HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2023-058BOARD OF' COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COI]NTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION
No.2o23- fl 59
RATIF'YING THE CHAIR OF'COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SIGNATURE ON THE WATER
RIGIITS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR WATER RIGHT CERTIF'ICATE NO. S4-
84269-J Ai\D AUTHORIZING CHAIR SIGNATT]RE ON CLOSING DOCUMENTS
WHEREAS: Kittitas County maintains a water banking program accepted by the Washington State
Department of Ecology (WDOE) as administered by the Public Works Department; and
WHEREAS: On March 13,2023, the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners entered into a Purchase
and Sale Agreement with David W. Adams, LeAnn T. Adams William S. Craig, and
Constance M. Craig to purchase the consumptive and non-consumptive portions of the
Water Right with a priority date of June 30, 1871, and assigned Certificate No. 54-84269-
J; and
WIIERf,AS: The Purchase and Sale Agreement identifies several contingencies that need to be satisfied
to close the transaction; and
WHEREAS: One identified contingency is for the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners to pass a
resolution in the ordinary course of its business ratifuing the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of Kittitas County,
Washington, in the best interest of the public, does hereby ratif,z the Chair signature on the water rights
purchase and sale agreement for Water Right Certificate No. S4-84269-J.
BE IT FIIRTHER Rf,SOLVED, once all contingencies in the Purchase and Sale Agreement have been
met, the Chair of the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners is authorized to execute any further
documents, on behalf of Kittitas county, necessary to close the transaction.
DATED this 4th day of April 2023, atEllensburg, Washington.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Cory Wright,
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Julie Kjorsvik
/l| llll\Vice-Chairman
ABSENT
tr Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz
Laura Osiadacz, Comm issioner