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3/31/26,9:56 AM KHA Mail-Please add my comments to the official record for 2026 Kittitas Comp Plan Updates <br /> Mmai I Kittitas County 2026 Comments <comments@kittitascounty2026.com> <br /> Please add my comments to the official record for 2026 Kittitas Comp Plan Updates <br /> 2 messages <br /> Ingrid Vimont<email4ing rid @yahoo.com> Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM <br /> To: "comments@kittitascounty2026.com" <comments@kittitascounty2026.com> <br /> Cc: Laura Osiadacz<laura.osiadacz@co.kittitas.wa.us>, Matthew Lundh <mlundh@cleelum.gov>, Jeff Myers <br /> <jeffmyers98922@gmai1.com> <br /> Coordinated planning is essential to prevent Upper Kittitas County from <br /> becoming "Paradise 2.0" <br /> February 21, 2022 (initial submission to Cie Elum Planning Commission, Fire District 7, Cle Elum City Council, <br /> Kittitas County Planning Commission) <br /> Resubmission date: March 29, 2026 <br /> My name is Ingrid Vimont. I live at 291 Nelson Creek Road, Cie Elum, WA 98922. <br /> 1 am an elected Hospital District 2 Commissioner for Upper Kittitas County, and I have been a Registered Nurse in <br /> Washington since 1990. <br /> 1 am a concerned citizen who has lived and owned property in the Cle Elum area for 20 years. I lost a home to the <br /> Taylor Bridge Fire, which has increased my commitment and involvement in helping to build a better fire adapted <br /> community. <br /> I am concerned specifically with the ongoing building permits and large developments approved by the city and county <br /> that HAVE NOT SECONDARY EVACUATION ROUTES! Upper Kittitas County is a extreme risk of becoming <br /> "Paradise 2.0". The county has approved an additional 2500-3000 homes north of Cie Elum with no secondary <br /> emergency evacuation route. This is a death-trap just like Paradise, CA. The tragedy in Paradise, CA was <br /> predicted and they had geographical similarities to upper Kittitas County with one road in and one road out. <br /> State Route 903 will be grid-locked within minutes of any major fire north of Cie Elum. <br /> Summary: Wildfire is an imminent threat to Cle Elum, Roslyn, Ronald, and surrounding area. <br /> ***Headwaters Economics (Jan. 2022) ranks Kittitas County 92 on a scale of 1 to 100 within the State in relative wildfire <br /> risk and Cle Elum has a very high risk of wildfire—higher than 100% of communities in the US. <br /> https://apps.wildfirerisk.org/explore/overview/53/53037/5300012945 <br /> Please refer to videos and photos of Paradise, CA evacuation catastrophe: https://www.youtube.com/watch? <br /> v=R9wXr0nnQiX0 <br /> Coordinated Planning is Critical for Kittitas County to Prevent "Paradise 2.0" <br /> My Goal: Contribute to the creation of an integrated, safe, & healthy Upper Kittitas County <br /> Recommendations: It is critical that we design and implement coordinated community planning to avoid a repeat of the <br /> Paradise, CA tragedy in 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F30XlPR2SCM <br /> ■ Essential development, implementation &ongoing coordination of the following: <br /> o Regional Fire Authority—development essential <br /> ■ Create and maintain a Fire Resilient, Fire Adapted Community <br /> https://mail.google.com/mail/u/O/?ik=fO8ae6a8l d&view=pt&search=all&permthid=th read-f:1861043606425493072&simpl=msg-f:186104360642549307... 1/6 <br />