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Commissioners hear staff recommendation to approve conservation easements and TDR credits for Spirit Wind Farm and Granite Creek East

Kittitas County Board of Commissioners · February 3, 2026
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Summary

County staff recommended approval of conservation easements for Spirit Wind Farm 1 & 2 and Granite Creek East LLC, finding the parcels qualify as sending sites and proposing 34 TDR credits for Spirit Wind Farm 2 and 30 for Granite Creek East LLC.

County staff presented conservation-easement and transfer-development-rights (TDR) applications for three properties and recommended commissioner approval.

A representative identified on the record as Elliot (transcript: "Elliot with, Myers with CVS") told the board the applicants seek to protect land via conservation easement and create TDR credits. He said staff found the properties qualified as sending sites and recommended the commissioners approve easements for Spirit Wind Farm 1, Spirit Wind Farm 2 and Granite Creek East LLC. The applicant materials propose 34 TDR credits for Spirit Wind Farm 2 and 30 TDR credits for Granite Creek East LLC.

The board did not record questions or objections in the transcript; staff recommended approval and the item was handled on the consent agenda.