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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 3 36 <br />March 7, 2016 <br />Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit A | March 2016 | Page 36 of 339 <br />3.6 Circulation element <br />A. Goal <br />1. Create and maintain a comprehensive circulation system which provides for the <br />safe, convenient, economic, and diversified movement of people, goods, and <br />services, with minimum disruption to the shoreline area and environment. <br />B. Objectives <br />1. Locate and design new circulation systems for alternative modes of transportation <br />where the natural landscape can be preserved, ecological function maintained, and <br />land use conflicts minimized. <br />2. Locate, design, develop, manage, and maintain transportation systems in a manner <br />that protects shoreline ecological functions and processes. Minimize and mitigate <br />unavoidable impacts. <br />3. Encourage the use of waterborne transportation for recreational uses. <br />4. Locate new road corridors for motorized vehicles outside of shoreline jurisdiction <br />unless there is no reasonably feasible location. <br />3.7 Historical/cultural element <br />A. Goal <br />1. Identify, protect, preserve and restore sites that have historical, cultural, educational, <br />and scientific value and/or significance. <br />B. Objectives <br />1. Protect cultural and historic sites in collaboration with appropriate tribal, state, <br />federal, and local governments. <br />2. Encourage cooperation between public agencies and private parties in the <br />identification, protection, and management of historical and cultural resources. <br />3. Where appropriate, restore unique educational, historically, or culturally significant <br />features to further enhance the value of the shorelines. <br />4. Provide access to sites in a manner that does not degrade the cultural or historical <br />resource or impact the quality of the environment. <br />5. Incorporate opportunities for education related to archaeological, historical, and <br />cultural features into public and private programs and development where <br />appropriate.