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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS AUDITORIUM
SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY 4:00 P.M. SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
Board members present: Chairman Paul Jewell; Vice-Chairman Laura
Osiadacz; and Commissioner Obie O’Brien.
Others: Holly Myers, Environmental Health Supervisor; Peter Dykstra,
Special Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and 5 members of the public.
PUBLIC HEARING SCHNEBLY WATER RIGHTS COMMISSIONERS
At 4:00 p.m. CHAIRMAN JEWELL opened a Public Hearing to consider the
purchase of Water Rights from Craig & Nancy Schnebly.
PETER DYKSTRA, SPECIAL DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY provided a
history and reviewed the documents which had been prepared relating
to the purchase of the Schnebly Water Rights including a Resolution;
Agreement to Lease Water for Irrigation; Option Agreement for
Package B Mitigation Certificates; and a Second Amendment to Water
Right Purchase and Sale Agreement. He said the proposed closing date
is October 1, 2017. The proposed purchase is for 563.961 acre-feet
of consumptive use water at a price of $4,632.45 per acre-foot of
consumptive use water, for a grand total of $2,612,521.13.
PAUL DEMPSEY, REPRESENTING THE SCHNEBLY’S spoke in favor of the
proposed purchase.
THERE BEING NO ONE REQUESTING TO TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE
HEARING WAS CLOSED.
RESOLUTION 2017-158 SCHNEBLY WATER RIGHTS COMMISSIONERS
COMMISSIONER OSIADACZ moved to approve Resolution No. 2017-158,
correcting the document to reflect the final purchase amount of
$2,612,521.13. COMMISSIONER O’BRIEN seconded.
COMMISSIONER OSIADACZ noted how the purchase & sale has been in the
works for a very long time and that she respected the amount of time
& effort that went into getting to this point. She also expressed
her appreciation to the Schnebly’s for their patience. COMMISSIONER
O’BRIEN also thanked the Schnebly’s because without people like them
they would not be able to have an answer to the water needs within
the County.
CHAIRMAN JEWELL thanked the Public Health Staff; Mr. Dykstra; Mr.
Clarke; and the Schnebly’s for their hard work, patience and
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dedication. He said it was a huge success and legacy project for the
County. Motion carried 3-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:35 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Paul Jewell, Chairman