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04/19/2022 MINUTES 1 <br />COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />AUDITORIUM/WEBEX <br />REGULAR MEETING <br /> <br />TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. APRIL 19, 2022 <br /> <br />Board members present: Chairman Laura Osiadacz; Vice-Chairman Cory <br />Wright and Commissioner Brett Wachsmith. <br /> <br />Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mandy Buchholz, <br />Administrative Supervisor; Kelly Bacon, Staff Planner; Dan Carlson, <br />CDS Director; Mark Cook, Public Works Director; Jeremy Johnston, <br />Planning Official; Rachael Stevie, Staff Planner; Jeremiah Cromie, <br />Staff Planner; Neil Caulkins, Deputy Prosecutor, and 6 members of <br />the public. <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING SUNCADIA PHASE 2 DIVISION 7 PRELIM PLAT CDS <br /> <br />At 2:00 p.m. CHAIRMAN OSIADACZ opened a Public Hearing to consider <br />the Suncadia Phase 2 Division 7 Preliminary Plat. <br /> <br />KELLY BACON, STAFF PLANNER, said the applicant requested to continue <br />the Public Hearing until May 3, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. and Staff does <br />not have any issues with the continuance. <br /> <br />STEVE LATHROP, ATTORNEY FOR SUNCADIA explained how a matter had come <br />up this past week that needed further discussion with Staff and in <br />order to keep the record clean, he suggested not taking public <br />testimony or Staff presentation at this point. He said the Staff <br />Report may or may not change, so they would like an opportunity to <br />try and work together to resolve the issue. MS. BACON said they did <br />not have any objections to their request. CHAIRMAN OSIADACZ said she <br />would like to take public testimony for those who were in <br />attendance, and if the Board agreed to continue the Hearing, it <br />would remain open until the next date. <br /> <br />THOSE PRESENT & TESTIFYING: IRA ASTRACHAN said he was not opposed to <br />continued development in Suncadia but was concerned about not having <br />a full-time secondary access to the northwest end of in case of an <br />emergency. He said the other access gate is currently padlocked and <br />in case of an emergency, residents would not be able to wait to <br />contact someone to arrive and unlock it. He encouraged the Board to <br />not allow any further development inside Suncadia until a fully <br />functioning secondary access point is established. ALISA ASTRACHAN <br />felt time was critical to establish a secondary access and without <br />one it’s in violation of the Development Agreement. She felt the <br />developer has track record of ignoring conditions of approval in the <br />2008 agreement. TIFFANY CHRISTMAN expressed opposition to the <br />proposal. She said the EIS was done over 20 years ago and some of