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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONERS AUDITORIUM
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 3:00 P.M. MAY 1, 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; Neil
Caulkins, Deputy Prosecutor; Dan Carlson, CDS Director; Lindsey
Ozbolt, Planning Official; Mark Larson, Health Officer; Kelsey
Collins, Statewide Trust Water Coordinator-DOE; Pat Deneen,
interested party and 6 members of the public.
SPECIAL MEETING CONSUMPTIVE USE PROGRAM COMMISSIONERS
At 3:00 p.m. Chairman Laura Osiadacz opened a Special Meeting to
receive an update and hold a discussion on a potential
Consumptive Use Pilot program.
Commissioner Jewell gave a brief overview of the specifics of
the proposed project that he, County Staff, Mr. Deneen and
Ecology have been working on and provided handouts.
Pat Deneen, reviewed the concept of the proposed project,
through the Consumptive Use Elimination Pilot program diagram
and maps provided.
Commissioner Jewell reviewed how the County could protect its
interest and how the benefits far outweigh the risk, noting that
the County would obtain very beneficial information and the cost
would be split between Mr. Deneen and the County through a
negotiated Agreement drawn up by the County Prosecutor and then
Aspect Consulting would do the work for approximately $21,000.00
(split in two).
Kelsey Collins, Statewide Trust Water Coordinator stated that
she needs the science to be completed in order to publicly
support the idea. She stated that there are still a lot of
questions and her Staff only has an application from Mr. Deneen
for 4 homes so until they have an official application to
consider they can’t formally comment.
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Neil Caulkins, Deputy Prosecutor stated that if the project
moves forward he is interested in seeing the outcome of the
Water Transfer Work Group (WTWG).
Commissioner Jewell was directed to bring forward a Contract
with Aspect Consulting for the Board to consider at a later
date. Both Chairman Osiadacz and Commissioner O’Brien expressed
their support & excitement for the project.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:12 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Laura Osiadacz, Chairman