HomeMy WebLinkAboutKittitas Co BOCC letter on Lease 1_12_21HILARY S. FRANZ
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS
January 12, 2021
Kittitas County
Board of County Commissioners
205 W 51h Ave, Ste 108
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Subject: Delinquency charge on DNB's lease
Dear Board of County Commissioners:
DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
SOUTHEAST REGION
713 BOWERS ROAD
ELLENSBURG, WA 98926
509-925-8510
TRS 711
SOUTHEAST.REGION@DNR WA GOV
W W W.DNR.WA.GOV
The Department of Natural Resources and Kittitas County have a long-standing relationship on
many levels; one specific relationship is through our lease of the County's land where the SE
Region Headquarters is located. We have been in this lease since May of 1977.
We have always worked with the County Public Works office in regards to our lease and the
addendums for that lease. Recently Kittitas County created the Airport Department and hired
Benjamin West as the Operations Manager. We have had a couple conversations with Benjamin
regarding our current lease and are looking forward to building a relationship with him and the
new Airport Department.
In the County's transition of moving the management of our lease from the County Public Works
office to the new Airport Department, our invoice for the annual lease payment did not reach us.
It wasn't until we had a conversation with Benjamin in November that we were made aware it
was outstanding.
This past year has been extraordinary, on so many levels, so we are asking for a one-time
forgiveness of the $3,410.25 late fee on our account (and any additional since the date of notice).
With the current addendum signed for the next 4 years, we have created a process to insure our
lease payment is made by mid-July every year.
The Department of Natural Resources is looking forward to a transparent process with the
creation of the new Airport Department and the staff in place to deal directly with our lease. If
there are, any questions feel free to contact me.
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Respectfully,
Nancy Shaf
Assistant Region Manager -Business and Operations
Todd Welker, DNR SE Region Manager
Benjamin West, Kittitas County Airport Operations Manager
Cory Wright, Kittitas County, Board of County Commissioner