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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON WEBEX SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Board members present via WebEx: Chairman Brett Wachsmith, Vice-
Chairman Laura Osiadacz and Commissioner Cory Wright.
Others present via WebEx: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mandy
Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Mark Cook, Public Works
Director; and Joshua Frederick, Engineer.
Kittitas County is currently in Phase 3 and in person participation
is prohibited. The public was encouraged to join the meeting by
joining a WebEx event online.
PUBLIC HEARING THRALL ROAD SPEED LIMIT PUBLIC WORKS
At 2:00 p.m. CHAIRMAN WACHSMITH opened a Public Hearing to consider
a speed reduction on Thrall Road and to Amendment Kittitas County
Code Chapter 10.08.020 Speed Limits.
JOSHUA FREDRICKSON, ENGINEER reviewed a Staff Report. He explained
how they received a request to lower the speed limit on Thrall Road
between No. 6 Road and Moe Road from MP 0.05 to MP 1.10. The Public
Works Department set speed counters out for a one-week period in
addition they dispatched Staff to evaluate vertical and horizontal
curves in the road segment for conformance to national design
standards. The crash data collected did not correlate to the posted
speed since 2015. After consideration and collection of data,
Staff’s recommendation was to maintain the existing 50 miles per
hour speed limit on Thrall Road MP 0.05 to MP 1.10.
THERE BEING NO PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE REQUESTING TO TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE HEARING WAS CLOSED. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT moved to deny the petition and to maintain the
current speed limit of 50 MPH on Thrall Road from MP 0.05 to MP
1.10. CHAIRMAN WACHSMITH seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:15 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Brett Wachsmith, Chairman