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<br />Marian Meadows Rezone and Subdivision Final Environmental Impact Statement 3-2 <br /> Kachess Lake, part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Yakima River Irrigation Project, is located <br />approximately 1 mile northwest of the proposed site. <br /> Lake Easton State Park is located approximately 0.50 mile west of the proposed site on the south <br />side of I-90. The park is approximately 1.50 road-miles from the proposed site. <br />The Upper Kittitas Valley has a total population of approximately 9,300 residents, including the <br />incorporated cities of Cle Elum (population 1,835) and Roslyn (population 1,020), and the unincorporated <br />communities of South Cle Elum (population 580), Ronald (population 326), Easton (population 407), and <br />Snoqualmie Pass (population 441) (OFM 2008). <br />3.1 LAND USE <br />1 What are the geographical areas associated with the project? <br />In assessing existing land use, and for use in assessing impacts on public services, several different areas <br />have been designated based on the extent to which project impacts would affect local communities close <br />by, or further removed from the project site. <br />Areas designated for analysis of potential impacts include: <br /> The immediate Project Site Vicinity is described as the area north (or east) of I-90, between <br />Kachess Lake on the north, the floodplain of the Yakima River on the south, the Wenatchee <br />National Forest boundary on the east, and I-90 on the west. This area is served by Sparks Roads. It <br />includes the proposed site, surrounding rural development, and the Easton State Airport. <br /> The Easton Vicinity is the area on both sides of I-90 in the vicinity of the original unincorporated <br />town of Easton and includes those areas accessible from I-90 from Exits 70 and 71. Also included <br />are areas directly accessible to Easton from the local road system, extending west to the boundary <br />between rural and forest zoning, and to the east to the Wenatchee National Forest boundary. The <br />northern boundary is Kachess Lake on the north side of I-90, and the southern boundary is the end <br />of Iron Horse Road on the south side of I-90, which marks the boundary of the road system <br />accessible from Exit 71. Iron Horse Road does not connect to the road system that is accessed by <br />Exit 74.