditor said the COG has taken a reasonable
approach. He said they have used the highest in the past and
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haven’t been wrong. Once they get to the point of the
assumptions they’re making, they will come back with a written
justifications as to why the number was determined. There was a
roundtable discussion on trends and factors that could possibly
result in impacts.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:22 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Obie O’Brien, Chairman