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Washington State OQ Department of Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Policy Statement 1. Has your agency adopted policies to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Yes 7 No 1-1 2. Please describe specific goals and objectives of your agency's Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Policy, and describe what components it includes, and how it is implemented. On August 30th, 2011 Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners signed resolution no. 2011-076, adopting policies for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Kittitas County's goals by adopting these policies is to reduce the need for imported oil through the implementation of programs and policies promoting reduced energy bills, green space preservation, air quality improvements, reduced traffic congestion, improved transportation choices, and green house gas emission reduction. Kittitas County's, Washington Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Policies include Public Buildings, Fleet/Vehicles, Equipment, Waste Reduction/Use, Land Use, Global, Public Eduction/Outreach, and Transportation. Kittitas County's overall land use development code, encourages development within our designated urban growth areas. 3. RCW 70.235.070 requires project "consistency" with the state Greenhouse Gas emission limits, and Vehicle Mile Traveled reduction benchmarks found in RCW 47.01.440. Please describe how your proposed project is consistent with RCW 70.235.070. The Kittitas County 1-90, Exit 78 Park and Ride project is consistent with RCW 70.235.070 by identifying and proposing a facility to allow commuters to consolidate and reduce vehicle miles traveled. Our project assumptions and calculations indicate how our project aims to reduce Annual Vehicle Trips within the first year by 4,680 and reduce annual vehicle miles by 352,872. Our project also shows that by year four we anticipate a 100% increase in users reducing annual vehicle trips by 9,360 and reduce annual vehicle miles traveled by 705,744.