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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS AUDITORIUM
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. NOVEMBER 20, 2018
Board members present: Chairman Laura Osiadacz; Vice-Chairman Obie
O’Brien and Commissioner Cory Wright.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Chelsea
Benner, Planner I; Dan Carlson, CDS Director; Lindsey Ozbolt,
Planning Official; Mark Cook, Public Works Director/Interim County
Engineer and 32 members of the public.
PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED SMP AMENDMENTS CDS
At 2:04 p.m. CHAIRMAN OSIADACZ opened a Public Hearing to consider
Proposed Amendments to the Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program
(SMP).
DAN CARLSON, CDS DIRECTOR reviewed a Staff Report outlining a
summary of the proposed amendments, background, public notice,
environmental review, agency and public comments as well as the
analysis and recommendation.
THERE BEING NO ONE REQUESTING TO TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE
HEARING WAS CLOSED.
COMMISSIONER O’BRIEN moved to approve the proposed SMP Amendments as
presented and directed Staff to prepare enabling documents adopting
the language in the Settlement Agreement. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT
seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
PUBLIC HEARING DECLARE EQUIPMENT SURPLUS PUBLIC WORKS
At 2:30 p.m. CHAIRMAN OSIADACZ opened a Public Hearing to consider
the formulation of Road Improvement District 2018-01 Wiehl Road.
MARK COOK, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/INTERIM ENGINEER reviewed a Staff
Report and explained that Public Works has been working to present a
proposed Road Improvement District (Wiehl Road) to Kittitas County
Board of Commissioners for the past several years. He stated that
notices went out to benefited property owners and were issued via
registered mail on 10/26/18 and a total of 38 letters were sent
encompassing all properties within the proposed district boundary.
He stated that State Statue allows the use of bonding to fund RIDs
and, Public Works is proposing they use Road Fund (109) reserves as
the project funding mechanism. Public Works is currently earing
various rates of return on investments with the County Treasurer’s
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Office. Current Rates vary from 1.7 to 2.5 percent and if the BoCC
concurs, RID 2018-01 Wiehl Road could go forward with a lot count of
65 and a reduced interest rate of 2.5%. He stated that this equates
to approximately $728.10 per lot per year for a 15 year period using
a total lot count of 65. He stated that reducing the number of lots
from 65 to 60 (counting only one of the six lots as requested)
raises the annual per lot payment to $788.77. He encouraged the
Board to consider capturing all six lots now and credit back the lot
owner once the final number of lots is determined post conservancy,
which would represent a consistent approach taken with all other lot
owners. He stated that there is an Ordinance before the Board to
consider. He noted that they had received a total of 3 letters from
Joseph & Claudette Maybo; Charles Adams; Rick Hermanson for the
record.
THOSE PRESENT & TESTIFYING: DEBBIE COCKLE; SAM MAYBO; JEANNINE
STAPLETON; MIKE ZAHAJKO; CHUCK ADAMS who all spoke in opposition of
the proposed RID.
COMMISSIONER O’BRIEN moved to continue the Public Hearing due to
time limit allowed to December 10, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in the
Commissioners Auditorium Room #109, noting the record would remain
open to allow for additional public comment and to get review from
the County Prosecutor. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT seconded. Motion carried
3-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Laura Osiadacz, Chairman