HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-01-17-minutes-200pm-public-hearing01/17/2023 MINUTES 1
COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
AUDITORIUM
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. JANUARY 17, 2023
Board members present: Chairman Cory Wright; Vice-Chairman Brett
Wachsmith; and Commissioner Laura Osiadacz.
Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mark Cook, Public Works
Director; Neil Caulkins, Deputy Prosecutor; David Ohl, Airport
Director; Josh Fredrickson, Engineer; and 5 members of the public.
PUBLIC HEARING MITCHELL AERONAUTICAL LEASE AIRPORT
At 2:00 p.m. CHAIRMAN WRIGHT opened a Public Hearing to consider a
request to approve an Aeronautical Lease with Ron Mitchell.
DAVID OHL, AIRPORT DIRECTOR, provided a Staff Report and explained
how Ron Mitchell had been a long-time tenant at the airport with
good standing and recommended approval of the lease.
THERE BEING NO ONE REQUESTING TO TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE
HEARING WAS CLOSED.
LEASE MITCHELL AERONAUTICAL LEASE AIRPORT
VICE-CHAIRMAN WACHSMITH moved to approve an Airport Hangar Ground
Lease between Kittitas County and Ron and Sonja Mitchell, Bowers
Field Airport Binding Site Plan Amendment, Lot H-33. COMMISSIONER
OSIADACZ seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
PUBLIC HEARING BLACK HORSE AT WHISKEY CREEK PUD PUBLIC WORKS
At 2:04 p.m. CHAIRMAN WRIGHT opened a Public Hearing to consider a
request for an On-System Road Establishment for Roads within the
Black Horse at Whiskey Creek Planned Unit Development.
CHAIRMAN WRIGHT said he had recused himself in the past when issues
relating to Black Horse had come before the Board, but indicated
there was no plat issue to be discussed today and he felt he could
be impartial in the matter. There were no concerns expressed.
JOSH FREDRICKSON, ENGINEER, reviewed a Staff Report and indicated
their office received an On-System County Road Establishment
application for roads serving the north half of the first phase of
the Black Horse at Whiskey Creek Planned Unit Development (Black
Horse). He explained how the roads were constructed and they had met
the public standard. They were also verified in the field to meet
01/17/2023 MINUTES 2
the requirements. The roads were paved in 2021 and a topcoat in
2022. The roads being considered are 29th Avenue, Mustang Court,
Morgan Court, Longhorn Loop and the portions of Roundup Drive,
Wrangler Drive and Bridle Way located north of 29th Avenue.
THOSE PRESENT & TESTIFYING: JOHN WOODS said he was a neighbor of
Black Horse and there’s been a LUPA filed in court on the entire
project. He said if the County authorizes the request and then if
the appellant prevails in the appeal, it could all end up changing.
He recommended that the Board not make a decision on the matter
until the LUPA has been settled. THERE BEING NO OTHERS REQUESTING
TO TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE HEARING WAS CLOSED.
NEIL CAULKINS, DEPUTY PROSECUTOR, addressed the LUPA case filed and
there was no stay put in place, hence the Board is legally free to
make a determination, as is the applicant having to do with plat. He
said the case has been bogged down with discovery issues and the
County has been trying to work with the appellants, but in essence
they have not been pushing their case.
RESOLUTION 2023-006 BLACK HORSE AT WHISKEY CREED PUD PUBLIC WORKS
VICE-CHAIRMAN WACHSMITH moved to approve Resolution No. 2023-006,
On-System Road Establishment for Roads within the Northern Portion
of the Black Horse at Whiskey Creek Planned Unit Development.
COMMISSIONER OSIADACZ seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
The meeting was concluded at 2:16 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Julie Kjorsvik Chairman Cory Wright