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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ROOM/WEBEX SPECIAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY 2:00 P.M. DECEMBER 22, 2021
Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith, Vice-Chairman Laura
Osiadacz, and Commissioner Cory Wright.
Others: Taylor Crouch, Administrative Assistant; Patti Johnson,
Solid Waste Director/Interim Maintenance Director/Project Manager;
Lisa Lazar, DLR Associate; and Erica Loynd, DLR Principal. SPECIAL MEETING DLR UPDATE COMMISSIONERS
At 2:00 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. The Board
narrowed it down for the final locations to be either the current
downtown location or at the airport. They said they have 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. They discussed the design work. They
will share two 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.
The Board stated they wished to have this ready for the ballot in
February of 2023. The next steps will be to coordinate a kick-off.
Meeting adjourned at 2:40 p.m. KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Taylor Crouch Brett Wachsmith, Chairman