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Page 1 of 2 Date: July 9, 2009 TO: Kittitas County Community Development Services ATTN: Hearing Examiner/County Council RE: Marion Cluster Plat FROM: Roger Olsen & Karen Watland 2130 Nelson Siding Road Cie Elum, WA. 98922 (509)674-3881 In 2006 the Marion Cluster Plat was proposed. There was also a Spring Tree II Cluster plat being proposed on adjacent land. If it is the intent of the developer to also bring Spring Tree II back to life, then it should be considered in conjunction with the Marion Cluster Plat. Spring Tree II was a 6 lot cluster on 9 acres. I suspect that the reason there were two plats proposed rather than one larger proposal has to do with avoiding the installation of a Class A water system. They thought they could use two Class B water systems but today the DOE considers both developments as one development. This proposal has the access road boarding property that I own. I see a 5' "horse trail" alongside the proposed road but no mention was made of the 6' irrigation easement that runs along the western boundary of that property. The two cluster plats were put on hold due to a boundary dispute that has been resolved by a change in the legal description of the property the road is to be located on. That change is not reflected in this application. I believe the 105 bonus density points in this proposal should not have been awarded. The plat application gives points for the following 6 items: 1. 25 bonus points for a Class B well which is required for more than two hook ups by state law and is only allowed for less than 25 people total. How is the county going to make sure that there are not more than 24 people living in the 12 proposed homes? The proposal does not address this problem and neither does the County. Since a Class B well is already required, there should be no bonus points awarded. 2. 25 bonus points for placing 25% of the land into open space in perpetuity. The 4.25 acres of "open" space is planned to be occupied by an outdoor riding arena, an indoor riding arena, pasture land for horses, paddocks for horses and a community septic system. The septic system is the only item that does not already exist as a commercial operation. All of these are intensive uses of the land and hardly qualify as "open space' in any traditional sense of the term "open space'. The plan is to allow residents of the development to add to this intensive use by housing/pasturing their hors s in a open space. y� byy are we giving bonus points for this? c u �S �9CR oSs /�v�I of ecs e, of 54 u !/.¢� j�idlo e. � , WL N-0- 3. 25 bonus points for connectivity between developments. The 60' access roa does not appear to be a part of this cluster plat and no road currently exists. That 60' road appears to be a part of the Spring Tree II plat for which the Marion plat is claiming connectivity bonus points between developments. With two developments the 60' would have been required anyway so no bonus points should have been given for this road. And if there is now only one development, there is no need for connectivity. 4. An active recreation area earns the developer 10 bonus points. The criteria states "Provides for increased opportunity for recreation". In this case there will be a decreased opportunity for recreation. Currently, most of the18 acres are involved in recreation. The plan limits the fv 4- 60d60-6