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Kittitas Counry Fire District #3 May 24,2021 Page f 4 proposal. The applicant shall contact the Kittitas County Fire District #3 todetermine appropriate mitigation measures. Mitigation measures shall be includedin the development agreement. This was 2018, seven years after the FEIS. In your March 12,2021 letter, ERLC was informed"the Distr-ict has begun to undertake its assessments related to the mitigation necessary-. This isyears too late' As required by the County commissioners, ERLC has contacted the Fire District todetermine what the District's needs are, and ERLC will piopose to include the followiffieasures as a result of the District's identified needs, the data available in the FEIS, and the ordlnance. Ordinance 201 8-006, I1.7.2: Mitigation measures are listed in the FEIS. They include: I1.7.2.1 Avoid residential lots in the steep forested portion of the site. I I '7 '2.2 Provide secondary access via bridge over Yakima River or from the norlhand connecting to Silver Creek Road. I I .7.2.3 Maintain road grades no greater than l0%. 11.7.2.4 Support a single station to co-locate facilities by providing a site andcontribute plopoftional share to fund a new fire truck. I L7.2.5 Built irr fire suppression. 11.7.2'6 Requile non-combustible areas imrnediately adjacent to buildings, andreduce and irrigate vegetation in the 30- to SO-foot ciicum-ference of buildirigi. I1.7.2.7 Public fire safety education. ll '7.2'8 Hospital District: A cornbination of regular levies and capital facility levieswould be required; project contribution to a iharc of equipment costs would berequired. 11.7.2.8 Fire District: Additional equipment would likely requirc voter approved levies. These are all possible measures, or a combination thereof. The District's concerns point to a needfor a new facility, closer to Marian Meadows (limited project access, snow-train-truck blockages).In March 202l,the District specifically asserted the need for "a new station on the north sideof I-90'" ERLC's offer of land is geniine and entirely appropriate under these circumstances. FlL9 proposes to give the District Kittitas ParcelNo. giea6+,which is directly adjacent to Marian \ae{.ow1. This parcelhas an assessed value of $89,280. At 3.21 acres, it is certainty adeluate forthe District's needs. There is at least one acre of developabte space outside any criticalareas. Thiswould be in addition to the $250 mitigation paymenr ttrat Enl'c has already proposed. As noted above, additional equipment will require voter approved levies. We understand thatDis*ict voters recently,approved a levy, which can benefit flom the Marian Meadows pur..t, u, :oon I they are platted' As Marian Meadows is the only development in the District."luir.o toinstall individual fire sprinkler systems, the proportionai share oi ERLC', contribution for a new JoHNs.MoNRoE MlTsunaca.KolousKovA . PLLC