Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: Sept. 9, 2020

Business Meeting: Sept. 14, 2020

Summary:

A Property Owner has requested the vacation of a portion of the Theo. Hoss Road No.132, East of Centralia. 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 20-290, passed by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) August 24, 2020, directed the County Road Engineer to examine a portion of the Theo. Hoss Road No.132 right of way, and report his opinion to the BOCC. On August 31, 2020 the Engineer's Report on the matter of the proposed vacation of a portion of Theo. Hoss Road No. 132, 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 12, 2020, 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 15 & 22, 2020

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Kelly Albert, Kim Amrine, Martin Roy, Matt Hinderlie, Rose Williams, TIm Fife, and Tina Hemphill

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 20-290, passed by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on August 24, 2020, directed the County Road Engineer to examine a portion of Theo. Hoss Road No. 132 right of way, and report his findings to the BOCC; and

WHEREAS, as required by RCW 36.87, August 31, 2020, the report of the County Road Engineer on the matter of the proposed vacation of the following described portion of Theo. Hoss Road No. 132 right of way, was filed in the office of the BOCC, to wit:

All that portion of the Theo. Hoss Road No. 132 lying within Lot 2 of Large Lot Simple Segregation No. SS 20-00006, recorded May 12, 2020, under Auditor's File No. 3523270, records of Lewis County, Washington, being located in the North Half  Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter ( N1/2 SW1/4 SE1/4) of Section 22, Township 14 North, Range 2 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 12, 2020 at or after the hour of 10:00 a.m. -- or at such time later that day as may be necessary due to schedule changes pertaining to COVID-19 -- in the Commissioners' 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 14th day of September, 2020.