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SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Clay Myers, Sheriff
KITTITAS COUNTY
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
AGENDA DATE: October 4, 2022
ACTION REQUESTED: Request to approve a Resolution to Amend the 2018 CWPP and to
Authorize the Chairs Signature on the Adoption Page with Amendment
BACKGROUND: Kittitas County Emergency Management, Public Works, Fire Districts
and others are assisting the Kittitas County Conservation District with
submitting for USDA Community Wildfire Defense Grant. Receiving
this grant would allow our county to employ various fuel reduction
activities throughout the county. Criteria for this grant calls for listing
the projects in the CWPP the grant would be funding. The amendments
to the CWPP would satisfy the required criteria.
INTERACTION: Working collaboratively with the Fire Chiefs from Fire Districts 1,3,4,6
and 7, Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue, Snoqualmie Pass Fire and
Rescue, Cle Elum Fire, Roslyn Fire, DNR and U.S. Forest Service, we
have made changes to the current CWPP. The changes include
recognizing high risk areas for fires and identifies fuel reduction projects
to help mitigate the impact of wildland fires. All the agencies listed
above have unanimously supported the amendments to the CWPP. The
original authors of the CWPP, the Kittitas County Conservation District,
also supports the amendments to the CWPP.
RECOMMENDATION: Pass a resolution, have the chair sign the amended CWPP.
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution, CWPP requested amendments, CWPP whole document
REVIEWED BY: Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Doug Mitchell
LEAD STAFF: Darren Higashiyama, Emergency Management Coordinator