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Washington State Parks has done a very good job of supplying restrooms all along the Palouse to Cascades trail from Snoqualmie Pass to the South Easton trailhead. Sidewalks: Not sure how this got in the latest version of the Easton Subarea plan but, We DO NOT want public sidewalks in South Easton. We need pedestrian paths/bicycle paths that are just plain flat. The image depicted of Railroad St. showing a connection to the Palouse to Cascade trail, down along Railroad St. and across 1-90 to the Easton Ponds area should all be flat pedestrian/bicycle paths. Sidewalks would be terrible! Could you imagine riding your bicycle up and over all those individual cement city indentations for driveway access etc. Sidewalks are very contradictory to what is needed for recreational/pedestrian usage. Sidewalks would not hold up to the large amount of snow plowing and adverse weather we have here in Easton. In addition, Cle Elum City has been in litigation with property owners over sidewalks that were installed through a grant process in their town.We do not want these types of issues arising in Easton as we are unincorporated and do not want city type problems. That is why we live in this very small rural recreational town because it is not a city and does not have sidewalks. Sewers: We DO NOT want sewer in South Easton. South Easton is historic and is a very small Lamird 1 area. We only have 80 or so students in our school right now. Most of the town has returned to being residential with very few businesses. Even as Railroad St growns with additional businesses we do not want to grow to the point of requiring sewers in this small district area of South Easton. That type of growth should be somewhere else. One Voice: Remove One voice as described on page 12 Easton Vision 1.6. This is not working and or do I believe is legal. We do not want just one voice representing our property or vision here in Easton. We are already having problems with transparency, clarity and the community's voice not being heard.We want to continue to be and unincorporated town and work with our Kittitas County Commissioners if needed. We are asking in the Easton Subarea plan that the community meetings be required to provide documented minutes and financial statements. No individual sub group secret meetings the community is not invited to. There must be a quorum set for how many people must be in attendance or agree before an action item can proceed. No more community decisions made byjust a handful of community residents that are in attendance.