IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON OKANOGAN COUNTY
In re Estate of Kenneth E. Layfield, Deceased
No. 22-4-00049-24
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS under RCW 11.40.020, .030
Jillian Stevie has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address state below a copy of the claim and filing the original claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) 30 days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.
Date of First Publication: March 30, 2022.
ADDRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE: PO Box 3059, Winthrop, WA 98862
Attorney for Personal Representative: Natalie N. Kuehler, WSBA #50322, Kuehler & Grim PLLC
Court and Case Number: Okanogan County Superior Court – No. 22-4-00049-24
Published in the Methow Valley News March 30; April 6, 13, 2022
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON OKANOGAN COUNTY
In re Estate of Toby C. Pennock, Deceased
No. 22-4-00050-24
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS under RCW 11.40.020, .030
Tammy Pennock has been appointed as administrator of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing the administrator or the administrator’s attorney at the address state below a copy of the claim and filing the original claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) 30 days after the administrator served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.
Date of First Publication: March 30, 2022.
ADDRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE: PO Box 3059, Winthrop, WA 98862
Attorney for Administrator: Natalie N. Kuehler, WSBA #50322, Kuehler & Grim PLLC
Court and Case Number: Okanogan County Superior Court – No. 22-4-00050-24
Published in the Methow Valley News March 30; April 6, 13, 2022
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT a public hearing will be held on April 19, 2022 at 11:00 A.M., in the Okanogan County Commissioners hearing room, located at 123 5th Ave North, Room 150, Okanogan Washington regarding an application for a 20-year franchise by Northwest Open Access Network, to construct, operate, and maintain Fiber Optic lines.
Franchise is located within the county right-of-way of the roads listed below all within Okanogan County:
OCR# 3923 Longanecker Road – Entire Road
OCR# 4960 Mt. Annie Road – Entire Road
OCR# 4927 North Cape Labelle Road – Entire Road
All within Township 37N, Range 27,30 EWM, Sections 9,10,12&21.
Members of the public may comment on this proposal. All written comments must be received prior to the start of the public hearing in order to be entered into the record. Testimonies will be heard during the Public Hearing at the above time and location. Please send written comments to Okanogan County Department of Public Works, Jo Ann Stansbury, 1234A 2nd Ave. S., Okanogan WA 98840 or email to jstansbury@co.okanogan.wa.us.
Dated March 28, 2022 at Okanogan, Washington.
Josh Thomson, P.E.
County Engineer
Published in the Methow Valley News April 6, 13, 2022; Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune April 7, 14, 2022. OVG951738
Public Hearing Notice
Budget Supplemental Appropriation
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Okanogan County Commissioners that a Public Hearing is set for 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 18, 2022 and will be held via ZOOM, in the County Commissioners’ Hearing Room. Those wishing to attend may do so via the following: Join Zoom Link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84288014896 Meeting ID: 842 8801 4896 Join By Phone: +1 253 215 8782 +1 346 248 7799 +1 669 900 9128 Meeting ID: 842 8801 4896. The purpose of the hearing is to receive public comment for or against the consideration of a budget supplemental appropriation within the Current Expense Jail Fund 001.013 in the amount of $174,184. Funds are from a Healthcare Authority Grant and will be used for Supplies, Medicine, and Professional Services.
The hearing will be held remotely in the County Commissioners’ Hearing Room located at 123 5th Avenue North, Okanogan, Washington. Persons wishing to comment may attend the hearing in person or via Zoom to be called on for comment or submit comments in writing to the Commissioners’ Office at 123 5th Avenue North, Rm 150, Okanogan, Washington 98840, or by email to ljohns@co.okanogan.wa.us.
Published in the Methow Valley News April 6, 13, 2022; Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune April 7, 14, 2022. OVG951827
Johnson’s Storage Shed Var 2022-1
Application and Public Hearing
Notice is hereby given that a Variance application has been submitted by Maureen Johnson. The Variance request is to allow wet floodproofing of a 10×12 foot storage shed within the mapped 100-year floodplain, in the Rural Residential zone. OCC 15.08.060(D)(2)(g) allows issuance for variances, for nonresidential buildings in very limited circumstances to allow a lesser degree of floodproofing than watertight or dry floodproofing. The property is lot 3 in the Edelweiss Plat 1, parcel #4910030000. The parcel does not yet have a physical address.
The SEPA Responsible Official has determined the proposal exempt from SEPA regulations per WAC 197-11. The Okanogan County Hearings Examiner shall conduct a public hearing for this application on May 12, 2022 at 10 a.m. in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room at 123 5th Ave N. in Okanogan or by Zoom at the link below. The public is welcome to comment on the project. Written comments will be accepted prior to the hearing or may be presented at the public hearing. Direct questions and comments to: Okanogan County Office of Planning & Development, Rocky Robbins, 123 5th Ave. N, Suite 130, Okanogan, WA 98840, (509) 422-7117 rrobbins@co.okanogan.wa.us
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Published in the Methow Valley News April 13, 2022; Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune April 14, 2022. OVG952352
Okanogan County
Department of Public Works
1234-A Second Avenue South
Okanogan, WA 98840-9723
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in response to a Okanogan County Public Works request, a public hearing in the matter of a speed limit change relating to the following Okanogan County Roads will be held in the Commissioners Hearing Room, at 123 5th Avenue North, in Okanogan, Washington at 11:00 A.M. on April 26, 2022:
Okanogan County Public Works Requests the following speed limit changes listed:
Attachment “A” – Reduce the Speed limit on the following Roads:
Road # Road Name BMP EMP Cur. Sp Limit New Speed Limit
2207 Mock Rd. 0.000 0.295 50 35
2209 Ed Louis Rd. 0.000 0.14 35 35
2255 Dunning Rd. 0.000 0.151 50 35
2432 Valley St. 0.060 0.125 50 30
4248 Dickson Hill Rd. 0.000 0.441 50 35
1121 Witte Rd. 0.000 0.925 50 35
1138 Rader Rd. 0.000 0.29 50 35
1573 Mundy Rd. 0.000 0.877 50 35
1601 Inter-city Airport Rd. 0.000 0.22 50 35
1683 Old Hwy 10 Spur 0.000 0.249 50 35
1727 Brewster Grange Rd. 0.000 0.497 50 35
1730 Keran Rd. 0.000 0.442 50 35
1739 Grain Elevator Rd. 0.000 0.3 50 35
3902 Fisher Rd. 0.000 0.49 50 35
4399 Nelson Rd. 0.000 0.133 50 35
4404 Sylvester Rd. 0.000 0.5 50 35
4417 McCammon Rd. 0.000 0.209 50 35
4431 Imhoff Rd. 0.000 0.5 50 35
4495 Thayer Rd. 0.000 0.293 50 35
4500 Warnock Rd. 0.000 0.246 50 35
4504 Truman Nelson Rd. 0.000 0.475 50 35
Attachment “B” – Maintain the current posted Speed limit on the following Roads:
Road # Road Name BMP EMP Cur. Sp. Limit
19210 Burdett St – Malott 0.000 0.120 35
19270 First Ave Malott 0.000 0.254 25
19400 School St – Malott 0.000 0.168 35
19500 Robinson St – Malott 0.000 0.563 35
19330 Okanogan St – Malott 0.000 0.580 25
19370 Centeral St – Malott 0.000 0.084 35
19380 Columbia St – Malott 0.000 0.062 35
19430 Orchard St – Malott 0.000 0.244 35
24130 Burton Ave 0.034 0.780 30
24210 John St. 0.050 0.283 30
27890 Orchard View Dr 0.378 0.511 25
35270 Elmer City Rd 0.000 0.060 25
43800 Weller Rd 0.000 0.072 25
43850 Weber Rd 0.000 0.306 25
43890 Parry Rd 0.000 0.268 25
44510 Main St – Loomis 0.000 0.373 25
44560 Bighorn Drive – Loomis 0.000 0.264 25
44570 First St. – Loomis 0.000 0.041 25
44580 Second St. – Loomis 0.000 0.066 25
44640 Columbia Drive – Loomis 0.000 0.183 25
44660 Loomis Ave – Loomis 0.000 0.276 25
44720 Hamilton Ave – Loomis 0.000 0.065 25
44740 Hamilton Ave East – Loomis 0.000 0.089 25
44760 Palmer Ave – Loomis 0.000 0.078 25
44810 Third St – Loomis 0.000 0.116 25
94670 Havillah Road – Havillah 15.712 17.350 35
94800 Chesaw Rd – Chesaw 20.261 20.754 25
Attachment “C” – Maintain the current posted Speed limit on the following Roads:
Road # Road Name BMP EMP Cur. Sp. Limit
20170 West Fork Rd 2.220 3.107 25
48830 Bolster Rd 0.000 0.452 35
91200 Twin Lakes Rd 4.500 4.771 35
91400 Lost River Rd 6.306 6.946 30
92290 Conconully Rd 18.090 18.676 35
94670 Havillah Rd 0.392 0.613 35
All interested parties may be heard in this matter. Please send written comments to Jo Ann Stansbury, Department of Public Works, 1234-A, Okanogan, WA 98840 or email jstansbury@co.okanogan.wa.us.
Dated this 6th day of April 2022, at Okanogan, Washington
Josh Thomson, P.E.
Okanogan County Engineer
Published in the Methow Valley News April 13, 20, 2022; Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune April 14, 21, 2022. OVG952152
NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND SEPA THRESHOLD DETERMINATION
OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SEPA responsible official for Okanogan County Office of Planning and Development has issued a Threshold Determination of Non-Significance for the Litzenberger-Harnasch Shoreline Project.
Comments must be submitted in writing to the Okanogan County Office of Planning & Development, 123 5th Ave N Ste. 130, Okanogan, WA 98840, no later than April 28, 2022. If no comments are received or the comments received do not provide probable, significant, and adverse impacts from the proposal, the DNS will stand. Information is available at the Office of Planning and Development. Direct questions and comments to: Rocky Robbins, Planner II Okanogan County Office of Planning & Development, 123 5th Ave. N, Suite 130, Okanogan, WA 98840, (509) 422-7117.
Litzenberger Harnasch Shoreline Project Substantial Development Permit, SDP 2022-1
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ryan Walker of Grette Associates LLC, on behalf of Tyler Liitzenberger and Nancy Harhasch, has submitted a Joint Aquatic Resource Permit Application (JARPA) for an Okanogan County Shoreline Substantial Development Permit. The applicant proposes to remove approximately 16.5 linear feet of concrete seawall and to install a permanent 480 sq. ft single use fixed pile pier with a roll-n-go boatlift on the subject parcel. A habitat management and mitigation plan has been proposed to address the impacts to the vegetation conservation area. The shoreline designation for this property is Shoreline Residential.
PROJECT CONSISTENCY: This application will be reviewed in accordance with the Master Program for Okanogan County Shoreline Management, and all other applicable County regulations. The Project has been reviewed and found to be consistent with requirements established by the Master Program for Okanogan County Shoreline Management. COMMENT PERIOD: Any person has the right to comment on this application, receive notice and participate in, any hearings (if scheduled), and request a copy of the decision once made. Any person may appeal a decision in accordance with RCW 90.58.180. Questions, concerns, and comments regarding this application will be accepted until 5:00 PM, May 16, 2022 and may be directed to: Rocky Robbins, Planner II, Okanogan County Office of Planning & Development, 123 5th Ave. North, Suite 130, Okanogan, WA 98840.
Published in the Methow Valley News April 13, 2022; Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune April 14, 2022. OVG952353
Weis Tower Wauconda Pass, SEPA 2022-4
Threshold SEPA Determination
Project Summary
Weis Towers, LLC is proposing to construct a 190’ self-support lattice communication tower and unmanned equipment shelter to be enclosed within a fenced 50’ x 50’ compound.
Project Location:
The site is located at 2655 Hwy 20 near Wauconda on tax parcel 3730012002.
Comments must be submitted in writing to the Okanogan County Office of Planning & Development, 123 5th Ave N Ste. 130, Okanogan, WA 98840, no later than April 29, 2022. All comments will be reviewed for relevance, and if necessary the DNS will be changed. If no comments are received or the comments received do not provide probable, significant, and adverse impacts from the proposal, the DNS will stand. Information is available at the Office of Planning and Development. Direct questions and comments to: Pam Wyllson, Planner I, Okanogan County Office of Planning & Development, 123 5th Ave. N, Suite 130, Okanogan, WA 98840, (509) 422-7122.
Published in the Methow Valley News April 13, 2022; Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune April 14, 2022. OVG952357
Weis Tower Aeneas Junction, SEPA 2022-5
Threshold SEPA Determination
Project Summary
Weis Towers, LLC is proposing to construct a 190’ self-support lattice communication tower and unmanned equipment shelter to be enclosed within a fenced 50’ x 50’ compound.
Project Location:
The site is located at 1289 Hwy 20 near Tonasket on tax parcel 3729321010.
Comments must be submitted in writing to the Okanogan County Office of Planning & Development, 123 5th Ave N Ste. 130, Okanogan, WA 98840, no later than April 29, 2022. All comments will be reviewed for relevance, and if necessary the DNS will be changed. If no comments are received or the comments received do not provide probable, significant, and adverse impacts from the proposal, the DNS will stand. Information is available at the Office of Planning and Development. Direct questions and comments to: Pam Wyllson, Planner I, Okanogan County Office of Planning & Development, 123 5th Ave. N, Suite 130, Okanogan, WA 98840, (509) 422-7122.
Published in the Methow Valley News April 13, 2022; Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune April 14, 2022. OVG952359
Okanogan County
Notice of Final Decision
Boundary Line Adjustment: (parcel 3125300019 & 3125300018)
Proponent: Bertrand & Carol Stewart and Joshua & Nicole Eicher
Decision: Approved
The Okanogan County Office of Planning and Development made a final decision on the above-noted projects. Within 20 days of publication, parties with standing may appeal these decisions to the Okanogan County Hearing Examiner at 123 5th Ave. N. Suite 130, Okanogan, WA 98840, pursuant to OCC 2.67.010. An appeal must include the $1,250.00 appeal fee.
Published in the Methow Valley News April 13, 2022; Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune April 14, 2022. OVG952356
