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02/12/2018 MINUTES 1
COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONER’S CONFERENCE ROOM
SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY 1:00 P.M. FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Board members present: Chairman Laura Osiadacz; Vice-Chairman Obie
O’Brien; and Commissioner Paul Jewell.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II.
SPECIAL MEETING 3 LETTERS FOR CONSIDERATION COMMISSIONERS
At 1:03 p.m. Chairman Osiadacz opened a Special Meeting to consider
letters to Jon Hoeskstra, Mountains to Sound Greenway; Representative
Matt Manweller and Citizen Doug Weis regarding a land swap.
LETTER MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner O’Brien moved to authorize Board signature on a letter to
Jon Hoekstra, Executive Director Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust,
regarding the County’s request to rescind its letter of support for the
designation of the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area
dated 9/7/2011 and requesting that they remove the County from the list
of supporters as published on its website. Chairman Osiadacz seconded.
Motion carried 3-0.
ACKNOWLEDGE LETTER FROM KC TO REP. MANWELLER COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner O’Brien moved to acknowledge a letter for Chair signature
sent to Representative Matt Manweller, outlining what the County would
do with State funding assistance of approximately $100,000.00 for a
portion of the Kittitas Valley Event Center upgrades. Chairman Osiadacz
seconded. Commissioner Jewell explained why the letter was sent and not
signed due to time constraints and the letter being needed right away
but yet he and Chairman Osiadacz were both in a meeting at the time the
letter had to go, so he produced the letter and it was e-mailed to
Representative Manweller. Motion carried 3-0.
LETTER DOUGLAS WEIS – LAND SWAP – DENIAL COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner O’Brien moved to authorize Board signature on a letter to
Douglas Weis, Western Elite, Inc. denying a proposal the County received
to consider a land swap. Commissioner Jewell seconded. Motion carried 3-
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0.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:15 P.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Laura Osiadacz, Chairman