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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: May 23, 2022 <br />TOPIC: Yakima River Access Wayfinding Signs Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Direction to Staff <br />LEAD STAFF: <br />Joshua Fredrickson <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Direct staff to proceed with acquisition and installation of Yakima River Access <br />Wayfinding signs at two locations <br />BRIEFING SUMMARY: <br />• Kittitas County awarded a 2020 Tourism Related, Small -Scale Municipality - <br />Owned Capital Project grant to Kittitas County Public Lands Advisory Committee <br />for the Yakima River Access Wayfinding Signs <br />• Grant award amount was $47,618.00 <br />• Sign design has been developed by Beckwith Consulting Group (Beckwith) <br />• Yakima River Access Subcommittee of the Public Lands Advisory Committee has <br />offered support for installation at two initial locations <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Through the Board of County Commissioners and recommended by the Lodging Tax <br />Advisory Committee a grant was awarded to the Kittitas County Public Lands Advisory <br />Committee. The grant award was for the design and development of Yakima River Water <br />Trail Wayfinding signs in support of access to the Yakima River. A contract for the design <br />was signed with Beckwith Consulting Group. Beckwith has provided a sign design <br />(EXHIBIT 1) to be implemented as the River Water Trail. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />The Public Lands Advisory Committee desires to improve signage to motoring public <br />informing them of opportunities to access the Yakima River. The 2018 Yakima River <br />Public Access Plan identifies existing and proposed future river access locations <br />(EXHIBIT 2). To begin implementation there is interest to install signs at two initial <br />locations. The first site proposed is along SR 821 at mile post 10 (EXHIBIT 3). The <br />second location is Teanaway Junction, near the intersection of SR 970 and SR 10. Both <br />river access locations are Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) <br />parcels adjacent to the State routes. Permits are being sought from both WDFW and <br />WSDOT for the installation of the signs. Three additional sites for sign installation are <br />recommended after the first round of sign installation. <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />Public Works "Work Session Staff Report" 2022 <br />