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Reports | Analyses
Stakeholder Early Outreach
The County conducted early outreach activities in January 2012. These
activities included preparation and distribution of a questionnaire that was
responded to by various stakeholders. The results of this effort are presented
in a Stakeholder Early Outreach report  7.8
MB dated February 2012. As recommended by County staff in this report,
the County has prepared a revised questionnaire.
The purpose of the revised questionnaire is to discover residents' perception of
"What is 'rural'?" and ways to preserve or manage characteristics of the rural
environment they value.
Preliminary Analysis
As a result of the
Order Following Remand from Washington State Supreme Court in matters 07-1-0004c
and 07-1-0015 dated November 7th of 2011372
KB, the County has identified twelve subareas in the rural area of the
County that will be studied to assess their rural character. Based on this
assessment, County staff will prepare a Preliminary Analysis report with a
recommendation for potential amendments to the County Comprehensive Plan
policies, land use designation map, zoning map and development regulations. The
main sections of this Preliminary Analysis are outlined below, some of which are
still being prepared and some of which will be available at upcoming County
hosted Open House events.
1. Introduction
2. Rural Character
3.2 Land Use Patterns
3.4 Population Information
4. Comprehensive Plan
5. Development Regulations
City of Kittitas Urban Growth Area Assessment
Kittitas' Urban Growth Area analysis that was completed in 2009 and 2010 will
be evaluated to prepare an updated analysis that will:
- Identify whether the size of the future growth area is
appropriate
- Update the Land Capacity Analysis in regards to Industrial
and Commercial lands use
- Provide a vacant Industrial and Commercial lands analysis to
give an accurate evaluation of lands available to job growth
- Clarify the necessity for Industrial and Commercial lands
and their impact on future job growth and development
- Give a summary of the City of Kittitas UGA relationship to
"market demand" regarding regional efforts to attract industry
and other job generation businesses to Kittitas County
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