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Mlr-ail Corridor Acquisition, <br />PUBLIC LAND <br />As shown on the attached map and table, most of the Reconnection route is public land or <br />potentially new public ROW. 6M of the trail is presently in public ownership. 32% of the trail <br />is currently in private ownership, but over half of that is potentially new ROWwhich could be <br />added to public ownership as the community grows with guidance from the adopted and future <br />Comprehensive Plans (including Bowers Road, the Cora Street Extension, and other potential <br />future public R/W where development is expected over the next io-2o, years. <br />summaq of <br />total length in LF <br />(length in miles <br />''lo of total <br />current corridor <br />ownership <br />Suu m wry of current corridor ownership <br />_No­r_tWBypass_1_raiJ <br />stem <br />22931 <br />4.34 miles <br />f <br />72 /0 <br />ulrli wu 21526 If 4.07 miles 68% of total <br />- CWU <br />M� <br />s UW ki 7 _Urjc <br />4100 <br />0.72 e <br />1310 <br />link <br />City property <br />(4o� canal ore 0 -0 <br />-State property <br />-County property <br />$ is exts"M <br />4050 <br />0.77 e <br />130/0 <br />existing JW trail <br />wmern link Water <br />Vrivatr Own_e hin 10305 If 1.96 miles 32% of total <br />St/Cora Street/ & <br />-Winegar <br />east C fairgrounds <br />750 <br />-Linder <br />-Woods <br />-Willard <br />total <br />31531 <br />6.03 miles <br />100%' <br />-Carmody <br />Bowers Rd. extension <br />Bowers Road Extension: Depending on the outcome of the Kittitas County Public Works <br />Bowers Road project, a portion of the Right of Way for the trail could be provided by Board of <br />County Commissioners (BOCC), who has been studying several optional routes, and a decision <br />is expected in the summer of 2oo1. If the BOCC chooses the Bowers route, the trail corridor <br />would be in place for the trail from Rasmussen Road to Airport Road. If other routes are <br />chosen, the trail corridor would have to be acquired separately. <br />Rasmussen Road could accomodate the trail as proposed as well as an improved roadway sub- <br />ject to approval by Kittitas County. However the R.1W is only 6o' wide, and if in the future a <br />road was also built in the alignment, an additional 20-30' may have to be acquired. The County <br />feels they can justify additional right of way outside the normal 6o' when they are pursuing a <br />major utility corridor or have to handle irrigation water. The option for a trail could be sup- <br />ported along with those other issues. Additional right of way solely for a trail is not a direction <br />the County feels they can support. Approximately $5o,000 - $iloo,000 would be needed to <br />acquire the additional R/W along Rasmussen Road. <br />Rasmussen Road could be traded to the City for the trail if there are any opportunities that <br />exist to benefit both parties. The state has agreed to resolve some of the issues the BOCC had <br />raised. The state is moving forward towards formalizing the agreement at the Fairgrounds and <br />the Tradhead. It now appears that Kittitas County BOCC's decision is to niove ahead with <br />Bowers Road preliminary design. The preliminary design will be done late in 2ooi, with the <br />earliest construction possible in 2002. Lands that will be needed for the trail corridor regard- <br />less of the Bowers Road segment are identified on the following page. <br />These should be a first priority for acquisition. <br />,7obn Wayne Pioneer 71rael Reconnection St'-M:y Final Report Sepre,-nbber 2001 <br />56 <br />