2024 Staff Report and Docket Item Supporting Documents

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2024-01 Each advisory group was comprised of approximately 10 to 15 members and met throughout 2016 to develop a vision statement as well as goals and objectives for the County in each of their subject areas.The County's previous Comprehensive Plan was audited by each group to determine whether there were areas that needed further refinement and development,either to comply with the Growth Management Act,or to better reflect Kittitas County's current development trends or its vision for future growth. The work of each Advisory Group has been carefully documented in meeting minutes and has been recorded within the updated record documents maintained by the County.Each element within this document has been drafted to accord with the work and recommendations of each Advisory Group to the greatest extent possible. 1.1.3 Working Group Following the initial groundwork performed by each of the Advisory Groups,the process of drafting this Comprehensive Plan was streamlined by forming a single Working Group from representatives of each of the Advisory Groups.The Working Group has been responsible for reviewing the proposed Drafts of the Comprehensive Plan,as prepared by Kittitas County staff and its consultant,for final approval. Several Working Group meetings were held between June 2017 and April 2018.Drafts of the majority of the Comprehensive Plan Elements were presented to the Working Group and were read through and discussed at each Working Group meeting.Final edits to the current draft were made as a result of these meetings. 1.1.4 Website The County maintains a Comprehensive Plan webpage as a source of information to all interested parties. This webpage aims to boost project transparency while functioning as a first stop for current Comprehensive Plan updates and efforts.While recent work products of the Advisory Committees,including meeting notes, minutes and handouts,are often available on the web site,the County maintains a more robust record of all efforts related to the Comprehensive Plan.The webpage has a comments section and offers a sign-up opportunity for those interested in automatic e-mail updates on the Comprehensive Plan. 1.2 AMENDMENTS TO COUNTY PLANS, CODES, AND STANDARDS The Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan,elements thereof,and development regulations shall be subject to continuing evaluation and review by Kittitas County.Any change to development regulations shall be consistent with and implement the comprehensive plan as adopted pursuant to RCW 36.70A. Kittitas County shall broadly disseminate to the public the following program for public participation in amendments to the county comprehensive plan and development regulations: 1. If,during project permit review,Kittitas County identifies deficiencies in county plans or regulations,the project permit review shall continue,and the identified deficiencies shall be docketed for possible future amendments.For purposes of this section,a deficiency in a comprehensive plan or development regulations refers to the absence of required or potentially desirable contents of a comprehensive plan or development regulations.It does not refer to whether a development regulation addresses a project's probable specific adverse impacts,which the permitting agency could mitigate in the normal project review process. Fame..