Spanish Castle Master Planned Resort

Entezar Group Eastern Washington LLC has filed an application for a Master Planned Resort at Spanish Castle Road and SR 28. The proposal includes the creation of a subarea plan to the Douglas County Countywide Comprehensive Plan, applicable development regulations and a planned action under WAC 197-11-164 and 172. The subject property is located within the Commercial Agriculture 10 and the Rural Resource 20 zoning districts and may more particularly be described as a portion of Sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, Township 20 N, Range 22 E. W.M., Douglas County, Washington. The proposed project includes the following elements:

• Mixture of residential uses including single family, multifamily condominium and townhouse residences totaling 1140 units.
• Commercial uses include retail, office & service space totaling 62,000 square feet, and a 100 room hotel.
• Recreation uses include an 18-hole golf course, equestrian center and 20,000 sq. foot wellness/therapy spa.
• Necessary resort/community support facilities such as water, wastewater, electrical, maintenance, administration, security facilities.

Documents Available for Review

A number of documents, including application, draft documents, and environmental checklist are available for public review. These documents can be accessed at this web site. The complete file is available for review at the Douglas County Public Services Building, 140 19th Street NW East Wenatchee.

Application materials include the following list of documents available for review by the links provided below:

• Application and Project Description
• Suitability and Regulatory Compliance Analysis
• Draft Subarea Plan
• Master Plan Introduction
• Chapter 1 Long Range Plan
• Chapter 2 Development Standards and Design Criteria
• Chapter 3 Land Use
• Chapter 4 Transportation
• Chapter 5 Housing
• Chapter 6 Effect on the Character and Vitality of Nearby Communities
• Chapter 7 Resource Lands and Critical Areas
• Chapter 8 Capital Facilities and Utilities
• Chapter 9 Utilities
• Appendix-Resource Management Plan
• Appendix-Agricultural Land Evaluation
• Appendix-Applicable Goals and Policies
• Appendix-Design and Development Manual
• Appendix-Geotechnical Investigation
• Appendix-Landscape
• Appendix-Traffic Analysis
• Appendix-Wastewater management
• Appendix-Water System
• Site Plans     (NOTE: This file is 32 MB)
• State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Checklist
• Topographic Map
• SEPA Scoping Document
• Integrated SEPA/GMA Document
• Notice of Availability
• Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
• Staff Report

Present Status

The Douglas County Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on Monday, November 5, 2007.  At this hearing, the planning commission took action to forward a recommendation of approval to the Douglas County Board of Commissioners.

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners will consider the project at a public meeting.  The date and time for this meeting has not yet been set but will occur in December 07.  At this meeting the Board will take action to accept the planning commission’s recommendation, reject the planning commission's recommendation and set their own public hearing date, or remand the project back to the planning commission for further study.

Opportunity for Public/Agency Comment

Copies of the application materials, the draft subarea plan and the FEIS may be viewed during normal business hours at Douglas County Transportation and Land Services located at 140 19th Street NW, Suite A, East Wenatchee, WA. A compact disk copy of the FEIS may be purchased by written request to Douglas County Transportation and Land Services. The cost is $5.00 per disk, not including postage. Printed copies of the FEIS can be purchased from Durant Development Services, Inc., P.O. Box 1723, Yakima, WA 98907. Telephone (509) 248-4156.

After the public hearing, the recommendation of the planning commission will be forwarded to the Douglas County Board of Commissioners. The Board of Commissioners will then set a date and time for a public meeting where they will consider the planning commission’s recommendation. At this meeting the Douglas County Board of Commissioners may: Accept the planning commission’s recommendation, remand the application back to the planning commissioner for further review or reject the planning commission’s recommendation and set their own public hearing date and time.

Timeline

Application determined complete: April 18, 2007

Notice of the opportunity to comment on the application and/or potential environmental impacts related to the proposal: May 2, 2007

Public scoping meeting: May 16, 2007

End of comment period on application and scoping: May 23, 2007

Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Planned Action documents for 60 day GMA/SEPA review: August 17, 2007

Comments on draft environmental impact statement: September 17, 2007

Sixty-day review comments on subarea plan due: October 16, 2007

Issuance of Final Environmental Impact Statement and Planned Action: October 19, 2007.

Planning Commission Public Hearing: November 5, 2007

Board of Douglas County Commissioner Meeting: Estimated December 07

Questions?

Interested persons may contact Curtis Lillquist, AICP, Senior Planner at (509) 884-7173 for further information about this project.