LP-22-00001 Suncadia Ph 2 Div 7 - BOCC Staff Report

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8 the proposed long plat being served by the Suncadia water system. Sewage for the proposed development will be conveyed by a sewer main to the existing gravity sewer along Swiftwater Drive as well as acknowledges WSDOH’s response to the existing system having sufficient capacity to serve the additional connections proposed. Staff Response: Applicant provided a response to PH comments, included as Index #42 of the Master File. The applicant stated there are no on-site septic systems unitized for wastewater management with this development and that all lots will be serviced by gravity sewer or grinder pump systems tying directly into the gravity system that flow to tan existing sewer lift station. The applicant also responded that Suncadia is in a Group-A water system with a green operating permit status and holds enough water rights for full build-out of the resort. Infrastructure capacity for current and future development calculations are ongoing. Staff agrees with applicants provided responses. Kittitas County Public Works KCPW provided the following comments: KCPW provided comments in regards to the timing of improvements, private road naming, addressing, civil plans, Engineering plans for Stormwater, Traffic Monitoring Plan updated report detailing what monitoring has been completed required for Final Plat, request for inventory of equivalent residential units, or accounting method utilized in the water system plan, affirming sufficient capacity serving the plat, inventory of equivalent residential units, or the accounting method utilized in the general sewer plan, affirming sufficient capacity serving the plat. KCPW provided comments regarding development being in accordance with KCC Chapter 14.08.220 and that all subdivisions shall show on the face of both the preliminary and final plat, for either short or long plats, the boundary of the 100-year floodplain and floodway. The engineer and date of the survey needing to be identified and the ownership, width and surfacing of existing roads also needs to be shown. Staff Response: The applicant provided a response to the comments submitted by Public Works, included as Index #42. The applicant acknowledged conditions 1-5 of preliminary approval and will address prior to final plat; with the exception of #5.2 “Traffic Monitoring Plan” as the current agreement with Public Works is to have the TMP report complete by 2025 and not prior to this development final plat. CDS checked with Public Works in regard to these requirements. Public Works reinstated this requirement in 2019 with approval of another Suncadia Preliminary Plat. In working with Suncadia, Public Works stated the traffic monitoring is moving forward with the updated traffic monitoring locations as requested and centered around Labor Day traffic. Therefore, Public Works anticipates a count update after Labor Day with the updated report required at a later date. At this time Public Works states Suncadia has satisfied the requirement regarding traffic monitoring update. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Colville Tribes provided the following comments: The Colville Tribe provided comments in regard to the proposed project lying within the traditional territories of the Wenatchi Tribe and stated that the Tribes do not concur with Section B.13.b of the Attachment to SEPA Environmental Checklist Phase 2 Division 7 stating that the archaeological sites identified will not be affected by the proposed development. The Colville Tribes do not believe that sufficient information exists to make this determination due to no subsurface testing taking place and they recommend a full cultural resource survey, inclusive of subsurface testing for the entire project area, recommended that consultation between Kittitas County CDS, CCT, DAHP, and other affected Tribes occur to revise the Suncadia MPR Conditions of Approval, the inadequacies of the 1998 cultural resources survey.