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Public access project priorities <br />Yakima River Access Citizen Advisory Committee members ranked <br />public access projects for existing sites, new sites, and suspension <br />bridges for: <br />• Safety opportunities - replacing high risk public access sites, <br />providing emergency response launches at hazardous river <br />stretches, and reducing or eliminating other safety issues including <br />congestion on access roads <br />• On -water opportunities - reducing gaps in river access, <br />providing access to the PTC Trail, WDFW and DNR conservancy <br />lands across the river, and connecting with the PTC Trail and other <br />multipurpose trail linkages in Cle Elum and Ellensburg, <br />• Shoreline opportunities - increasing multi -use public access <br />site potentials with habitat conservation measures, wildlife trails <br />and interpretations, picnicking and other day -use activities, toilets <br />and other services. <br />Considered in the above rankings were implementation issues <br />including whether the sites were publicly owned, shovel ready for <br />improvements, with few or no railroad crossing barriers, and <br />potentially involving other partnering agencies and organizations <br />using multiple possible funding sources. <br />Committee members scored each safety, on -water, and shoreline <br />opportunity on a scale where low was a score 1, medium 2, and <br />high 3. The 9 committee member composite scores were then <br />ranked where low was a composite member score of 0.1.49, <br />medium 1.50-2.29, and high 2.30-3.00. <br />Following are the resulting composite scores for existing and new <br />sites in order of river sequence from river origins to lower river <br />stretches and not necessarily due to priority score: <br />c <br />121 <br />w <br />3 V <br />`o <br />vi <br />C <br />o h <br />Existing site enhancements <br />Easton Acclimation Pond bridge, trails <br />L <br />L M <br />King Horn Slough-Hundley Road trails, picnic <br />L <br />L M <br />Bullfrog Road South toilet <br />L <br />L M <br />Hanson Ponds/Whispering Pines footbridge <br />L <br />M H <br />Lambert Road Access trails <br />M <br />M M <br />Teanaway River Bridge launch, parking, trails <br />H <br />L M <br />Clark Flat Acclimation Ponds trails <br />L <br />L M <br />Thorp/Green Bridge trails, picnic, toilet <br />L <br />M M <br />City Wells launch and parking area <br />H <br />H M <br />Gladmar Road Conservancy bridge, trails <br />M <br />M M <br />Ellensburg KOA shoreline trails <br />M <br />L M <br />Thorp Highway South Bridge trails <br />L <br />L M <br />Upper Rinehart Takeout ramp, parking <br />H <br />H M <br />Rinehart/Umptanum Bridge launch rebuild <br />H <br />M M <br />Mile Post 20/19 roadside picnic, trail <br />M <br />L M <br />Big Pines Campground suspension bridge <br />M <br />M M <br />New site acquisitions <br />Bullfrog Road Bridge <br />- M <br />M M <br />Old Church Camp <br />H <br />H H <br />Swauk Creek Access <br />M <br />H H <br />New site development <br />Bullfrog Road Bridge North <br />H <br />M M <br />Bullfrog Road Bridge South <br />M <br />M H <br />Old Church Camp <br />H <br />H M <br />Swank Creek Access <br />H <br />H H <br />Thrall Road/Wilson Creek <br />H <br />H H <br />As shown, committee members ranked existing sites <br />of highest <br />priority that most benefitted safety and on -water <br />opportunities <br />including Ellensburg's City Wells launch and parking <br />area, <br />Upper <br />121 <br />