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Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Due to Covicl-19 social distancino reouirements. Kittitas Coun was unable to host <br />traditional ooen horrses and n ublic fonr ms. ln lieu of these oublic oarticioation <br />oooortunities. Kittitas Corrntv rrsed th e SMP website to distribute information reoardino <br />draft versions of the SMP" backororrnd i ation related to the SMP uodate- and <br />comm ent n en ocl tim ines. Kittitas Countv accented com ments throuohout the entire <br />SMP update process, and also provided three distinct comment periods. Kittitas Countv <br />oublishecl nofices out for the SEPA Environmental Determination Non-Sionificance. a <br />ioint oublic hearino held with the Deoartment of Ecoloov. a a Board of Countv <br />Commissioner nublic hearino before final ootion. These notices were sent to all RSS <br />reoistered email addresses with Kitti tas Countv and stakeholders. Kittitas Countv also <br />sent out four oress releases to news m ed . all RSS reoistered email addresses with <br />Kittitas Countv. and stakeholders. The notices and press releases were also added to <br />the SMP website. <br />were used threugheut the regienal SMP update preeess, They were depleyed as an <br />@impreve publie lenewledge and investment in the regienal SMP <br />pdate preeess; epen publie ferums previded eppertunities <br />ien+ <br />Open publie ferums were held in July 2012 (twe epen heuses), September 2012 <br />(eemmunity visiening werkskrep); Nevember 2012 (epen heuse) and January 201 1 <br />(epen heuse)' Additienal targeted eutreaeh wae eendueted by Geunty eteff by attending <br />Field and Stream Club; the Kittitas Ceunty Farm Bureau, and the Washingten <br />Gaitlemen's Asseeiatien. <br />The Citizen Advisery €emmittee (CAG) was established te finalize reeemmendatiens en <br />+ <br />ien- <br />lnvitatiens te partieipate were alse extended te the Washingten State Departments ef <br />Eeelegy; Natural Reseurees; and Fish and Wildlife; and the Yaltama lndian Natien, The <br />eemmittee began meeting in Oeteber 2012 and eentinued threugh Deeember 2013. <br />ie <br />1.6 Relationship to other plans <br />The Growth Management Act (GMA) defines shoreline master program policies as a <br />part of the local comprehensive plan: <br />For shorelines of the sfafe, the goals and policies of the shoreline management <br />act as set forth in RCW 90.58.020 are added as one of the goals of this chapter <br />as sef forth in RCW 36.704 020. . . . The goals and policies of a shoreline <br />master program for a county or city approved under RCW Chapter 90.58 shall <br />Chapter 1 <br />March 7,2016 <br />14