SCA letter 08-24-05 0011
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August 24, 2005
Tammi Merriman, City Planner
City of Yelm
105 Yelm Avenue W.
P.O. Box 479
Velm, WA 98597
RE: Green Village Subdivision
SCA #04116
Dear Tammi
The preliminary plat for the Green Village Subdivision was submitted with the recreational center included in the
open space calculation for the site thus requiring the construction of [he facility prior to final plat approval.
CHANGE REQUEST: Sunshine Olympic Ent. Inc. requests postponement of construction of the On-site
Managed Activity (recreational) Center until after Fnal Plat approval. This change request is based on a recent
preliminary cash-flow projection, securiTy considerations (i.e. vandalism & burglary), and prohibitive start-up cost
associated with management /maintenance if constructed before final plat completion.
ACTIVITY CENTER ASSURANCE /COMMITMENT: Sunshine Olympic Ent. Inc. agrees the building permit for
the thirty-fifth home would not be issued until after the activity center is under constmction, or post a
performance bond and or other legally binding instrument as required by City of Velm to insure the construction
of this facility occurs after final plat approval.
ACTIVITY CENTER CONSTRUCTION TRIGGER: The Activity Center's application for building permit will be
submitted when the thirty-fourth pre-sale is finalized. Immediate constmction of the Activity Center will
commence at building permit issuance. Based on current sale projections, the thirty-fourth pre-sale will occur
nine months after the first pre-sale. This timeline is a conservative estimate, and is based on current market
conditions.
The Managetl Activity Center will require at least one Lull-time manager /project coordinator, and at least two
part-time maintenance/ janitorial and landscape personnel. Activity Center employees will be paid an annual
salary or hcudy rate. This facility will be available to all the resitlence living in this development. The Center is
not open to the general public. Neighborhootl association dues will pay for specific landscaping requirements
and complete facility operations.
OPEN SPACE RELATED: The amount of open space proposed in the current preliminary plat exceeds the
City's open space requirement of five percent. With removal of the recreational canter from the open space
tracts the amount of open space provitle will still exceed the City's requirement. Therefore a revised preliminary
plat has been prepared which excludes the center form the open space tracts and provitles for a separate tract
for the center and associated parking lot to be dedicated to the homeowner association after construction of the
facility.
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Therefore it is requestetl that construction of the recreational center he delayed until aXer the sale of the thirty-fourth
lot.
Thank you for considering our request to defer the construction of the recreation facility until after the thirty-fourth
pre-sale antl approval the attached revised preliminary plat..
Please call if you have any questions.
Yours truly,
SCA CON LTING GROUP
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Robert E Holcomb, P.E.
Engineering Manager
cc George Hom
(g: /text/ Pf/2004/O4ll 6/Ta mm1062405)
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