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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: March 7, 2017 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Consider a Special Event Application request to hold the <br />Yakima River Canyon Marathon. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The Commissioner’s office received a Special Event <br />application to hold the annual Yakima River Canyon <br />Marathon on Saturday April 1, 2017. <br /> <br />INTERACTION: The applicant is requesting a waiver to the following: <br /> <br /> Kittitas County Code Chapter 5.20.100 – Penal Bond – <br />Bond of Indemnity - The applicant has provided proof of <br />insurance and believes that it should be adequate coverage, <br />since their event has proven to have no effect on the roads <br />in the past. <br /> <br /> The applicant does not need a waiver to the following: <br /> <br />The applicant has not requested a waiver to Kittitas <br />County Code Chapter 5.20.160 – Closing Hours but <br />since their event is scheduled to begin at 7:00 a.m. and <br />according to the County Code, events shall not be open to <br />the public before the hour of 7:00 a.m. they will not need a <br />waiver. <br /> <br />The permit fee has been paid and Staff has routed the <br />application and received a recommendation of approval <br />from the following departments: Sheriff, Public Health, <br />Public Works, Solid Waste, Fire Marshal & Prosecutor. <br /> <br />Public Works has requested the following: <br /> <br />The Applicant is required to provide DPW with additional <br />information on the proposed traffic control strategies to be <br />implemented along County roads for review and approval. <br />Traffic control strategies shall be in a manner that not only <br />facilitates the event participants but also the local traffic. <br />Additionally the Applicant will be required to issue <br />advance notification of any traffic impacts or modifications