Proposed Marian Meadows Development Agreement

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Exhibit B — Fire Mitigation Marian Meadows Marian Meadows Fire Related Elements The Following Conditions were identified within the approvals for Marian Meadows Estates NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED the Board of County Commissioners of Kittitas County, Washington, after due deliberation of all of the facts and in the best interest of the public, does hereby approve said zone change from Rural -5 to Planned Unit Development, conditional use permit, and plat subject to the following conditions: 1) The applicant shall enter into a development agreement with Kittitas County to provide a proportionate share of mitigation for impacts to Easton School District and Kittitas County Fire District #3 as follows: 1.2 Kittitas County Fire District #3: Mitigation shall be provided for the impacts to fire district facilities and equipment based on 89 dwelling units, RV storage, RV park, campground, or other approved commercial uses. All single family, multi family, and RV Storage units will include automatic fire suppression (sprinklers). This will exclude community outbuildings, detached single-family residence garages, detached multi- family parking structures and the 4 large parcel homes east of the BPA distribution lines. ERLC would like to make reference to RCW 82.02.100 as it pertains to fire mitigation. Achieving the above will include improvements to Easton Water District #3, to not only support the added new development, but also for needed upgrades to district wide capital facilities. Upgrades will be inclusive of cost for the looping and cross connections of water district distributions lines, and is inclusive of providing land and facilities for a new district water storage tank sized to meet the needs of the development and district future, and for funding and assistance (see District Resolutions # 030796-2- Exhibit B(3)). The Marian Meadows Development will be inclusive of fire hydrant placement as required by the Easton Water District and Kittitas County Fire Marshall (see attached Exhibit B(2) ). These improvements will address current fire flow issues within the district and provides all landowners within the District water service area with improved water services. Automatic fare suppression will not be required in community outbuildings like bathroom facilities, pool support buildings, recycling, solid waste or mail distribution buildings or single family/multifamily detached garages. The development of Marian Meadows will also comply with criteria and conditions delineated by the Kittitas County Fire Marshall as itpertains to fare flow, water storage and system requirements. These will be inclusive of the following.• ➢ Residential- Townhouses 3601 sq feet and greater with automatic sprinklers = 1 hour flow duration and 1000 Gallons Per Minute. This is considering a Type V wood -frame construction.