DV-19-00001 Marian Meadows Development Agreement Master File

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Marge Brandsrud PO Box 638 Easton, WA 98925 July 23, 2019 Kittitas County Community Development Services Attn: Dusty Pilkington 411 N Ruby ST, Suite 2 Ellensburg, WA 98926 RE: Request for Development Agreement to Marian Meadows Estates (DV -19-00001) Dear Dusty, Please pass my comments on DV -19-00001 to the Commissioners for consideration. Thank you. The following comments are intended to assist Kittitas County Commissioners in their understanding, discussion and decision making in regard to proposed Development agreement between Kittitas County and Easton Ridge Land Company as it will apply to the proposed Marian Meadows Estates PUD and associated development application. Page one, Recital three of the proposed resolution references 15A.11.020 and Exhibit D Marian Meadows Community Standards and Guidelines. I offer the following comments on these documents. 15A.11.020 General requirements. Kittitas County may enter into a development agreement with a person having ownership or control of real property within the county's jurisdiction. A development agreement must set forth the development standards and other provisions that shall apply to and govern and vest the development, use and mitigation of the development of the real property for the duration specified in the agreement. A development agreement shall be consistent with applicable county development regulations, except as such development regulations have been modified by the development standards contained in the agreement. This does not require modification of development regulations it only allows modification. A development agreement does not affect the validity of a contract rezone, concomitant agreement, annexation agreement, or other agreement in existence on July 23, 1995, or adopted under separate authority, that includes some or all of the development standards provided in subsection E of this section. For purposes of this chapter, "development standards" include, but are not limited to: Project elements such as permitted uses, residential densities, and nonresidential densities and intensities or building sizes; Mitigation measures, development conditions, and other requirements under Chapter 43.21C RCW;