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Each advisory group was comprised of approximately 10 to 15 members and met throughout 2016 to <br />develop a vision statement as well as goals and objectives for the County In each of thelr subJect areas. The <br />County's previous Comprehensive Plan was audited by each group to determine whether there were areas <br />that needed further refinement and development, either to comply with the Growth Management Act, or to <br />better reflect Klttitas County's current development trends or its vision for future growth. <br />The workof each Advisory Group has been carefully documented in meeting mlnutes and has been recorded <br />within the updated record documents maintalned by the County. Each element wlthin this document has <br />been drafted to accord with the work and recommendations of each Advisory Group to the greatest extent <br />posslble. <br />1.1.3 Working GrouP <br />Following the initial groundwork performed by each of the Advisory Groups, the process of drafting this <br />Comprehenslve plan was streamlined by forming a single Working Group from representatives of each of the <br />Advisory Groups. The Working Group has been responsible for reviewing the proposed Drafts of the <br />Comprehensive Plan, as prepared by Kittitas County staff and its consultant, for final approval. Several <br />Working Group meetings were held between June 2017 and April 2018. Drafts of the majority of the <br />Comprehensive plan Elements were presented to the Working Group and were read through and discussed <br />at each Working Group meeting. Final edits to the current draft were made as a result of these meetings. <br />1.",.4 Website <br />The County maintains a Comprehensive Plan webpage as a source of information to all interested parties. <br />This webpage aims to boost project transparency while functioning as a first stop for current Comprehensive <br />plan updates and efforts. While recentwork products of the Advisory Committees, including meetang notes, <br />minutes and handouts, are often available on the web site, the County maintains a more robust record of all <br />efforts related to the Comprehensive Plan. The webpage has a comments section and offers a sign-up <br />opportunity for those interested in automatic e-mail updates on the Comprehenslve Plan. <br />I.2 AMENDMENTS TO COUNTY PI.AT'IS, CODES, AI'ID STANDARDS <br />The Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan, elements thereof, and development regulations shall be subject to <br />continuing evaluation and review by Kittitas County. Any change to development regulations shall be <br />consistent with and implement the comprehensive plan as adopted pursuant to RCW 36.704. <br />Klttitas County shall broadly disseminate to the publlc the following program for public partlcipation in <br />amendments to the county comprehensive plan and development regulations: <br />t. lf, during pro;ect permit revieq Kittitas County identifies deficiencies in county plans or regulations, the <br />project permit review shalt continue, and the identified deficiencies shall be docketed for possible future <br />amendments. For purposes of this section, a deficiency in a comprehensive plan or development <br />regulations refers to the absence of required or potentially desirable contents of a comprehensive plan <br />or development regulations. lt does not refer to whether a development regulation addresses a project's <br />probable specific adverse impacts, which the permitting agency could mitigate in the normal project <br />review process. <br />Page 2