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Re: Comments on the Kittitas County 2026 Comprehensive Plan update <br />March 2, 2026 <br />Page io <br />that occur with changes to zoning development regulations and capital <br />investments ...." ; RCW 36.7oA.020(2)(h) requires the housing element to <br />"[e]establish[] antidisplacement policies. We were unable to identify the <br />programs, actions, and gaps in local funding in the Housing Element or the Kittitas <br />County - Housing Needs Assessment. <br />Detailed Comments and Recommendations on Chapter 10 <br />Climate and Resiliency <br />The climate and resiliency element requires more specificity and programs <br />and development regulations to comply with RCW 36.70A.070(9)(e)(i). <br />RCW 36.7oA.070(g)(e)(i) provides in relevant part that: <br />The resiliency subelement must prioritize actions that benefit <br />overburdened communities that will disproportionately suffer from <br />compounding environmental impacts and will be most impacted by <br />natural hazards due to climate change. Specific goals, policies, and <br />programs of the resiliency subelement must include, but are not <br />limited to, those designed to: <br />(A) Identify, protect, and enhance natural areas to foster resiliency to <br />climate impacts, as well as areas of vital habitat for safe passage and <br />species migration; <br />(B) Identify, protect, and enhance community resiliency to climate <br />change impacts, including social, economic, and built environment <br />factors, that support adaptation to climate impacts consistent with <br />environmental justice; and <br />(C) Address natural hazards created or aggravated by climate change, <br />including sea level rise, landslides, flooding, drought, heat, smoke, <br />wildfire, and other effects of changes to temperature and <br />precipitation patterns. <br />Complying with these requirements will require new and amended regulations <br />especially to protect and enhance natural areas, to protect and enhance <br />community resiliency, and to address the natural hazards.31 <br />Many of the policies are not specific as RCW 36.7oA.070(9)(e)(i) requires and <br />there are no programs. We identify several examples in the following sections. <br />31 RCW 36.7oA.130(i)(a). <br />L <br />