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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONER’S CONFERENCE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. JUNE 20, 2017
Board members present: Chairman Paul Jewell; Vice-Chairman Laura
Osiadacz and Commissioner Obie O’Brien.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Deborah Essman,
Kittitas County Field & Stream Club.
SPECIAL MEETING TEANAWAY UPDATE COMMISSIONERS
At 2:00 p.m. Chairman Jewell opened a Special Meeting to discuss the
use of motorized transportation in the Teanaway Community Forest. He
felt it was time for the Board to come up with a positioning
statement relating to motorized transportation.
Ms. Essman member of the Kittitas County Field & Stream Club
reviewed information and said they have been looking at the plan and
are proposing fire egress; opening Dickey Creek; and connectivity to
Salmon La Sac.
Mark Cook, Public Works Director provided information on the draft
goals and policies to provide a balanced and functional multimodal
transportation system that serves the needs in both the Upper and
Lower County through providing a transportation system that is safe;
efficient and accommodates growth, but respects rural character;
complete, multimodal and accommodating outdoor recreation; leveraged
by active partnerships; and sustainably funded while maintaining
what the County has.
Commissioner Osiadacz provided a handout with an overview of what
the recreation portion of the Teanaway Community Forest Management
Plan says. She reviewed the advisory committee input, objectives,
strategies and tools, enforcement and education and what it means
for motorized vehicles in the Teanaway Community Forest.
It was determined the Board would work on a letter to be considered
at a later date.
The meeting was adjourned 2:45 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Paul Jewell, Chairman