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Whereas,The Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners denied the SEPA appeal after considering testimony from CDS Stafl the Applicant, and the Appellant; and Whereas,Following the decisions on the Comp Plan Amendment and Rezone on March 18d",2025 the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners instructed County staff to prepare an ordinance for their signature to adopt changes to the Kittitas County Code and Comprehensive Plan; and Whereas,The Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners considered enabling documents before the public on April 1"t,2025. SECTION II-BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FINDINGS General Findinqs: The Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners held a public hearing on March 18,2025 to hear testimony and accept written comments regarding proposed amendments to the Kittitas County Code and Comprehensive Plan. All members of the public who wanted to testiff were allowed to speak or submit written correspondence into the record. The docketed items discussed during the Board of County Commissioners public hearing included: CP-24-00001 Citizen-Initiated Proposal: Comp Plan Amendment and Rezone This map amendment and rezone was proposed by a private citizen, the amendment was remanded from the2022 Comprehensive Plan Docket and has been assigned file number CP-24-00001. Mardee Lake Inc, is proposing arezone of 150.98 acres four parcels (808335, 818335, 828335 and 838335) currently zoned Forest and Range with a Rural Working Land LJse, rezoned to Rural Recreation zoning and land use designation. The rezone will allow the cunent use of the property to be consistent and compatible with the zoning code of rural recreation, as well as allow future expansion of existing uses. A rezone application, and SEPA checklist were submitted as part of the application packet. A SEPA mitigated threshold determination of non-significance (MDNS) was issued with a timely SEPA appeal filed on October 11,2024. The SEPA appeal was considered by the Board of County Commissioners prior to considering the rezone application. The processing ofthis non-project specific rezone is consistent with Kittitas County Code 158.03 Amendments to Comprehensive Plan. Prior to considering the comprehensive plan amendment and rezone applications, the Board of County Commissioners conducted an appeal hearing and denied the SEPA appeal, finding that: III. IV. No public testimony was taken for this proposal The Critical Areas Report Submitted with the application defined several buffers to limit and channel future development of the properties. The comprehensive plan amendment and rezone do not have environmental impacts. The Appellant's Attorney stated they had less concerns than before the hearing and are not I. II. Comp Plan and Rezone Enabling Ordinance Page 3 April 1,2025