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tvr{ pat kelleher < psk98926@yahoo.com> Monday, June 30, 2025 4:14 PM Kittitas County Commissioners Office; Brian Kelly; Josh Fredrickson; Chad Bala; pat kelleher; judy.warnick@leg.wa.gov; Rep. Tom Dent Public Hearing July 1 2025 Critical Areas Ordinance Cffi Mandy Buchholz From: Sent: To: Subject: CAUTION: This email. originated from outside the Kittitas County network. Do not click [inks, open attachments, futfitt requests, or fottow guidance untess you recognize the sender and have verified the content is safe. Chairman The Public hearing was noticed but the "record" was not available untilThursday Jun 26. The BOCC June 25 response to a Public Record Request concerning the resolution responded "determined there are no records responsive to your request"'. The public had less then 3 business days to review the record. The red deletions and blue additions have ramifications far beyond the additional text. There is not one example on how these changes could effect an applicant. Where is Channel Migration zone documented? Potentially the area is huge and subject to interpretation SPTH is unclear. ls it the average of all 200 year old standing trees? Just in the "site"? in the area? The ordnance should be more clear to the applicant... 100 feet from OHWM or such measurement that can be easily applied (before purchase or site planning). This is a full employment act for consultants. The final decision to resolve issues is the Director, who is not required to have any skill set other than employment. RMZ zone setbacks are changed 150 to 1 SPTH from ohwm/cmzl floodplain. Based on what Best available science? 50 feet to 100 feet again no evidence is presented supporting the change. The ordinance is written site specific when Type f, type np , type ns should be looked at holist ally.. What good is upstream mitigation when a culvert is downstream? For example a list of Kittitas Wetland 2:1 mitigation projects should be maintained by the CDS to provide off site mitigation options and not rely on a table that is not supported by any evidence. The mitigation ration are excessive and not obtainable For the consumer this is a poorly written ordinance that just runs up costly consulting bill depending on "who" is reviewing the project. lnstead of site specific, steams/wetlands should be looked at in total and areas identified to be restored, rehabilitate create and enhance funded by the County or off site mitigation from various applicants 1