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Kittitas County December 2016 Comprehensive Plan <br />1. Building space should be created or allocated for a community center, a nature center, <br />library and museum. <br />2. A variety of conference centers, retreat facilities and other buildings used for public <br />purposes should be encouraged in the Pass area. <br />3.5.7 Government Uses <br />III.8 Goal: Facilitate cooperation and participation of Federal, State and local agencies in planning <br />and implementation. <br />Objectives: <br />1. In cooperation with other interested parties, agreements should be sought with the USFS to <br />ensure that logging on federal land in the greater Snoqualmie Pass area will be limited to <br />selective thinning that will not impact the principal view corridors. <br />2. All stakeholders in the Pass area encourage USFS to approve expansion of ski area facilities <br />and groomed terrain around Mt. Catherine, and other winter and year-round recreational <br />improvements. <br />3. The Department of Transportation should be encouraged to install landscaping around their <br />Hyak facility and to maintain the facility in a clean and attractive manner. <br />4. Participation and cooperation should be sought with the Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. <br />Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, State Department of Wildlife and Department <br />of Natural Resources for the visual improvement (stump removal) and recreational <br />enhancement of the western portion of Lake Keechelus. <br />3.5.8 Natural Resource Uses <br />III.9 Goal: Recognize the economic importance of the area's natural resources and promote the <br />optimal use of these resources by public and private interests. <br />Objectives: <br />1. Along with other interested parties, agreements should be sought with the USFS and private <br />logging interests to ensure that timber harvesting in the greater Snoqualmie Pass area will <br />be conducted so as to minimize adverse visual impact and environmental damage to <br />surrounding land. <br />2. Recognize the natural beauty of the Pass as its most important natural resource, and <br />promote continued expansion of recreational opportunities available due to the unique <br />natural attributes of the Pass area, to insure continued recreational opportunity for all <br />interested users. <br />3.5.9 Parking Uses <br />III.10 Goal: Provide sufficient parking for all Pass activities in the most practical manner that is the <br />least aesthetically detrimental to the scenic mountain setting.