The Chehalis City Council on July 14 adopted a resolution approving the Lewis County Multi‑Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan update and the county’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan, which the city needs to remain eligible for certain federal disaster funding and the National Flood Insurance Program discount rating.

The nut graf: Adoption updates the county‑wide hazard framework that identifies local natural‑hazard risks (flooding, wildfire, earthquake, landslide, volcano and others), sets mitigation priorities and is a prerequisite for some state and federal disaster-relief and mitigation funding.

City staff and the county emergency‑management lead presented the plan and noted the update had been delayed by the COVID‑19 pandemic; county staff led a multi‑year, multi‑jurisdictional effort to revise hazard assessments and mitigation actions. The plan includes a countywide volume (hazards and vulnerability assessments) and a separate jurisdiction‑specific section for the City of Chehalis. The plan also incorporates a Community Wildfire Protection Plan and was approved as a wildfire protection plan by the Washington Department of Natural Resources in May 2024, staff said.

No members of the public spoke at the hearing. During council discussion members asked whether contact names in the draft — some of whom have changed employers since the plan's development — could be updated; county staff said jurisdictions may request updates to contact lists without changing the plan’s substance.

Councilor motioned and the council voted to adopt resolution 12‑2025 on first and final reading; the motion passed. Staff said the adopted plan will be returned to participating jurisdictions once signed for record-keeping.

Ending: The resolution formalizes Chehalis’s participation in the countywide mitigation plan and maintains the city’s eligibility for related grant programs; staff offered to correct outdated contact names in the document on request.