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04/18/2017 MINUTES 1 <br />COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />COMMISSIONERS AUDITORIUM <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br /> <br />TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. APRIL 18, 2017 <br /> <br />Board members present: Chairman Paul Jewell; Vice-Chairman Laura <br />Osiadacz; and Commissioner Obie O’Brien. <br /> <br />Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board; Mark Cook, Public Works <br />Director; Dan Carlson, CDS Director and 3 members of the public. <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING MARIAN MEADOWS PUBLIC WORKS <br /> <br />At 2:00 p.m. CHAIRMAN JEWELL opened a Public Hearing to consider a <br />proposed Development Agreement for Funding of Processing Planned <br />Unit Development of Marian Meadows. <br /> <br />DAN CARLSON, CDS DIRECTOR reviewed a Staff Report. He explained how <br />the proposed Development Agreement does not provide for any <br />preliminary approval but only funding and it does not change the <br />process as outlined in County Code. MARK COOK, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR <br />reviewed a proposed amendment to Attachment A regarding the Staff <br />rate. He asked the Board to consider changing the rate from $56.00 <br />per hour to $92.00 per hour. <br /> <br />THOSE PRESENT & TESTIFYING: JOHN JENSEN said he lives across the <br />road from the proposed project and hoped the EIS which had been <br />previously done would still be in force and if not, the County <br />should require a new one to be conducted. He said there was a lot of <br />history with the project and described the area including its rural <br />character, steep slopes, scenery, and it being a wildlife corridor. <br />He thought the proposed small lots would affect their daily lives. <br />JERRY MARTENS provided information and expressed concerns relating <br />to the accounting of expended funds and billable hours of the <br />project over the past years. He said Easton Ridge Land Co. has paid <br />in excess of $400,000.00 to the County towards the application with <br />approximately $300,000.00 of expenditures and they have not received <br />any accounting or acknowledgement other than the recent submittal <br />last month. They are requesting that it be corrected and a priority <br />with the new agreement. He asked if he could review the proposed <br />Development Agreement prior to the Board’s approval. THERE BEING NO <br />OTHERS REQUESTING TO TESTIFY, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE HEARING WAS <br />CLOSED. <br /> <br />MR. CARLSON said the proposed Agreement did not include the travel <br />time, etc. for the consultants and suggested adding it to the <br />document. He recommended that the Board of County Commissioners <br />continue the Public Hearing to allow him time to add the additional