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CHMELIK SITKIN & OAVIS.Jonathan K. Sitkin A'IORN€Y et jsitkin@chmelik.com June 25,2021 SENT VIA EMAIL & U.S. MAIL williams@jmmlaw.com Johns, Monroe, Mitsunaga. Kolouskova, PLLC Attn: Dean Williams 11201 SE 8f'St., Suile 120 Bellevue, WA 98004 RE: Marian Meadows / Kittitas County Development Agreement Application #DV-l9-0001 {the "Project") Our Client; Kittitas County Fire District #3 (the "District") Dear Mr. Wlliams, I reviewed your May 24rh and May 28th letters with the District Commissioners. The Districl is prepared to address the public safety concerns and necessary mitigation conditions before the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners, if necessary. However, the District is still willing to continue negotiations with ERLC with the goal of agreeing to ierms on a voluntary mitigation agreement. ll appears necessary lhat we first clear up some apparent misunderstandings regarding the District's public safaty concerns and requested mitigation conditions, so the parties can continue to negotiate on appropriate mitigation conditions necessary for compliance with the County's Ordinance 2018-006 (the "Approval"). First, the District is not demanding or requiring a condition limiling structure height to twenty-four feet (24'), rather, my April 13th letter only recommended a twenty-four foot (24') height limit because that is the maximum height building the District is currently equipped to handle. The District may be able to retrofit its current engine with a new ladder package that would allow access to taller structures for rescue purposes, but not fire suppression purposes. lnitial research resulted in locating a potential retrofit of a current apparatus with a new ladder package that would cost an estimated Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00), including equipment and retrofit of the existing apparatus, which is far less than the One Million Dollar ($1,000,000.00) cost of acquiring a ladder truck, but still a significant capital cost for the District. This new ladder package retrofit would be one of the necessary capital investments to mitigate Project impacts if structures will exceed twenty-four feet (24'). ERLC's offer to include fire sprinkler suppression systems in the taller structures primarily addresses property protection, and not rescue. Thus, even with the fire sprinkler system, the new ladder package is necessary for delivery of emergency response services and rescues.l I Emergency response services includes provision of emergency medical services, and emergency medical services and rescues.