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07/20/2021 MINUTES 3 <br />COMMISSIONER WRIGHT moved to deny the request and to maintain the <br />current speed limit on Faust Road from MP 0.59 to MP 0.79, as <br />recommended by Staff. CHAIRMAN WACHSMITH seconded. Motion carried 2- <br />0. <br /> PUBLIC HEARING BARNES ROAD SPEED REDUCTION PUBLIC WORKS <br />At 2:21 p.m. CHAIRMAN WACHSMITH opened a Public Hearing to consider <br />a Speed Reduction on Barnes Road and to Amend Kittitas County Code <br />Chapter 10.08.020 Speed Limits. <br /> JOSH FREDRICKSON, ENGINEER reviewed a Staff Report. He said they <br />received a request to reduce the speed limit from 50 miles per hour <br />to 35 miles per hour on Barnes Road from MP 0.00 to MP 0.78. He <br />reviewed the results of the study, fiscal impacts, and said Barnes <br />Road is operating within the Level of Service standard for rural <br />road operations, and their most recent 20-year transportation plan <br />does not forecast it as breaking acceptable levels of service within <br />the timeframe. <br /> THERE BEING NO ONE REQUESTING TO TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE HEARING WAS CLOSED. <br /> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT moved to deny the request to lower the speed <br />limit on Barnes Road, as recommended by Staff. CHAIRMAN WACHSMITH <br />seconded. Motion carried 2-0. <br /> PUBLIC HEARING MARIAN MEADOWS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CDS <br />At approximately 2:27 p.m. CHAIRMAN WACHSMITH opened a Public <br />Hearing to consider the Marian Meadows Development Agreement (DV-19- <br />00001). <br /> DAN CARLSON, CDS DIRECTOR provided a power-point presentation which <br />included a background of the application; Staff analysis; agency <br />comments; public comment issues; proposed new language relating to <br />the snow storage on Marian Drive, RV Service Center; proposed <br />mitigation; information relating to the Commissioners direction of <br />remanding it back to Staff on December 15, 2020; proposed new <br />conditions; and Staff recommendations. The Board agreed the <br />testimony would be limited specifically to the remand issue. <br /> DEAN WILLIAMS, ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT requested Jerry <br />Martens to provide testimony. JERRY MARTENS reviewed his <br />involvement and history relating to the Marian Meadows project. MR. WILLIAMS said the Fire District should have started planning over 10 <br />years ago when Marian Meadows first began and if they had, they <br />wouldn’t have been in the position they were today. He said their <br />lack of response to request for other mitigation information means