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Sidewalk • Sidewalk is deteriorating on both sides of First Street. Each comer of the Billings Avenue intersection includes a single, centered pedestrian ramp, not ADA conforming, and not aligned with striped crosswalks across Billings Avenue on the north and south sides of First Street. Power poles, street lights, and a fire hydrant exist in the sidewalk. Billings Avenue does not include sidewalks on either side of First Street. Street • First Street is an auto -centric thoroughfare. Since First Street was the original state highway through Cle Elum, prior to construction of Interstate 90 (I-90), First Street in the vicinity of the Billings Avenue intersection was constructed with 17 -ft wide travel lanes, a 12 -ft two-way turn lane, and 18 -ft paved, striped, parking strips on both sides of the street. The Billings Avenue intersection does not include a traffic signal or a marked crosswalk across First Street. Proposed Conditions Stormwater • The Phase Two stormwater system project along the length of the First Street corridor includes 55 catch basins in total and 3,760 linear feet of new 12- and 24 -inch storm drain lines. The First Street and Billings Avenue intersection, and north block of First Street between Billings Avenue and Oakes Avenue will be constructed to adjoin the remaining First Street Corridor stormwater system. • The City proposes to install eight catch basins with 24" x 20" frames and grates at First Street and Billings Avenue. The intersection improvements will also include four bulbouts with curb and gutter designed to better convey and collector stormwater runoff. Following completion of intersection improvements at both ends of the downtown corridor, the City can showcase quick results of the planning efforts made during the development of the Downtown Revitalization Plan and provide a visual definition of place for downtown commerce. Sidewalk • The First Street and Billings Avenue intersection improvements include sidewalk bulbouts with eight ADA curb ramps, widened sidewalks, pedestrian illumination, undergrounding utilities, amenities, street trees with GFCI receptacles, planters, and irrigation. The sidewalk improvements along the north side of First Street between Billings Avenue and Oakes Avenue include patterned sidewalks, five planters with columnar street trees and GFCI receptacles, irrigation, pedestrian and street illumination. Cle Elum proposes to complete a continuous and unencumbered sidewalk system on both sides of First Street accommodating pedestrians of all abilities. Sidewalk will be continued on both sides of First Street on Billings Avenue to accommodate appropriate crossings, and future sidewalk extensions north and south on Billings Avenue. The wide sidewalks allow for amenities such as seating, shade, bicycle racks, planter boxes, public art, and trash receptacles. The bulbouts are specifically designed to shorten pedestrian crossings at each intersection of the corridor, while also serving as traffic calming mechanisms, particularly for vehicles entering downtown from the western "Safeway Hill" area. Street • The now auto -centric thoroughfare of First Street will be placed on a road diet. Driving lane widths will be reduced to 11 feet to promote calming through the corridor. Parking stalls on both sides of First Street will be widened and restriped to accommodate diagonal parking, allowing an increased number of available parking spots, at 30 -degree desirable angles, all without adding more impervious surfacing. Street lighting will be a blend of pedestrian -level and street lighting, with electrical GFCI receptacles incorporated into the lights for downtown events and holiday lighting. Designing and constructing the street for a right -sized downtown feel and dimension 5