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spaces, natural area access and interpretation. This project is also supported by the recreational tourism priority for regional athletic competition facilities - the National Disc Golf Association is quite active and the upgrades at the Disc Golf Course will promote more events and competitions. Tourism lnfrastructure Needs. The project addresses the need for local communities who use lodging tax funds, by installing trail counters ("people counters") to collect information on usership of tourism-related capital facilities and attendance at events. The Disc Golf Course Project will increase tourism by drawing serious disc golf enthusiasts and casually curious tourists off of I-90 to compete or even just explore and stretch their legs. The 2020 Hanson Ponds Park Project will be installing a restroom adjacent to the Disc Golf Course, as well as improving parking and picnic faoilities. Signs at the Hanson Ponds Park will also include maps of other parks and trails in the Cle Elum recreational system, which could direct visitors from the Disc Golf Course into the rest of the City in search ofother recreational experiences, food, goods, and services. 3. Use of Grant Funds: Please explain exactly how the requested funds will be used. lnclude an itemized list. Grant funds will be used as follows: Project Component #1 (as described above) The City willpurchase 5 hail counters. Two of these willbe located for long-term data collection as described in answer #l above, and the other three will be deployed in alternate locations, depending on when the units are received. For example, the three portable units may be placed at various parks or trails or even in the downtown. IF the units were received before an equestrian event on the Coal Mines Trail, a portable unit may be placed several feet above the long-term Coal Mines Trail counter to pick up how many horse and riders were using the trail at that time. Project Component #2 (as desuibed above) The City will order signs for the existing disc golf course, contract a new logo, create a brochure, and promote the disc golf course on applicable recreation websites, such as the National Disc Golf Course Association website. Grant fund expenditures are also itemized in the attached budget. Matchedfunds for the Dog Park trail counter includes the $69,675 park project funding. The Dog Park project received a $53,000 City Lodging Tax grant in February, 2020 to construct the park, of which $3,000 was earmarked for a trail counter. Matchedfund,s for the Disc Golf Course signs, logo, and brochures include $34,520 in private grant funds ($27,200) and City match ($8,220). Together, the request constitutes 3?5 of the total matchedfunds. Please see attached proof of matchedfunds. Match Prclcsl Prolect comroncnt Mrtshed Funds Grantt clotundt Hanson Ponds Park Upgrades Disc Golf Slgns & Promotlon s3s,420 s27.2AO s8.220 Dog Park Proiect Trail Counters s69,67s ss3,000 Sx6.67s Totel Prchst irletdrcd tunds $105,09t s80,200 s2it.895