DV-19-00001 Marian Meadows Development Agreement

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Lindsay Ozbolt October 30, 2019 Page 5 UDC v. Mill Creek, 106 Wn. App. 681 (2001). Nor can the development be required to fix existing conditions or deficiencies in the system. Benchmark Land Co. v. City of Battle Ground, 146 Wash.2d 685 (2002). Yet, this is essentially what the District is asking Marian Meadows to do. The District's Capital Facilities Plan calculates that, under one scenario, roughly 333 new single-family homes should be required to pay $12,060.00 each to build a new $4 million elementary school for 77 new students. If the District had begun participating in the public process a decade ago, this would have been spread out over a much larger group. This also ignores the reality that the district is apparently shrinking in enrollment, and is expected to continue to do so by OPSI. Prior Attempts at Resolution It would be inaccurate to represent Easton Ridge Land Company and/or its agents as not engaging in discussions with the School District. The District has been on notice since 2003 of development actions by ERLC. As Easton is a small community, very little transpires that does not become a community headline. Over the past 16 years, there has been ample opportunity, and in fact discussions, with the Community of Easton on all aspects of the Marian Meadows proposal. The efforts of Ki.ttitas County's Community Development Services toward the publishing of an EIS for the project supports this position. As for discussion directly with the School Board, requests have been unanswered or verbally provided indicating that they were not prepared to talk with the Marion Meadows development team. As ERLC prepared the documentation, which would become Ordinance 2018-006, contact was made with Superintendent DeHuff requesting a meeting. ERLC's agent met with Supr. DeHuff and was told the Board was reviewing the development and not prepared to discuss the project at that time. With the BOCC passing Ordinance 2018-006, ERLC had direction about development parameters, density and conditions; addressing School District impacts was one of these. In May of 2018, a request to meet with the Easton School board was made. ,See attached. The agent for ERLC subsequently received a call from Superintendent DeHuff that a meeting at that time would need to be delayed until the District Board had a chance to review and react. The next communication was the District's filing of its Land Use Petition, contesting the BOCC preliminary plat and PUD approval. All further contact was then processed through legal channels complying with direction from the Easton School District 428. On July 18, 2018, ERLC representatives and the County's prosecuting attorney met with the legal representatives from the District, including with John Jensen and one other Board member. At this time, ERLC was presented with a `Draft" of the Capital Facilities Plan for the District. That meeting lasted several hours and included opportunities for break out conversations during a tour of the District's facilities. However, the positions of JOTINS-MONROP:•MITSL7NAGA-KOLOUSKO-,�j'A • PLLC