Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: April 7, 2021

Business Meeting: April 13, 2021

Summary:

The property owners abutting the portion of John W. Berry Road No. 293 have requested that the County vacate the right of way. 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 21-115, passed by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) March 23, 2021, directed the County Road Engineer to examine a portion of John W. Berry Road No. 293 right of way, and report his opinion to the BOCC. On March 29, 2021 the Engineer's Report on the matter of the proposed vacation of a portion of John W. Berry Road No. 293, 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 May 11, 2021, at or after the hour of 2:00 p.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: April 15 & 22, 2021

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Martin Roy, Matt Hinderlie, Tim Fife

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 21-115, passed by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on March 23, 2021, directed the County Road Engineer to examine a portion of John W. Berry Road No. 293 right of way and to report his findings to the BOCC; and

WHEREAS, as required by RCW 36.87, March 29, 2021, the report of the County Road Engineer on the matter of the proposed vacation of the following described portion of John W. Berry Road No. 293 right of way, was filed in the office of the BOCC, to wit:

All of the John W. Berry Road No. 293 that lies within property located in the South Half of the Northeast Quarter (S1/2 NE1/4) of Section 31, Township 13 North, Range 2 West, W.M., conveyed by deed recorded under Lewis County Auditor's File No. 3539017; 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 May 11, 2021, at or after the hour of 2:00 p.m. 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 13th day of April, 2021.