2019_KittitasCountyHMP_Volume 1_For Adoption

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES-2 were coordination with local, state and federal agencies, and a comprehensive review of existing programs that may support or enhance hazard mitigation. • Phase 2—Assess risk—Risk assessment is the process of measuring the potential loss of life, personal injury, economic injury, and property damage resulting from natural hazards. This process focuses on the following parameters: – Hazard identification and profiling – The impact of hazards on physical, social and economic assets – Vulnerability identification – Estimates of the cost of damage or costs that can be avoided through mitigation. Phase 2 occurred simultaneously with Phase 1, with the two efforts using information generated by one another. • Phase 3—Involve the public—Under this phase, a public involvement strategy was developed that used multiple media to give the public multiple opportunities to provide comment on the plan. The strategy focused on three primary objectives: – Assess the public’s perception of risk. – Assess the public’s perception of vulnerability to those risks. – Identify mitigation strategies that will be supported by the public. • Phase 4—Identify goals, objectives and actions—Under this phase, the steering committee and planning team confirmed goals and objectives for the planning area from the last plan, as well as a range of potential mitigation actions for each natural hazard. A “mitigation catalog” was used by each planning partner to guide the selection of recommended mitigation initiatives to reduce the effects of hazards on new development and existing inventory and infrastructure. A process was created under this phase for prioritizing, implementing, and administering action items based in part on a review of project benefits versus project costs. • Phase 5—Develop a plan maintenance strategy—Under this phase, a strategy for long-term mitigation plan maintenance was updated, with the following components: – A method for monitoring, evaluating, and updating the plan on a five-year cycle – A protocol for a progress report to be completed annually on the plan’s accomplishments – A process for incorporating requirements of the mitigation plan into other planning mechanisms – Ongoing public participation in the mitigation plan maintenance process – “Linkage procedures” that address potential changes in the planning partnership. • Phase 6—Develop the plan—The steering committee assembled key information into a document to meet DMA requirements. The document was produced in two volumes: Volume 1 including all information that applies to the entire planning area; and Volume 2, including jurisdiction-specific information. • Phase 7—Implement and adopt the plan—Once pre-adoption approval has been granted by the Washington Emergency Management Division and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the final adoption phase will begin. Each planning partner will be required to adopt the plan according to its formal adoption protocol.