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UGA Interlocal Agreement (12-09-21) – Page 5 of 14 hereto as EXHIBIT B, as of the date of the execution of this Agreement and as it may be amended in the future. The UGA shall be regulated in accord with the County’s most recent flood maps. 9. STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT REVIEW. State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review of land development projects, comprehensive plan amendments and legislative area-wide rezones in the UGA shall be performed by the County under County SEPA regulations and processes; provided, however, that the County shall provide the City with notice of all SEPA applications upon receipt by the County, for review and comment by the City. The County, through the SEPA process, hereby commits to mitigate transportation, park and other growth impacts in accordance with special studies required by the SEPA responsible official and in accordance with current studies completed by the City with respect to transportation and park impacts. 10. PARK AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. 10.1. The County agrees to utilize the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review process to consider the impacts that new development in the Ellensburg UGA will have on the City’s park and recreation system, and agrees to impose necessary park and recreation system mitigation that is based on the City’s parks and recreation design and level of service standards. Mitigation, as used in this section, may include compensation by the County for improvement and maintenance of the City’s trails and paths identified in the City’s Active Transportation Plan and/or Park Plan to help offset the impacts caused by development of subdivisions in the UGA. In addition, the County agrees to follow the urban development standards adopted pursuant to Section 6.1 above. 10.2. The City and County agree to meet and confer on the methodology to be used to calculate the economic impact to City parks caused by subdivision development for which the City imposes an impact fee pursuant to RCW 82.02.050 through 82.02.090. In addition to any mitigation required as a result of the SEPA review process as provided in Section 10.1, the County will adopt a fee impact schedule and impose appropriate park impact fees in a manner that is consistent with the impact fee schedule set forth in Chapter 14.02 ECC, by no later than December 31, 2022. 11. PERMIT PROCESS PRIOR TO ANNEXATION. 11.1. Project permit application consultation. After the effective date of this Agreement, the County agrees to give the City timely written notice as soon as the County receives a request for a pre-application conference or a project permit application, whichever occurs first, for a proposed project within the UGA, and the City will participate in all such conferences. The County will provide the City with review and comment opportunity related to all project permit applications within the UGA. The County will invite staff representatives from the City to attend staff meetings with the applicant relating to the permit, including pre-application meetings.