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2.Explain how the infrastructure project will help meet the economic development goals of your communityand/or region.If this project is not done,will the anticipated private development still take place? <br />The Snoqualmie Pass area is reaching limitations on water rights.During most of2019,development <br />stalled due to a self-imposed water moratorium until the District was able to complete significant water <br />system leak repairs and implementation of conservation measures to avoid exceeding their water right <br />use.The moratorium was lifted in September 2019. <br />The District anticipates the number of residences and businesses will double when current planned <br />developments are completed.However,water right limitations are expected to be reached in 2025 <br />unless the foreign water right credit is fully realized by the completion of the Phase 1 MBR WWTP <br />and the new domestic water well in Kittitas County. <br />The District's customers include ski resorts and supporting services to travelers on Interstate 90 (1-90) <br />such as rest areas,gas stations,hotels,stores,and restaurants.Multiple conversations with the ski <br />resorts have already been initiated to explain the planned improvements to the water system and <br />wastewater treatment facility.The District's additional water capacity will encourage residential <br />construction.An increase in residents during recreational and tourist seasons allows commercial <br />enterprises to draw employees during the seasons in which they would be needed most, <br />Increases in capacity can allow commercial operations to consider off-peak strategizing to expand <br />operating days and evening use.Related but separate ski resort improvements are being planned to <br />accommodate increased demand.Currently,an estimated 30,000 people travel to Snoqualmie Pass <br />area in the winter on peak weekend days.Increasing snow-making,expanding hours,adding days to <br />the season,and expanding evening skiing,can increase the number of customers the ski resorts can <br />serve while lessening the impacts of peak demand seasonal tourism on infrastructure systems such as <br />transportation and parking.Expanding employee coverage over longer operating hours and on <br />additional days will increase the number of full-time equivalent employees at the resorts and support <br />services in the Snoqualmie Pass area. <br />3.Indicate if the project is consistent with the following applicable state,regional and local plans and <br />prioritization processes: <br />O overall Economic Development Plan -Officially Adopted <br />/Comprehensive Land Use Plan -Officially Adopted November 1992. <br />Snoqualmie Pass's Master Plan was first included in the December 2006 update to the Kittitas <br />County Comprehensive Plan and is included in full as Appendix 2 of Kittitas County's Transition <br />2040 comprehensiveplan (adopted June 2019).To comply with the GMA,this Master Plan must <br />be consistent with the land use element and other elements in Transition 2040. <br />Specifically,the District is combining the recently completed land use inventory,guidelines <br />presented in Transition 2040,and the development permits approved by Kittitas County <br />wastewater service demand to forecast growth and wastewater service demand in the <br />Snoqualmie Pass service area. <br />If dramatic revisions are made by Kittitas or King County to the SNOPPAC recommendations, <br />the District will revise and update the Master Plan accordingly. <br />4