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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ROOM/WEBEX SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 1:00 P.M. AUGUST 10, 2021
Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith, Vice-Chairman Laura
Osiadacz, and Commissioner Cory Wright.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Patti Johnson, Solid
Waste Director/Interim Maintenance Director/Project Manager; Justin
Strahzl, DLR Associate; Lisa Lazar, DLR Associate; Erica Loynd, DLR
Principal. SPECIAL MEETING DLR UPDATE COMMISSIONERS
At 1:00 p.m. Chairman Wachsmith opened a Special Meeting to obtain
an update from DLR.
Erica Loynd, DLR Principal, said she was the Project Manager on the
proposed new Courthouse. She has also been working on preparing the
public involvement plan. Lisa Lazar, DLR Associate, reviewed the
various sites that had been looked at by the Courthouse Committee
including south of the interchange (I-90); near the Sheriff’s
Office; the new transfer station; airport; and downtown. She listed
out the pros and cons of each location and indicated the committee
preferred the downtown location. Justin Strahzl, DLR Associate, said
he has been also working with the public involvement plan including
draft presentations. Their goal was to give the public information
so they can provide their own thoughts. He noted the design work
would not be done yet. They will share three sites; how they were
weighted; and why the committee ultimately chose the downtown
location as their preference.
There will not be a cost estimate available, as they are basing
everything on the last study that was done except for the amount of
parking. Questions were raised as to when a dollar figure should be
put on it as well as how it would be financed. It was extremely
important to build community support and get feedback from the
public. Commissioner Wright said he'd like to get the height
restrictions on buildings out at the airport.
Meeting adjourned at 1:40 p.m. KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Brett Wachsmith, Chairman