Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: Sept. 21, 2022

Business Meeting: Sept. 27, 2022

Summary:

A property owner has requested the vacation of a portion of unimproved 1st Street in the Plat of Dryad. RCW 36.87 allows for the vacation of a county road that is found useless to the needs of the County pending a Report of the County Road Engineer. Resolution 22-292, passed by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) September 13, 2022, directed the County Road Engineer to examine a portion of 1st Street, and report his opinion to the BOCC. On September 21, 2022 the Engineer's Report on the matter of the proposed vacation of a portion of 1st Street, was filed with the BOCC. The report and all related materials having been reviewed by the BOCC and found appropriate for further proceedings. This resolution sets October 11, 2022, at or after the hour of 10:00 a.m., in the BOCC Hearing Room on the 2nd floor of the Historic Courthouse in Chehalis, Washington, as the time and place for the hearing on the County Engineer's Report. The resolution also calls for the Clerk of the Board to proceed with all the necessary notifications, posting and publication.

Publications: The Chronicle September 27 & October 4

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Tim Fife, Tina Hemphill, Zelma Hammer

Resolution

WHEREAS, RCW 36.87 allows for the vacation of a county road that is found useless to the needs of the County pending a Report of the County Road Engineer; and

WHEREAS, Resolution 22-292, passed by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on September 13, 2022, directed the County Road Engineer to examine a portion of 1st Street and report his findings to the BOCC; and

WHEREAS, as required by RCW 36.87, the report of the County Road Engineer on the matter of the proposed vacation of the following described portion of 1st Street was filed in the office of the BOCC on September 21, 2022, to wit:

All of 1st Street lying north of Olive Street of the Plat of Dryad in Section 1, Township 13 North, Range 5 West, W.M.; and

WHEREAS, the report and all related materials having been reviewed by the BOCC and found appropriate for further proceedings.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that October 11, 2022, at or after 10:00 a.m. in the BOCC Hearing Room on the 2nd floor of the Historic Courthouse in Chehalis, Washington, has been fixed as the time and place for the hearing on the County Road Engineer's Report, when and where all persons may appear and be heard upon report and upon the matter of the vacation of that road described above. Interested parties are encouraged to check the Commissioners' hearing schedule online at https://lewiscountywa.gov/offices/commissioners/agendas-calendar as the hearing date approaches for updated details; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the Board is hereby instructed to proceed with all that necessary notifications, posting and publication.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 27th day of September, 2022.