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Kittitas County staff seek one-year extension for Beach Road revocable license
Summary
Kittitas County Public Works asked county commissioners for direction to prepare documents extending a revocable license that allows a developer to build an extension of Beach Road to serve the Pierce Plat.
KITTITAS COUNTY — Kittitas County Public Works asked county commissioners for direction to prepare documents extending a revocable license that allows a developer to build an extension of Beach Road to serve the Pierce Plat.
Josh Fredrickson, Public Works, told commissioners that roughly two years ago a developer, Kuya Rouhani, approached the airport director about creating a required secondary access for the Pierce Plat, a development inside the city limits that abuts airport property. “Approval was granted, in 2023, for a revocable license, for him to be able to construct Beach Road,” Fredrickson said.
The request matters because plats that reach a certain number of lots typically require a secondary ingress and egress. Fredrickson said the current revocable license was a two-year agreement that expires in June and that the developer has asked for a one-year extension while staff clean up unspecified drafting gaps. He said staff will make explicit that construction, permitting and inspection costs will be borne by the developer and that the amendment must address a separate 10-foot-wide parcel along the airport’s south line that the original license did not permit crossing.
Fredrickson said Beach Road currently ties into Falcon and ends near the airport; the proposed work would extend Beach Road from Falcon down to the Pierce Plat. He added the airport would lose some land area on a commercial lot (referred to in staff remarks as Lot C 307) when the road is constructed but that the county could adjust lot boundaries if needed. “The cost will be borne by the developer,” Fredrickson said, describing the current draft amendment staff intend to present.
A commissioner expressed support: “Great. Yeah. I have no issues with the one-year extension,” the commissioner said. Fredrickson closed by saying staff would bring the amendment forward for formal consideration at a future agenda session.
Staff presented this as a request for direction rather than a formal vote; commissioners did not record a motion or vote during the study session.
