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Prosser Climate Element Feedback

City of Prosser Climate Element Feedback

About: State law requires cities and counties across the state to include Climate Resilience and Greenhouse Gas Reduction elements in their Comprehensive Planning document. This work is funded by the Climate Commitment Act through grants administered by the Department of Commerce. An advisory team of Prosser residents helped conduct a climate vulnerability assessment from June 2024-June 2025 that identified key areas of vulnerability impacting the Prosser community including high heat, flooding, drought, diminishing snowpack, and increasing wildfire risk. Goals and policies were then composed to address these vulnerabilities, forming the draft Climate Element. This survey includes a series of questions to gather feedback on the Climate Element. 

Additional resources: About Comprehensive Plans: Comprehensive Plans are long-range planning documents, looking ahead 20 years. Goals and policies in Comprehensive Plans are meant to be high level, financially feasible, consistent with other jurisdictions, and goal-oriented.
1. The City of Prosser is projected to face increasing high heat, smoke and wildfires, drought, and intense rain storms over the next 75 years. Which of the following impacts are a concern to you or your community?
Please check all that apply.
2. Do you agree with the following statement: "Climate-related goals and policies should factor into Housing, Transportation, Utilities, Parks, and other elements of the Comprehensive Plan?"
Strongly DisagreeSomewhat DisagreeNot sure or NeutralSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree
3. Please rank the following topics in order of your top priorities for the City of Prosser, placing the most important at the top and the least important at the bottom: Order the items from the following list. First select an item with the spacebar to show a menu of possible ranking positions. Next, click a ranking position to order it in the ranked list. Note the menu will display more ordering options as you add items to the ranked list.
4. To what extent do you agree with this policy as part of Prosser's Comprehensive Plan?:

"Create a safe, well-connected, and attractive bicycle and pedestrian transportation network to encourage active transportation."
Strongly DisagreeSomewhat DisagreeNot Sure / NeutralSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree
5. To what extent do you agree with this policy as part of Prosser's Comprehensive Plan?:

"Limit parking spaces near transit stops to encourage use of transit and decrease single-occupancy vehicle travel."
Strongly DisagreeSomewhat DisagreeNot Sure / NeutralSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree
6. To what extent do you agree with this policy as part of Prosser's Comprehensive Plan?:

"Prioritize the development of anti-displacement programs in overburdened communities when developing new housing."
(An anti-displacement program aims to ensure development does not create unequal exposure to climate risks and preserves affordability for low-income residents. These programs may be relevant in the event of a climate disaster (such as a wildfire) or other new development.)
Strongly DisagreeSomewhat DisagreeNot Sure / NeutralSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree
7. To what extent do you agree with this goal as part of Prosser's Comprehensive Plan?:

"Prioritize efficient land use with considerations for parking standards and reducing other car-centric land use patterns."
(This may include promoting development on vacant and underutilized lots in downtown and discouraging sprawl to promote walkability and more efficient infrastructure.)
Strongly DisagreeSomewhat DisagreeNot Sure / NeutralSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree
8. To what extent do you agree with this goal as part of Prosser's Comprehensive Plan?:

"Preserve land for long-term local and regional agricultural use, recreation, open spaces, and other uses consistent with rural character."
Strongly DisagreeSomewhat DisagreeNot Sure / NeutralSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree
9. To what extent do you agree with this goal as part of Prosser's Comprehensive Plan?:

"Protect and restore vegetation to reduce erosion, provide shade, and support other functions that improve the climate resilience of the Yakima River."
Strongly DisagreeSomewhat DisagreeNot Sure / NeutralSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree
10. To what extent do you agree with this goal as part of Prosser's Comprehensive Plan?:

"Ensure that the local economy - including food and materials producers, distributors, and sellers - is resilient to the impacts of extreme weather and other natural hazards worsened by climate change." (This may include strengthening partnerships with local businesses or supporting the farmers market, for example.)
Strongly DisagreeSomewhat DisagreeNot Sure / NeutralSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree
11. To what extent do you agree with this goal as part of Prosser's Comprehensive Plan?:

"Develop and maintain a program to distribute cooling units and install heat pumps, prioritizing households with residents most vulnerable to extreme temperature events (e.g., low-income families and seniors)."
Strongly DisagreeSomewhat DisagreeNot Sure / NeutralSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree