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Application Submittal. A Development Agreement application was submitted to Kittitas County Community <br /> Development Services Department on September 29,2025. <br /> Deem Complete: After additional information was provided,this application was deemed complete on December <br /> 16,2025. <br /> Notice of A lication: The Notice of Application for the Development Agreement was issued on December 18, <br /> 2025. This notice was published in the official county paper of record and was mailed to jurisdictional <br /> government agencies, adjacent property owners and other interested parties. The last day to submit written <br /> comments was on January 26,2026. Numerous public comments were received. <br /> Public Hearing: A public hearing for Board of County Commissioners consideration of the Suncadia <br /> Development Agreement was scheduled for February 3, 2026 at 2:00 pm in the Commissioners Auditorium, and <br /> continued to February 17,2026. <br /> IV. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW <br /> Pursuant to WAC 197-11-800 the development agreement is utilizing the previously adopted SEPA FEIS dated <br /> April 10,2000 as part of the original Suncadia Rezone to Master Planned Resort. <br /> VI. AGENCY AND PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> Applicable agencies, adjacent property owners, and interested parties have been given the opportunity to review <br /> this proposal. All comments have been included as exhibits in the indexed project file. <br /> Public Comments: forty-nine (49) comments from the public were received regarding this proposal and have <br /> been included as exhibits in the indexed project file. <br /> VII. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT REVIEW <br /> Staff has completed a thorough review of this draft DA and went through several rounds of review prior to issuing <br /> this staff report and the following recommendation. Staff first requested additional information from the <br /> applicant on June10. This first round of review requested clarifications on what is being requested and ultimately <br /> the only change to the original approval outlined in Ordinance 2000-16 is to request a 15 year extension to the <br /> expiration date. Comments were submitted to the applicant and a response by the applicant was provided on <br /> February 6, 2026. Staff has reviewed the applicants response matrix along with an extensive compliance matrix <br /> and concurs that the current compliance status is accurate. <br /> VIII. RECOMMENDATION <br /> As discussed in the Findings of Fact below and explained above, staff finds that the application is consistent with <br /> the Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan, Development Regulations, and Ordinance No. 2000-16. Staff <br /> recommends approval of the proposed Development Agreement extension, subject to the following findings of <br /> fact and conclusions: <br /> Staff Findings of Fact <br /> 1. A Development Agreement application was submitted to Kittitas County Community Development <br /> Services department on September 29, 2025. After additional information was provided,this application <br /> 2 <br />