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<br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />II. SITE INFORMATION <br /> <br />Total Property Size: 120.8 acres <br />Number of Lots: 120 lots have been approved through preliminary plat; no new lots are being <br />proposed through the Development Agreement <br />Domestic Water: The project will be served by a Group A system owned by the applicant <br />Sewage Disposal: Private Septic Systems <br />Power/Electricity: Puget Sound Energy <br />Fire Protection: Fire District 2 - KVHR <br />Irrigation District: Cascade and Ellensburg Water <br /> <br />Site Characteristics: <br />North: Primarily agriculture with a mix of residential development <br />South: Primarily agriculture with a mix of residential development and the John Wayne Trail, and just <br />west of the Ellensburg Urban Growth Area <br />East: Mix of vacant land and potentially high density residential <br />West: Primarily agriculture <br /> <br />Access: The site is accessed from Reecer Creek Road at Bowers Road. An emergency entrance/exit is located at <br />Reecer and Bender Road intersection. <br /> <br />Zoning and Development Standards: The subject property is located adjacent to the City of Ellensburg’s Urban <br />Growth Area and has an Agriculture 5 zoning designation, requiring lots to be a minimum of five acres. <br />However, the plat was approved in 2008 when it was zoned Urban Residential requiring a minimum of 7,200 <br />square feet for a single family residence, and, therefore, the plat is vested to those lot sizes. <br /> <br /> <br />III. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW <br /> <br />Notice of Application: A Development Agreement application was submitted to Kittitas County Community <br />Development Services department on October 6, 2015. After additional information was provided, this <br />application was deemed complete on November 2, 2015. The Notice of Application for the Development <br />Agreement was issued on March 29, 2016. This notice was published in the official county paper of record and <br />was mailed to jurisdictional government agencies, adjacent property owners and other interested parties. The last <br />day to submit written comments was on April 28, 2016. <br /> <br /> <br />IV. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW <br /> <br />The checklist used to evaluate the Palomino Fields preliminary plat is accepted as the basis to make <br />environmental evaluation of the proposed Development Agreement. Based upon review of the submitted <br />environmental checklist and the subsequent environmental Mitigated Determination of Non-Significant threshold <br />determination made on the Palomino Fields preliminary plat, a Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) was <br />issued on April 28, 2016. The appeal period ended on May 12, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. No appeals were filed. <br /> <br />VI. AGENCY AND PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> <br />Applicable agencies, adjacent property owners, and interested parties have been given the opportunity to review <br />this proposal. All comments have been included as Exhibits in the Commissioners’ packet. <br /> <br />Public Comments: <br />Five (5) comments from the public and agencies were received regarding this proposal and can be reviewed on