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2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan Kittitas County, Washington ffi/L-.*--d\L$rill{3<our I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hazard mitigation is the use of long-term and short-term policies, programs, projects, and other activities to alleviate the death, injury, and property damage that can result from a disaster. Kittitas County and a coalition of 15 plan participants prepared and updated the 2025 Kittitas County Hazard Mitigation Plan in order to identify the risks posed by hazards and find ways to reduce their impacts. The Plan identifies potential hazards that could negatively impact County operations and assesses the risk and vulnerability of life safety and County assets for each hazard. Furthermore, this Plan establishes strategies and priorities to mitigate risk from natural and human-caused/technological hazards, identifies specific mitigation projects to pursue for each identified hazard, guides the County in associated risk management activities, and establishes eligibility forfuture mitigation program funds. The development of this Plan was a collaborative effort among the Kittitas County Core Planning Team and Steering Committee with support from lntegrated Solutions Consulting (lSC). Kittitas County is located in central Washington State on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains, between the Cascade Crest and the Columbia River in the Columbia River basin. ln 2023, the County had an estimated population of 47,300. ln terms of area, Kittitas County is the eighth largest County in the State, covering approximately 2,297 square miles. The surrounding counties are Chelan and Douglas to the north, King to the west, Yakima to the south, and Grant to the east. Kittitas County contains five (5) municipalities; more than half of the County's population lives in the incorporated areas. The responsibility for hazard mitigation lies with many, including private property owners, business and industry, and local, state, and the federal government. Through multi-jurisdictional partnerships, local jurisdictions within an area that has uniform risk exposure can pool resources and eliminate redundant planning activities. Kittitas County opened this planning effort to all municipalities and special districts within the County. The list of participating jurisdictions that were part of the entire planning process and are covered under this Plan is below. The five (5) goals for this Plan, identified by the Kittitas County Steering Committee, are listed below. The goals represent the County's long term and strategic vision to accomplish and achieve successful mitigation efforts. Additionally, the Steering Committee identified 13 objectives which are specific strategies and steps identified to assist the communities in attaining the listed goals. 1 Kittitas County City of Ellensburg Town of South Cle Elum Kittitas School District #403 City of Cle Elum Kittitas Valley Fire Rescue (Kittitas Countv Fire District #2) City of Roslyn Snoqualmie Pass Utility District Kittitas Public Utility DistrictCle Elum/Roslyn School District #404 Kittitas County Fire District #6 Kittitas County Conservation District Kittitas County Fire District #7 Central Washington University Snoqualmie Pass Fire & Rescue (Kittitas Countv Fire District #51)Kittitas County Fire District #1 Gities, Towns, and Unincorporated Kittitas County Special Districts Executive Summary