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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 1 12 <br />March 7, 2016 <br />Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit A | March 2016 | Page 12 of 339 <br />in a manner to minimize, insofar as practical, any resultant damage to the <br />ecology and environment of the shoreline area and any interference with the <br />public's use the water. <br />1.4 Title and references <br />This Document shall be known and may be cited as the “Kittitas County Shoreline <br />Master Program.” This document may be referred to herein as the “Program,” “Master <br />Program,” “Shoreline Master Program,” or “SMP.” Definitions referenced from WAC <br />173-26-020 are provided in Chapter 2, including “may”, “must”, “shall”, and “should” <br />which have specific meaning for implementation of the Shoreline Management Act. <br />1.5 Public involvement process, advisory committee and agency coordination <br />1. Public information and outreach <br />This SMP was updated as part of a multi-jurisdictional update process with Kittitas <br />County serving as project lead. The participating jurisdictions were Kittitas County, the <br />City of Ellensburg, the City of Cle Elum, and the Town of South Cle Elum. The <br />participating jurisdictions involved the public throughout the update effort consistent with <br />the Shoreline Management Act (see RCW 90.58.130) and the SMP Guidelines (WAC <br />173-26-090). As project lead, Kittitas County prepared a public participation plan that <br />identified specific objectives, key stakeholders, and timelines for public participation <br />activities. <br />2. Multi-jurisdictional SMP update coordination <br />The SMP update process was closely coordinated among the participating jurisdictions. <br />An interlocal agreement was adopted to define the responsibilities of each jurisdiction <br />and allocate resources from a Washington State Department of Ecology grant. <br />Kittitas County provided the primary professional and clerical support and was <br />responsible for project management and contracting. Staff assigned by the Cities and <br />Town coordinated local efforts on shorelines within their respective municipal boundaries. <br />The County coordinated the SMP update process with Washington State Department of <br />Ecology (Ecology), Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), tribal <br />governments and other state agencies as required in the SMP update guidelines. In <br />addition, the County consulted with other entities for scientific, technical or cultural <br />information including federal agencies, watershed planning units, conservation districts, <br />public utility districts, and other institutions as needed. <br />All participating jurisdictions were responsible for reviewing and commenting on <br />recommended shoreline environment designations and the goals, policies, and use <br />regulations associated with those designations as well as the various supporting <br />documents including but not limited to: inventory characterization reports, restoration <br />plans and cumulative impact analysis. Each jurisdiction was responsible for approving <br />the final SMP through local adoption processes.