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Grant County PUD via email: <br />Hi Nicole — Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the 2021 Kittitas County Recreation and Tourism <br />Plan. <br />Grant PUD is committed to providing high-quality recreation amenities at the Rocky Coulee Recreation <br />Area, Vantage Recreation Area, Huntzinger Boat Launch and ADA Fishing Pier, and The Cove Day -Use <br />Area. In coordination with local agencies, including Kittitas County, Washington State Parks, and the <br />Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Grant PUD manages its lands along the Columbia River in <br />a manner that not only provides recreation opportunities for visitors to Kittitas County, but also protects <br />and enhances the shoreline's natural resources. Grant PUD looks forward to continuing this coordination. <br />Thank you, <br />Shannon Lowry <br />License Compliance and Lands Services Manager/Grant PUD <br />Environmental Affairs <br />PO Box 878, Ephrata, WA 98823 <br />509.766-1700/ desk <br />509.289.9244 / cell <br />509.754.6831 / fax <br />slow ryagcoud.org <br />www.gcpud.org <br />Mountains to Sound Greenway via email: <br />For the consideration of Public Works staff, <br />Thank you for undertaking the revision of the Kittitas County 2016 Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces <br />Plan. The original plan, its supporting tourism plan, and the attending surveys and studies, did a <br />remarkable job of categorizing Kittitas County's assets, needs, challenges, and opportunities. It was <br />comprehensive and aspirational, but more than anyone could have expected the County staff to take on <br />without a dedicated Parks and Recreation staff. I am excited to see the County setting priorities and <br />providing staff with the guidance they'll need to begin addressing recreational infrastructure needs! The <br />priorities selected in the revision make good sense and play to the County's standing expertise. <br />As a resident of Thorp and an employee of the Mountains to Sound Greenway trust, I am personally and <br />professionally engaged in several trail/access planning projects locally. The best known of these is the <br />Towns to Teanaway (T2T) project, an effort to link the Upper County communities of Cie Elum, Roslyn, and <br />Ronald over private lands to the Teanaway Community Forest via a sustainable system of nonmotorized <br />trails. In 2019, the Kitittas County Parks and Recreation District #1 (KPRD1) officially took on the role of <br />legal and fiscal sponsor for T2T. As a subordinate group of Kittitas County government, KPRD1 has taken <br />some initial steps down the path the revised PROS plan looks to pave — holding easements for public <br />recreational amenities, providing some maintenance services, and offering some guidelines for safe and <br />responsible recreation. <br />Page 3 <br />