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Commissioners ratify purchase agreements to acquire water rights from Suncadia; larger acquisition contingent on state funding

2215779 · January 21, 2025
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Summary

Kittitas County approved two purchase-and-sale agreements with Suncadia Resort LLC to acquire in-stream and seasonal water rights: a smaller acquisition funded from local water resources funds (~$84,000) and a larger acquisition (~$2.3 million) that depends on a Washington state budget proviso grant.

Kittitas County commissioners ratified two purchase-and-sale agreements to acquire water rights from Suncadia Resort LLC, county staff said.

Arden Thomas, Water Resources Manager, told the board the first agreement covers purchase of Big Creek summer water and First Creek winter water with local funding from the county’s Water Resources Fund (403). That…

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