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Home My WebLink AboutIWUIC Variance Advisory Committee Formation and Appointment ResolutionBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF KITTITAS STATE OF WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 2018-____ A RESOLUTION CREATING THE WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE MODIFICATION CRITERIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHEREAS, The International Wildland-Urban Interface Code is a model code that has been adopted by Kittitas County and applies to areas where structures and other human development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland or vegetative fuels; and WHEREAS, The International Wildland-Urban Interface Code is a supplement to adopted building and fire codes, and is intended to establish minimum regulations for safeguarding life and property from the intrusion of wildland fires and to prevent structure fires from spreading to wildland fuels; and WHEREAS, Section 105.1 of the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code allows the code official to grant modifications for individual cases where enforcement of the strict letter of the code is impractical, where the modification is in conformance with the intent and purpose of the code, and where the modification does not lessen any fire protection requirements or any degree of structural integrity; and WHEREAS, The Kittitas County Board of Commissioners desires specific criteria for granting such modifications to the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code; and WHEREAS, On March 21, 2018 Kittitas County issued a press release requesting all individuals interested in serving on a committee to develop such criteria submit an application; and WHEREAS, A number of applications were submitted and the Board of County Commissioners considered the applications on May 29, 2018. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners creates the Wildland-Urban Interface Modification Criteria Advisory Committee that shall be responsible for developing specific criteria for granting modifications under Section 105.1 of the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners appoints the individuals listed in Attachment A to the Wildland-Urban Interface Modification Criteria Advisory Committee. ADOPTED this __5th____day of ____June______________, 2018 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON _____________________________ Laura Osiadacz, Chairman __________________________ Obie O’Brien, Vice-Chairman _______________________________ Paul Jewell, Commissioner ATTEST APPROVED AS TO FORM: CLERK OF THE BOARD ________________________ __________________________ Julie A. Kjorsvik Neil Caulkins, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Attachment A MEMBERS OF THE WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE MODIFICATION CRITERIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE: 1. Pat Deneen 2. Kirk Holmes 3. Joey Lashua 4. Rory Savage 5. Michael Starkovich 6. Ben Everingham 7. Scott Downes 8. Larry Donovan 9. Rich Elliott 10. Tony Craven 11. Devin Shannon