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Home My WebLink AboutRes-2018-177 Distressed Sales and Use Tax Cle ElumBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF KITTITAS STATE OF WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO: 2018-ITl RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE 2019 DISTRESSED COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CLE ELUM WHEREAS: The 1999 Legislature did pass RCW 82.14.370 Sales and Use Tax for Public Facilities in rural counties; and WHEREAS: These funds are for the purpose of financing Public Facilities which are defined as bridges, roads, domestic and industrial water facilities, sanitary sewer facilities, earth stabilization, storm sewer facilities, railroad, electricity, natural gas, buildings, structures, telecommunications infrastructure, transportation infrastructure or commercial infrastructure and port facilities in the State of Washington; and WHEREAS: The 2019 Distressed County Sales and Use Tax Infrastructure Improvement Program Agreement with the City of Cle Elum has been executed by said entity with funding available January 1, 2019; and NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: The Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners hereby approves the attached 2019 Distressed County Sales and Use Tax Infrastructure Improvement Program Agreement with the City of Cle Elum. ADOPTED this 20th day ofNovember, 2018 . BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS .--,,-____,I S COUNTY, WASHING TON s' da-cz, Chairman .( ~ffeii£- Obie O'Brien, Vice-Chairman ~uly Clerk of the Board-Mandy Buchholz /Z.~ ..-1J ~~vukA-<>k+ / ~--y Cory Wright, Commissioner 2019 DISTRESSED COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AGREEMENT BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CLE ELUM This Contract, dated Vo lffi.\x.:{ Jo i , 2018 is made and entered into by and between KITTITAS COUNTY ("County"), a subdivision of the State of Washington, and THE CITY OF CLE ELUM ("Funding Recipient"). WHEREAS, the purpose of this Agreement is to provide for public facility construction and foster economic development opportunities within Kittitas County; NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions contained herein, or attached and incorporated and made a part hereof, the County and the Funding Recipient mutually agree as follows: Section 1. Scope of Work. a. Funding Recipient shall provide the services and staff described in its Application for Funds submitted to the Council of Governments, attached hereto as Exhibit "A" which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference . b. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, Funding Recipient shall furnish the following as required to perform the services, described in Paragraph (a) above, in accordance with this Agreement: Personnel, labor and supervision; technical, professional and other services . All such services, property and other items furnished or required to be furnished, together with all other obligations performed, or required to be performed, by Funding Recipient under this Agreement are collectively referred to herein as "Services." Section 2. Payment. a. As full compensation for satisfactory performance of the Funding Recipient Services, the County agrees to pay Funding Recipient the sum of three hundred ninety thousand dollars ($390 ,000). b. Additional payment terms : The County will make payment to the Funding Recipient only on a reimbursement basis, as receipts for any items including marketing and/or advertising are submitted to the County. c. Requests for reimbursements must be submitted to: Kittitas County Public Works Attn: Joyce White 411 North Ruby , -Suite 1 Ellensburg , WA 98926 j0vce .white@co .kittitas .wa .us Distressed County Sales and Use Tax Infrastructure Improvement Program Funding Agreement ., Pagel d . Reporting requirements of your events will be required on prescribed forms from the Kittitas County Public Works Department. Section 3. Performance by Funding Recipient. a. Funding Recipient shall not (by contract , operation of law or otherwise) delegate or subcontract performance of any Services to any other person or entity without the prior written consent of the County. Any such delegation or subcontracting without the County's prior written consent shall be voidable at the County's option. b. Funding Recipient shall at all times be an independent Funding Recipient and not an agent or representative of the County with regard to performing the Services . Funding Recipient shall not represent that it is, or hold itself out as, an agent or representative of the County. In no event shall Funding Recipient be authorized to enter into any Agreement or undertaking for or on behalf of the County. It is understood that the Funding Recipient and the Funding Recipient's staff and employees are not employees of the County and are not, therefore, entitled to any benefits provided employees of the County . c . Funding Recipient shall comply with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules , regulations , orders , licenses, permits , and other requirements, now or hereafter in effect, of any governmental authority (including, but not limited to, such requirements as may be imposed upon the County and applicable to Services). Funding Recipient shall furnish such documents as may be required to effect or evidence such compliance. All laws, ordinances, rules, and orders required to be incorporated into agreements of this character are incorporated into this Agreement by this reference . Funding Recipient agrees to obtain all required licenses and permits, and further agrees to keep them in full force and effect during the term of this Agreement. d . The County and the Funding Recipient agree that in fulfilling the terms and conditions of this Agreement neither shall discriminate on the basis of race, creed , color, national origin, age, sex, marital status, or the presence of a physical, sensory, or mental handicap. e. The Services shall at all times be subject to inspection by and approval of the County, but the County's making (or failure or delay in making) such inspection or approval shall not relieve Funding Recipient of its responsibility to perform the Services in accord with this Agreement, notwithstanding the County's knowledge of defective or non-complying performance , or the substantiality or ease of discovering the same . Funding Recipient shall provide the County with sufficient, safe, and proper facilities and equipment for such inspection and free access to such facilities. f. This contract is subject to review by any Federal or State auditor. Funding Recipient shall promptly furnish the County or its designee, or such Federal or State auditor with such information related to the Services as may be requested by the applicable governmental entity. Funding Recipient shall preserve and maintain all financial records and records relating to performance of Services under this Agreement for six (6) years after contract termination . For such duration after the County makes final payment of compensation due hereunder, Funding Recipient shall provide the County access to (and the County shall have the right to examine, audit and copy , with or without notice) all of Funding Recipient's books , documents, papers and Distressed County Sales and Use Tax Infrastructure Improvement Program Funding Agreement Pagel records related to the Services or this Agreement. g. Funding Recipient understands and acknowledges that Funding Recipient is solely responsible for its own reporting and accounting of all state, federal, social security, and local taxes, of every nature, arising from Funding Recipient's performance of this Agreement. All compensation received by the Funding Recipient will be reported to the Internal Revenue Service at the end of the calendar year in accord with the applicable IRS regulations. Section 4. Release. Indemnity, and Hold Harmless. The County assumes no liability for the Funding Recipient's actions under this Agreement. Funding Recipient releases and shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the County, its officers and employees, agents, representatives, attorneys and/or volunteers, from and against all claims, costs, liabilities, damages, and expenses, (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney fees) which arise or may arise or be alleged to arise out of or by reason of this Agreement including: • Any fault, negligence, strict liability or product liability of Funding Recipient in connection with the Services for this Agreement; • Any lien asserted upon any property of the County in connection with the Services for this Agreement; • Any failure of Funding Recipient, or of the Services, to comply with any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, license, permit and other requirement, now or hereafter in effect, of any governmental authority; or • Any breach of or default under this Agreement by Funding Recipient. Section 5. Compliance with PubHc Records LawJ a. In compliance with Washington's public records law, the County will retain copies of any documents associated with this Agreement, which may be required by law unless legally exempt from such retention, for any applicable legally required retention period. b. In the event a public records request is made to the County for documents created in relation to this Agreement, should legal uncertainty arise regarding the disclosability of any documents under federal or state public records laws, the County shall provide notice to Funding Recipient pursuant to Washington's public records act, chapter 42.56 RCW, to allow Funding Recipient to seek a court injunction. c. The County specifically shall not be liable to Funding Recipient for the County's release under public records laws of any documents not protected by trademark, copyright or other law. Distressed County Sales and Use Tax Infrastructure Improvement Program Funding Agreement Page3 Section 6. Industrial Insurance Waiver. With respect to performance of this Agreement and as to any claims against the County, its Additional Insureds, officers, agents and employees, the Funding Recipient expressly waives its immunity under Title 51 of the Revised Code of Washington, the Industrial Insurance Act, for injuries to Funding Recipient's employees and agrees that the obligations to indemnify, defend and hold harmless provided in this Agreement extend to any claim brought by or on behalf of any employee of the Funding Recipient. This waiver is mutually negotiated by the parties to this Agreement. Section 7. Insurance and Endorsements. a. The County may require through a request in writing that the Funding Recipient provide the County with a certificate, binder, or policy of liability insurance, acceptable to the County in an amount specified by the County. b. Such liability insurance shall be such as will protect Funding Recipient, its employees, agents and representatives, from all claims, losses, harm, costs, liabilities, damages and expenses arising out of personal injury (including death) or property damage that may result from performance of the Services or this Agreement, whether such performance is by Funding Recipient or any of its employees, agents or representatives. c. Should the County require such liability insurance, the Funding Recipient agrees to provide proof of insurance prior to commencing performance of this Agreement. d. Copies of the County's written request and the insurance documents provided by Funding Recipient shall be attached to this Agreement and by this reference will be made part hereof. e. Where insurance is requested by the County, all liability insurance policies shall be endorsed to include the County as an Additional Insured and shall stipulate that the insurance afforded by the policies shall be primary insurance, and that any insurance, self-insured retention, deductibles, or risk retention trusts maintained or participated in by the Parties shall be excess and not contributory to any other insurance maintained by the County. Funding Recipient shall furnish the County a certificate of insurance with Endorsement as evidence that the required policies are in full force and effect. Section 8. Termination. The County may, by written notice thereof to Funding Recipient, terminate this Agreement as to all or any portion of the Services not yet performed, whether or not Funding Recipient is in breach or default. Upon receiving such notice of termination, Funding Recipient shall, except as otherwise directed by the County, immediately stop performing the Services to the extent specified in the notice. In the event the County terminates the Funding Recipient's Services, the Funding Recipient is obligated and hereby agrees to refund to the County all monies paid for Services not yet rendered by the Funding Recipient, if any, as of the date of the notice of termination. Distressed, County Sales and Use Tax Infrastructure Improvement Program Funding Agreement · Page4 Section 9. Miscellaneous. a. Funding Recipient shall not (by contract, operation of law or otherwise) assign this Agreement or any right or interest in this Agreement without the County's prior written consent. b. This Agreement embodies the entire Agreement between the County and Funding Recipient , and supersedes any and all prior oral or written communications , proposals , conditions, promises, representations, or understandings regarding the Services. No change, amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement shall be valid unless set forth in a written amendment to the Agreement signed by both parties. c. Notice for any purpose under this Agreement, except service of process, shall be given by the Funding Recipient to the Kittitas County Commissioners and the Kittitas County Public Works Director, 411 North Ruby, Suite 1, Ellensburg , WA 98926. For all purposes under this Agreement, any notice by the County to the Funding Recipient shall be given to the Funding Recipient's address provided on the signature page . Notice may be given by delivery or by depositing in the U.S. Mail, first class , postage prepaid , certified mail, return receipt requested. d. The section and paragraph headings of this Agreement are for reference convenience only and are not intended to restrict, affect or be of any weight in interpreting or construing the provisions of such sections or paragraphs. e. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by facsimile, each of which will be deemed an original , but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. f. Funding Recipient warrants to the County that the individual signing on Funding Recipient 's behalf has the requisite power and authority to enter into and to perform Funding Recipient's obligations under this Agreement. Funding Recipient further warrants to the County that Funding Recipient has made no misrepresentation or misleading statement in connection with this Agreement, and is not in violation of any applicable law , ordinance, or regulation the consequence of which will or may materially affect Funding Recipient 's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement. g . If any term or condition of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person(s) or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other terms, conditions or applications which can be given effect without the invalid term, condition or application . To this end, the terms and conditions of this Agreement are declared severable . h. The exclusive venue for any action brought to enforce this Agreement or any of its terms shall be in Kittitas County, State of Washington . Distressed County Sales and Use Tax Infrastructure Improvement Program Funding Agreement Pages KITTITAS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Obie O'Brien, Vice-Chair ,-• drryWright, Commissioner APPROVED AS TO FORM : Deputy Prosecuting Attorney CITY OF CLE ELUM Rep rs±i: !bu ~ //9 W h cdsf), C!e~im ,. w'-/l Address -7 Telep hon e Dated : lo /2 b /4,1 --7----1'---...:;.._ __ _ Distressed County Sales and Use Tax Infrastructure Improvement Program Funding Agreement Page6 Kittitas County Department of Public Works DISTRESSED COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM APPLICATION The Distressed County Sales and Use Tax Infrastructure Improvement Program supports Improvements to Infrastructure systems that foster economic development In Kittitas County. The goal Is to create economic opportunity through Infrastructure Investment. APPLICANT Th'FORMATION Applicant: City of Cle Elum Contact Name: Robert Omans, City Administrator Addre•s: 119 West First Street Addreas: City: Cle Elum WA Zip: 98922-1105 --------,--------Telephone: 509.674.2262 FAX: 509 .674.4097 E-mall Address: robert@cityofcleelum.com Project Location: City of Cle Elum Jurisdiction Populatlon: 1,993 (2017 Est) Project Tltle: First Street Stonnwater and Billings Avenue Intersection Improvements APPLICATION THRESHOLDS Appllcant Requirement: Check-off: ./ 1. The project I• Improvement to an Infrastructure sy•tem(a) llnked to economic development • ./ 2. A detalled 8 ½ X 11" vicinity map that clearly shows the project Is Included In the application package . ./ 3. Dlstre88ed County funds are not being substituted for other funds that are already secured . ./ 4. The proJect lnvolvaa tradltlonal Improvements, lnetead of 11 non-tradltlonal" Improvements eligible for "Enhancement" funding ./ 5. Applicant hu submitted only one appllcatlon this round . ./ 8. The local/regional economic davelopment organization haa been lnfonnltd of the project. 2 PROJECT BUDGET Funding Preliminary Right of Way Construction Project Is Funding Sources C p Engineering Phase Phase Total Secured-Y Phase orN? Distressed County Funds Requested: $491,070 $65,230 so $425,848 $491,070 Tllis Request Other Federal: $880,000 $95,770 so $784,230 $880,000 y State: S!! s $0 $0 $0 Local Government: $30,000 (2017) $30,000 $0 so $.10,000 y Private: SJ! $ so ·so $ *Other: $0 $30,000 $0 $0 $30,000 y Project Total: $1,401,070 $191,000 $0 $1,llt),070 $1,401,070 Distressed County Fund Matching Ratio: 50.1% 0% 64.8% 62.8% "'Please explain other type of Fmtdiog: Di.s1ressed County Fund Matching Ratio= $30,000 (2017 Local) plus $491,070 (fhis Request). Total funding originating from the Distressed County Fund = $521,070 in this project if selected. 3 PROJECT NARRATIVE' 1. Project Description: Describe the scope of work. Indicate the major work Involved, Including a brief comparison of existing and proposed conditions. The City of Cle Elum is proposing a design and construction project for improvements to the intersection of First Street and Billings Avenue, as well as stonnwater improvements along First Street. Three infrastructure systems are being designed and constructed concurrently: Stormwater, sidewalk, and roadway. City leaders, staff, businesses, and residents defined a vision for spurring economic development in the recent Downtown R,evitalization Plan, see attached "Downtown Revitalization Planning 1111: Street Concept". To implement the Plan, the corridor project was separated into three succinct phases: 1) Phase One -Peoh Avenue and SR 903 (First Street) Intersection Improvements; 2) Phase Two -First Street Storm.water Improvements; and 3) Phase Three -Downtown Revitalization including First Street pedestrian and s1reet improvements. Phase One design is complete, and construction is scheduled to be complete by October 2018. The First Street Stormwater and Billings Avenue Intersection Improvements is a meld between Phases Two and Three, including completion of the stonnwater improvements, and design and reconstruction of the First Street and Billings Avenue intenection. This intersection is the furthest west on the First Street corridor as defined in the Downtown Revitalization Plan, serving as the westerly '"book end" in defining the City's expected pedestrian commerce area and future walkable "Main Street''. The concepts and amenities incorporated into the Phase One project were a direct result of Cle Elum' s recent and unprecedented outreach during development of the Downtown Revitalization Plan. These same concepts will be incorporated into the First Street and Billings Avenue inter8ection improvements, for consistency throughout the downtown revitalization. The City has prepared the following summary comparing existing conditions (before the project) with proposed conditions (following project completion). Existing Conditions . Stormwater • Currently, stonnwater runoff within the downtown basin is primarily unmanaged as the infrastructure does not contain suitable features to collect and properly dispose of surface nm.off. The few existing storm facilities along the corridor include a mix of mfiltrati.on trenches and a 24" pipeline that drains to an open wasteway. The 24" storm drain pipe contains very few runoff collection points, while a majority of the catch basins utilize an uncharacteristically small 6''x6" grate, adding to the ineffectiveness of the existing system. Due to the very limited surface area, these small grates clog easily and often, resulting in ponding and wintertime icing. Though public works crews schedule ongoing system maintenance, these small grates become clogged and unusable hours after rain and snow events. • The First Street and Billings A venue intersection has four catch basins, however, they are not located at the true low points, and one is not aligned with the curb. The curb and gutter at the Billings Avenue intersection does not wmp the radius, causing ponding and settling of the roadway in the immediate vicinity. Sidewalk • Sidewalk is deteriorating on both sides of First Street Each comer of the Billings Avenue intersection includes a single, centered pedestrian ramp, not ADA conforming, and not aligned 4 with striped crosswalks across Billings Avenue on the north and south sides of First Street. Power poles, street lights, and a fire hydrant exist in the siclewalk. Billings A venue does not include sidewalks on either side of First Street. Street • First Street is an auto-centric thoroughfare. Since First Street was the original state highway through CJe El~ prior to construction of Interstate 90 (I-90)t First Street in the vicinity of the Billings Avenue intersection was constructed with 17-ft wide trave) lanes, a 12-ft two-way tum lane, and 18-ft paved, striped, parking strips on both sides of the street. The Billings A venue intersection does not include a traffic signal or a marked crosswalk across Finrt Street. Proposed Conditions Stormwater • The Phase Two storm.water system project along the length of the First Street conidor includes 60 catch basins in total and 4,060 linear feet of new 12:-and 24-inch stonn drain lines. The First Street and Billings Avenue intersection improvements will be co.mrtru.cte d to adjoin the remaining First Street Corridor storm.water system. • The City proposes to install six catch basins with 24" x 20" frames and grates at First Street and Billings Avenue. The intersection improvements will also include four bulbouts with curb and gutter designed to better convey and collector stormwater run.off. Following _completion of intetsection improvements at both ends of the downtown corridor, the City can showcase quick results of the planning efforts made during the development of the Downtown Revitaliution Plan and provide a visual definition of place for downtown commerce. Sidewalk • The First Street and Billings A venue intersection improvements include sidewalk bulboutE with eight ADA c-mb ·ramps, widened sidewalks, pedestrian illumination, undergrom1ding utilities, amenities, street trees, planter.s, and irrigation. Cle Elum prop~es to complete a continuous and unencumbered sidewalk. system on both sides of First Street accommodating pedestrians of all abilities. Sidewalk will be continued on both sides of First Street on Billings A venue to accommodate appropriate crossings, and future sidewalk extensions north and south on Billings Avenue. The wide sidewalks allow for amenities such as seating, shade, bicycle racks, planter boxest public art, and trash receptacles. The bulbouts are specifically designed to shorten pedestrian crossings at each intersection of the corridor, while also serving as traffic calming me,chanisms, particularly for vehicles entering downtown from the west.em "Safeway Hill" area. Street • The now auto-centric thoroughfare of First Street will be placed on a road diet. Driving lane widths will be reduced to 11 feet to promote calming through the conidor. Parking stalls on both sides of First Street will be widened and restriped to accommodate diagonal parking, allowing an increased number of available parking spots, at 30-degree desirable angles, all without adding more impervious surfacing. Street lighting will be a blend of pedestrian-level and street lighting, with electrical GFCI receptacles incoxporated into the lights for downtown events and holiday lighting. Designing ~d constructing the street for a right-sized downtown feel and dimension will allow the City to better maintain the roadway system and related integrated infrastructure systems. 2. Explaln the specific Infrastructure Issues the project addreuas and how they are llnkad to economic development Improvements. The City is proposing to design and construct stormwater, sidewalk, and roadway infrastructure improvements concurrently at Billings . Avenue and First Street. This comprehensive planning strategy allows the City to coordinate the improvements to different but integrated infrasttucture 5 systems, at the same location, while providing multiple benefits. Integrated planning allows time alignment across project scheduling for construction of all related systems. Because of the nature of these related systems, C9Qtdinating above and below ground elements minimiz.es disturbances while bringing aging infrastructure to a state of good repair with expected capacity. Additionally, the City should receive favorable construction bids due to the economy of scale. The design and construction of the proposed components at Billings Avenue and First Street completes another full intersection identified in the Downtown Revitalization Plan, prepares the City for economic development opportunities, and displays the City's commitment to its citizens and businesses. By planning in an integrated manner, necessary interruptions to local transportation, commerce, and day-to-day operations will be limited to one occasion, placing Cle Elum in a positive light with existing and prospective businesses. Separately, each of the project elements addresses infrastructure issues that are linked to economic development. When considered together, the First Street Stonnwater and Billings A.venue Intersection Improvements project is undeniably well aligned with the purpose of the Distressed County Sales and Use Tax Infrastructure Improvement Program. This project and the Downtown Revitaliz.ation effort as a whole will not only directly impact the Cle Elum population of nearly 2,000 people, but will also positively reach all of Upper Kittitas County's 5,000 residents as Cle Blum's "downtown" is considered the downtown Upper Kittitas County. With very limited commerce opportunities in the neighboring• communities of South Cle Elum, Roslyn, Ronald, and Suncadia, Cle Elum' s regionally significant Downtown Revitalization can meet all of Gpper Kittitas County's day-to-day needs including retail, dining, service, medical, grocery, fuel, amongst many other industries. Complementing established businesses, the Downtown Revitaliz.ation will spark infill opportunities and expanded commerce. Stormwater Infrastructure Currently, Cle Blum's downtown is hampered by an inadequate stormwater system, negatively impacting commerce following rain and snow events throughout the year. Cle Elum enjoys year- round outdoor tourism. Ample amounts of snow provide wintertime outdoor activities and considerable spring and fall rain provides lush and attractive forests encouraging outdoor recreation for much of the year. The same precipitation levels that position the City as a natural tourist destination also expose the deficiencies of the stonnwater system. Puddling water during rain storms and icing of the streets in the winter discourage non-motorized transportation and stunt a vibrant and walkable downtown. The detrimental infiltration and inflow (I&I) issues hampering Cle Elum 's regional wastewater system are being identified and potentially partially corrected during the storm.water system reconstruction. By proln"biting unmanaged storm.water and I&I from consuming wastewater capacity, the City will be able to encourage commercial growth without costly upgrades to the regional wastewater treatment plant serving Cle Elum, South Cle Elum, Suncadia, Roslyn and Ronald. The City recently secured funding to fully design and construct Phase Two -First Street Stonnwater Improvements, a major component to the First Street Stormwater and Billings A.venue Intersection Improvements project. Sidewalk Infrastructure To shorten walking distances to encourage safe pedestrian crossings at the intersection of Billings A venue and First Street, bulb-outs, pedestrian lighting, and street lighting will be intrO:(lu.ced, designed for consistency with the First Street and Peoh Avenue intersection improvements, at the easterly downtown corridor entrance. Currently, the sidewalks along First Street ere not continuous, have ADA compliance deficiencies, and are in an overall in a state of disrepair. The downtown revitalization project will create a walkable pedestrian corridor for residents and tourists, spurring positive economic impacts for cafes, retailers, and other downtown businesses. Constructing the bookends at the First Street and Peoh Avenue and First Street and Billings Avenue intersections is a means of definin.g the City's expected pedestrian commerce area and future walkable "Main Street". 6 Encouraging non-motorized transportation integrating both motorized and non-motorized transportation, creates a safer and inclusive environment as promoted in the City's Complete Streets Ordinance No. 1455, see attached. In such an environment, many types of businesses can be co- located and thrive amongst the diversity. The sidewalks will have adequate width to accommodate pedestrian amenities and allow businesses to expand their services and wares onto the sidewalk to further encourage foot traffic. Promoting the walkability in the downtown opens Cle Elum's business and economic opportunities, attracting pedestrians, bicyclists, and passenger vehicles alike. Roadway Infrastructure First Street is an unusually wide street in a small City. The proposed road diet consisting of narrowing the roadway, increasing parking in a safer orientation, increasing sidewalk and pedestrian amenities, together should slow traffic in the downtown area and may reduce the frequency and severity of the 32 auto-related collisions experienced between 2013-2017. Designing for road diet treatments on First Street allows for non-motorized transportation options in a built environment meant to encourage and protect people using all modes and of all abilities. 3. Preliminary Engineering PhaN: Estimated Start Date: January 2019 Estimated End Date: June 2019 Please explain phase status (work already completed, In progrus, awaiting funding, etc., and factors that may slow phase progress). Portions of the storm.water system design are underway and work will continue through March of 2019. The storm.water design work will be integrated with the related Billings Avenue intersection improvements in January 2019. The City has included a Preliminary Engineering Schedule below and a funding summary to be considered during the evaluation of this application on the next page. ft R Establish administrative s tems 11/2018 12/2018 ! Negotiate and execute grant agreement with Mayor and City Council Kittitas Coun 12/2018 1/2019 Procure fessional services 1/2019 1/2019 Com lete cultural/historical resources review 1/2019 3/2019 Com lete SEP A/NEPA 1/2019 3/2019 1/2019 3/2019 necessa City Planner 3/2019 3/2019 are bid documents/solicit bids/o en bids En · eer 3/2019 4/2019 The funding summary table below displays the City's success in coordinating ftmding from a wide variety of sources, making the downtown revitalization a reality. Although the entire corridor is estimated to require an additional $4,598,930, this application's $491,070 request will allow the City to completely design and construct the storm.water improvements throughout the entire Downtown Revitalization Project conidor, as well as the Billings Avenue intersection improvements. Following completion of the stormwater system and "book end" intersections, the corridor will be set up for construction of the Downtown Revitalization's final phase. 7 CITY OF CLE ELUM Downtown Revltallzatlon -Rrst Street Improvements Funding Summary Pha~ I -First Street and Peoh Avenue lm(lrovements Secured Fundtog 2018 Distressed County Sales Tax Grant 2017 Complete Streets Grant 2018 Surf ace Transportation Block Grant (STBG) 2018 Cle Elum Downtown Association 2017 County Small-Scale Municipality Grant (Site Amenities) Phase 2 -Ft[S Street Stormwater lmRrovements Se,!Jr~d Fundjng 2018 CDBG Economic Opportunity Grant 2019 Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) 2017 Distressed County Sales Tax Grant 2017 USDA PPG Grant Phi~ 1 -Downt2wn Rev1tallzatlon Secured FundJng 2019 Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) 2018 PWB Pre-construction Loan (Awards announced August 2018) Planned Funding Legislative Proviso Transportation Improvement Board Grant 2020 Distressed County Sales Tax Grant 4. Right of Way Phase: !SlA Estimated Start Date: ~ Is It Required? !S!! Estimated End Data: ~ ~m2~mt $234,480 $100,000 $92,020 $16,000 s11.soo Total Secured Funding $460,000 Amount $725,000 $125,000 $30,000 S30.ooo Total Secured Funding $910,000 $176,760 _S5331240 Total Secured Funding $710,000 $4,000,000 $750,000 ~340.000 Total Planned Funding $5,090,000 Pleue explain phase atatua (work already completed, In progl"Na, awaiting funding, etc., and factors that may slow phase prog'8n). 8 5. Construction Phase: Estimated Start Data: May 2019 Estimated End Date: December 2019 <Kittitas County Funding} PlaaN explain phue status (work already completed, In prograss, awaiting funding, etc., end factors that may •low phu• progress). ks Award construction contract 5/2019 5/2019 Start construction Contractor 6/2019 . Contractor 9/2019 12/2019 12/2019 1/2020 2/2020 9/2019 4/2020 Other: Other: 6. Indicate If the project ls consistent with the followlng appllcabla state, regional and local plans and prioritization procHae•: ✓ Overall Economic Development Plan -Offlclally Adopted: Yakima andKillit.as Counties Regional Comprehensive Economic Developmeht Plan (2015) • Strategy Goals: relates to -Goal one, Goal two, Goal three, Goal four, Goal five, and Goal six. • Listed as #4 of the 17 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) projects identified in Kittitas and Yakima counties combined emphasizing it1 s "importance for: job creation, funding leverage, readiness to proceed, likelihood of success, and overall need for the project" (p 6) ✓ Comprehensive Land Use Plan•: Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan (2016): Cle Elton Land_ Use Plan (A4!>pting 612019) • Project consistent with multiple goals in Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter S, Chapter 6, Chapter 10 (pxevious Plan adopted 2009). Capital Faclllty Plane: Kittitas County CqpitalJmprovement Program (2015-2020): Cle Elum Capital Facilities Plan (Adopting 6/2019) • Project consistent with multiple projects in Kittitas County Capital Improvement Program -Chapter S and Chapter 11. • Project consistent with multiple goals in Cle Elum Capital Facilities Plan (previous Plan adopted 2009). ✓ Community Action Plan (or other community-based plan) -Offlclally Adopted June 2017 Cle Elum Downtown Plann~ng-Focus 011 pt· Street Design Concepts -City Council Planlling Commission Study Se.~sion and Public Forum (2017) AKA. "Preferred Alternative" 9 ✓ Six-Year Transportation Improvement Plans: Cle Elum 2018-2023 Trl1MJ1ortation Improvement Program • This project is included in the development of the Cle Elum 2018-2023 Transportation Improvement Program (previous effective as of 1/2018). CleE/um 2019•2024 TransportaJion Improv.ement Program • This project is included in the development of the Cle Elum 2019-2024 Transportation Itoprovement Program (will be effective on 1/2019). ✓ Slta-epeclflc development plans; e.g., Community Mast.er Plan: Downtown AssocianonMai,z Street Study (2015): ✓ Other: • Received Kittitas County Distressed County Sales and Use Tax funding for partial design of the proposed stormwater improvements. (2016, 2017) for First Street and Peoh Avenue Improvements (Phase 1) and First Street Stormwater Improvements (Phase 2). 7. Explaln how this lnfraatructunt proJect h•a been coordinated, or wlll be coordinated with other Jurisdictions, such •• countlN, cities, atatelfaderal agencies, and with economic development organizations during plannlng, design, financing, construction and/or operation phases. The City retained the services of HLA Engineering and Land Surveying, Inc. (HLA), together with HBB Landscape Architecture (HBB), to facilitate the planning process to arrive at a concept titled the "Preferred Alternative" as shown on the attached pamphlet titled "Downtown Revitalization Planning 1st Street Concept." The planning process was initiated in April 2017 with a Walle and Talk downtown tour, which included City staff and the Mayor, primarily to discuss existing themes, deficiencies, and opportunities. Next, four focus group sessions were administered with assistance from Central Washington University land-use planning students, including business owners, longtime residents, students, and Suncadia Resort members. Focus groups discussed the following: • How would you describe Cle Elum? • What makes Cle Elum unique? • Why do you come downtown? What do you like best? • What do you like least? • Of the great things you like about other downtowns, what would you apply to First Street? From the focus groups, lllA and HBB created two geometric layouts of a typical block and three amenity grouping concepts. These layouts and concepts were presented at a community stakeholder workshop with 28 participants, and public preferences were noted. Based on workshop findings, a preferred concept was born and presented at a combined City Council and Planning Commission study session, see attached titled "Cle Elum Downtown Planning -Focus on 1st Street Design Concepts." Following the study session, the concept was presented at a public forum with 32 participants, continuing to gain traction. After detailing the preferred concept to address public desires, the Planning Commission prepared an official recommendation to the City Council on June 26, 2017, to adopt the Preferred Alternative, see attached. On June 27, 2017, the City Council adopted by Resolution 2017-011 (attached) the Preferred Altemative with an overwhelming amount of support :from the community, 45 participants and standing room only in the Council Chambers. 10 Construction of the stonnwater system and street improvements will all take place within existing Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) right of way, while the City has control of access points. As a result, the City will be required to receive WSDOT approval on plans and specificati.ODB prior to construction. Preliminary approvals of channelization concepts have been granted by WSDOT. WSDOT Local Programs will administer coordination with headquarters and the Federal Highway Administration as the project includes secured Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funding. Additionally, Department of Commerce will provide oversight and bid package approval as the project includes Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. The City recently entered mi interlocal agreement with Kittitas County for providing the City with Certified Acceptance (CA) services. The City welcomes continuing coordination with the Cle Elum Downtown Association and Chamber of Commerce as the project progresses, and anticipates coordinating with the Kittitas County Conservation District. As a part of the revitalizing downtown effort, City staff and assisting consultants have explored a variety of infrastructure improvements needed to help build a sustainable downtown core. Essentially, the grassroots coordination for this infrastructure project was initiated early and broadly. Following completion of the intersection improvements at First Street and Peoh Avenue, an overview presentation will provide an update to current efforts: a Walk and Talk Site Visit for partners end stakeholders (to be scheduled upon award notification). Similar to the First Street and Peoh A venue, outreach to businesses and residents in close proximity to First Street and Billings A venue will occur during numerous stages of the design process. A notice of progress will be maintained on the City website during the project. 8. Explaln how the lnfrastructuN project wlll help mHt the economic development goals of your community and/or region. If this project la not done, wlll the anticipated private development atlll take place? The First Street corridor is one of the original developed areas of the City and has seen few infrastructure improvements. Before Interstate 90, the First Street corridor (State Route 903) was the state highway through Cle Elum, which included right of way of 100 feet. Today, the 100-foot right of way includes three wide travel lanes ranging in width from 16 to 18 feet, two wide parallel parking lanes ranging in width from 12 to 16 feet, and deteri01'8ted sidewalks ranging in width from 10 to 14 feet. Due to the uncharacteristically wide travel and parking lanes and associated safety concerns, pedestrian flow and commerce are scarce, as this geometry primarily caters to passing vehicular travel, all negatively impacting the local economy. In addition to the pedestrian safety concerns end indirect negative economic impacts of the existing wide-street footprint, the large quantity of unmanaged storm.water runoff associated with the expansive impervious area within the First Street corridor must be corrected. Unsafe surface conditions including storm.water ponding and wintertime icing adversely impact pedestrian and passenger vehicle travel, while indirectly impacting corridor businesses as commerce resultingly declines. All residents and businesses within the project area are impacted by the deficient stormwater system. This project is essential to advance the City's overall standard of living by improving current services and safety. If the identified improvements are not completed, there is potential for continued ponding and flooding, significantly impacting the First Street corridor and the community as a whole. The lack of proper storm.water management is resulting in high levels of I&I in the sanitary sewer system which in turn places unnecessary capacity restraints on the City. Alleviating the stormwater-related capacity constraints allows for increased commerce opportunities in the downtown area. Until and unless the storm.water element of the roadway system is addressed, 11 private development is not promotable as the infrastructure systems are unreliable in the First Street corridor. Capacity cons1raints are not the only scheduling pressure on the improvements for the First Street corridor. '.file proposed First Street $tormwater Improvements (Phase Two) must be installed before WSDOT .completes their scheduled First Street (SR 903) Paver project, scheduled in Spring of 2022. If WSDOT completes paving activities before the stormwater improvements are installed, a five- year roadway moratorium will occur, prohibiting the City from construction within the roadway prism, further delaying an economically and physically revitalized downtown. 9. Dncrtba any faaalblllty or prwdavalopmant atudle• that demonat..-te the linkage between the proposed Dlstreaaad County lnfraetructura Improvements and the anticipated economic autcomea. Conceptual plans and studies have been prepared for Cle Elum~s downtown conidor over the past 20 years to improve traffic flow~ optimize parking, and build a pedestrian-friendly environment The latter has always been a focal point to enhance Cle Elum's tourism experience. The plans. also addressed the need for improvements to storm.water facilities throughout the City, Past plans and studies continually lost momentum as the City's limited budget restricted possibilities for advancing forward without financial assistance. With procurement of grants in excess of $1.5 million in 1.5 years, Cle Elwn residents and business owners have acknowledged the reality of the downtown revitalization truly coming to fruition. The rigoroUB planning process discussed in question 7 included feasibility analysis of design alternatives, followed by adoption of the preferred alternative by City Council. Though the .planning process did not include a• market study and potential economic outcomes following completion of the revitalization, compa,risons were made to many of the eastern Washington neighboring communities implementing main street revitalizations, with overwhelming positive results. Eastern Washington examples of economic revitalization resulting from revitalized Main Streets/downtowns include Grandview, Sunnyside, and Yakima, Washington. The consultant team contracted by the City (HLA and HBB) led these three efforts, including the award-winning Grandview "Alive" Downtown Revitalization where over twenty store fronts were vacant prior to the project, and today, one store front stands vacant in the thriving community. 10. Indicate If other needed infrastructure (e.g .• sawer, water, power) Is in place or If there Is a plan for getting It In place. The First Street Downtown Revitalization project as a whole was strategically planned to address underground facilities during or prior to sidewalk and street improvement project phases. Phase Two -First Street Stormwater Improvements is funded in total and will be completed as part of the First Street Stormwater and Billings Avenue Intersection Improvements. Undergrounding of power and other dry utilities will also be included in the storm.water project to isolate trench excavation needs to one instance. The City's sewer and water systems are already in place and will not require any modifications. As previously mentioned, the proposed stoJlilwater improvements along the entire corridor must be installed before WSDOT completes the First Street (SR 903) Paver project, scheduled for the Spring of 2022. 11. Indicate the Estimated Number of Bualneua Create atalned the Project. A Assumptionl/Justlficatious/Metbodoloey/Calculatio The City, many community members, and various organizations have realized the importance of tourism in Cle Elum and the positive affect it has on the current and future businesses. Constructing a safe and efficient stonnwater system in harmony with the street and sidewalk infrastructure systems is one of the first steps in creating a flourishing downtown. 12 Enhancing sidewalks and reducing street widths will transition First Street from an auto-centric thoroughfare to a more balanced, safe, and inviting downtown, encouraging tourists to park, walk, and shop. Currently, five businesses per year have complained to the City regarding poor storm.water facilities and drain.age issues. Appropriate infrastructure will not only retain several businesses but attract new ones. Completing this project will show good faith and resolve the source of those business complaints. 12. Indicated the Estimated Number of Jo talned by the Project. As11umpdon•/Justlftcatlons/Methodology/Calculatlons In the shorter term, the City anticipates between 32 and 38 people will be em.ployed during the three months of this construction project: One general contractor with 7-8 employees and additional subcontractors: • Paving subcontractor: 8-10 employees • Sidewalk/Curbing subcontractor: 8-10 employees • Traffic control subcontractor: 4-5 employees • Construction administration services: 5 employees Indirectly, and in the longer term, the completion of First Street Stormwater and Billings Avenue Intersection Improvements will spur job creation as infill is experienced in vacant store fronts and restaurants expand business hours to serve additional customers. Also indirectly, the project will reduce the amount of unintended sanitary sewer I&I, allowing increased sewer system capacity for new commercial connections. By providing capacity, businesses are encouraged to develop in this tourist-oriented district, creating year-round job opportunities. 13 Applicant Certification Certification is hereby given that the information provided is accurate and the applicable attachments are complete and included as part of the application package. I certify that application thresholds are met at the time of application. Robert Omans, City Administrator Signature of Agency Representative Typed or Printed Name Sponsoring Agency (If Applicable) 7/2 0 J;..01g Date 7 7 Date Date Associate Economic Development Organization Notification The organization listed below has received nodflcation of this project as demonstrated by the signature of the organization's representative. Name of Organization ~ -ao Sigruioi;escntative Kittitas County Department of Public Works Conceptual Approval Approval of the project feasibility, scope and estimated costs. 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Stakeholders, business and property owners, residents, the general public, Planning Commission and City Council provided valuable input throughout the process. As a result, the Planning Commission recommended approval of a Preferred Alternative to City Council. On June 27, 2017 City Council unanimously adopted the Preferred Alternative by Resolution. This Alternative establishes a conceptual plan for street and parking configuration, streetscape amenities, and landscape Improvements for 1st Street. The plan will be used to secure funding and guide future projects. Public Process 4/20/17 4/20/17 5/22/17 6/6/17 6/20/17 6/27/17 Walk and Talk Site Visit Focus Group Sessions 25 participants Key Stakeholder Workshop 28 participants City Councll Planning Commission Study Session and Public Forum 32 participants Planning Commission Recommendation 20 participants City Councll Adoption 45 participants Typical Block Section -7 A I I I I I Study Area Focus Group Ses-sion :-tf Oty Council Planning commission Study Session and Public Foru, 100' ,.... ... __,. I I I i ! I I j a l I Site Furnishings existln: l Pro Coal Cart at Intersections Concrete Sidewalk Paving f'auern JJn nner to Announce £vents Magf ln MLB700 Wood Bencti ;_ Typical Block Plan I ' I I La ndsi:apeforms Planter Midblock Crossing .Q_ ( \ I Cantebury: Designs Rece~cle Existing Conditions & Character ..ar. •.:.·. Acknowledgments Mayor Honorable Jay McGowan City Council John Glondo Ken Ratliff Christine Simpson Mickey Holz Steven Harper Tom Hastings Ron Spears Consultants Planning Commission Kerry Clark Marc Kirkpatrick Debra Davis Theo Leonard Travis Harris Scotty Sewell City Staff -~ r-Jl { ,-. Lucy Temple -Planner, Project Manager Robert Omans -City Administrator Jim Leonhard -Public Works Director ll Cost Estimate CITY OF CLE ELUM First Street Stonnwater and BIiiings Avenue Intersection lmprovement9 714/2018 EnglnHr's Opinion of Construction Cost HLA Project No. 180100 Item DRc:llpllon Payment IJnit Unit Coat Overall Ovenll cast No. Speclflcatlon Quantity 1 Minor Change 1-04.4(1) FA $15 000,00 1 115000.00 2 ADA Feawrea Survevlna 1-06,4 LS $2.50C,00 i tto00.00 3 SPCCP!an 1-07.111(11 LS 1500.00 1 1500.00 '4 Mcb.'llzatlon 1-011.7 LS SAK 000.00 1 -. .. [J(](].Q_0 6 Pl'DleCl °D'fflllnl'llrv Tr:a!lla..Control 1-10.E LS S!iO 000.00 1 '50000.00 8 Removal or S1rJctun18 and o~, 2-02.5 LS S16000.00 • $115:!0ll.CO 7 Unelaaaffied Excavm!Dn Incl. Hau! 2--03.5 CY $4B.OO 460 121 800.00 8 Cruehed Surraclnr;i 8•1111 Course 4--0•Ui TON 126.00 2060 151 2·so.oo II Crusr:ed Si.afaclnaToo Coarae 4--04 .5 TON S60.00 80 $3 :JOO .CO 10 HMA Cl. 1/2-lnch PG 84H•2B 5-04 .5 TON S100.00 71!0 178 coo.co 11 storm Sewer Ploe 24 In . Diam . 7-04.5 Lf S10.00 206C 1143500.00 t2. Storm 8ewerPlae ~21:i . OO!m . 7-C4.!i u= $35.00 2 010 Jfll,3li0.OC 13 Catch B1111n 1'1DB 2 48 1!1. Clam. 7-05.5 EA $2,1100.00 64 -~35 000.00 14 ~•'""..Ballln Tv.o.e 1 N)5.5 EA ·~ 400.00 B Ill 4C0,00 16 Adf;Jlt MlllhDII 7-011.5 EA $700.0C 4 $2800.00 18 Shorfno CY. EXlra Exc:avat'Qn 7-08.5 Lf Sf.OD 4~ $4C80.0C 17 se:eci lJaddlll aa Dlreded 7-08.6 CY $35.00 220 $7,700.CO 18 Adlusl Valve Box 7-12.5 EA $500.00 4 12 000.00 ,:g Adiusl Melar Box 7-16.6 EA 5500.00 4 $2.000.00 20 1n111ati0n sys:r.r, 7~18.6 LS $1.2 ,000.00 1 S12 .000.00 21 PSIPE -RedDOint U..nle (2-1/2" Ca!lllen 8-02.5 EA $450.00 e S2 700,00 22 PSIPE-~10"""""'1! 12 Galan) 8-02 .. 6 EA 122.00 73. ,1 1108.0.0 23 PSIPE • B!al$ EVM Sunn r1 !lll!lon) &.02.5: EA 112.00 231 11:1n2.00 24 PSIPE -WCloda ComDact Klnnlklnnlek 12 aai.onl 841.6 EA S12.00 251 '3 012.00 25 Topsoll Tvoa A 8-02 .5 CY 170.00 105 S7;350.00 28 Subarade TOPsoil 8-02.6 CY S70.00 40 S2 BOO .DO 27 Root Barrier 8-02.5 LF 19.00 2:l5 11 845.00 '28 Basalt Rock Mulch B-02.5 CY 186.00 16 11275.00 29 cement Cone. Traffic Curb and Guttsr 8·04.5 LF $45.00 1 050 $47250.00 30 Ceme:rt COnc. Sidewalk 8..fna, Thick 8-14.5 SY $86.o:J 40 $3,400,00 31 Cement Cone. Sld.8'A9.lk 4-lna, Tl'.idl Ll-14.e. SY 975.00 800 180000.00 32 Cement Cane. Curtl Ramp B-14.6 EA $1 600.00 e $14 400.00 33 1rrumlnatlon SVll8m TT"!llnelllno and CClnduttaJ 8-20.5 LS $7,000.00 1 17.000.00 34 Underuroundlng Orv Utllhlaa (Tl'MlmillQ Onlvl 8-20.6 LS $6,000.00 1 $5000.00 35 Pern11n1111 Slanina B-21 .5 LS $3,000.00 1 S3.000.00 36 Pavement M11r1<ir.os 11-22.5 LS ss 000.00 1 $3,000.00 Subtotal $878,070.00 cononaencv 10% '87800.00 lllumlnt1r.on smem IPSEl 140000.00 Ul108!ilrour,dlng PCVll!r (PSEl lllll>.OQO,00 Total e.tlmaltld C01111.Nctlon Collt 1111311.170.00 Dea.Ion Enalneema 14% $145 500.00 Landscaoe Arch.'toct $20C00.00 E.'IVirormenlal. and Cultural ROSDUl'C88 110,000.00 WSOOT Review Feea 111 000.00 Prol!!ffl Admlnlstrit'.lon $80000.00 COOS!nJdon E.iofnoonng 15% $155 900.00 suo1.010.o6I C3:\PRO.ECT812C18\18010G\20111 Ollt,-d County Sales and UN Tax Appllmtlon\Colt Elllm11• · Flrlt SIDrmwller •nd B!mnge ln1•rNallon Complete Streets Policy-Ordinance 1455 CITY OF CLE ELUM WASIDNGTON ORDINANCE NO. 1455 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLE ELUM, WASHINGTON, ESTABLJSHING CLE ELUM MUNICIPAL CODE 10.36 RELATING TO COMPLETE STREETS POLICY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS ... Complete Streets" m~ roadways planned; designed, and constructed to provide access to all legal users in a manner that promotes safe aod effici nt movement of people and goods, whether by car, truck, transit, assistive device, foot,. or bioycle; and WHEREAS, increasing walking and bicycling offers improved health benefits for the population and makes Cle Elum a more livable community; and WHERE.AS, the Washington legislature has passed "'Complete Streets" legislation that encowages the Washington State Department of Transportation and local governments to consider all users in transportation-related projects; and WHEREAS, Complete Streets support economic growth and community stability by providing accessible and efficient connections between home, school, work, recreation, and retail destinations by improving pedestrian and vehicular environments throughout commwiities; and WHEREAS, Complete Streets enhance safe walking and bicycling options for school•age children, in recognition of the national Safe Routes to Schools Program; and WHEREAS, the City of Cle Elum recognizes the importance of street infrastructure and modifications such as sidewalks, crosswalks, shared-u~ paths. bicycle lanes, sign.age, and accessible cmb ramps that enable safe, convenient, and comfortable travel for all users. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLE ELUM, WASHINGTON. DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. CEMC l0.36 (C-0mplete Streets Policy), Established . Cle Elum Municipal Code Section 10.36 (Complete Streets Policy) is hereby established to read as follows: 10.36 Complete Streets Policy 10.36.010 PuJ1)0Se. 10.36.020 Exceptions. -1 - lo..36.030 Complete Streets Infrastructure. 103'.040 Goals to Foster Partnerships. 10.36.050 Best Practice Criteria. 10.36.060 Performance Standards. 10 .36.010 Purpose. The City of Cle Elum shall, to the maximum extent practical, scope plan. design. construct, opemte and maintain appropriate facilities for the safe accommodation of pedestrians. bicyclists. transit users, mot rists, emergency responders, freight, and users of all ages and abilities in all new construction) retrofit, or reconstruction projects. Through ongoing operations and maintenance, the city of Cle Elum shall identify cost-effe<:tive opportunities 10 include complete streets pt'dCtices. 10.36.020 Exceptions. Facilities for pedestrians bicyclists., transit users and/or people of all abHities are not required to be provided when: A. A documented absence of current or future need exists; B. Nonmotorized uses are prohibited by Jaw; C. Routine maintenance of the transportation network is performed that does not change the roadway geometry or operations, such as mowing, sweeping and spot repair; D. The cost would be disproportionate to the current need or probabJe future uses; E. In instances whe~ a docwnented exception is granted by the mayor. 10.lfi.030 Complete Streets Infrastructure. As feasible Cle Elum shall incorporate complete streets infrastructure into existing public and private streets to create a comprehensive, integrated, connected transportation network for Cle Elwn that balances access. mobility health and safety needs of pedestrians. bicyclists, transit users, motorists, emergency responders, freight, and users of all ages and abilities, ensuring a fully connected, int.egtated network 'that provides transportation options. "Complete streets infmstructme' means design features that contribute to a safe, convenient, r comfortable travel experience for users. .including but not limited to feature such as: sidewalks~ !!hared use paths; bicycle lanes; automobile lanes; paved shoulders; street trees and landscaping· planting strips; curbs; accessible curb ramps; bulb outsi crosswalks; refuge islands; pedestrian and traffic signals, -2- including countdown and accessible signals; signage; street furniture; bicycle parking facilities; public transportation stops and facilities; transit priority signalization; traffic calming devices such as rot-..ary circles, traffic bwups , and surface treatments such as paving blocks, textured asphalt, and concrete; narrow vehicle lanes; raised medians; and dedicated transit lanes. 10.36.040 Goals to Foster Partnenbips. It is a goal of the city of CJe Elum ro fo er partnerships with all WasWngton State transportation fundjng agencies including the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOn, the Federal Highway Administration, Kittitas Couoty , Cle Elum-Roslyn School District. citi.zens, businesses. interest groups. neighborhoods, and any funding agency to implement the complete streets ordinance . 10.36.050 Best Praclice Criteria. The mayor or designee shall ntodify develop and ~OJ)t policies, design criteria, standards and guidelines based upon recogniz.ed best ptactit-es in street design, construction , and operations including but not limited to the latest editions of American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). Institute of Transportation En · neers (ITE) and National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) while reflecting the cont xt and character of the surrounding built and natural environments and enhance the appearance of such. 10.36.060 Performance Standards. The city of Cle Elum shall put into place penormance standards with measurable benchmarks to continuously evaluate the complete stree ordinance for S\lCCCSS and opportunities for improvement Performance standards may include transportation and mode shift, miles of bicycle facilities or sidewalks, public participation, nwnber of ADA accommodations built, and number of exemptions from this policy approved. Section 2. SeveJ'Bbilit)'.. Should any portion of this Ordinance, or its a,pplication to any person or circumstance, be declared unconstitutional or otherwlse invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances. Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shal l be published in th official n~,wpaper of the Ci ty, and shall take effect and be in full force five (5) days after the date of pub lication. -3- PTED BY TI-IE CITY COUNCIL AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF ON 1HE \/-DAYOP ~~u.-,2016. ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED: . ~ x:L\)n4-0) K,athi Swanson, City Clerk Approved as to fonn: Michael R. Kenyon, City Attorney Filed with the City Clerk: 'J/t, lt'- Passed by the City Council: 'd/'1/1'- Date of PubHcation: 0 /1e/1t,, Effective Date: 'o/"3111~ Yakima and Kittitas Counties Regional Comprehensive Economic Development Plan (2015) Yakim a and Ki t ti tas Co u 11t i es Re g io nal Com prehe n sive Eco non1ic Deve l op 1ne n t Pla n ' •.:.a ,_ 1111 ;.. .L -.... ;tr ~· .. -~~--- . 4 -. . t: .· ~' I • •• : •• • .. leo Conte ts Process Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................... 4 Integration of State Economic Priorities ..................................................................................................... 6 Workforce Development Integration ................................................................................................... 9 DemOlf'ilphics and Economic OVervlew .................................................................................................... 10 Strategic Analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 19 Re1ional SWOT Overview ......................................................................................................... , ......... 20 Strengths & Weaknesses .................................................................................................................... 21 Opportunities & Threats ..................................................................................................................... 22 Key Industry Clusters .................................................................................................................................. 24 Goals• Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 28 Stratealc Projects ....................................................................................................................................... 43 Key Investments and Projects Supporting a Strong Regional Economy ................................................ 44 Proposed Investments and Projects to Build the Regional Economy (2013) ........................................ 45 Implementation Plan ................................................................................................................................. 47 Performance Measures .............................................................................................................................. 50 Appendlx .............................................................................................................................................. , •..•................ 52 2 The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Process: Community-Based Economic Development Planning over the past ten months organizations and individuals in Central Washington have been developing a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. This CEDS will help Kittitas and Yakima Counties in Central Washington focus their energies on economic diversification. The CEDS identifies issues, needs and critical priorities that Impact the region's ability to advance the local economy. The need for a CEDS is not driven solely by a desire for federal Economic Development Administration ( EDA) funding. Rather, this strategy and the process formed to complete it, serves as a platform for future economic development planning in the region. To drive and shape the planning process, Yakima and Kittitas County Commissioners appointed a special CEDS steering committee. This group has met frequently during the CEDS process and has been instrumental in developing the plan and encouraging public Involvement. The CEDS committee is comprised of: Jim Anderson, Kittitas County Chamber of Luz Gutierrez, Las Milpas, LLC Commerce Jean Brown, Yakima County Development Assn . Larry Mattson, Yakima Valley Conference of Governments Karen Cunningham, Yakima Nation Mario Martinez, Mayor, City of Mabton Rand Elllot, Yakima County Commissioner Obie O'Brien, Kittitas County Commissioner Jesse Farias, Mayor, City of Wapato Dr. Bill Provaznlck, CWU Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship David Gonzales, South Central Workforce Council - ' / I The steering committee was appointed in May 2012 and initially helped Dr. Roy Savolan from Central Washington University develop an economic and ,. .. \ '\ Central Washington University ... ,., demographic portrait of the region. The group then developed a list of SWOT {Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) for Yakima and Kittitas Counties that became the basis for public forums and discussions. During the fall the CE0S committee organized six public forums to share information about the planning process and generate input regarding the region's SWOT. Forum participants were also asked to identify strategies that could help diversify the regional economy. One of these 3 forums was held in Spanish to ensure that the area's large Latino population was encouraged to participate in the planning process. Publ•c. forums IH•.lp to gt.~! i;,put on pl,-,11 E-conon1ic Development. D i ~tr i ct Board µrioril'lzes pro j l ! t ;t "<,' Pl.m adupted lly both County Cornm i s1>i ons Strat~gy Commil:l1.•e pl.ins publ ic forum,; Inte,·e!iih.•d or-9-'lll i T.<ll i ons s uhrn i t projects ti.-stratc9 ies Put,l k not lci:! ll n<J c omment p e r i nd Surnm e r S~ptember O<.:tul.J~,-Nov · Dec. Ji111u,11 y 201s 201s ;,,01s 201s :mu, An electronic survey was also developed to provide the public another alternative for providing Input Into the plannlng process. Between the public forums and the online survey, the CEDS committee was able to generate significant public participation in the planning process. Public and CEDS committee input helped shape the key goals and objectives outlined in this plan. Each year the Counties plan to In March 2013 the CEDS committee evaluated economic development projects submitted by local aovernments and non-profit organizations. The group has also been extremely helpful as reviewers and editors of the final plan. In April 2013 the draft plan was presented to both County Commissions and posted on each County's website (In addition to economic development websites within the region). The public was again invited to review and comment on the draft plan. In May 2013 each County Commission held publlc hearings on the plan before adopting it via joint resolutions. refresh their CEDS plan incorporating new goals and projects consistent with the region's aspirations for economic vltallty. / As we finish the Initial 12-month planning period a debt of gratitude goes to the members of the CEDS steering committee. They spent countless hours driving the planning process and making it work. Thanks also go to each County Commission for supporting the CEDS. Each Commission saw the benefits of regional collaboration and Is to be commended for supporting the process. We also appreciate all the people who participated in public forums during the planning process, or touched our CEOS development at some point over the last year. 4 Executive Sum a ry The Kittitas-Yakima Economic Region Is a beautiful region of lakes, rivers, and national parks with all four seasons. Hot and dry summers contrasted with cool and wet winters provide a climate suitable for a variety of Interests and lifestyles. This diverse landscape of rivers to plains to forests and mountains is only rivaled by the diversity of its residents. With a population of 292,640 and population density of 76.76 per square mlle as of 2015, the Kittitas Yakima Economic Region can be described as a rural community. Similar to most rural areas, agriculture is an economic mainstay that fosters a consistent business cllmate bullt around agriculture. Unlike many rural communities, agriculture in the Kittitas Yakima Economic Region has a fair market value of over $1 billlon dollars sold locally, nationally and internationally. Other significant industries or clusters in the region include health services, warehouse/distribution, manufacturing, alternative energy and tourism. Some of the Kittitas Yakima region's economic strengths include: ✓ Its proximity to the major metropolitan area of Seattle and Portland markets ✓ a strong and diverse natural resource based economy; ✓ a concentration of higher education Institutions; and ✓ an outstanding quality of life featuring great weather and outdoor recreation options. Some of the region's weaknesses include: ✓ Lack of family-wage employment opportunities ✓ Low K-16+ education attainment and corresponding occupational skill gaps ✓ Complacency towards growth and economic diversification Despite some of the region's challenges, the Kittitas Yakima area has enormous economic potential. The CEDS outlines six key goals to advance the regional economy. Km'ITAS YAKIMA COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY GOAJ.S (2013-2017) Goal One: Support the Retention and Expansion of Regional austers and Industries Gaal Two: support Small Business Success and Entrepreneurship Goal Three: Develop a Talented WCNtcforce Goal Four: Invest In Capital Facilities and infrastructure Goal Five: Promote Tourism and Develop Visitor Amenities Goal Six: Enhance Downtown and Nef orhood Business District Vftall These broad objectives align closely with the Washington state's economic development plan and workforce development plans for the region. Each of the goals has a number of accompanying actions and strategies that are expected to unfold over the following five years. 5 During the planning process, local jurisdictions and nonprofit organizations were invited to submit projects that could create jobs, stimulate private investment or set the stage for future development. Twenty projects were submitted and the CEDS steering committee ranked the projects in terms of their readiness and potential to boost jobs and the regional economy. TOP CEDS PROJECTS FOR KITTITAS-YAKIMA REGION Below is a ranked 11st of all submitted projects. Projects were ranked based on several criteria, listed here In order of importance: job creation, funding leverage, readiness to proceed, llkellhood of success, and the overall need for the project. In the event there was a tie, the project that created the most jobs and showed the greatest readiness to proceed received superior rankine. 1. City of Mabton, Extend Natural Gas Service This 13 mile natural gas pipeline extension would bring natural gas provided by Williams Northwest Pipeline (WNP) from Prosser to Mabton. The extension of services to Mabton would allow Northwest Horticulture (NWH) to add a 3rd gas boiler to expand production. 2. City of Yakima, Cascade MIii Project Redevelopment of the 225-acre former Boise MIii, which closed In 2006, into a mixed use, office park, light industrial and entertainment area. The entire property Is privately owned, current landowners are engaged In supporting successful fmplementatlon of the project. 3. EUensbuf'I Buslneu Development Authority, .Airport B111lnts1 Park The goal of this project Is to create additional manufacturing space to attract companies and create famlly wage jobs. Phase 2 of 2. - 4. Vision Cle Elum, Main Street Redevelopment The project wlll bring improvements that will attract business, enhance current business, and tap Into the 28,000 vehicles per day traveling on 1-90. The project wlll create an lnvltins downtown with wider sidewalks, parallel parkln1, pedestrian bump outs, and enhanced storm water drainage. S. Hopesaurc:a, Hope Healthy Homes This project comprises the development, construction and operation of a modular home manufacturing assembly plant with ;m auxlllary construction and instillllation services division In Kittitas county. &. City of Union Gap, Rellonal Beltway Connector The beltway connector Is designed to connect the South Union Gap interchange to Ahtanum Road thereby providing a more direct llmlted access route .as an alternative to traveling on Main Street. 7. Rural Community Development Resources, Bullnus Development Fundlnc The key goal of this project Is to obtain an EDA grant for an expanded rqional Community Loan Fund Investment into the region to provide bluer loans to ethnically diverse business enterprises. 6 8. City of Yakima, North 1 • Street Fa,ade & Sip Replacement Propam This Is an Incentive program to upgrade and Improve private development along this key corridor, encourase property reinvestment, and enhance comprehensive clean-up efforts of the City. 9. Yalcama Nation Cultural Hertta1e center, Cultural Heritage Center Remodel Remodel and update 35 year old Yakama Nation Cultural Heritage facility In Toppenish. 10, Kittitas/Yakima Valley Community Land Trust, Water Street ProJect The Water Street Project will create the opportunity for 12 famllles at or below 80% of the area median income to become first time home owners. This project is a multi-faceted economic development tool. Jobs are created during all phases of the bulld out-street Improvements, Infrastructure construction, home design, and project development. The homebuyer, who would not qualify for a traditional home purchase, will own the house and bulld equity and stability as a contributing member of the community. 11. CWFA/State Fair Partc, Yakima Valley SunDarne Project State Fair Park wants to attract events to Yakima by becoming a regional events center. The project would consist of adding full catering services and an indoor covered vehlcle and storage area. 12, City of Union Gap, Main Street Redevelopmant The redevelopment of Main Street wtthln Union Gap would provide new economic: opportunities along this old state route corridor. The wrrent roadway Is flanked with used car lots, old roadside motels and sparse retail and does not provide pedestrian access or parking. U. City of Yakima, Publlc Market/Incubator The project is desl1ned to provide lndlviduals with a place to test out business opportunities. The market would Ideally encompass two stories and a basement totaling 27,500 square feet 14, City of Yakima, Yakima Airport This _project Is included in the Airport Master plan and is designed to replace the Yakima airport passenger terminal building. 15, YCDA • Educational Sllrvlce District 105, Business Education Partner1hlp This project will create, coordinate and manage a partnership between STEM businesses, school districts, colleges and universities, and other training providers. 16. Kittitas Environmental Ed. Network, Yakima River canyon Interpretive Center The Yakima River Canyon Scenic: Byway Interpretive Center wlll serve as a resource to visitors and community members, provldlns science based education for all ages and connecting our communities to nature through quality environmental education. 17. City of Yakima, Downtown Farmers' Market One of the elements ofthe Yakima Downtown Master Plan is to identify locations for additional publlc amenities includin1 a permanent location for Farmer's Market and other Downtown events In the core downtown area. The CEDS also contains an Implementation plan that identifies the key activities that will be addressed during 2013. This part of the plan identifies the parties responsible for Implementation and specific outcomes expected from each initiative. 7 Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan (2016) Kitnt s Connty Comprehensive )>Jan Dccembe1• 2016 Adopted by Ordinance No. 2016-023 I Effective Date: December 6, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Statement .................................................................. i Vision Statement ................................................................ , ........ 1 Chapter 1. Amendments to County Plans, Codes, and Standards ·····~•-•··································································--· 1-1 Chapter 2. Land Use ............................................................ 2-1 2.1. Introduction and Overview .................................................. 2-1 2.2. Use Goals and Pollcles ....................................................... 2-4 2.3. Urban Growth Areas .......................................................... 2-9 2.4. Rural and Resource Lands ............................................... 2-15 2.5. Shorelines ......................................................................... 2-17 2.6. Crllfcal Areas ..................................................................... 2-17 2. 7. Ground Water ................................................................... 2-21 2.8. Hazard Mitigation .............................................................. 2-22 Chapter 3. Housing Element .............................................. 3-1 3.1. lntrodLJCtion ......................................................................... 3-1 3.2. Housing Conditions and Needs ........................................... 3-1 3.3. City Housing Assessments ................................................. 3-4 3.4. Goals, Policies, and Objectives ........................................... 3-4 3.5. Kltfflas County Housing Strategies ...................................... 3-5 Chapter 4. Transportation ........................ ._. ......................... 4-1 4.1. Introduction ......................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Description of the Existing Transportation System .............. 4-1 4.3. Land Use, Environment and Economic Development ......... 4-3 4.4. Level of Service I Concurrency ........................................... 4-4 4.5. Existing Deficiencies ........................................................... 4-4 4.6. Financing Transportation lmprovements ............................. 4-5 4.7. Public Participation ............................................................. 4-5 4.8. Goals, Poricies and Objectives ............................................ 4-6 Chapter 5. Capital Facilities Plan ....................................... 5-1 5.1. Introduction ..................... , ................................................... 5-1 Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan December 2016 5.2. Capital Project Selection Procedures .................................. 5-2 5.3. Financing ............................................................................ 5-6 5.4. Six-Year Plan ...................................................................... 5-8 5.5. Existing Facility lnventory ............................. , ...................... 5-8 5.6. Goals, Policies, and Objectives ........................................... 5-8 5.7. Definitions ......................................................................... 5-16 Chapter 6. Utllitles ................................................................... 6-1 6.1. Introduction ......................................................................... 6-1 6.2. Goals, Policies, and Objectives ........................................... 6-2 Chapter 7. Snoqualmie Pass Sub-Area Comprehensive Plan - Master Plan ............................................................................... 7-1 7 .1. Introduction ......................................................................... 7-1 7.2. Subarea Descriptions .......................................................... 7-4 7.3. Land Use ........................................................................... 7-11 7.4. Open Space and Crltlcal Areas ......................................... 7-33 7.5. Recreation ......................................................................... 7-40 7.6. Transportation and Circulation .......................................... 7-42 7.7. Capital Facilities and Utilities ............................................ 7-60 Chapter 8. Rural and Resource Lands .............................. 8-1 8.1. Introduction and Overview .................................................. 8-1 8.2. Rural Lands ......................................................................... 8-3 8.3. Resource Lands ................................................................ 8-26 Chapter 9. Mountainstar Planned Resort Subarea Plan .. 9-1 9.1. Subarea Defined ................................................................. 9-1 9.2. Subarea Policies ................................................................. 9-1 9.3. Land Uses ........................................................................... 9-1 9.4. Services and Faclllties ........................................................ 9-2 9.5. Development Regulations ........ , .......................................... 9-2 9.6. Subarea lmplarnentallon ..................................................... 9-2 Chapter 10. Economic Development Element u ................ 10-1 10.1. Introduction ....................................................................... 10-1 10.2. Economic Conditions and Needs ...................................... 10-2 10.3. Goals, Policles and ObjectJves .......................................... 10-4 10.4. Economic Strategies ......................................................... 10-5 10.5 Economic Development Strategic Plan ............................. 10-6 Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan It December 2016 Chapter 11. Recreation and Parks Element ...................... 11 ·1 11.1. Introduction ............... ,,.,, ................................................... 11-1 11.2. Existing Conditions ........................................................... 11-1 11.3. Recreational Safety ........................................................... 11-3 11.4. Future Recreational Opportunities .................................... 11-3 11.5. Potential Impacts .............................................................. 11-3 11.6. Goals, Policies and Objectives .......................................... 11-4 Appendix One: Glossary of Terms ................. ~ ..................... A-1 Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan iii December 2016 Land Use •::,i~\I _t.::;. . J r------= -I -11 ---~ .=--~ ... -t Chapter 2. Land Use 2.1 . Introduction and Overview The Land Use Element plays the central role in guiding land use patterns and decisions for the County. In keeping with State law, the County fulfills its responsibility of shaping land use primarily through its Comprehensive Plan policies and implementing development regulations. While this chapter addresses all land uses in the County, the emphasis is on urban lands. Rural and resource land uses are specifically addressed in Chapter 8, Rural and Resource Lands. The majority of new growth in the County is encouraged to locate in established cities end urban growth areas (UOAs) where adequate public facilities and services can be provided in an efficient and economical manner. An adequate supply of land in the UGAs will ensure that immediate and future urban needs arc met as well as provide for an orderly and efficient transition from low intensity land uses to urban land uses over time as the incorporated cities expand. 2.1.1. Growth Management Act Goals Three of the Growth Management Act (OMA) planning goals are particularly relevant to land use: • Urban growth. Encourage development in urban areas where adequate public facilities and services exist or can be provided in an efficient manner. (Revised Code of Washington [RCW] 36.70A.020(1)) • Reduce sprawl. Reduce the inappropriate conversion of undeveloped land into sprawling, low-density development. (RCW 36.70A.020(2)) • Private property. Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation having been made. The property rights oflandowners shall be protected from arbitrary and discriminatory actions. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 2·1 December 2016 Land Use 2.1.2. Land Use Patterns Kittitu County is located at the geographic center of Washington State, midway between the heavily populated Puget Sound region and the eastern farming areas centered around Moses Lake. More than half of the County is covered by coniferous forests, whiJe approximately thirty percent (30%) is in pasture or unimproved grazing land. Less than two percent (2%) of the County is in urban development The County covers 2,315 square miles of highly varied terrain and climates. Beginning in the high Cascades the land slopes generally to the east and south to the Colwnbia River. Land use in Kittitas County ranges from residential uses to resource b~d activities. In the Snoqualmie Pass area, resource allocation in the fonn of timber harvesting is the predominant land use with additional areas used for recreation. Resource lands still predominate the mid- elevations, though residential development increases in these BmlS. In the lower elevations, agricultural activities are the main land use, with residential development intermixed in the area. The Department of Defense's Yakima Training Center is located in the southeastern portion of the County, and makes up a large percentage of the ownership in the lower Kittitas Valley, approximately 164,132 acres. 2.1.3. Existing Density Zone classifications consistent with the Comprehensive Plan determine the allowable development density throughout the County. Under current zoning, densities range from one unit per 6,000 square feet to one unit per 80 acres. For example, the Suburban zone allows a density of one unit per acre, while the Agricultural-3, Rural-S, and Agricultural-20 Zones allow for a density range of one unit per three acres. five acres, or twenty acres, respectively. The lowest density in the County is in the Commercial Forest"Zone where the assigned density is one unit per 80 acres. 2.1.4. Zoning and Land Use Designations The following table shows the land use designations assigned in this Comprehensive Plan, along with the corresponding zone classifications present in each land use designation and the total area in acres occupied by that zone. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan December 2016 Land Use 2.2. Use Goals and Policies The foundation of the Comprehensive Plan consists of the major goals and policies established by the County during the planning process. It is upon these goals and policies that virtually the entire plan is based. The planning process is an on-going process consisting of establishing, applying, monitoring and evaluating goals and policies. Different goals may at times conflict requiring the County to weigh one goal against the other in order to choose a policy direction. Citmm participation has been a vital part of the planning process and has guided formation of goals, policies, and ohjectiveR. The following general goals, policies, and objectives (GPOs) in this chapter and elsewhere in the Comprehensive Plan have been drawn from that process. 2.2.1. General Goals and Policies GPO 2.1 The land use pattern for the County shall protect the natural environment, traditional uses, and rural character by directing future residential development which is not compatible with rural character to urban areas. GPO 2.2 Protect, preserve, maintain, and enhance the County's natural resource industry base, natural environment, and rural character, including but not limited to timber, agriculture, mineral, water and energy resoW'Ces. The County shall avoid land use conflicts with its resource industry by applying low residential densities to lands adjacent to resource lands. GPO 2.3 The County should diversify economic development by providing broader employment opportunities. GPO 2.4 Encourage mban growth and development in those areas where public roads and services can support such growth, and where development will cause minimal environmental degradation, reduce 1he conversion of land for development, and concentrate future growth in established cities and urban growth areas. GPO 2.5 Encourage zoning and development regulations in the UGAs that ensure the cost of new housing in these areas will not be substantially higher than equivalent housing outside these areas. GPO 2.6 Kittitas County should encourage residential and economic growth in cities and urban growth areas to minimi7.e the costs of providing public utilities and services and reduce the conversion of rural and resource lands. GPO 2.7 Kittitas County will maintain a flexible balance of land uses which will protect, preserve, and enhance the rural character, historical forest lands, agricultural industries, mineral lands, and high quality environment. GPO 2.8 Kittitas Cowty will cooperate with the private sector and local communities in actively improving conditions for economic growth and development. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 2•4 December 2016 Land Use GPO 2.9 The process and formula for population projection and allocation in Kittitas County is outlined in the County-wide Planning Policies. To achieve and maintain rural character and resource based industries, the allocation of population growth to rural and resource lands should be minimized and should not represent a significant portion of the County's residential growth capacity. GPO 2.10 When adopting development regulations, Kittitas County shall notify property owners that zoning and land use may change, and will consider requests for amendments made to individual properties. GPO 2.1 OA Kittitas County recognizes the importance of Natural Area Preserves and Natural Resource Conservation Areas administered by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources wider RCW 79.70 and 79.71. The County will seek to be included in the identification and development of management plans for these sites located within the County. GPO 2.1 OB The County may develop study areas, either Countywide or specific geographic locations, for analysis and implementation of a variety of planning techniques and tools, including but not limited to: subarea plans, zoning designations, design standards and development requirements. GPO 2.1 OC Study areas shall be considered for the following issues and areas. • Teanaway Drainage Basin • Freeway Interchanges • Yakima River Watershed Planning Snoqualmie Pass sub-area, including Gold Creek Easton Ronald Thorp Vantage GPO 2.11 Kittitas County recognizes the need to provide adequate and efficient fire services to all are8!'I of the County. The following strategies should be utiliz.ed: • Adopt and implement the most current version of the International Fire Code including the Urban -Wildland Interface Code (UWIC) • Participate in the Community Fire Wise Programs • Develop Community Fire Wise Plans • Encourage coordination with and between Fire Districts • Encourage coordination with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources GPO 2.12A Kittitas County shaU work with cities in collaborative efforts that result in transfer of development rights, to encourage and promote the protection of Rural Lands, Natural Resource Lands, Forest Lands and Agriculture Lands. This may be accomplished through development of interlocal agreements. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 2-5 December 2016 Land Use GPO 2.12B Reserved. GPO 2.13 Electric and natural gu tt1:t.I1SIDission and distribution facilities may be sited within and through areas of Kittitas County both inside and outside of municipal boundaries, UGAs, Master Planned Resorts, and LAMIRDs, including to and through ruraJ areas of Kittitas County. GPO 2.14 Kittitas County will continue to explore incentives for farming and ranching to continue as significant land uses, for example, innovative cluster platting, transfer of development rights. and planned unit developments. GPO 2.15 The development of resource based industries and processing should be encouraged in all areas of Kittitas County. When such uses are located in rural and resource lands, criteria shall be developed to ensure the protection of these lands to ensure compatibility with rural character. Consider adding a definition for ''resource based industry" to the definitions in Title 17, Zoning. GPO 2.16 Habitat and scenic areas are public benefits which must be provided and financed by the public at large, not at the expense of individual landowners md homeowners. GPO 2.17 Kittitas County may accept by bequest lands for habitat and scenic areas. GPO 2.18 If Kittitas County chooses to acquire additional lands for habitat and scenic areas, it may consider a variety of methods of financing, including grants of State or federal funds, or other instruments. GPO 2.19 The County should recognize the abundance of habitat, scenic areas and views on publicly-owned lands when assessing the need for additionaJ such lands. Efforts to connect habitat and open space on private lands to habitat and open space on public lands shall be encouraged. GPO 2.20 Efforts to retain access to public lands shall be encouraged. GPO 2.21A Designate sufficient available land for specialized industrial uses that are by their nature compatible with residential. agricultural, recreational, md other general lend use zypes. GPO 2.21B Promote industrial development within the UGAs by encouraging infrastructure improvements and new business recruitment GPO 2.21 C Encourage an adequate inventory of developable property to accommodate the siting of new, and the expansion of existing industrial uses. GPO 2.21D Identify areas where mixed commercial and industrial uses can be sited if compatibilizy is evident. GPO 2.22 Kittitas County shall coordinate with State and federal ·agencies in the development plans and of ]and use regulations by providing notification to appropriate agencies of new planning activities. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 2·6 December 2016 LandU&e GPO 2.26B Reserved. GPO 2.26C Waters in na:turally occuning ponds and springs (with no surface connection to a stream) in the sub-basin shall be retained for stock water uses, when such ponds and springs are located on or adjacent to lands which are now used as pasture or range for livestock. Said uses embody entitlement to a level in the water bodies sufficient to provide water for animals drinking directly from there while ranging on riparian lands. and with the same priority as provided in paragraph 1. Regulation of the ponds and springs by the plaintiff shall be consistent with such retention requirements. GPO 2.260 Reserved. GPO 2.26B Reserved. Subarea Plans The subarea comprehensive plans for Easton, Swauk-Teanaway. Thorp, Westside and Taneum can be found in Volume II of the Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan, 1996. These subarea comprehensive plans have no official standing in future land use decisions but may be used as evidence to support future comprehensive plan amendments. They constitute a major part of the County's public participation in building the comprehensive plan. Snoqualmie Pass Comprehensive Plan Snoqualmie Pass Subarea Comprehensive Plan has been adopted into the Kittitu County Comprehensive Plan and is located in Chapter 7 of this document. 2.3 . Urban Growth Areas The areas included within the urban growth area boundaries are intended to urbanix.e and become annexed in the proceeding 20 years. Until that time, these lands will continue to be under County jurisdiction. To ensure both consistency and coordination with the future annexingjurisdiction, planning for these areas will be done in concert with the respective cities. In addition. interlocal agreements with the individual cities may be necessary to provide the necessary administrative guidance and services to these unincorporated areas. As portions of the urban growth areas develop, it is assumed that these areas will be annexed to an adjacent city. Prior to annexation, intergovernmental agreements wi)] need to be created to address the allocation of financial burdens that re9ult from the transition of land from County to city jmisdiction. Similarly, agreements will need to be drafted to coordinate planning efforts for the unincorporated areas of the urban growth areas and with facility providers in the other areas throughout the County. The following are additional issues tlµlt must be resolved by the cities and Kittitas County for the preparation and implementation of goals, objectives and policies contained in this comprehensive plan: Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 2·9 December 2016 Land Use 1) Unified or consistent subdivision code; 2) Municipal utility extension agreement for water. sewer and gas; 3) Intergovernmental service agreements for libraries, fire. emergency medical service, and parks and recreation; 4) Unified or consistent zoning code with provisions for urban wning, transitional zoning, and other transitional uses; 5) Density and land use mapping; 6) Airport Facility-flight safety zones. density, land uses, expansion of the airport and services provided for the City ofF.llen!i!hmg; 7) Extension and acquisition of rights-of-way; 8) Unified or consistent road standards, stonnwater standards and level of service; 9) Annexation agreements; and 10) Shoreline master program amendments. •This list is not intended to be all inclusive. The individual cities within Kittitas County are responsible for developing a final urban growth area boundary, future land use plans for the unincorporated portion of their respective urban growth areas, and facility or service needs to accommodate the 20-year population growth. These plans are to be submitted to Kittitas County for consideration and ultimately adoption as a portion of the Cotmty comprehensive plan. R~W 36.70A.110(5) states, "Final urban growth areas shall be adopted at the time of comprehensive plan adoption under this chapter ... " and RCW 36.70A.110(6) states, "Each county shall include designations of urban growth areu in its comprehensive plan." Urban growth areas are identified for the cities of Ellensburg, Cle Elum, Roslyn, Kittitas, and the Town of South Cle Elum. GPO 2.27 For puiposes of administering the mban growth area for the City of Ellensburg. in the event a road right-of-way forms the boundary of the UGA then the boundary shall be extended 660-feet for areas designated for residential uses and ½-mile for areas designated for industrial uses. The extension of the UGA in these areas is made to allow for efficient extension ofutilities within the road right-of-way. GPO 2.28 Reserved. GPO 2.29 Kittitas County shall seek consistency in development regulations in urban growth areas with adjacent cities and when appropriate where rural development may impact future urban growth. This may be accomplished through: • Coordination through the Conference of Governments Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 2-10 December 2016 Land Use • Development of Interlocal agreements • L'se of overlay zones such as Rural Transition Zones GPO 2.30A Consideration for all future development should be the adaptability of a proposal to both public and private utilities such as municipal water and sewer systems. GPO 2.30B Expansion of the UGA should be encouraged in areas least suited for agriculture and areas not impacted by critical areas. GPO 2.30C Urban Reserve: ''Urban Reserve" is population allocated to Kittitas County by the State Office of Financial Management that the Kittitas County Conference of Governments (KCCOG) has placed in accounts for the various municipalities. Upon demonstration by the given municipality, through appropriate land capacity and capital facilities analysis, some or all of that population, currently held in Urban Reserve as an account, can be taken out and added to the municipality's population allocation. This demonstration shall be made to the KCCOG and the KCCOG will determine the amount of Urban Reserve to be withdrawn and added/adjusted to the municipality's population allocation. Until such lend capacity and capital facilities demonstration and determinations are made by the KCCOG, population held in Urban Reserve is not part of a municipality's population allocation and cannot be used as a basis for mning or UGA si7.e changes. GPO 2.31 In UGAs where there is an absence of urban utilities, a system of subdivision and development should be encouraged which would produce a pattern capable of re-division to a higher density at such time when utilities are available. GPO 2.32A Encourage and accommodate future expansion of utilities and roadways in a logical manner for new development in urban growth areas. Expansion of utilities and roadways shall not be made exclusive]y to accommodate new development outside of urban growth areas. GPO 2.32B Adopt urban growth area (UGA) boundaries to accommodate residential and employment increases projected within the boundaries over the next 20 years. GPO 2.33 As allowed in GPO 2.1 OB and GPO 2.1 OC the County should develop a study area around each Urban Growth Area that may lead to the development of a Rural Transition Zone overlay. The study area should consider but not be limited to: • Strategies to accommodate urban development in the 20-to-50-year planning horizon • Shadow platting to plan for and accommodate future development • Transfer of Development Rights receiving areas • Use of Cluster Development • Urban design standards consistent with adjacent or nearby cities GPO 2.34 The UGAs shall be consistent with the following criteria: a. Each UGA shall provide sufficient urban ]and to accommodate future population/employment projections through the designated planning period; Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 2,11 December 2016 Land Use b. Lands included within UGAs shall either be already characterized by urban growth or directly adjacent to such lands; c. Existing urban land uses and densities should be included within UGAs; d. lJGAs shall provide a balance of industrial, commercial, and residential lands; e. Each VGA shall have the anticipated financial capability to provide infrastructure/services needed in the areas over the planning period under adopted concurrency standards; f. Protect nstural resource and critical Breu; g. Encourage the conversion of undeveloped lands into urban densities (infill); h. Provide for the efficient provision of public services; i. Promote a variety of residential densities; and, j. Include sufficient vacant and buildable land. GPO 2.35 Per RCW 36.70A.06094 forest land and agricultural land located within urban growth areas shall not be designated by a county or a city as forest land or agricultural land of long-term commercial significance under RCW 36.70A.170, unless the city or county has enacted a program authorizing transfer or purchase of development rights. GPO 2.36 Lands designated agriculture or forest lands of long term significance shall not be used to expand an urban growth area. 2.3.1. Urban Residential Land Use This designation contains those lwids within urban growth areas, which appear to be most suitable and likely for future development and city utilities. The areas are, for the most part, highly suited to orderly stteet systems and land subdivision. GPO 2.37A Designated commercial agriculture or forest lands may not be identified as future urban growth expansion areas. Ongoing agriculture and forestry in rural working and resource lands should be supported in development regulations. GPO 2.37B Current agricultural uses in urban residential areas should be supported as the lands transition to urban residential uses. GPO 2.38 Innovations in housing development should be encouraged, this includes but is not limited to innovative cluster developments, niam:er planned developments, shadow platting, transfer of development rights and planned unit developments. 2.3.2. Commercia l Land Use The present and long established land use pattern in Kittitas County is the basis for planning future business development. That pattern finds most business located in established communities and/or business districts. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 2-12 December 2016 Land Uee GPO 2.39 Kittitas County will act to preserve the viability and integrity of existing business districts within the incorporated and unincorporated County. GPO 2.40 Most comparison shopping (general merchandise, clothing, appliance, auto, sporting goods) should be located in or near existing business districts. GPO 2.41 Home occupations and cottage industries which result in accumulations of vehicles, appliances, or other materials should be regulated, licensed and required to provide sight screening from adjacent properties and roadways. GPO 2.42 Highways and roads should not be developed with new commercial sites without compelling re~ns and supporting economic data. Expansion and full development of existing business districts is encouraged. GPO 2.43A Design.are sufficient available land for specialized commercial uses that ere by their nature compatible with residential, agricultural, recreational, and other general land use types. GPO 2.43B Promote large-scale commercial development within the UGAs by encouraging infrastructure improvements and new business recruitment. GPO 2.43C Promote small-scale commercial development outside ofUOAs when compatible wi1h adjacent land uses. GPO 2.43D Encourage an adeqUa1e inventory of developable property to accommodate the siting of new, and the expansion of existing, commercial uses. GPO 2.43E Identify areas where mixed commercial and industrial uses can be sited if compatibility is evident. 2.3.3. Industrial Land Use It is the objective of this plan and the policy of the County to improve conditions, insofar as possible, to attract industry. GPO 2.44 Location of Industrial Land. The County should designated sufficient industrial land located in areas convenient to utilities, fire protection, and to major transportation facilities (air, rail. freeway). Industrial developments may be permitted beyond urban growth areas, when zoning allows. GPO 2.45 Co mp ati bility. Industry located adjacent to residential areas or along scenic routes should be situated so as to minimize impac1S on those areas and should provide screening and other measures to achieve compatibility. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 2-13 December 2016 Land Use Chapter 3. Housing Element Tables showing specific data on housing shown in the Comprehensive Plan are available from the Kittitas County Community Development Services Department. 3.1 . Introduction This Housing Element describes existing housing conditions and needs in Kittitas County, and projected housing needs for the period 2005-2025 . This element, to the extent possible, includes information on the plans, goals and specific housing needs of the incorporated cities, towns, and subarea plans within Kittitas County. The purpose of this element is to identify Kittitas County 's goals, policies and strategies for the preservation, improvement and development of housing, and the mechanisms that will lead to affordable housing choices for all economic segments of the population. Element Organization The Housing Element consists of three main sections. The first section, ''Housing Conditions and Needs" includes statistics, which support the County's housing goals and policies. It summarizes existing housing conditions and needs, and projected housing needs within the County. It focuses on inventory data, which support the County's policy orientation on growth management. The second section, "Goals and Policies" presents a general set of comprehensive goals and policies to guide the implementation of the comprehensive plan. The final section, "Housing Strategies" consists of a set of strategies related to implementation of the Housing Element, end to address future issues that may arise. 3.2. Housing Conditions and Needs In order to effectively plan for the housing needs of Kittitas County residents, and future residents, it is necessary to assess the existing housing conditions and needs in 1he County. This section of the Housing Element describes the number, type and other characteristics of housing units within Kittitas County. It also describes the population of Kittitas County as it relates to housing needs. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 3-1 ---~-~-- December 2016 Houelng Element Much of the data contained in this section comes from the U. S. Bureau of Census 1990 census and 2000 census. Other infonnation in this section comes from other published reports regarding Kittitas County housing needs and population, and from the housjng studies completed by some of the subareas in the County. Number, Type and Distribution Of Housing Units According to the 2000 Census, Kittitas CoWlty has approximately 16,475 housing units. Most of the housing units, (55%), are located within incorporated cities. The largest city, Ellensburg has 41% of the County's housing units. Table 3.1 shows the distribution of housing uni1s by city and unincoiporated area for 1980, 1990 and 2000, and the percent of change in the housing distribution over the twenty year period. A percentage of the housing units in Kittitas County are located in Wlincorporated areas, which are not served by public water or sewer systmns. The number and percent of housing units on private wells and septic tanks has increased since 1990. Most oflhe housing units in Kittitas {',aunty are owner occupied single-family units . In 2000, approximately 47% of the County's housing units were owner occupied. Since 1990, the number of housing units within the unincorporated areas of Kittitas County has increased. Data on issued building permits is maintained by Kittitas County Commwiity Development Services. If growth in Kittitas County population continues in the same pattern as it has since 1990, the majority of the new housing units will be single-family homes in the incorporated and urban growth areas. Changes t.o the zoning designations and the provision of water and sewer in the unincoiporated area could target growth to selected areas. Tenure and Occupancy Rates According to the 2000 census figures there were 16,475 housing units in .Kittitas County. Of these housing units, 13,382 were occupied. The approximately 3,093 vacant units include seasonal, recreational and farm worker housing. In some areas of the Cotmty such as F.aston, Snoqualmie Pass and Swauk-Teanaway, seasonal and recreational units comprise a majority of the units. Of the occupied units, 7,805 were occupied by the owner, and 5,577 were occupied by a renter. This represents a home ownership rate of 58%. This rate is higher than it was in 1990 (57%). Efforts targeted at assisting first-time homebuym and offering housing in various price ranges may encourage trend. There exists in Kitti1as County group quarters don_rlnantly found as a result of students at Central Washington University residing in group quarters. Another form of group quarters available in Kittitas County occurs through nursing homes. Persons in nursing homes include individuals with disabilities, and those who are elderly. The portion of the County's population which is over the age of 80 years increased by 186 people Kittitas County Compreheneive Plan 3-2 December 2016 Housing Element between 1990 and 2000. This increase in elderly persons may result in the demand for more nursing care facilities. Other persons living in group quarters include individuals with developmental disabiJities. As these individuals age, it is likely that some of them will require assisted living or nursing care facilities. (Kittitas ColDlty Mental Health.fDevelopmental Disability Board) Value and Cost of Hous ing Sale prices of homes are an indicator of the value of homes available in the community. The average saJe price for homes in the Lower Kittitas County area in 2006 was $250,573 .. Cunently, the average price of single>family homes available for sale is $264,502 (figures based on infonnation provided by a local real estate broker from data taken from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service). This increase in home purchase prices has made home ownership beyond the affordability of many potential homebuycrs. Using the Washington Center for Real Estate Research's formula for calculating the number of first-time homebuyers in Kittitas County who can afford to purchase the median priced resale home, 43.2% of these potential purchasers can afford the median priced home. In Kittitas County, the current "ceiling" for FHA loans is at $144,336.00. There are few homes available for sale, which qualify for the federal hotne purchase programs. Data from the U.S. Census in 1990 indicated a median rent of $265 for the cotmty. The 2006 census data currently reflects a median rent of $497, which represents a 66% increase from the 1990 median rent. According to the census there were 5,408 renter households in Kittitas County. In October of 2005, the Kittitas County Conference of Governments (COG) adopted the high population projection provided by the Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) for the planning period of 2005-202S. This provided for a population projection for the entire county of 52,180 people in the year 2025. The County-Wide Planning Policies have set population allocations for local jurisdictions. The total 20-year allocation for Kittitas County is at 15,0S2. According to the 1990 Census, there was an average of 2.33 people per household. This figure was for the entire county and represented all single-family units. The following equation can be used to determine the number of future housing units that may be needed. • Projected Population Incre~ Average # of persons per household = Total # of dwelling units needed ---15,052 / 2.33 = 6,460 • Total # of dwelling units needed -Existing vacant writs• = # of additional units needed -6,460 -0 = 6,460 •The number of vacant units is assumed to be 0. By using th.is equation with the 2000 Census average nwnber of people per households and the County-Wide Planning Policies 20-year popu)ation allocation for the county, the total number of additional units needed between 2005 to 2025 is 6,460. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 3.3 December 2D16 Housing Element The allocation of these housing units by geographic area and type will be determined by a number of factors including land availability, property ownership, land use controls and market forces. For the purpose of this Housing Element existing settlement patterns, land use designations and known environmental constraints will be used to project needed numbers of housing units by area. The projected number of housing units for the unincorporated county is currently divided into UGA"s and unincorporated areas. 3.3 . City Housing Assessments There are five incorporated cities in Kittitas County, including Ellensburg. Kittitas, Cle Elum, South Cle Elum, and Roslyn. The cities have designated Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) outside of the current city limits. It is recognized and anticipated that as the cities undergo their own individual Comprehensive Plan Updates that housing assessments be available. With current updates occurring, information on housing assessments is anticipated to be adopted in 2007. Kittitas County intends to work together in a cooperative manner with the cities in order to address housing issues brought to light by such assessments. 3.4. Goals, Policies, and Objectives Kittitas County has established the following goals and policies to guide future housing development. These goals and policies were developed in response to existing housing conditions and identified needs within the County, and support the County-Wide Planning Policies. GPO 3.1 Provide a sufficient number of housing units for future populations in rural areas of Kittitas County. GPO 3.2 Designate higher density residential land use zones within Urban Growth Areas. GPO 3.3 Encourage home ownership within the community. GPO 3.4 Provide sufficient housing units while maintaining environmental quality. GPO 3.S Encourage residential development close to employment opportunities and needed services to reduce vehicular traffic and related air quality problems. GPO 3.6 Provide for future populations while protecting individual property rights. GPO 3.7 Promote community involvement in the preparation and implementation of plans and regulations related to residential development. GPO 3.8 Provide housing options to allow residents with special housing needs to live as independently as possible throughout the County. GPO 3.9 Provide housing which is supportive of economic opportunities. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 3-4 December 2016 Housing Element GPO 3.10 Encourage mixed use, commercial. and residential development, in areas, which need to provide housing for employees. GPO 3.11 Encourage the development of temporary housing for farm workers. GPO 3.12 Encourage 1he development of innovative applications of technology in housing. GPO 3 .13 Provide for housing to be developed which is affordable to all economic groups. OPO 3.14 Designate high-density residential land use zones such as PUDs, cluster development, and MPRs outside of Urban Growth Areas. GPO 3 .15 Provide for a range of housing types within Kittitas Cowity. GPO 3.16 Evaluate the impact of proposed policies and procedures on the cost of developing, preserving or maintaining of residential units prior to adoption. GPO 3.17 Provide a sufficient number. of housing units for future populations while maintaining the nu-al character of Kittitas County. GPO 3.18 Provide sufficient housing units while maintaining environmental quality. GPO 3.19 Provide housing options to allow residents with special housing needs to live as independently as possible throughout the ColDlty. GPO 3.20 Provide housing which is supportive of economic opportunities. OPO 3.21 Allow for the placement of Accessory Dwelling Units as a permitted use within the Urban Growth Areas and as a Conditional Use in the areas owide the UGAs. GPO 3.22 Encourage and allow for mixed-use development and high-density development within the Cities end Urban Growth Areas. GPO 3.23 Kittitas County shall support policies that increase and maintain the availability of affordable housing, throughout the County. Affordable housing definitions shall be consistent with the defmiti.on in state law. GPO 3.24 Kittitas Comrty shall employ a variety of strategies to increase and maintain the availability of affordable housing . 3.5. Kittitas County Housing Strategies The goals, which have been developed to guide future housing development in Kittitas County can be achieved by adopting the previously stated policies and implementing the following strategies. These strategies include several recommended changes to the z.oning code. These recommendations of change to the z.oning code are consistent with the consideration of alternate land use designations currently being studied by Kittitas County. Specific references ere not made to a particular .zone at this time, since more than one land use designation system is being proposed. Instead the term "higher density zone" in the strategies refers to those residential Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 3.5 December 2016 Chapter 4. Transportation 4.1. Introduction This chapter is organi7.ed into the following sections, which correspond to major issue areas identifie~ throughout the comprehensive planning process. Each section contains proposed goals, po1icies, and implementation measures for consideration and inclusion in the final comprehensive plan: • Inventory of Existing Facilities and Services • Land Use, Environment and Economic Development • Level of Service and Concurrency 11 Finance • brtergovernmental Coordination and Public Participation The complete Long-Range Transportation Plan is maintained by the Kittitas County Department of Public Works. The Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan includes the Transportation Plan by reference. The Transportation Plan is adopted through a separate process than the annual amendment plan. Any changes made are adopted by reference to the Kittitas County Comprehensive PJan at adoption. 4.2 . Description of the Existing Transportation System Kittitas C_oW1ty's road system in the lower valley is roughly based on a one-mile grid system, which is intended to follow section lines or reasonable fractions of a section subdivision (i.e. quarter sections, 1116th lines, etc.). The upper reaches of the county are mountainous and roads lend themselves more to terrain and other physical conditions than to survey features. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 4-1 December 2016 Transportation There are various categories of roads within Kittitas County that are administered and maintained by different agencies and property owners, including federal, state, county, city, and private. • Federal roads include the interstate highway system and US Forest Service roads. These roads are administered by federal agencies. • &Ile. roads include highways that are administered and mainmined by the Washington State Department of Transportation and Department of Natural Resource roads, which provide direct access to state Janda. • County roads are officially adopted onto the Kittitas County Road system by the Board of County Commissioners and are also known as "on-system" roads. The county is responsible for maintenance and improvements to 1hese roads. • ~ roads are administered and maintained by the cities of Cle Elum, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Roslyn, and the Town of South Cle Elum. • ~ roads are usually created by developments. They are owned, controlled. and typically maintained by private property owners. Private roads can be dedicated to the public through a platting process or by being used by the public for over 10 years without being accepted as a part of the county road system by the Board of County Commissioners. These roads are known as public .. off system" roads and cannot be gated or obstructed. County Roads The Long-Range Transportation Plan, adopted by reference, provides a summary of the county road log inventmy of existing conditions for all county on-system roads. They are grouped according to :functional classification and include mileage for each road and then a total for each classification. The "Urban" and "Rural" classifications refer to the federal urban area around Ellensburg. Also included in the Long-Range Transportation Plan is an inventory of existing conditions including pavement width, pavement type, a history of Average Daily Traffic (ADT) volumes, roadway capacity, and roadway level of service (LOS). Changes to Road Inventory Some of the existing county roads may be vacated or annexed in any given year. Road vacations take the mileage off the inventory through a public transfer of the property. Annexations of properties into city limits can involve transferring ownership and maintenance responsibilities of adjacent roads to a city. Road vacations and annexations remove road mileage from the county road log inventory. Just as annexations and vacations remove roads from the inventory, construction of new county roads adds mileage to the inventory. New roads can be consbucted either by County resources or as part of developments. Other Transportation Modes There are several alternative transportation modes utilized in Kittitas County other than driving passenger vehicles on roads. These transportation modes include rail, truck service, public transportation, air, and non-motorized systems . The Long-Range Transportation Plan that is Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 4-2 December 2016 Transportation maintained by the Kittitas County Department of Public Works and adopted by reference provides a detailed description of these various modes. It describes: • Rail service • available freight rail and potential passenger rail. • Truck movements throughout the County. • Public transportation options availab1e -demand response services, shuttle bus services, and intercity services. • Air transportation -provided at Bowers Field Airport, Cle Elum Municipal Airport, De Vere Field, and Easton State Airfield. • Non•Motorized systems-pedestrian and bicycle services and recreational paths. Transportation System Maintenance Preserving and maintaining the public's investment in transportation infrastructure is an important expenditure of public funds. Kittitas County prioritizes maintenance activities as follows: first priority is for emergencies, immediate action is taken to repair damage and correct problems as soon as they are reported; second priority is for items that are scheduled on a yearly basis, including but not limited to: crack sealing. prelevelin& sealcoating, and roadway striping; and the third priority is for preventive maintenance activities that are scheduled on a seven-year maintenance cycle to keep the pavement conditions above a level that would require corrective maintenance or other major repairs. 4.3. Land Use, Environment and Economic Development Many of the decisions related to transportation have an effect on land uses, the environment and economic development. Different land uses have different transportation needs and impacts. Transportation improvement projects need to address the environmental impacts of the proposed actions. Similarly, many economic development strategies include the need for transportation facilities. These areas are all inter-related and their relationships need to be recognized. Land Use The final comprehensive plan wiH contain a land use element wi1h a land use plan and policies, which will need to be consistent with the transportation element In the event that the land uses proposed cannot be supported by the existing 1ransportation system and there are no identified means to fund the necessmy improvements, there needs to be 11 mechanism in place to review both plans and either revise the land use plan or otherwise change the level of service standard or project priorities and ftmding in the transportation element This needs to be an iterative process in which both plans are routinely reviewed for consistency and compatibility. Presently, the transportation-related assumptions used in the alternative draft land use plans have been developed as part of the SEPA process. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 4.3 December 2016 Tran&portltion Environment Transportation decisions are not, and should not be, exempt from environmental review. Impacts to the natural and built environment need to be taken into consideration before any major transportation decisions are made. Most local transportation improvement projects are subject to state and federal environmental regulations as well as any local environmental laws that apply. County road projects (CRPs) routinely follow SEPA regulations unless they are specifically exempted under WAC 197-11-305, 800 through 880. Some large transportation improvement projects arc also subject to NEPA --the National Environmental Policy Act. Other environmental reviews are part of permitting for work over or adjacent to streams. Economic Development Transportation facilities are an important consideration to a business or industry making location decisions. The decision whether or not to locate in a particular jurisdiction can rest solely in the balance of access to transportation facilities. Businesses look at their need to get customers and supplies to their location with ease. Industrial developments need access to transportation facilities for shipping and receiving. Many local jurisdictions have to balance their desires to attmct new businesses and industries against the obligation to provide transportation services. 4.4 . Level of Service / Concurrency Kittitas County measures level of service (LOS) for arterial roadways utilizing the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) LOS methodology. The Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) method of measuring LOS is recognized as a national standard and is currently being utilized by other jwisdictions throughout the state and within Kittitas County including the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and the City of Ellensburg. 4.5. Existing Deficiencies The adopted LOS methodology and threshold determinations are stated in Section 4.8 Goals, Policies, and Objectives, specifically Level of Service (LOS) and Concurrency GPO 4.25 through GP04.33. Twenty-Year Forecast As the population grows within the county, the number of registered vehicles and drivers will also inc~. Where those vehicles travel will depend, in large part, on where the drivers reside, shop and work. Determining the likely increases in traffic along transportation facilities is based on the land uses, which will be permitted and even encouraged in various parts of the cowity. The Long- Range Tnmsportation Plan that is maintamed by the Kittitas County Department of Public Works and adopted by reference indicates the twenty-year forecasted traffic growth and level of service impacts to the County's transportation system. Kittitas County Comprehenalve Plan 4-4 December 2016 T ransportalion Planned Improvements Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program The County's Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is reviewed, updated, and adopted every year. Washington State Law requires counties to develop six-year transportation improvement programs as provided wider RCW 36.81.121. In addition to state laws, federal laws also dictate transportation improvements. It is our objective to meet as many of the needs of the traveling public: county residents, visitors, and service providers, in order to provide a safe and efficient transportation system while recognizing the fiscal realities of funding for construction and maintenance of the transportation system. The Six-Year TIP is updeted every year by the Department of Public Works and changes ore made to reflect funding secured or shifts in priorities. The Annual Construction Program, adopted with the county's budget, provides an accurate picture of the first year of the TIP. New Roads and Planned Extensions The Transportation Plan has a list of proposed new roads or extensions, which have been identified through various planning processes to date. 4.6. Financing Transportation Improvements Revenue Sources Revenue sources change annually and are projected and included in the Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program and in the Long-Range Transportation Plan as it is updated. Both of these documents are adopted by reference and should be reviewed for the latest infonnation on tax revenues, grants, and loans available for transportation system improvements. Revenue sources for all programmed improvements are listed in the Transportation Improvement Program and the Long-Range Transportation Plan to indicate that the plans are financially feasible and constrained. 4. 7. Public Participation Discussions and decisions related to transportation are not made without active consultation with the public. A variety of forums are used to solicit quality input from a broad cross-section of interests. The Long-Range Transportation Plan has been developed through an intergovernmental coordination process involving all Kittitas County jurisdictions and those agencies and individuals indicating interest in transportation issues including QUADCO Regional Transportation Planning Organization, Washington State Department of Tnmsportation, local area transportation providers, and local citi7.ens. The draft plan has been posted on Kittitas County's website for review and comment by the public :from October 2005 through October 2006. Open Houses will be scheduled for further public input in early November, 2006 and a Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 4.5 December 2016 Tranaportation Public Hearing will be scheduled mid-November, 2006 with the County Commissioners for final public involvement in this update process. 4.8. Goals, Policies and Objectives Multl-Modal Transportation System, Arterial System, and System Maintenance GPO 4.1 To develop and maintain a safe, efficient and environmentally sound multi-modal 1ransportation system in accordance with local, state, and federal requirements. GPO 4.2 Kittitas County shall promote a variety of transportation modes through the selection of 1nmsportation improvement projects and review of development proposals in the Urban Growth Areas, by considering alternative modes when reviewing development applications, incorporating multiple modes into transportation improvement projects, and by establishing development standards to support the use of alternative transportation modes. GPO 4.3 To create a transportation system that provides reasonable circulation for all users throughout the County. GPO 4.4 Kittitas County shall provide a transportation system that enhances the safety of the community and which maximizes the use of the existing road system by maintaining a system of arterials, collectors and local access roads that fonns an interconnected networlc for vehicular circulation. GPO 4.S To provide all-weather, all-season use of the arterial system for the movement of goods and services. GPO 4.6 Kittitas County shall strive to maintain an arterial system that can accommodate legal weights year-round by developing a program for identifying and prioritizing maintenance and reconstruction projects for roads, which are used primarily for freight and good movement GPO 4.7 To ensme an efficient regional system of arterials is functional, safe and consistent with regional priorities and comprehensive plans. GPO 4.8 Kittitas County shall work with WSOOT, cities and neighboring counties to develop and maintain a system of arterials, collectors and local access roads that forms an interconnected network for the efficient movement of goods and people, by prioritizing arterials improvements and maintenance activities based on the :function a facility seives, by providing for local vehicular access to arterials while minimizing conflicts with through traffic, and by participating in regional coordination efforts such as QuadCo R TPO. GPO 4.9 To identify BDd encoW"age preservation of transportation corridors for future rights-of- way by identifying corridors to be preserved as part of the overall transportation plan, by requiring right-of-way dedication or easements as part of development approval, and by acquiring right-of-way for future needs through purchase from willing se1lers. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 4-6 December 2016 Transportation GPO 4.10 Kittitas County will place the appropriate emphasis on maintenance activities in order to preserve the capital invesbnent in the transportation system by dedicating maintenance funding through the annual budgeting process and by developing perfonnance measures to demonstrate the cost savings associated with appropriately scheduled maintenance activities. GPO 4.11 Encourage and initiate Road Improvement Districts and arterial road building projects with the capital facilities six-year plan to meet Concurrency n,quirements of anticipated growth. GPO 4.12 Encourage a grid system in the UGAs where practical. GPO 4.13 Kittitas CoWlty shall require new development that reduces County road LOS below the LOS standards to mitigate their impacts. GPO 4.14A To recogni2 non-motori7.ed travel as a viable transportation mode by developing fl colDltywide non-motorized system plan and by improving and maintaining existing non- mot.oriud facilities. GPO 4.14B Encourage new development to provide for safe mmsportation alternatives. GPO 4.1 SA To maintain a Non-Motorized Transportation System Plan that clearly reflects the direction for Kittitas County. GPO 4.1 SB To work with other entities to identify viable options and projects for a connection of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail through. adjacent to, or around the City of Ellensburg. GPO 4.1 SC Kittitas Collllty discourages new public trail systems in fanning areas. GPO 4.15D To recognize air transport and airports as an important element. GPO 4.ISE Recognize public-use airports as essential public facilities. GPO 4.15F Protect Kittitas County Airport (Bowers Field), Cle Elum Municipal, DeVere Field and Easton State airports from adjacent incompatible land uses and/or activities that could impact the present or future use of the airports us essential public facilities. GPO 4.1 SG A notice to title or disclosure statement should be required for new or substantial redevelopment of lots. buildings, structures. and activities located adjacent to public-use airports. The notice should indicate that the property is located adjacent to the airport and may experience low overhead flights, odor, vibrations, noise and other similar aviation impacts. GPO 4.14H Protect public-use airports from height hazards by developing a height overlay district that will prohibit buildings or structures from penetrating the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 77 "Imaginary Surfaces." Land Use, Environment and Economic Development GPO 4.16 To provide a transportation system that corresponds to and is consistent with patterns of land development in accordance with the adopted land use plans. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 4.7 December 2016 Transportation GPO 4.16A To adopt plans and regulations in compliance with RCW 36.70.547, or as amended thereafter, to protect airport operations. GPO 4.17 Kittitas County shall ensure consistency between the land use and transportation plans through an iterative process for adjusting either or both plans by developing a process for reviewing plans for consistency and developing a policy for resolving inconsistencies or Jncom_pati bilities through an identification of needs and alternatives. GPO 4.18 To ensure the transportation system can support new development end that new development finances all new construction and improvements that might be necessary. GPO 4.19 Kittitas County shall evaluate the merits ofa proposed land use action against the potential impacts on the transportation system by reviewing development proposals for potential impacts to the transportation system and requiring developments to _identify and mitigate their transportation impacts through SEPA or other local regulatory actions. OPO 4.20 To provide a transportation system that is safe, reliable and financially feasible while providing for the future needs of Kittitas County by evaluating system improvements with current and future needs in mind and by providing system improvements which reduce conflicts between passenger, freight, and agriculturally related transportation modes. GPO 4.21 Kittitas County shall consider the environmental impacts of any proposed transportati on decisions by proposing alternative transportation improvements which minimize environmental impacts, by complying with all application federal, state, and local environmental rules, and by integrating environmental review through the transportation decision making process. GPO 4.22 To provide a transportation system, which supports economic growth and vitality by developing policies related to capital improvements to support economic development. GPO 4.23 Kittitas Col.Dlty shall develop and maintain a transportation system, which provides access t.o and from centen identified in the comprehensive plans. GPO 4.24 Kittitas County shall consider the traffic volumes, type of use, adjacent land uses, and maintenance costs before approving any new county-maintained gravel roads. Level of Service (LOS) and Concurrency GPO 4.25 To implement LOS standards that evaluates the adequacy of tr8.Illlportation facilities, which are measurable, understandable, and appropriate to the services and/or facilities being considered under local conditions. GPO 4.26 Kittitas County shall utilize the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) methodology to measure the effectiveness of the arterial system at arterial intersections by evaluating all arterial/arterial intersections (including state highways) to identify existing service levels and by developing a transportanon model to evaluate the impacts of future land use alternatives on a.Ftmial/arter ial intersections. Intersections, which fall below level of service "C" in rural areas and ''D" in federal urban areas, shall be considered deficient Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 4-8 December 2016 Transportation GPO 4.27 To ensure that necessary transportation facilities and services to maintain adopted level of service standards are available when the impacts of development occur. GPO 4.28 Kittitas County shall develop and jmplement a concurrency management system, which identifies existing deficiencies, funded improvements, and system capacity balances. GPO 4.29 To develop a LOS standard that corresponds to lend development goals and policies as expressed in the overall Comprehensive Plan for Kittitas County. GPO 4.30 To encourage land use development patterns and support technology infrastructure, which reduce the demand for increased capacity on roadways. GPO 4.31 Reserved GPO 4.32 To develop a variety of performance measurements to evaluate the ttansportation system and prioritize improvements. GPO 4.33 Kittitas County shall establish appropriate performance measures by developing and implementing a Pavement Management System (PMS) to measure pavement conditions and to prioritize maintenance or improvement projects. and by developing and implementing a Safety Management System (SMS) to identify potentially ha7.ardous locations and to prioritize mitigation measures. Financing Transportation Improvements GPO 4.34 To maximize local funds by pursuing outside funding sources for transportation improvement projects. GPO 4.35 Kittitas ColDlty shall pursue grant funding for appropriate transportation improvement projects by identifying possible funding sources for specific transportation improvement projects, by submitting grant applications to the appropriate reviewing agencies during the grant cycle, by developing grant proposals with realistic cost estimates and by following-up on grant applications denials to seek advice to become more competitive. GPO 4.36 To consider all local revenue options for financing transportation improvements by evaluating the potential revenues against the political costs ofimposing additional taxes and by seeking advice from other local agencies who have successfully implemented optional revenues. GPO 4.37 To maximize benefits from expenditures oftranspormtion funds GPO 4.38 Kittitas County shall seek partnerships with other public or private agents when mutual benefits and significant cost savings ar~ anticipated as a result of a coordinated transportation improvement project by coordinating transportation improvement projects with other jurisdictions, utilities and adjacent property owners to maximize benefits while minimizing costs. GPO 4.39 To reduce administrative costs associated with ttansportation improvements GPO 4.40 Kittitas County shall encourage efforts to reduce the costs associated with administration of transportation improvement projects by identifying opportunities to consolidate Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 4.9 December 2016 Tran,portation or coordinate administration responsibilities throughout a transportation improvement project as well as provide training on grant accounting and project administtation. GPO 4.41 To fund transportation improvement projects which meet the identified needs of the community. GPO 4.42 Kittitas County shall prioritize transportation improvement projects without identified funding sources based on community needs. GPO 4.43 Reserved. GPO 4.44 Reserved. Intergovernmental Coordination and Public Participation GPO 4.45 To identify, review and resolve interjurisdictional transportation concerns within or affecting Kittitas County GPO 4.46 Kittitas County shall coordinate transportation planning, construction and maintenance efforts with all affected agencies by developing joint transportation standards for UGAs with the adjoining city or town. by identifying stakeholders and including them in the decision-making process and jointly develop a process for resolving conflicts between jmisdictions. GPO 4.47 To ensure coordination among federal, state, regional, and Ioca1 transportation agencies related to laws, policies and plans in order to seek consistency and ensure compatibility with regional priorities. GPO 4.48 Kittitas Cqunty shall actively participate on selected state, regional and local transportation committees by encouraging County representation on state, regional and local transportation committees, by actively participating in coo~nation efforts, and by reviewing County plans and policies for consistency with other plans and policies within the region. GPO 4.49 Provide a variety of opportunities for public input on 1ransportation decisions from a representative cross section of the community. GPO 4.50 Kittitas County shall promote public information and communication with businesses, organimtions, and individual citiuns as part of the transportation planning and decision-making process by exploring innovative means to promote public dialog on transportation issue, and by encouraging meaningful public input throughout the decision-making process. GPO 4.51 Kittitas County shaJl recognize the grandfathered rights of private landowners to use roads built on public lands under federal statute RS 24 77. GPO 4.52 To ensure concurrency of transportation planning and infrastructure in areas of high settlement patterns, Kittitas County will establish a formal bi-annual review process for levels of service (LOS) and land use settlement patterns. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 4-10 December 2016 Chapter 5. Capital Facilities Plan 5.1. Introduction Purpose of the CFP and CIP The purpose of the Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) is to plan for adequate public facilities within the County's financial capability. The CFP provides the framework for this planning effort and adopts by reference a six-year list of proposed projects and financing plan called the Kittitas County's Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Projects proposed in the CIP are public facility improvements needed to shape and maintain our quality of life. All of the public facility improvements identified in the CIP must be consistent with the land use element of the Comprehensive Plan and scheduled to be in place concurrently with development impacts to maintain or exceed adopted standards for levels of service. Kittitas County public facilities include ColDlty owned building.,, land, parks and roads. Other public facility plans that are not under Kittitas County ownemhip are also listed or included by reference, such as plans for water, sewer, fire, schools, and pmks. A capital project may include a newly constructed facility, a renovated facility, a major repair, or reconstruction of damaged or deteriorating facilities. This plan does not cover routine maintenance, furniture. or equipment. Statutory Requirements The Growth Management Act (GMA), adopted by the Washington State Legislature, requires comprehensive planning to guide growth and development The CFP is one of six mandatory planning elements that GMA requires in each County's Comprehensive Plan (RCW 36. 70A.070 (3)). The CFP must identify specific facilities, include a realistic financing plan, and adjust the plan if funding is inadequate. Washington Administrative Code (WAC 365-196-415) provides requirements and recommendations for the CFP element. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5-1 December 2016 Capital Facilities Relationship with Other Documents There is a direct relationship between the CFP and the land use element of the Comprehensive Plan. The land use element detennines where and at what density population and employment growth will be located. The CFP identifies the thresholds of growth when new and expanded public facilities will be needed, and indicates the County's priority system for constructing the identified public facilities. Although some public facilities are provided by government agencies or private entities other than the County, the County is responsible to show that these services are available. Identified improvements to public facilities that are owned or operated by Kittitas County shall also be included in the County's annual budget. Any identified public facility improvements that are not owned or operated by the County, but by independent districts or private organizations, should be included in the annual budgets and Capital Improvements Programs of the entities which provide those public facilities. State, local government, and district plans that are affected by proposed public facility improvements will be considered prior to inclusion of the improvements in the CIP. This includes considering a city's comprehensive plan when evaluating proposed improvements that affect that city's Urban Growth Area. CFP Update Process Any updates to the CFP element of the Comprehensive Plan will be considered concurrently with other proposed amendments that are docketed for the annual Kittitas County's Comprehensive Plan amendment review. Kittitas County's Capital Improvement Program (CIP), adopted by reference, is a dynamic document that will be updated annually to reflect new cost infonnation, funding infonnation. project list changes, and existing facility updates. The annual updates to the CIP will be done prior to the annual budget process so that CIP projects can be included in the annual budget. 5.2. Capital Project Selection Procedures Levels of Service Standards Toe County's levels of service standards for public facilities are as follows: Table5.2.1 Kittitas County Laval of Service Standards Facilitl' Cate!lon,• T_voe Standard.for Level of Service• 1. TransportaUon Roads LOS C in rural areas and LOS D in federal urban 2. Parks and Recreation Regional parks 5 acres per 1,000 pop. 3. Solid Waste Dlsposal Solid Waste 4.0 lbs. per capita per day • "par capita" or "per 1,000 population" m111na populatlon of the Jurisdiction that provides the public facillty, unleu otherwise indlcatad. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5•2 December 2016 Capital Facilltles Application of Levels of Service Standards The County and public facility providers will use the levels of service standards shown in Table 5.2.1 for identifying improvements needed to: • Address existing deficiencies. • Preserve existing capacity. • Provide for new development. • Enhance quality of life. • Meet other community needs not related to growth. The County will evaluate whether or not these levels of service standards are being met when updates to the Comprehensive Plan are performed according to the deadlines in RCW 36.70A.130(1), when urban growth areas are reviewed according to RCW 36.70A.130(3), and when major changes are made to the CFP. If these standards are not being met and public facilities are inadequate, the County will consider one or more of the following strategies: • Reduce public facility demand. • Reduce level of service standards. • Increase revenue. • Reduce the cost of the needed public facilities. • Reallocate or redirect population and employment growth to make better use of existing facilities. • Phase growth or adjust the timing of development if the lack of public facilities is a short tenn issue. • Revise countywide population forecasts within the allowable range. The County will also evaluate if proposed development activities would reduce the levels of service of public facilities below the adopted standards. If a proposal is expected to impact a transportation facility, lowering its levels of service below the standard, then preliminary development approval shall not be granted unless improvements or strategies are made concurrent with the development that will maintain the levels of service standards ( see Section 5. 7 Definitions for the definition of concurrency). All other types of public facilities with level of service standards listed above do not have the specific concurrency requirement that transportation facilities have, but they do require the provision of adequate public facilities as a condition of project approval. Project Criteria Other Than Levels of Service Standards Public facility improvements that are not needed for maintaining levels of service standards can be programmed if they are: • Facility repairs. • Remodel. • Renovation. • Replacement of obsolete or worn out structures. • Improvements that do not reduce fmancing for other improvements needed to achieve or maintain the standards for levels of service. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5.3 December 2016 Capita! Facilitle5 • Improvements that do not conttadict. limit or substantially change the goals and policies of any element of this Comprehensive Plan. Public facility improvements may also provide capacity in excess of what would be required to achieve or maintain levels of service standards (i.e., the minimum capacity of a capital project is larger than the capacity required to provide the level of service). Excess capacity is beneficial if it results in economies of scale making it less expensive than a comparable amount of capacity if acquired at a lat.er date. However, these projects should be given a lower priority than projects needed to maintain levels of service standards. Analysis of Future Development The County will estimate the type and amount of public facilities needed to accommodate future growth by evaluating previously issued development permits and detennining future growth patterns. Future development will be required to pay its fair share of the capital improvements needed to address the impact of such development and the portion of the cost of the replacement of obsolete or worn out facilities. The different methods of payment allowed for these capital improvements include: • Voluntary contributions for the benefit of any public facility. • SEPA mitigation payments. • Dedications of land. • Provision of public facilities. Future development will not be required to pay fees for needed public facilities to reduce or eliminate existing deficiencies. The growth forecasts, to be used for planning purposes and the specific growth targets for each UGA, are developed using the Kittitas County population projections established by the State of Washington Office of Financial Management (OFM). The OFM prepares high, medium and low forecasts for each county, with the middle range representing the most likely scenario. Kittitas County jurisdictions determined that the high forecast best represents growth trends in this area. In 2010, the Kittitas County Conference of Governments (KCCOO) updated the Kittitas County population allocation based on the 2002 OFM high forecast, which iwwnes a total population of 52,810 in 2025. This allocation is for all ofthe municipal UGAs and the unincorporated rural CoWlty. This allocation is shown in Table 5.2.2. Table 5.2.2 Klttltn County Population Allocatlon for 2025 (high forecalt) Jurisdiction Rollyn and UGA South Cle Elum and UGA Kittitaa and UGA Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan %ofTotal 3% 1.5% 4.26% 5-4 R.eserve Population Population Allocation ., Allocation 1,584 j 159 1s2 1 79 2,056 194 Total 1,743 871 2,250 1 December 2016 Capital Facilltles Table 5.2.2 Kittitas County Population Allocatlon for 2025 (high forecast) --I Reserve : Population Population Jurisdiction %0/'Total Allocation Allocation Total j Cle Elum and UGA 19% 10,034 1,008 11,042 ! Ellensburg and UGA 45%' 23,764 2,387 28,161 Kittitas County-Rural 18.5% 9,TT1 982 10,753 Re9arve Population AlloGetJon• 8.74% TOTAL: 100% 48,001 4,809 52,810 • Toa Reserve Populatlon Allocatlon 18 the balance of populetlon Mallocallld from the former Urban Growth Nodlll to dtlea/lJGAI and Kltlltaa C()unty rural bued on exlilting alltrlbullon perceritagea , excluc:1119 the City 0f Kltlltu. Population reHMt aUocatlona 1hould be lncorporall9d into local government compt9hen1lve plans after further detailed planning is conducted conslstant with OMA and SEPA, addressing topics such as land use, capital facilities, and environmental condition&. This review would OCOJr as part of a local government's dockat or Comprehensive Plan review process. Siting Public Facilities There are types of public facilities that cannot be located in rural areas of the County, but must remain in the City or Urban Growth Areas (UGA). These include new municipal urban public facilities for residential development such as sewage collection and treatment, urban street infrastructure, and storm water collection facilities. The County may coordinate planning and development of public facilities in UGAs with municipalities and public facility providers by entering into interlocal/joint planning agreements, contracts, memorandums of understanding or joint ordinances. Capital facilities and utilities may be constructed and operated by outside public service providers on rural properties if they are within the boundaries of a Master Planned Resort (MPR), LA.\fiRD, or Fully Contained Community which is approved pursuant to Comty Comprehensive Plan policies and development regulations. Electric and natural gas transmission and distn"bution facilities may be sited throughout Kittitas County both inside and outside of municipal boundaries, UGAs, MPRs, LAMIRDs, and Fully Contained Communities. The County will coordinate with the Kittitas County Conference of Governments and/or municipalities within the County when siting regional and community facilities. This coordination may include developing an inventory of essential facilities, determining a fair share allocation of essential facilities, determining needed facilities and the jurisdiction responsible for each facility, conducting public involvement strategies, and assuring protections for the environment, public health, and public safety. Improvements to Pub Uc Fac il ities Identified in Other Plans Various plans have been prepared that identify potential capital projects that can be included in a future six-year plan. The County will consider these projects as funding becomes available or when it is determined that public facilities have inadequate levels of service. The following plans will be considered: Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5.5 December 2016 Capital Facllltles • Swiftwater Corridor Vision Plan. It was prepared by a citizen's advisory committee in 1997 to identify Wlique and special features within the State Route 10 corridor. This plan recommends strategies and capital improvements 1hat are focused on economic development and tourism programs. • Kittitas Comity Outdoor Recreation Inventory. It was completed June 1, 2004 by the Recreation Advisory Committee to identify recreation activities and services. The recreation opportunities and facilities include parks, trails, river access, public lands access, campgrounds and picnic facilities. • Economic Development Strategic Plan, prepared for the Kittitas Coun1y Economic Group in July, 2009. It is a :framework for investment decisions and providing guidance in growth for the County's economic future. Prioritizing Public Facility Projects Prioriti7.ation of projects and programs can be difficult, so the County established the following general guidance in prioritizing public facility projects, from highest to lowest priorities: l. Repair existing public facilities to achieve or maintain adopted level of service(s). 2. Construct new or expanded public facilities to achieve or maintain adopted level of service(s). 3. Repair existing public facilities or construct new public facilities to eliminate hazards. 4. Construct new or expanded public facilities to achieve or maintain adopted level of service(s) as forecasted during the next six-years. 5. Repair existing public facilities or construct new public facilities to reduce the operating cost of providing a public service or facility. 6. Construct new facilities to provide excess capacity that will be needed beyond the next six-years. 7. All other facilities the County is obligated to complete that do not meet the criteria above. 5.3. Financing Funding Sources for Publlc Facility Projects Identifying funding sources for public facility projects is critical to the success of the Kittitas County's Capital Improvement Program (CIP). It requires coordination among County Departments and a thorough understanding of the fiscal capacity oftbe County to fmance these facilities . Public facility projects are often very expensive, requiring multi-year commitments of financial resources. It is important to understand that a CIP does not represent a financial commitment or guarantee that the projects will be implemented. County approval does not automatically authoriu funding. It docs approve the program in concept and provides validity to the planning process. In an attempt to stretch money as far as possible, many different funding sources are considered. The financing of some projects relies on outside grant resources. If grants are not received the projects may be delayed, removed, or financed with dedicated revenues, general revenues, excess surplus funds, or bond financing. The various methods of financing are as follows: Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5-6 December 2016 Car,,ltal Facilities 1. County enterprise fimds have been established for certain County Deparbnents such as the Solid Waste Department. Euterprise funds are financing from: • Debt to be repaid by user fees and charges and/or connection or capacity fees for enterprise services. • Current assets (i.e., reserves, equity or surpluses, and current revenue, including grants, loans, donations and interlocal agreements). • A combination of debt and current assets. 2. Non-enterprise funds are financed from: • Current assets: (i.e., current revenue. fund equity and reserves) • Debt (see County's debt management policy) • Combination of current assets and debt. The: County is guided by the following three principles in selecting a funding source tor public facility improvements: 1. Equity: Whenever appropriate, the beneficiaries of a project or service will pay for it. For example, if a project is a general function of government that benefits the entire community, such as a school, police station, or libnuy, the project will be paid for with general tax revenues or fin811Cled with general obligation bonds. I( however, the project benefits specific users, such as water and sewer facilities, the revenues will be derived through user fees or charges, targeted taxes, and assessments. 2. Effectiveness: In selecting a source or sources for financing projects, the County will select one or more that effectively funds the total cost of the project. For example, fimding a capital project, or the debt service on a project, with a user fee that does not provide sufficient funds to pay for the project is not an effective means of ftmding the project. 3. E.lflcla,cy: If grants or current revenues are not available to fund a project, the County will select a financing technique that provides for the lowest total cost consistent with acceptable risk factors and principals of equity and effectiveness. These methods currently consist of fixed~rate general obligation or revenue bonds issued by the County, special funding programs funded by state or federal agencies, or special pool financing. When public facility improvements are located both in the City and Urban Growth Areas, the County and City can jointly sponsor the formation of Local Improvement Dis1ricts, Road Improvement Districts. and other benefit areas for the construction or reconstruction of infrastructure to a common standard. When Funding is Unavailable If revenues that require voter approval in a local referendum that has not been held or is held and is not successful, the CIP will be revised at the next annual amendment to adjust for the lack of such revenues, in any of the following ways: • Reduce the level of service for one or more public facilities; • Increase the use of other sources of revenue; • Decrease the cost, and therefore the quality of some types of public facilities while retaining the quantity of the facilities that is inherent in the standard for level of service; • Decrease the demand for and subsequent use of public facilities; • A combination of the above alternatives. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5.7 December 2016 Capital Facilltles The County shall requite all development pennits that require public facility improvements to have secured financing for these improvements as a condition of final approval. Maintenance Financing The County intends to set aside sufficient revenue to finance ongoing maintenance needs and to provide periodic rephwement and renewal of public facilities. This is necessary to keep public facilities in good repair and to maximize their useful life. The County should not provide a public facility, or accept the provision of a public facility by others, if the County or other provider is unable to pay for the subsequent annual operating and maintenance costs of the facility. 5.4. Six-Year Plan The County shall provide, or arrange for others to provide, the public facility improvements planned to take place in the next six-year period, with projected beginning and completion dates, estimated costs, and proposed methods of financing. This information is detailed in Kittitas County's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and is considered the six-year plan. The six-year plan is reviewed and updated annually in conjunction with the annual budget process for corrections, updates, and modifications concerning costs, revenue sources, identified public facilities, and schedule. Each update to the six-year plan in the ClP is adopted by reference. 5.5. Existing Facility Inventory Kittitas County's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) includes an inventory of the public facilities in Kittitas County. The CIP's existing public facility inventory is updated annually and each update is adopted by reference. The purpose of maintaining a current inventory of existing public facilities is to show what facilities are currently available to County residents, what condition they are in, and whether they have sufficient capacity to address long-term community needs. 5.6. Goals, Policies, and Objectives GPO 5.1 Application of Standards. Toe County shall establish standards for levels of service for public facilities. The levels of service shall be coopera1ivety defined by all segments of the public and private sector involved in providing a particular service. GPO 5.2 Determining Public Facility Needs. The County shall determine the quantity of capital improvements that is needed. GPO 5.3 Priorities. 'The relative priorities among capital improvements projects are as follows: Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5-8 December 2016 Capital Faellltles GPO 5.3A Priorities Among Types of Public Facilities. Legal restrictions on the use of many revenue sources limit the extent to which types offacilities compete for priority with other type& of facilities because they do not compete for the same revenues. All capital imp rovements that are necessary for achieving and maintaining a standard for levels of service adopted in this Comprehensive Plan are included in the financially f~ible schedule of capital improvements contained in this Capital Facilities Plan. The relative priorities among types ofpub1ic facilities (i.e., roads, sanitary sewer, etc.) were established by adjusting the standards for levels of service and the available revenues tmtil the resulting public facilities needs became financially feasible. This process is repeated with each update of the Capital Facilities Plan, thus allowing for changes in priorities among types of public facilities. GPO 5.38 Priorities of Capital Improvements Within a Type of Public Facility. Capital improvements within a type of public facility are to be evaluated on the following criteria and considered in the order of priority listed below. The County shall establish the final priority of all capital facility improvements using the following criteria as general guidelines. Any revenue source that cannot be used for a high priority facility shall be used begiMing with the highest priority for which the revenue can legally be expended. a Reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, or replacement of obsolete or worn out facilities that contribute to achieving or maintaining standards for levels of service adopt.eel in this Comprehensive Plan. b. New or expanded facilities that reduce or eliminate deficiencies in levels of service for existing demand. Expenditures in this priority category include equipment, furnishings, and other improvements necessary for the completion of a public facility (i.e., recreational facilities and park sites). c. New public facilities, and improvements to existing public facilities, that eliminate public haz.ards if such h87Bl'ds were not otherwise eliminated by facility improvements prioritized according to Policies a or b, above. d. New or expanded facilities that provide the adopted levels of service for new development and redevelopment during the next six fiscal years, as updated by the annual review of this Capital Facilities Plan. The County may acquire land or right- of-way in advance of the need to develop a facility for new development. The location of facilities constructed pursuant to this Policy shall conform to the Land Use Element, and specific project locations shall serve projected growth areas within the allowable land use categories. In the event that the planned capacity of public facilities is insufficient to serve all applicants for development permits, the capital improvements shall be scheduled to serve the following priority order: 1. Previously approved permits for redevelopment. 2. Previously approved permits for new development 3. New pennits for redevelopment 4. New pennits for new development. e. Improvements to existing facilities, and new facilities that significani:ly reduce the operating cost of providing a service or facility, or otherwise mitigate impacts of public facilities on future operating budgets. f. New facilities that exceed the adopted levels of service for new growth during the next six fiscal years by either: • providing excess public facility capacity that is needed by future growth beyond the next six fiscal years, or .. providing higher quality public facilities than are contemplated in the County's normal design criteria for such facilities. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan S-9 December 2016 Capital Facmties g. Facilities not described in Policies a through f, above, but which the County is obligated to complete, provided that such obligation is evidenced by a written agreement the County execut.ed prior to the adoption of this Comprehensive Plan. GPO 5.4 All facilities scheduled for construction or improvement in accordance with this Policy shall be evaluated to identify any plans of State or local governments or districts that affect, or will be affected by, the proposed County capital improvement GPO S.S Project evaluation may also involve additional criteria that are unique to each type of public facility, as described in other elements of this Comprehensive Plan. GPO 5.6 Kittitas County shall consider recreation needs and the services, which the County is able to provide from the countywide recreation plan and in coordination with other agencies and jurisdictions within Kittitas County. Recreation opportunities and facilities include, but are not limited to parks, trails, river access, public lands access, campgrounds and picnic facilities. GPO 5.7 Kittitas County shall consider the applicable adopt.eel city's comprehensive plan for capital facilities and its relation to the identified Urban Growth Areas. GPO 5.8 Provide needed public facilities that are within the ability of the County to ftmd the facilities, or within the County's authority to require others to provide the facilities. GPO 5.9 Financial Responsibility. Existing and future development shall both pay for the costs of needed capital improvements. GPO 5.10 Existing development. a. Existing development may be required to pay for the capital improvements that reduce or eliminate existing deficiencies, some or all of the replacement of obsolete or worn out facilities, and may pay a portion of the cost of capital improvements needed by future development b. Existing development's payments may take the fonn of user fees, charges for services, special assessments and taxes. GPO 5.11 Future development: a. Future development shall be required to pay its fair share of the capital improvements needed to address the impact of such development, and may pay a portion of the cost of the replacement of obsolete or worn out facilities. Upon completion of construction, "future" development becomes Rexisting" development, and shall contribute to paying the costs of the replacement of obsolete or worn out facilities. b. Future development's payments may take the form of, but are not limited to, voluntmy contributions for the benefit of any public facility, impact fees, mitigation payments, capacity fees, dedications of land, provision of public facilities, and future payments of user fees, charges for services, special assessments and taxes. Future development shall not pay fees for the portion of any public facility that reduces or eliminates existing deficiencies. GPO 5.12 Existing and future development may both have part of their costs paid by grants, entitlements or public facilities from other levels of government and independent districts. GPO 5.13 Financing Policies. Capital improvements shall be financed, and debt shall be managed as follows: Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5-10 December 2016 Capital Facilities a. CapitaJ improvements tinanced by County enterprise funds (i.e., solid waste) shall be financed by: 1. Debt to be repaid by user fees and charges and/or connection or capacity fees for enterprise services. 2. Current assets (i.e., reserves, equity or surpluses, and current revenue, including grants, loans, donations and interlocal agreements). 3. A combination of debt and current assets. b. Capital improvements financed by non-enterprise funds shall be financed from either current assets: (i.e., current revenue, fund equity and reserves), or debt, or a combination thereof. Financing decisions shall include consideration for which funding source (current assets, debt, or both) wi11 be a) most cost effective, b) consistent with prudent asset and liability management, c) appropriate to the useful life of the project(s) to be financed, and d} the most efficient use of the County's ability to borrow funds. c. Debt financing shall not be used to provide more capacity than is needed within the schedule of capital improvements for non-enterprise public facilities unless one of the following conditions are met: 1. The excess capacity is an integral part of a capital improvement that is needed to achieve or maintain standards for levels of service (i.e., the minimum capacity of a capital project is larger than the capacity required to provide the level of service). 2. The excess capacity provides economies of scale making it less expensive than a comparable amount of capacity if acquired at a later date. 3. The asset acquired is lend that is envirommmtaJiy sensitive, or designated by the County as necessary for conservation, or recreation. 4. The excess capacity is part of a capital project financed by general obligation bonds approved by refere-ndum. GPO 5.14 Operating and Maintenance Costs. The County shall not provide a public facility, nor shall it accept the provision of a public facility by others, if the County or other provider is unable to pay for the subsequent annual operating and maintenance costs of the facility. GPO 5.15 Revenues Requiring Referendwn. In the event that sources of revenue require voter approval in a local referendum that has not been held, and a referendum is not held, or is held and is not successful, this Comprehensive Plan shall be revised at the next annual amendment to adjust for the lack ofsuch revenues, in any of the following ways: a. Reduce the level of service for one or more public facilities. b. Increase the use of other sources of revenue. c. Decrease the cost, and therefore the quality of some types of public facilities while retaining the quantity of the facilities that is inherent in the standard for level of service. d. Decrease the demand for and subsequent use of capital facilities. e. Combination of the above alternatives. GPO 5.16 Uncommitted Revenue. All development pennits issued by the County which require capital improvements that wilJ be financed by sources of revenue which have not been approved or implemented (such as future debt requiring referenda) shall be conditioned on the approval or implementation of the indicated revenue sources, or the substitution of a comparable amount of revenue from existing sources. GPO S.17 Shared Funding. The County and Cities may jointly sponsor the fonnation of Local Improvement Districts, Road Improvement Districts, and other benefit areas for the construction or reconstruction of infrastructure to a common standard. which are located in the City and the Urban Growth Areas. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5•11 December 2016 Capital f,cllltiell GPO 5.18 Provide adequate public facilities by constructing needed capital improvements which (1) repair or replace obsolete or worn out facilities, (2) eliminate existing deficiencies, and (3) meet the needs of future development and redevelopment caused by previously issued and new development permits. The County's ability to provide needed improvements will be demonstrated by maintaining a financially feasible schedule of capital improvements in this Capita] Facilities Plan. GPO 5.19 Schedule of Capital Improvements. The County shall provide, or arrange for others to provide, the capital improvements listed in the schedule of capital improvements in this Capital Facilities Plwi. The schedule of capital improvements may be modified as follows: a The schedule of capital improvements shall be updated annually beginning in conjunction with the annual budget process. b. Pursuant to the Growth ManagemcDt Act, the schedule of capital improvements may be amended one time during any calendar year. c. The schedule of capital improvements may be adjusted by ordinance not deemed to be an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan for corrections. updates, and modifications concerning costs; revenue sources; acceptance of facilities pursuant to dedications which are consistent with the plan; or the date of construction (so long as it is completed within the 6-year period) of any facility enumerated in the schedule of capital improvements. GPO 5.20 Budget Appropriation of Capital Improvement Projects. The County shall include in the capital appropriations of its annual budget all the capital improvements projec1s listed in the schedule of capital improvements for expenditure during the appropriate fiscal year, except that the County may omit from its annual budget any capital improvements for which a binding agreement has been executed with another party to provide the same project in the same fiscal year. The County may also include in the capital appropriations of its annual budget additional public :facility projects that conform to GPO 5.19(B) and GPO S.22(F). GPO 5.21 Adequate Public Facility Concmrency. The Cotmty Commission finds that the impacts of development on public facilities within the County occur at the same time as occupancy of development authorized by a final development pennit. The County shall issue development permits only after a determination that there is sufficient capacity of the public facilities to meet the standards for levels of service for existing development and the impacts of the proposed development concurrent with the proposed development. For the purpose of this policy and the County's land development regulations, "concmrent with" shall be defined as follows: a. The availability of public facility capacity to support development concurrent with the impacts of such development shall be determined in accordance with the following: 1. For roads: • The necessary facilities and services are in place at the time a development permit is issued; or • The necessary facilities are under construction at the time a development pennit is issued, and the necessary facilities will be in place when the impacts of the development occur; or • Development pennits are issued subject to the condition that the necessary facilities and services will be in place when the impacts of the development occur; or • The County has in place commitments to complete the necessary public facilities within six years. GPO S.22 No final development permit shall be issued by the County unless there shall be sufficient capacity of public facilities available to meet the standards for levels of service for existing development and for the proposed development. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5·12 December 2016 Capital Facilitie,; GPO 5.23 No preliminary development permit shall be issued by the County unless the applicant complies with one of the following policies: a. The applicant may voluntarily request a determination of the capacity of public facilities as part of the review and approval of the preliminary development permit, including the requirements of GPO 5.24. b. The applicant may elect to request approval of a preliminary development permit without a determination of capacity of public faciHties provided that any such order is issued subject to requirements in the applicahl.e land development regulation or to specific conditions contained in the preliminary development permit that: 1. Final development permits for the subject property are subject to a determination of capacity of public facilities, as required by GPOS.21. 2. No rights to obtain final development permits, nor any other rights to develop the subject property have been granted or implied by the County's approval of the preliminary development permit without determining the capacity of public facilities. GPO 5.24 Development pennits issued pwsuant to GPO 5.22 and GPO 5.23(A) shall be subject to the following requirements: a. The determination that facility capacity is available shall apply only to specific uses, densities and intensities based on information provided by the applicant and included in the development permit. b. The determination that facility capacity is available shall be valid for the same period of time as the underlying development pennit, including any extensions of1he underlying development pennit. c. The standards for levels of service of public facilities shall be applied to the issuance of development pennits on the following geographical basis: Roads: applicable roads and areas impacted by the proposed development. GPO S.25 Manage the land development process to insure that all development receives public facility levels of service equal to the standards adopted by the County Commissioners by implementing the schedule of capital improvements contained in this Capital Facilities Plan, and by using the fiscal resources provided for in Goal 2 and its supporting policies. GPO 5.26 Consistency. All public facility capital improvements shall be consistent with the adopted land use map and the goals and policies of other elements of this Comprehensive Plan, The location of, and level of service provided by projects in the schedule of capital improvements shall maintain adopted standards for levels of service for existing and future development in a manner and location consistent with the Land Use Element of this Comprehensive Plan. GPO S.27 Integration and Implementation. The County shall develop, adopt and use implementation programs which integrate its land use planning and decisions with its planning and decisions for public facility capital improvements. GPO 5.28 Develop criteria and cooperative and structured processes through the Kittitas County Conference of Governments for siting regional facilities. GPO 5.29 Designation of Land. The County may identify lands useful for public purposes and .incorporate such designations in the comprehensive plan. GPO 5.30 Regional Facilities. The County and each municipality in the County may establish a countywide process for siting essential public facilities of region-wide significance. This process may include: Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5-13 December 2016 Capital Facilitle& a. An inven101')' of needed facilities. b, A method of fair share allocation of facilities. c. Economic and other incentives to jurisdictions receiving such facilities. d. A method of determining which jurisdiction is responsible for each facility. e. A public involvement strategy. f. Assurance that the environmental and public health and safety are protect~. GPO 5.31 County, Regional, State and Federal Facilities. Essential public facilities, which are identified by the County, by regional agreement, or by State or Federal government, may be subject to local approval by the County and each municipality in the County. · GPO 5.32 Ensure public involvement when siting of essential public facilities through the use of timely press releases, newspaper notices, public infonnation meetings, and public hearings. OPO 5.33 Consistency witlt Comprehensive Plan. The County may develop and adopt regulations that ensure that the facility siting is consistent with the adopted County comprehensive plan. including: a. The future land use map. b. The Capital Facilities Plan Element and budget. c. The Utilities Element. d. The Transportation Element. e. The Housing Element. f. The Rural Element. g. The Economic Development Element h. The comprehensive plans of adjacent jurisdictions that may be affected by the facility siting. i Regional general welfare considerations. GPO 5.34 Siting of Public Facilities Outside ofUOAs. Essential public facilities sited outside of urban growth areas must be self-supporting and not require the extension. construction, or maintenance of urban services and facilities. OPO 5.35 Coordination. The County's policies and regulations on facility siting may be coordinated with and advance other planning goals including, but not necessarily limited to, the following: a. Promotion of economic development and employment opportunities. b. Protection of the environment. c. Positive fiscal impact and on-going benefit to the host jurisdiction. d. Serving population groups needing affordable housing. e. Receipt of financial or other incentives from the State and/or other local governments. f. Fair distribution of such public facilities throughout the County. g. Requiring State and Federal projects to be consistent with this policy. GPO 5.36 Provide adequate public facilities to urban growth areas. GPO 5.37 Urban Growth Areas. The County and each municipality in the County shall designate urban growth areas and encourage adequate public facilities and services concurrent with development. GPO 5.38 Levels of Service. Levels of service for public facilities in the unincorporated portion of the urban growth areas shall be the same es the County's adopted standards. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5-14 December 2016 Capital Facilities GPO 5.39 Public Facilities Outside of Urban Growth Areas. New municipal urban public facilities (central sewage collection and treatment, public water systems, urban street infrastructure and stonnwater collection facilities) will not be extended beyond urban growth area boundaries for residential development. Water service -public or private -may be provided beyond urban growth area boundaries. This policy does not apply to storm water drainage. GPO 5.40 Capital Facilities and Utilities may be sited. constructed, and operated by outside public service providers (or sited, constructed, and/or operated jointly with a Master Planned Resort (MPR), LA.WRD, or Fully Contained Community to the extent elsewhere permitted), on property located outside of an urban growth area if such facilities and utilities are located within the boundaries of such resort or community which is approved pursuant to Cowity Comprehensive Plan policies and development regulations. GPO 5.41 Electric and natural gas transmission and distribution facilities may be sited within and through areas of Kittitas County botli inside and outside of municipal boundaries, UOAs, Master Planned Resorts, LAMIRDs, and Fully Contained Communities, including to and through rural areas of Kittitas County. GPO 5.42 Financing Providers of public facilities are responsible for paying for their facilities. Providers may use sources of revenue that require users of facilities to pay for a portion of the cost of the facilities. As provided by law, some providers may require new development to pay impact fees or mitigation payments for a portion of the cost of public facilities. GPO 5.43 Planning Coordination. The County may enter into interlocal-joint planning agreements, contracts, memorandums of understanding or joint ordinances with mW1icipalities and other providers of public facilities to coordinate planning for and development of the Urban Growth Area. GPO 5.44 Fiscal Coordination. The County and each municipality in the County will address :fiscal issues including tax revenue sharing, the provision of regional services and annexations through the development of interlocal agreements. GPO 5.45 Libraries: AJ; growth continues to occur both in the urban and rural areas of Kittitas County, there are and will be increased impacts on existing library services and an increasing demand for additional library services. GPO 5.46 To recogniz.e the Swiftwater Corridor Vision Plan as a planning tool that provides recommendations for specific strategies to improve, enhance, and sustain the corridor's unique intrinsic qualities and the many enjoyable experiences it offers. Selected projects within the vision plan shall not place additional management policies or regulations on private property or adjacent landowners beyond those that already exist under federal, state, regional, and local plans and regulations. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 5•15 December 2016 Chapter 6. Utilities 6.1. Introduction The Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan utilities element shall, at minimwn, consist of the general location, proposed location, and capacity of all existing and proposed utilities, including but limited to, electrical lines, telecommunication lines and natural gas lines. Existing and updat.ed maps of all utilities in Kittitas County ere maintained by the County Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to meet the requirements of the Utilities Element as outlined in RCW 36.70A.070. Glossary of Terms Utilities-means the supply. treatment and distribution, as appropriate, of domestic and irrigation water, sewage, storm water, natural gas, electricity, telephone, cable television, microwave transmissions and streets. Such utilities consist of both the service activity along with the physical facilities necessary for the utilities to be supplies. Utilities are supplied by a combination of general purpose local governments as well as pdvate and community based orgaoi7Jlf:ions. Municipal Services-are those services in keeping with and/or required in incorporated cities and urban growth areas such as, but not limited to, centralized sewage collection and treatment, public water systems, urban street infrastructure, power and stonn water systems, emergency services, libraries, schools, and government. Regulalory Authority: The primary regulatory agency for most utilities in Washington State is the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC), a state agency. The WUTC ensures that safe and reliable service is provided to customers et reasonable rates. The Commission regulates the rates and charges, services, facilities, and practices of most of Washington's investor-owned gas, electric and telecommunication utilities. As defined by the -Kittitas County December 2016 Comprehensive Plan 6-1 Utilities WUTC, some utilities are considered a critical service, namely e1ectricity and standard telephone, and must be provided "upon demand". In order to fulfill public service obligations, these utility providers must plan to extend or add to their facilities when needed. On the other hand, natural gas is not considered a necessity, but rather a utility of convenience. All utilities regulated by the WUTC are prohibited from possing the cost of new construction onto the existing rate base. Federal agencies also play a role in regulating some of these utilities. For example, the Federal C'.ommUJ1ics.tions Commission (FCC) regulates telecommunications. In addition, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), an independent commission with the U.S. Department of Eneigy, sets rates and charges for the transportation and sale of natural gas, and for the transportation of oil by pipeline, for the transmission and sale of electricity, and the licensing of hydroelectric power projects. Local government, too, has a role in regulation for certain utilities, such as franchise agreements. However, the effort behind meeting Growth Management Act requirements is not primarily regulatory; rather it is to promote coordination and cooperation between jurisdictions wid utility providers. Virtually all land uses require one or more of the utilities discussed in this Chapter. Local land use decisions drive the need for new or expanded utility facilities. In other words, utilities follow growth. Expansion of the utility systems is a function of the demand for reliable service that people, their land uses, and activities place on the systems. Participation Kittitas County recognizes the vast array of utilities provided by various companies and government agencies. Utilities provided include electricity, b8tural gas, standard telephone, cellular telephone, cable. and irrigation purveyors. Existing and updated maps of utilities in Kittitas County are maintained by the Collllty Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to meet the requirements of the Utilities Element as outlined in state law. In addition Capital Facilities Plans of utility providers available in Kittitas County is hereby adopted by reference to meet the requirements of identifying proposed facilities. 6.2. Goals, Policies, and Objectives GPO 6.1 The county should promote the joint use of transportation rights-of-way and other utility corridors consistent with the underlying private property rights and easement limitations. GPO 6.2 Appropriately place utility facilities within public rights-of~way. GPO 6.3 The Kittitas County's plan for utility faciJities will be formulated, interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with and complimentary to the serving utility's public service obligations. GPO 6.4 The county should maintain current information on the existing and proposed facilities of utilities. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 6-2 December 2016 Utilities GPO 6.S On an annual basis, provide all private utility CQmpanfes copies of the Kittitas County revised 6-Year Capital Facilities Plan, particularly the schedule of proposed road and public utility construction projects so that the companies may coordinate construction, maintenance, and other needs in an efficient manner. GPO 6.6 Expansion and improvement of utility systems should be recogniz.ed primarily as the responsibility of the utility providing the corresponding service. GPO 6. 7 Decisions made by Kittitas County regarding utility facilities will be made in a manner consistent with and complementary to regional demands and resources. GPO 6.8 Additions to and improvements of utilities facilities will be allowed to occur at a time and in a manner sufficient to serve growth. GPO 6.9 Process permits and approvals for all utility facilities in a fair and timely manner, and in accordance with development regulations that ensW"e predictability and project concurrency. GPO 6.10 Community input should be solicited prior to county approval of utility facilities, which may significantly impact the surrounding community. GPO 6.11 Planning by Kittitas County for utility facilities development will be coordinated with planning by other jurisdictions for utility facility development GPO 6.12 The County should coordinate with the cities and towns throughout the county on utility planning. GPO 6.13 The County should coordinate with utility providers. GPO 6.14 The County shall coordinate the formulation and periodic update of the utility element and relevant imp]ementing development regulations with adjacent jurisdictions. GPO 6.16 The County shall coordinate, and seek to cooperate with, other jurisdictions in the implementations of multi-jurisdictional utility facility additional and improvements. Such coordination and cooperation should include efforts to coordinate the procedures for making specific land use decisions to achieve consistency in timing inter-jurisdictlonal coordination in the planning and provisions of utilities. GPO 6.17 Provide timely and effective notice to utilities of the construction, maintenance or repair of streets, roads, highways or other facilities, and coordinate such work with the serving utilities to ensure that utility needs are appropriately considered. GPO 6.18 Decisions made regarding utility facilities should be consistent with and complementary to regional demand and resources and should reinforce an interconnected regional distn'bution network. GPO 6.19 Within the urban growth areas, development of less than one acre in si7.e would not be required under County ordinances to provide water systems to the properties for itrigation system water. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 6·3 December 2016 Utililies GPO 6.20 Trespass on utility easements shall be discouraged. and any other easement rights shall be acquired under nonnal lawful procedmes. GPO 6.21 Avoid, where possible, routing major electric transmission lines above 55 kV through urban areas. GPO 6.22 To review the placement and appropriateness of utilities GPO 6.23 Kittitas County reserves the right to review all applications for utilities placed within or through the County for consistency with local policies, laws, custom and culture GPO 6.24 To reduce the risk of accidents caused by haz.ardous liquid pipelines, natural gas lines, sewer lines and other potential haz.ardous materials, which are conveyed both above and below ground. GPO 6.25 Kittitas ColDlty will address haze:Jdous liquid pipelines, natural gas lines, sewer lines and other potentially huardous materials 1hrough the County's development regulations. The development regulations shall include the specific addition or restriction of these and associated uses as well as the possible adoption of perfonrumce standards for siting, maintenance, and monitoring. These performance standards should include best management practices. GPO 6.26 Kittitas Cmmty recognizes reclamation irrigation districts within Klttitas County as utilities. Kittitas County also recognizes smaller private and cooperative irrigation water providers, including but not limited to: • Westside Irrigation Company • Taneum Ditch Company • Bull Ditch Company GPO 6.27 Kittitas County recognizes that some county easements and rights-of-way provide cummt and historic water conveyance. Kittitas County also recognizes the damage done to roadways by some of these conveyances. Kittitas County will allow current conveyances where properly maintained and operated but will assume no liability or responsibility for delivery of irrigation water, including maintenance of ditches, unless conducive to good roadside management practices. New irrigation conveyances may be installed within the county easement or right-of-way, but must be separated from the county roadside ditch. GPO 6.28 It is the position of Kittitas County that it is inappropriate for utilities to over or underbuild other utilities. A specific example of such requirements may be found in RCW 35A.14.900 and other state law. GPO 6.29 Kittitas County encourages the extension of utilities to major industrial developments, as referenced in Chapter Two, Section 2.5 Major Industrial Developments. GPO 6.30 Utilities may be extended to serve a Master Planned Resort or Fully Contained Community, which is approved pursuant to County Comprehensive Plan policies and development regulations, so long as all costs usociated with utility and service extension and capacity increases directly attributable to the MPR or Fully Contained Community are fully borne Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 6-4 December 2016 Utilities by the resort or community. To the extent state law (including without limitations a tariff filed with the Washington Utilities and Transportati on Commission (WUTC) requires contrary cost allocations, such state law shall control. GPO 6.31 Capital Facilities and Utilities may be sited, constructed, and operated by outside public service providers ( or sited, constructed, and/or operated jointly with a Master Planned Resort (MPR), limited area of more intensive rural development (LAMIRD), or Fully Contained Community to the extent elsewhere pennitted), on property located outside of an urban growth area if such facilities and utilities are located within the boundaries of such resort or community which is approved ptµ"Suant to County Comprehensive Plan policies and development regulations. GPO 6.32 Electric and natural gas transmission and distribution facilities may be sited within and through areas of Kittitas County both inside and outside of municipal boundaries, UGA's, Master Planned Resorts, LAMIRDS, and Fully Contained Communities. including to and through rural areas of Kittitas County. GPO 6.33 Encourage joint electric utility construction standards for all electrical infrastructure constructed in the UGA. In the interim. Puget Sound Energy and the Kittitas County Public Utility District will allow the City of Ellensburg to review any new construction in the UGA. GPO 6.34 Wind Farms may only be located in areas designated as Wind Fann Resource overlay districts in the Comprehensive Plan unless they meet the criteria as may be developed under GP06.35. Such Wind Farm Resource overlay districts need not be designated as Major Industrial Developments under Chapter 2 .5 of the Comprehensive Plan. GPO 6.35 As allowed in GPO 2.10b and GPO 2.10c, develop a study area encompassing the entire county to establish criteria and design standards for the siting of wind farms outside the process outlined in GPO 6.34. Criteria should include but not be limited to: Location relative to residential development • Location relative to visual impacts • Location relative to audible impacts • Issues pertaining habitat and avian impacts GPO 6.36 Develop a study area encompassing the entire county to establish criteria and design standards for the siting of solar farms. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 6-5 December 2016 Chapter 10. Economic Development Element 10.1 . Introduction The economy plays an important role in making sure that Kittitas County is a community where one can live and work.. Economic development can be defined as public and private initiatives that promote job creation and business retention and recruitment, increase goods and services to residents and businesses, and provide job training programs, all of which contribute to a strong tax base. Economic Development plays a key role in maintaining the quality of life in Kittitas County. A strong economy creates jobs and opportunities for the citizens. Within Kittitas County there exist resource-based industries, recreation, industrial, ,md commercial businesses. Supporting such economic development and developing strategies to do so will assist in encouraging and retaining business and industry in Kittitas County. The purpose of this chapter is to establish the goals and policies for economic growth and vitality that will enhance the County's character BIJd quality of life. Element Organization The Economic Development Element consists of three main sections. The first section, "Economic Conditions and Needs" includes statistics, which support the County's economic goals and policies. The second section, ''Goals and Policies" presents a general set of comprehensive goals and policies to guide the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan. The final section, ''Economic Strategies" consists of a set of strategies related to implementation of the Economic Development Element, and to address future issues that may arise. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 10-1 December 2016 Economic Development Element 10.2. Economic Conditions and Needs Household Income The reported median household income in the 2000 Census was $32,546, which is less than reported median household income in Washington (Table 10.1). Table 10.1. HouHhold Income, Kittitas County 1999 KiHitasCo Wahington State Number Percent Number Percent Lea8 than $10,000 2,173 16.2 171,863 7.8 $10,000 to $14,999 1,414 10.5 12-'!,8'18 5.5 $15,000 to $24,999 1,802 13.4 285,131 11 .7 $25,000 to S34,999 1,718 12.8 284,830 12.5 $35,000 to $49,999 2,083 15.4 389,434 17.1 $50,000 to $74,998 2,271 16.9 486,392 21.4 $75,000 to $99,999 994 7.4 264,498 11.8 $100,000 to $149,999 595 4.4 188,513 8,3 S150,000 or more 375 2.8 98,952 4.3 Median houaehold income (dollars) 32,546 45,776 Source: US Cen1111 2000 ECONorthwest provided a household income projection derived from other data as part of the City of Ellensburg 2006 Comprehensive Plan Update (Claritas. 2004 Household Trend Report for Kittitas County) that indicates continued growth in Kittitas County household income through 2009. The data also include both a median income and a mean income, illustrating the "student effect" on household inc:omes and, perhaps, depicting more truly Kittitas County's household income picture. Annual household income is expected to increase by $8,000 to almost $12,000 by 2009. Table 10.2. Expected Income Growth, Kittitas County 2000 -2009 2000 Income HouNholdl Range Less than 3,587 $15,000 $15,000-1,802 $24,999 $25,000-1,718 $34,999 $35,000-2,063 $49,999 Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan Parcent 27 13 13 15 2004 2009 HouNholdt Pen:ent HouHhokll 3,486 24 3,2n 1,871 13 1,988 1,859 12 1,584 2,089 15 2,289 10-2 2000, 2009 Percent Change Percent 21 -310 -9 13 186 10 10 -134 -8 15 226 11 December 2016 Economic Development Element 2000 2004 2009 2000 -2009 Income HoUleholdl Percent HOUNhold1 Percent Hollllholds Percent Change Percent Range $50,000-2,271 17 2,444 17 2,549 16 278 12 $74,999 $75,000-994 7 1,343 9 1,563 10 569 57 $99,999 $100,000-595 4 919 6 1,458 9 861 145 $149,999 $150,000-278 2 328 2 481 3 203 73 $249,999 - $250,000 -83 1 155 1 213 1 130 157 $499,989 $500,000 14 0 3B or more 0 83 1 69 493 Total 13,405 14,332 15,483 2078 HOUl8holds -- Median HOUNholcl $32,844 $36,080 $40,849 $8,205 Income - Mean Houaehold $45,941 $50,357 $57,849 $11,908 lncoma Source: Claritas. 2004 Household Trend Report for Kittitas County Employment Growth and Distribution Kittitas County's employed population varies for the state averages (Table 10.3)_ A greater percentage ~f workers are employed in the government sector, with greater percentages employed in both the self-employed and less in the private wage and salary classifications. Tabla 10.3-Cl•II ofWorbr-2000 Kitlltn County Wuhlngton S1lte Number Pen:ent Number Pe~ Prtvale wage and salary workenl 9,857 63.6 2 ,125,029 76.1 Govammen1 wor1<era 4,239 27.3 459,722 18.5 Self-employed wortcers In awn not Incorporated bueinesa 1,248 8.7 199,827 7 .2 --·~------·-~ -· ·- Unpaid family wori<ers 67 0.4 9,144 0 .3 Source: US Census 2000 In a market study for the Ellensburg 2006 Comprehensive Plan Update. ECONorthwest made four primary findings concerning employment growth and distribution: • Population in Kittitas County grew at an average rate of 2.1 % per year from 1990 through 2003, substantially higher than the average rate of0.7% per year experienced in the 1980's. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 10-3 December 2016 Economic Development Elemant Population growth in Kittitas County lagged behind the rate in Washington in the 1980's, but it has been above the state rate since 1990. • Total covered employment in Kittitas County grew at an average rate of 2.5% per year during 1990 through 2003, slightly faster than population in the same period. Population and employment growth tend to grow at similar rates. Employment growing faster than population may indicate a decrease in unemployment, an increase in the labor force participation rate. or increased level of workers commuting from outside of Kittitas County. • Population in Kittitas County is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 0.6% (low), 1.3% (intermediate). or 1.8% (high) over during 200S to 2025. • Employment in Kittitas County is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 1.4% over the ten years from 2002 to 2012. Employment in Kittitas County may continue to grow slightly faster than population as it has since 1990, or it may grow slightly slower than population if the labor force participation rate declines due to an aging population. Given the range of growth rates in the State's population forecast for Kittitas County over the 2005 -2025 period, this suggests employment growth at a rate of0.5% to 2.0% per year over the next 20 years. The low end of this range, however, is unlikely t.o occur unless the US or Washington State experiences a severe economic recession. While this scenario is possible, it is unlikely and not a useful scenario for planning purposes. 10.3. Goals, Policies and Objectives Kittitas County has established the following goals and policies to guide future economic development. These goals and policies were developed in response to existing economic conditions identified within the County. GPO 10.1 Be a county the supports the varied needs and demands of the community and ~unding area through the understanding and creation of a supportive and active environment for economic development in the community. GPO 10.2 Support the retention and expamion of existing local businesses/industries and recruitment of new business/industries in order to maintain a strongjob and wage base. GPO 10.3 Implement regulations that recogni7.e and further the diversity of industry and the business community, while also promoting the sustainability of natural resource based activities. GPO 10.4 Encourage economic growth while protecting the rural character of the County. OPO 1 O.S Encourage the promotion of tourism and tourist based businesses. GPO 10.6 Provide the infrastructure and public facilities to support economic activity and growth. GPO 10.7 Strive to maintain a balance of jobs and housing. GPO 10.8 Promote and encourage the establishment and expansion of educational, research and other related activities that support existing Jocal industries and businesses. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 10-4 December 2016 Economic Development Bement GPO 10.9 Work in cooperation at the local and regional level to combine resources and build consistency in economic development strategies. 10.4. Economic Strategies The goals, which have been developed to guide future economic development in .Kittitas County, can be achieved by adoption of the previously stated policies and implementation of the following strategies. While it is bard to predict what businesses may develop in the Cotmty, the goals, policies, objectives and strategies aim to work together in order to help encourage economic development. Strategy 1 O. lA Identify an ideal mix of industrial and service sector businesses that will maximize the flow of monies into the community and maximize its use through local support businesses. Strategy 10.2A Coordinate with the Economic Development Group and work with them in order to develop and establish a recruitment list of target industries and businesses. Strategy 10.2B Establish strong relationships for cooperation and collaboration with, and foster communication among the business community, economic development boards and local government. Strategy 10.3A Develop an economic development vision and implementation strategy. Strategy 10.38 Establish opportunities for commemoration and recognition offarming and ranching in the commtmity. Strategy 10.4 Determine what business types are needed that fit the character of the County. S1rategy I 0.5A Development and upkeep of a website that includes resources to links highlighting tourism and tourism based business and information. Strategy 10,5B Support and establish regulations for tourism and tourist based businesses. Strategy 10.6 Consider economic development in the processes of land use planning, transportation planning, inftastructure planning and detennination of Urban Growth Areas. Strategy I 0. 7 Support and establish opportunities for affordable housing, and establishment of a balanced ratio of jobs to housing available in the County. Strategy 10.8 Coordinate with the university to shape local economic development strategy. Strategy 10.9A Develop intergovernmental cooperation for developing new activities. Strategy 10.98 Coordinate with regional service providers. Strategy 10.9C Coordinate and support activities and opportunities available through the Economic Development Group. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 10-5 December 2016 Economic Development Bement Strategy IO. IO Create site-ready business parks and pre-zone land that can support business activities, and provide supporting infrastructure and utilities. Strategy 10.11 Address and develop a strategy for uses of the airport property. 10.5 Economic Development Strategic Plan The Economic Development Strategic Plan was prepared by TIP Strategies and the Economic Development Group of Kittitas County in 2009. Under the guiding principle of "the use of public resources to stimulate private investment," the purpose of the plan is to help the Economic Development Group of Kittitas County and policy makers at all levels of government understand their competitive position and to coalesce around a vision for promoting the region. By utilizing a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis approach, the plan identified and addressed strategic goals, policies and objectives for policy makers and administrative personnel to apply in decision making processes to advance and enhance the economic vitality of Kittitas County. The EDSP drew input from a broad cross section of citizens and interest groups, and has been formally endorsed by Kittitas County, the City ofEllensburg, the City of Cle Elum, the City of Roslyn, the City of Kittitas, 1he Ellensburg Chamber of Commerce, and the Cle Elum Chamber of Commerce. The findings and recommendations outlined in the plan are designed to serve as a framework for making investment decisions, and for providing guidance in growth that is both realistic and sustainable. In addition the plan also provides a comprehensive depiction of the socio-economic and demographic status of the cowity and its relationship to other counties, both regionally and nationally. The 2009 version of the Economic Development Strategic Plan is adopted by reference into this comprehensive plan subject to the following limitations. • The Economic Development Strategic Plan is adopted as a reference document to be used by Kittitas Cowity as an aid in land use, capital facilities, and public policy discussions, and by members of the public wishing to propose projects, pursue grants for projects, or propose agreements with landholders. • The Economic Development Strategic Plan may be used as a part of the Kittitas County Capital Facilities plan for purposes of utilizing real estate excise tax (REET) proceeds for acquisition or expansion of recreational infrastructure. • Non-compliance or inconsistency with the Economic Development Strategic Plan shall not be considered noncompliance or an inconsistency with the comprehensive plan or the OMA; nor may any noncompliance or inconsistency with the Economic Development Strategic Plan be a basis for appeal of any land use or public policy decision made by Kittitas Co\Dlty. The Economic Development Strategic Plan shall not be used as evidence of use of property in an action for prescriptive easement or adverse possession. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan 10-6 December 2016 Cle Elum Land Use Plan (2009) Land Use Plan (Adopted 2009) Table of Contents latroducttoa Growtla M•n•gemeat Act Requlremeatl Urbo Growth Area Boundary Emtina: Development Patterns I. Natural Eavlronment D. BuBt EnYiro•ment Characteristics of Emting Land Uae Table 1 -Lmul Ua Types and Acreage Table 2 -Unan Growth Area ud Sphere of Interest Table 3 -Projected 20-Year Sen1ce Needs Table 4 -BnDfroe Planlllng Area Land Ui1e Summary Houma Stock/ Restdudal Land Area Reqalrementl Land U1e and Zonln1 Designations Comprehensive Plu Land Use Deslpatiolls lacompatfble Land a1ea Land Use and Zoning Compadllillty Matrix Table 6 -Official Cle Elwn Zonmg Map Table 7•A-Comprellendve Land Use Deslpatlon Map 1 of 2 Ta•le 7-B -Comprellealive Laud Use Dellpation Map 2 of l Table 8 -Sphere or Iatettst OptllSpace Aqldfer Recharge Wetlaadl and Flood J>l•-- Biltorical and Caltaral Preaenatlon Land U1e Goals and PoJleJe1 City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 2 2-3 3--4 4 4--5 5 6 7 8 ' 10 11 11-14 15 IS 16 17 18 19 20 21 21-22 22 22-23 23-31 Introduction Cle Elum's development pattern is the result ofits unique geography, nestled linearly in the Yakima River Corridor and the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range. The Yakima River defines a rich and environmentally sensitive river valley. The historic development activities of the Railroad, Coal Mines and Timber Harvesting, and the built environment including the Interstate 90 interchanges and the Swicadia Master Planned R~rt, are the predominant influences molding the City's present and future development. The evolving character of Cle Elum will depend in large part upon the type of community the citizens will support through its land use policies. The future land use pattern of Cle Elwn will strive to reflect the small town qualities, rich cultural history and natural beauty that current residents expect and desire to preseJVe. This Land Use Plan Element of the Comprehensive Plan examines the character and quality of existing development in both the City limits and the un•incorporated areas of the Urban Growth Area (UGA). It identifies trends and projects potential growth within recognized "opportunity areas". This Land Use Plan Element outlines the proposed general distribution and location of various uses of land within the planning area, which consists of the City of Cle Elum and the Potential Annexation Area, which is the area within Kittitas County that is Cle Blum's designated annexation area. This element oonsists of two major components: (1) a map that illustrates the general location ofland use designations; and (2) goals and policies that guide future development In addition there are reviews of existing land use trends, including future development potential and a review of policy decisions, which together have laid the foW1dati.on for the goals and policies in this element. More important than the components of the element, however, is the pmpose that the element serves. The Land Use Element will guide all decisions about where development takes place. It will also guide when development takes place, because land use policies detennine the scheduling of capital improvement expmditures. In addition. it will guide the character of the development patterns in Cle Elum. Th.is Land Use Element is not only a critical part of this Comprehensive Plan, but it is a required component of the plan under the Growth Management Act. Growth Managemeat Act Requirements When the State Legislature adopted the Growth Manageme"-t Act (OMA), they found that" ... a lack of common goals expressing the public's interest in the conservation and the wise use of our lands pose a threat to the environment, sustainable economic development, and the health, safety and high quality of life enjoyed by residents of this City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 2 state. It is in the public interest that citizens, communities, local governments, and the private sector cooperate and coordinate with one another on comprehensive land use planning." (RCW 36.70A.010). This finding, which swnmarizes the intent ofGMA, emphasizes the central rote of this Land Use Element. The Act requires the Land Use Element to designate the general distribution, location, and extent of land for various uses, including resource lands, housing, commerce, industry, parks and open space and public facilities. This element considers an these land uses, with the ex~tion of public facilities and parks and open space, which will be considered in detail in separate comprehensive plan elements. The Land Use Element shall consider critical areas, population densities1 building densities, and estimates of future population growth. It shall also provide for the protection of the quality and quantities of groundwater used for public water supplies, and consider and mitigate the impacts of storm water runoff. Most importantly, however, the GMA requires that other elements of the Comprehensive Plan relate back to the Land Use Element. For example the Act specifically requires both the Capital Facilities and Transportation Elements to be coordinated and consistent with the Land Use Element. It also &tates that the entire Comprehensive Plan shall be internally consistent, and that all elements shall be consistent with the Land Use Map. AdditionaJly, the OMA requires that planning efforts for regional growth centers, such as Urban Centers, be oonsistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Therefore, OMA places the Land Use Element in the central role of defining the direction of the Comprehensive Plan, and thereby defining the vision of the community. The focus of the Land Use Element are the Goals and Policies and the Land Use Map. Background and Analysis The City of Cle Ehnn and the Upper Kittitas Co1U1ty Region have experienced W1precedented growth over the past several years. This section analyzes the extent of existing land uses in the City, and outlines the growth, which is expected to occur within the City within the next ten ( l 0) to twenty (20) years. This analysis sets the stage for the level of growth and development, which this plan will accommodate. Urban Growth Area Boundary The GMA mandates that each county designate an Urban Growth Area (UGA) within whidl urban growth is to be encouraged, and outside of which urban growth annexations may not occur. The UOA must contain enough land to accommodate twenty (20) years of projected residential growth, as determined for each county by the State Office of Financial Management. The entire city limits of each city must be included in the UGA, and unincorporated areas also may be included. However, the GMA states that an urban growth area may include land outside of a city only if this land is ..... already characterized by urban growth or is adjacent to territory already characterized by urban growth ... " (RCW 36.70A.110). The Countywide Planning Policies {CWPP's) adopted by City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 3 Kittitas County include an urban growth boundary for Cle Elum and specify policy considerations for implementing urban growth areas. The City of Cle Elum has designated a City Planning Sphere of Interest that specifically includes current identified UGA boundaries as weU as lands identified in Table 8 [page 20]. This City Planning Sphere of Inte.l'est includes approximately l ,260 acres within the Cle Elum UGA as dq,icted on Tables 7-A and 7-B and Appendix "A". The Delineation of this Sphere of Interest does not mean that these unincorporated UOA meas will ultimately be annexed to the City of Cle Elum. Annexation is a matter that will be detennined by City Officials. the Public and appropriate government entities, based off of public interest and the capacity of Cle Elum to adequately provide urban services to these areas upon annexation. Development occurring on lands within the Sphere of Interest have a definite impact on Cle Elum Public Services and more importantly, its transportation system. When development of lands is proposed within this designated area, Kittitas Cowty must work with Cle Elum to ensure that concurrency issues and impacts have been adequately addressed. It should be recognized that decjsions made by neighboring jurisdictions affecting the City Planning Sphere of Interest, or adjacent areas, will have a measured impact upon the City of Cle Elum. Cle Elum is keenly interested in future developments in these areas because of the potential demands upon Cle Elum services including; streets, schools, parks, police protection, fire protection, sanitation, watershed, critical areas, and watershed. It is a goal of the City of Cle Elum to encourage land use, transportation, capital facility, and other service decisions within Cle Elum's UGA and City Planning Sphere of Interest be compatible with ae Elum Comprehensive Plan Goals and Policies and will not place undue burden on Cle Blum's public service infrastructure. The City's UGA offers many opportunities to provide high quality City services to future residents and businesses. Over the twenty-year planning period, the City will entertain a variety of requests for annexation by property owners who value Cle Elwn 's services or recognize the need for municipal services in order to realize maximum efficiency ofland use. The pmpose of annexation goals and policies included in this plan is to establish parameters which facilitate the smooth transition from Kittitas CoW1ty to ae Elwn upon the commencement of aMexation. Annexation of property within the UGA should benefit the City. its residents, and property owners. The City benefits by its increased ability to control new development with City standards, to extend its boundary in a logical manner. to expand its economic tax base, to provide opportunities for new residential development, and to gain revenues from areas that already enjoy City amenities but do not currently pay taxes or fees to the City. Specifi.c annexation goals and policies [Located in Land Use Element Goals and Policies on pages 23-29) seek to maximize timing and intent of annexations. The policies seek to guide annexation of appropriate lands at appropriate times and provide Kittitas County with Cle Elum's methodology for such. EJ.Jatlng Development Patterns City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 4 Through an examination of its existing development patterns, a comnumity can both glean a sense of its past and also gain valuable insight into its potential future. The City of Cle Elum has a historical development pattern based on coal mining, the railroad and timber harvesting. This rich history of early reliance on natural resources and freight movement is another guide to defining the City's future. Incorporating Cle Elum's distinct identity and rich heritage are important to its present and future residents. I. Natural Environment The natural setting of Cle Elum within the Yakima River Valley affords good opportunities for residential living, supportive seivices and future sub-regional employment centers. At the same time development constraints such as watershed, rivers, streams, floodplains and fl.oodways, wetlands and steep slopes shape development of the City into key areas. The City of Cle Elum is set between the forested Cle Elum Ridge and the Yakima River, approximately thirty (30) miles east of Snoqualmie Pass, and twenty- five (25) miles west of Ellensburg. The vistas and scenic views of the surrounding ridges and mountains provide a unique setting and identity for the community. They also represent a natural resource which is now subject to intense residential development pressure. The location of the vast majority of Cle Blum's available industrial land places them squarely in conflict with the natural environment. Cle Elum was founded as a railroad and mining town. consequently all original platting and development was located in a close and linear proximity to the railroad mainline. The railroad parallels the Yakima River which is prone to flooding. This severely limits or even negates the use of Cle Blum's current industrial land use inventory because ofFEMA tloodway and floodplain designations. These vacant industrial lands also are key natural resource areas for enhancing water quality, providing important fish and wildlife habitat, and serve as water retention and flood sto.rage areas. Cle Elum is actively working to re-locate industrial lands to a more suitable corridor. II. Built Envlro.nmeot The Growth Management Act requires the preparation of a Land Use Element that identifies the existing general distribution and location of various land uses, and the approximate acreage and range of density of existing land uses. Historically, Cle Elwn developed in a very linear pattern north of the Northern Pacific Railroad (now the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad) and the Yakima River. The original downtown area (now referred to as "Old Town") grew around the intersection of First Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, in close proximity to the original Railroad Depot and Cle Elum Hotel. Residential development was located between Old Town and the base of Cle Elum Ridge and east and west of downtown, as well as in one twelve block area south of the Yakima River adjacent to the Town of South Cle Elum. City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 5 In 1918, a major fire destroyed most of the original downtown. When rebuilt, the downtown was oricoted in an east-west direction along an approximate five-block area of First Street, between Oakes A venue and Peoh A venue. First Street, paralleling the Railroad, then became the major commercial street. Over time, as ties to the Northern Pacific Railroad weakened and the importance of the automobile increased, First Street/SR903 became the major highway through town. Commercial (and some industrial) development spread, in strip fashion. along the full length of First Street. This strip development consists of both older residential uses converted to oommercial use and new construction. Construction of Interstate 90 with its associated interchanges at each end of the City and partial interchange at Oakes Street reinforced the existing linear development pattern. Highway-oriented commercial uses then also developed around the interchanges at each end of the city. Industrially zoned land which is mostly vacant, occupies the area between the Railroad and Intestate 90; however development is constrained by limited access, lack of utilities and its location in a floodplain. Most of this area is not suitable for building due to flooding. The older areas of Cle Elum are platted in a traditional grid pattern, with lots generally fronting the east-west streets. Most commercial lots are 25-feet in width x 120-feet in length, and most residential lots, SO-feet x 120-feet. Ten to twenty.foot wide alleys bisect the bJocks in an cast-west direction. Properties at the east and west ends of the City were subdivided later and included a mix oflot sizes with a Jess rigidly developed street pattern. Streets within the original downtown are generously wide -First Street, Oakes Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue. Harris Avenuet and Bullitt Avenue have 100-foot rights• way. Second Avenue, Billings Street, Wright Avenue, and Peoh Avenue have 80-foot right-way. Many of the existing, older commercial and residential structures show signs of age and "historically inappropriate" techniques and materials have been widely used in maintenance and repair. Revitalizing the City's character and chann will require special attention to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of these existing sbuctures in the CBD. To that end the City is reluctant to zone additional lands within close proximity to its Historic CBD "commercial''. This Comprehensive Plans Land Use Analysis d~onstrates that ample opportunity exists within the CBD for development/re-development. A challenge ofparamouot importance to the City is to integrate the pressures of new development with our historic commercial and residential core. Characteristics of Existing Land Uses/Land Use Inventory The Orowth Management Act requires the preparation of a Land Use Element that identifies the existing general distnl>ution and location of various land uses, and the approximate acreage and density of existing land uses. The inventory of existing land uses can be used to gauge the proportion of total land area that the city may need to devote to specific uses in the future. The existing proportions and distribution ofland uses may be adjusted for shifts in the desires and needs of the community, or to accommodate projected future needs. Table J below provides the City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 6 approximate acreage of land uses within the City of Cle Elum. The City of Cle Elum has an area of 2,321.3 acres. Table 2 below provides the approximate acreage of land uses within the Cle Elum UGA. The Cle Elum UGA has an area of 1,260 acres. Table 3 forecasts the City's land use and service needs for the twenty-year planning period. Table 4 forecasts the Cle Elum Bullfrog Annexation Area planned uses and capacity. These tables are the key to W1derstanding Cle Blum's future land needs. Table-1 Incorporated City Limits [2,321.3 acres] Existing Land Use Types and Acreage Land U1e Total Acres % Tot.I Area of City Residential 520.62 22.43% Multiple Family Residential 2.29 .098% Old Town Commercial 24.12 1.03% Entry Commercial 45.33 1.95% General Commercial 81.61 3.51% Industrial 383.89 16.53% Planned Mixed Use 1,100 47.39% Public Reserve 87.42 3.76% City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 7 Land Use Commercial Forest Forest and Range Gateway Commercial Highway Commercial Light Industrial Master Planned Resort Rund 3 Suburban Suburban 2 AG-3 Table-2 Urban Growth Area (1,260 acres] "Sphere of Interest'" Existing Land Use Types aad Acreage Total Acres % Total Area of UGA 0.72 0.057% 492.18 39.06% .0009 .00007% 35.26 2.79% 15.78 1.25% 5.36 0.42% 518.68 41.16% 10.38 0.82% 6.64 0.52% 171.91 13.64% City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan II 8 Year Population Growth Factor Service Type Residential Apartments Traller Courts Motels Restaurants Taverns Grocery Stores Gas Stations CarWashes Laundromats Other Commercial Churches & Halls Parks Cemetery Ctty Outside Sales Industrial TOTAL SERVICES 2005 Table3 Projected .20-Y ear Service Needs City of Cle Elum 1 2006 2010 2011 1,800 1,810 3,541 3,974 1.0056 1.9672 2.2078 2015 5,706 3.1700 Number of Services 777 781 1,529 1,715 2,463 22 22 43 49 70 2 2 4 4 6 8 8 16 18 25 16 16 31 35 51 4 4 8 g 13 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 8 9 13 2 2 4 4 6 1 1 2 2 3 110 111 216 243 349 8 8 16 18 25 5 5 10 11 16 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 10 11 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 988 973 1,902 2,135 3,064 2020 2025 7,870 10,034 4.3722 5.5744 3,397 4,331 96 123 g 11 35 45 70 89 17 22 4 6 17 22 9 11 4 6 481 613 35 45 22 28 1 1 22 28 1 1 4 6 4,226 5,387 1 Developed in partnership with Huibregtse, Louman and b$Crciates, Consulting Engineers City of C]e Elum -Land Use Plan 9 Table-4 Cle Elum Planned Mixed Use Zone Suncadi -Bullfr~ Incorporated Area Propored Land Use Summary 1 Residential Uses Single Family Multi-Family Affordab le Subtotal Non-Residential Uses Neighborhood Clubhouse/Lake Recreation Expansion Subtotal QtherUses Community Rec. Center Schoo] Expansion Cemetery Expansion Business Park Water Treatment Plant Reserve (WA. State Horse Parle) Subtotal Open Space Undeveloped Open Space Buffers/Steep Slopes Powerline R.O.W. Residential Buffers Subtotal Total Area (Acres) 165 S6 7 .5 228.5 Area (Acres) 18 10.5 28.5 Area (Acres) 12 35 10 75 12 17S 319 A.-ea{Acrf.ls) 246 172 37 69 524 1,100 Proposed Quantity 810 Units 524 Units 50+ Units (est imat e} 1,384 Units Proposed Quantity Propofed Oua.ntltt Propo ed Quantity 1,384 1. Tia~ table references the bulk a/Cle Elum 's present development potential. While it conceptually represents a significant increase in the number of lands available for both Smgte/Mulci-Family Residential and Business Park. there is no pl'edictable timetable for deve lopment of the I, 100 acres. The entire property is owned by Suncadia UC, and it appears that they plan to fully develop the Master Planned Resort before developing this Property. Because of Srmcadia 's size and fi:nancial resources, traditional planning modeling and land use forecasts are not applicable. Rea/istical(v, there is no predictable timetable as to when these I.ands City of Cle Elum -Land Use P1an 10 will be available to the City for development. At the time of this Comprehensive Plan Update, the Master Plat {pre-cursor condition of the EIS for development of these lands] has not been approved by Cle Elum. II. Housing Stock Requirements/ ResidentiaJ Land Area Requirements The population of the City of Cle Elum is projected to f!IOW by 8,259 people over the twenty-year planning period. According to the 2000 United States Censust the average household size in Cle Elum was 2.22 people, compared to a countywide average of2.33 per household. The 2000 United States Census found I, 775 people in Cle Elum living in 956 housing units. Much of the housing stock it located adjacent to the downtown commercial core or parallel to it along the distinct grid pattern of streets that derive their significant connection to First Street. Cle Blum's existing average housing density can be determined by dividing the exiting number ofhousing units by the acreage that supports housing units 956 Dwelling Units / 522.91 Acres • 1.82 units per acre In order to calculate the residential land area required to accommodate Cle Elum' s future population growth [forecasted] we must account for existing permitted land use densities and the population allocation 8,259 additional people over the 20-year planning period== 413 people per year + 2.33 people per hou•ehold -177 dweWng units per year 177 dwelling units ll: 20 years -3,540 additional dwelling units needed by 2025 Table 4 [page 1 0] examines the number of dwelling units anticipated to be created in the Suncadia-Bullfrog incorporated area. The Development Agreement defines this area to have no more than 1,384 dwelling units. The land to support these uses has already been dedicated. This means 2,156 additional dwelling units, and land to locate them upon, are needed by 2025. At present, residential densities may average as many a 5 dwelling units per acre. So it can be inferred that: 3,540 dwelling units needed to accommodate 2025 population projection 1,384 dwelllng units allocated for Suncadia/Bullfrog Property l,156 dwelling units remain needed Current practical density of S dwelling units per acre 5 dwelling units per acre+ 2,156 acres City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan ] 1 =431.20 additional acres required to be added to existing incorporated City Limits for projected residential developmeat. Land Use and Zoning Designations Critical to the way the City will develop over the next twenty years is how the City classifies uses ofland within its inoorporated boundary and its growth areas. Traditionally, city"s classify residential land uses by density characteristics. i.e., number of dwelling units to the acre. In order to comply with GMA the cities zoning has attempted to achieve human scaled development, efficient use ofland that discourages urban sprawl and to encourage compab'ble land uses. Additionally the City recognizes the need to offer a greater variety of housing options for City residents, promote affordability and develop a greater sense oflocal community while maintainin g the existing small town character that dMW people to Cle Elum in the first place. In this light, new architectural and landscape design guidelines should be created as development standards to further the goals of this plan. In the area of commercial and industrial land uses, priority should be given for the creation of new development regulations that help define job goals which maximize the nwnber of jobs per acre, and environmental goals, which prefer environmentally compatible development In the following sections a general description of the City of Cle Elum•s zoning code classifications are presented as part of the discussion of each of the land use designations. Zoning provides the necessary direction to fulfiU the City's vision for greater choice and expanded opportwrity for residents, businesses and industries. Zoning will also help Cle Elum efficiently and responsibly meet its population. employm~t, transportation and other targets as mandated by City Goals, Countywide Planning Policies and the Growth Man~gement Act. The City of Cle Elum is divided into the zoning districts as follows. Zonlag DilbictName Abbreviatum Residential, Singlo-Panlily District R ResidentiaJ_, Multi-Family District RM Old Town Commercial District OTC Entrv Commercial District EC General Commercial District GC Business Park District BP Industrial District I Public Reserve District p .Planned Mixed Use District PMU I. Residential, Siagle-Family District -R The purpose and intent of the Residential District [RJ is to provide for and protect areas for single-family neighborhood homesite development which are designed to meet City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 12 contemporary building and living standards, including the provision of municipal water and sewerage systems. The minimum lot size is 5,000 square feet for single family residences and 7,000 square feet for duplexes, however under limited circumstances, accessory dwelling units are pennitted. Development is encouraged to occur in congruence with traditional settlement patterns. Neighborhood connectivity for both automobiles and multi-modal transportation is encouraged. Isolation of neighborhoods. including the pervasive use of curvilinear streets, terminating vistas, cul-de--sacs and dead ends does not serve to promote Cle Elum• s goals and policies for the Residential district U. Multi-Family, Residential District-RM The purpose and intent of the Multi-Family Residential District (RM] is to provide for and protect higher density urban residential areas where a mixture of multi-family development may occur. Multi-family residences may include duplexes, triplexes, quad- plexes, townhomes, zero-lot line, unit-lot line or apartment complex.es. By pennitting a range of densities and multi-family development types, the City will be able to achieve a greater variety of available housing for its residents, promote affordability, and retain existing single family neighborhood character. Cle Elwn is working toward solid strategies for affordable housing options within the RM District. Ill. Old Town Commercial District-OTC The purpose and intent of the Old Town Commercial District (OTC] is to create an active, vibrant, intense, pedestrian-orientated retail core which reflects the historic character of the City and which is a nexus for civic and community functions. Existing Historic buildings should be preserved and serve as the benchmark for new construction and infilJ development in the historic City Core. Additionally, this district is well suited for traditional mixed-use development (i.e. dwelling units on the upper floors of buildings) which promotes patronage to local businesses and further diversifies housing options. Design review standards should be established that pay special attention to signs, view shed protection, ambient lighting and landscaping. IV. Entry Commerdal District-EC The purpose and intent of the Entry Commercial District [EC] is to create a unified design of allowed commercial uses at freeway intercllange areas of the City. These areas are intended to serve the traveling public, as well as larger scale commercial activities. Objectives for the district relate to a high standard of visual quality, maintenance of hmnan scale development, consistent architectural style. increasing multi-modal circulation, creating entrance areas or "City Gateways", and providing reasonable buffers to lntersta.te--90. Design review standards should be established that pay special attention to signs, view shed protection9 ambient lighting and landscaping. V. General Commercial District-Ge City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 13 The purpose and intent of the General Commercial District [GC] is to provide for a broad range of balanced and mixed commercial uses which serve the community and to establish standards that assure that new uses are compatible with and enhance existing commercial uses and commercial areas. VI. Business Park District -BP The purpose and intent of the Business Park District [BP] is to provide areas for light m.anufacturing 1 wholesale trade, warehousing, finance, business and professional services, research and related activities enclosed within buildings. Typically, retail sales shall not occur within the Business Park District. Design review standards should be established that pay special attention to signs, view shed protection, ambient lighting, landscaping, building design and modulation. The Business Parle District most likely includes a significant area of the City where future employment growth will occur. VIL Industrial District -I The purpose and intent of the Industrial District [I] is to provide for and protect areas where manufacturing and processing plants can thrive with their greater land use needs. These areas should be situated so that businesses creating noise, smoke, and dust would not conflict with neighboring landowners . Industrial sites should be located where they can be most aesthetically pleasing and enviromnentally mitigated. Traffic flow patterns and accas to regional fteigbt mobility cotridors should be considered. VIII. Public Reserve District-P The purpose and intent of the Public Reserve [P] is to provide for and protect areas for government and civic functions. Such uses include parks, government buildings, hospitals, educational institutions, libraries and musemns, recreational uses and schools. VDJI. Planned Mixed Use Dlstrtct-PMU The Planned Mixed Use District [PMU] was established to assure that large new development creates a complete and interdependent Cle Elwn community that contains a broad and balanced mix ofland uses that provides for most of the daily needs of its residents and visitors including, recreation, employment, housing [affordable and market rate] and education. Development is by imaginative site planning in a compatible mixture of land uses that will encour age multi-modal transportation, and encourage building design to retain the traditional rural, small town, mountain character of Cle Elum. The PMU is intended to elevate the OTC [historic downtown] as the primary retail and activity nexus fur Cle Elum. City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 14 Comprehensive Plan Land Use Designations District Name Abbreviation Sin2le Familv Residential SFR Multi-Family Residential MR Downtown Commercial DC General Commercial GC Entrvway Commercial EC Parks and Open Space P-0 Public Facilities P-F Planned Mixed Use PMU UGA Urban Growth Area [ all UGA areas are Desismated UGA] Industrial I Incompatible Land Uses The City of Cle Elum's Comprehensive Pian and Development Regulations need to reduce incompatibility between residential uses of varying intensity, between industrial and commercial uses, and between residential land commercial uses. Reducing and/or mitigating compatibility between land uses is fundamental to sound land use planning. To improve compatibility the foUowing are proposed: I. J!edudng/mitigating impacg between industrial a,gd wmmercial ys,§. The railroad street corridor is proposed to be re-zoned to Old Town Commercial. This proposed re-zone is the only remaining logical expansion of the OTC and will create a land use buffer between adjoining industrial uses, which are on the south side (on ave~e 150') south of the BNSF Mainline Right of Way. Additionally, future industrial zoned lands are proposed to be located away from the 1-90 view shed/Mountains to Sound Greenway corridor. 2. Redudnf?/mitigating impacts between residential and commercial As the First Street Commercial Corridor has developed, additional commercial pressure forced expansion of commercial zoning within I-block [north and south] of First Street. These adjunct commercial areas often are located immediately adjacent to existing residential uses. Further expansion of commercial zoning along areas adjacent to First Street (or in areas east or west of existing commercial boundaries on First Street) should be discouraged unless compatibility can be demonstrated and impacts mitigated for. 3. Reducing/mitigating Impacts between resldeptl•I uses of V@O'ing intensity, Sensitivity must be exercised when re-zoning Residential [R] lands to higher City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 15 residential densities. Provisions such as pedestrian connectivity, landscape buffers, site screening and shielded ingress/egress should be considered. City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 16 00 I ~ I LandU.e Designation Single Family C C Residential Ma ltl•Family C C Residential Downtown I I Commercial General I I Commercial Entryway I I Commerdal Parks and Open I I Soace Public Facilities I I Planned Mixed C C Use lndutrlal I I UGA C C u 6 I I C c3 c3 I I I I I Table-5 Land Use and Zoning Compatibility Matrix* (J ~ ~ r-1 = I I I I I I c2 cz I c• C I C C I I I I I I I C C C I I I C C C • FOR Rezone Purposes Table Keyed from Land Use Designation -A.a i I I c• I I c• I I I I I C I I C I C I I C I C C C C I I C C C C= !Consistent, no comprehensive plan amendment requlredll= pnconsiftent, co•prehenslve plan amendment required) t Minimum of I 0-Acres -2 Ex.eluding properties located inside, or within S-blocb of a Local Historic District or the Area delineated in the OTC Sub-Area -3 Must be immediately adjacent to or contiguous to OTC Zoning-4 Must be within I ooo• of an access interchange City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 17 ·•.:•· '• ,. ' '.· • ·1 City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan Nm"'--2 J j '. ,,,: I 18 City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 19 l ~ -....._v ... ,-.. ........,A.•--_, l t :::V ~ ._L~(:~~-fil'=:!!!!)~ _____ _j ... ~ ~. r--,_ __i City of Cle Elum-Land Use Plan 20 \ . I . -- ' i f L--.. __ ..... ·---- ---i J , --&-::r:,--:.--:.__J_--r-----:.,.,,.,_-+-~i......-.s .--o !- "· --.... /· I City of Cle Elum-Land Use Plan 21 Open Space The Growth Management Act requires cities to identify open space corridors within and between urban growth areas [RCW 36.70A.160]. These corridors shall include lands that are useful for recreation, wildlife habitat, trails, and the connection of critical areas. Open space corridors provide important linkages of wildlife habitat as well as serving to knit the community tighter through a system of trails. Currently within the city limits infoxmal open space exists as trails throughout residential neighborhoods, such as the Pacific Railroad right-of-way, the ridge to the north of Cle Elum, and the Yakima River plain. Additionally, fonnal open space exists as the Coal Mines Trail that links Cle Elwn and Roslyn, The Progress Path that extends from Ranger Station Road to the Cle Elwn Roslyn Schools, and the Hanson Ponds Trail. Cle Elum plans to provide a designated open space corridor, through the City, that would link the Coal Mines Trail with the John Wayne Trail. The City of Cle Elum would like to see additional open space corridors along the Yakima River and its associated floodplain. Lands presently zoned Industrial (Along the River) would be reroned to a newly created zone, "River Front Park". This land is currently forested land intennixed with residential structures. It is primarily floodway and floodplain and is therefore unsuitable for development as currently zoned -Industrial. As "River Front Park District" the property would be preserved as important wildlife habitat, riparian habitat, anadromous fish habitat and for parks and trail linkages. Above and beyond this new zoning district, Cle Elum will explore the use of conservation easements, further open space acquisition and dedication, and a change of the zoning code to require a minimum of 10-perceot of new developments to be dedic.ated to Open Space. Aquifer Recharge As precipitation reaches the earth it does several thing.,. It becomes part of the snow pack entering into lakes, streams and rivers or wetlands, it seeps into the soil to be taken up by plant roots, or seeps into the ground and becomes groundwater. As groundwater moves through the grolllld it may discharge to surface water features, such as lakes, streams, or rivers, which will in tum recharge the groundwater. The water that remains in the ground will make up the aquifer. Aquifers discharge water naturally through springs and seeps, streams, lakes and wetlands. As aquifers discharge they are in•tum recharged. Recharge occurs primarily as a result of the infiltration ofrainfall and secondly by the movement of water from adjacent aquifers or water bodies. The rate and quantity of water entering the ground depends on several factors. Natural factors include amount of precipitation, soil type and oonditions, vegetation, and topography. Aquifers can also be identified by contamination. City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 22 A hazardous waste spill, or other human contamination, can have a serious impact on an aquifer, possibly rendering it unusable for yeat's. The primary water sources for the City of Cle Elum [ as well as South Cle Elum and Suncadia] are the Yakima and Cle Elmn Rivers. Intakes are located below Lake Cle Elum near the Bullfrog Road Bridge on 1he Cle Elum River, and on the Yakima River near the intersection of South Cle Elum Way and the river. Shallow groundwater in Cle Elum area renders the Yakima River intake suscepb.ble to contamination due to the relatively high permeability of the Alluviwn soil layer and a generally shallow depth to groundwater. The Cle Elum River intake is susceptible to contamination resulting from the increased development pressure for "lakefront" lots in the rural county. The predominant majority of the homes permitted by Kittitas County are on individual septic systems in close proximity to the ordinary high water mmk of the lake. The City has requested that Kittitas County establish land use intensity and proximity limitations to protect critical municipal water intake supplies. Best management practices along with hazardous material plans, appropriate land use zoning and density, and the analysis of future impacts should be considered by the CO\Ulty to protect aquifers and municipal water somces. The protection of aquifer recharge areas and municipal intakes is regulated within the City if Cle Elum under Ordinance No. 1039, Section 18.01.120- 140, the 2004 Eastern Washington Stonnwater Management Manual, Best Management Practices, and SEP A. Wed.ands and Floodplains Wetlands are transitional areas between upland and aquatic environments where water is present long enough to form distinct soils where specialized plant communities can grow. Wetlands include marshy areas along shorelines, and inland swamps. Wetlands are typified by three physical characteristics; Hydric soils, hydrology, and hydrophilic plants. The National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) map prepared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service indicated that Cle Elum has a number of wetlands. Wetlands will be defined using RCW 36.70A.030(20} and delineated using the Washington State Department of Ecology Wetland Delineation Manual pursuant to RCW 36.70A.175. Cle Elum has several known areas designated by FEMA as Floodplain or Floodway. Floodplains and floodways are areas recognized to have the greatest risk of damage to property and to the loss ofhwnan life. State law prohibits pennanent structures from beiDg constructed in the Floodway or 1o have zero rise (no displacement of floodwaters). Only seasonal uses or water dependent structures (such as bridges) should be allowed to be constructed in these areas. The protection of wetlands and floodplains occurs through the City's Development Regulations for critiw areas [Ordinance No. 1039, Section 18.01 .290-300; and 18.01.430w500; respectively], and SEPA. Blstorltal and Cultural Preservadoo City of Cle Elum-Lend Use Plan 23 One of the Goals of this Comprehensive Plan is to promote historic and cultural preservation within the City. The City of Cle Elum Historic Preservation Commission was established in 2006, after Cle Elum officially received Certified Local Government Status from The National Pad Service and the Washington State Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. Preservation of Cle Elum's history and heritage helps Cle Elum maintain its unique aesthetic and cultural diversity and links the community of tomorrow with its foundations from the past. In order to facilitate the City's continued interest in preserving its Historic Old Town Core, the City will support the development of a process [ a Local Historic District and/or Register] that prioritizes and protects our historic and cultural resources. To additionally further this goal the City implemented its Historic Preservation Ordinance in 2006. The City should work with r~resentatives of the Mountains to Sound Greenway, the Cle Elum Downtown Association, Historical Society, Heritage Club and Coal Mines and Iron Horse Trails to create a network of buffers and 1nterpretative signage within both informs and celebrates 1oca1 history. Land Use Element Goals and PoHcles The goals and policies of the Land Use Element provide the guidelines and direction for accommodating redevelopment and new development within Cle Elum over the next twenty years. They are intended to balance the community's desire to maintain the unique sense of place that is Cle Elum with the desire for sustained and balanced economic and residential vitality. The goals and policies also provide direction for future City directed activities including planning studies and other implementation measures. Goals and Policies prove useful when new ideas emerge in response to issues which were not anticipated or did not exist during the comprehensive planning process. During those times the community can consider the intent of the plan as outlined in the goals and policy statements to facilitate discussion towards reaching solutions which provide the best interpretation of the plan element. The goals and policies identified in this plan are derived largely from lhe Community Visioning Meetings guided by City Staff and The City Planning Commission. the 2000 Draft Comprehensive Plan Update and from gleaning information from other jurisdictions planning under GMA. The goals and poJicy statements contained within this element are guided by two principal themes: first, the desire of the community to maintain and enhance its rural character. cultural heritage, stunning natural beauty and its buman•scaled small town devdopment; second, the impetus of its residents to m:ate-an economically sustainable community that, while striving to meet the challenges of the future, respects the oontnbutions and foundations of the past. · The Growth Management Act specifies a number of planning goals for the comprehensive planning process. Examples of these goals that relate to Cle Elum's planning effort include: reducing sprawl, encouraging affordable housing, encouraging open space and recreation, protection of the natural environment and historical resources, City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 24 and consistency of this Land Use Element with other elements of the Comprehensive Plan. Fina11y, the goals and policies are intended to provide guidance to elected officials, staff and the general public as to the disposition ofland uses within the City and potential annexation areas. They provide the framework for decision making and acknowledge areas and issues beyond the City's jmisdiction or immediate control. This element recognizes that the City is part of a regional unit [oflocal, county and state governments] that must actively participate and plan together to ensure the intent of the Growth Management Act is met. Goal LU•J; Management and lmpl.ementadon Policies: LU -J.1 To influence the character of the City of Cle Elum by mnnaging land use and developing facilities and services in a manner that directs and controls land use patterns and intensities. LU-1.2 Land use changes should be guided by topography~ soils conditions, adjacent land uses, and the ability of the City to provide facilities and services. LU -1.3 Ensure that new development does not outpace the City's ability to provide and maintain adequate public facilities and services by allowing new development to occur only when end where adequate facilities exist or can be provided. LU -1.4 Upon adoption of and/or changes to the Comprehensive Plan, the City Development Regulations shall be reviewed for consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and County Wide Planning Policies. LU -t.S 1be City will coordinate concurrency management review. Devclope{S shall provide infonnation relating to impacts that the proposed development will have on public facilities and services. LU -1.6 The City will take a more active role in interagency planning and coordination among local jurisdictions, including: Kittitas County, South Cle Elum and Roslyn. LU -1.7 Annexation requests will only be considered within the UGA, planning area or sphere of interest that make a positive contribution to Cle Elum and are consistent with this Comprehensive Plan. LU -1.8 Conditional Use Permits, street vacations, variances and other speciaJ applications shall only be pennitted when there is an overriding permanent public benefit consistent with the goals and policies of this CompreJ1ensive Plan. City of Cle Elum-Land Use Plan 25 LU -1.9 Seek to provide adequate and appropriate lands for development for all necessary uses to accommodate the City of Cle Elum 2025 Population Projections. Goal LU-2: Maintain residential quality and Uvability suitable for a rural town. Polieies: LU -2.1 Encourage the development of compact, human-scale neighborhoods planned to be focused around the Old Town Commercial core as the nexus for civic, culturaJ. historic and commercial activities. LU -2.2 Encourage the retention of existing open spaces, trails, mobility corridors and enoourage the creation ofa City-wide, linked open space and trail network in order to retain the existing rural character amongst residential areas of the City. LU• 2.3 Develop multi-family design guidelines and affordability incentives which promote high quality affordable residential development. LU .. 2.4 Protect neighborhoods from adverse impacts such as excessive traffic, junk vehicles or other nuisances by actively and consistently enforcing City codes. LU -2.5 Support transit opportunities linked to residential growth. LU -2.6 Encourage housing rehabilitation to enhance neighborhood livability and aesthetic by seeking infonnation [for residents] on app.ropriate rehabilitation strategies, grants or loan programs. LU -2. 7 Promote the development and construction of pedestrian and bicycle facilities within, and linking, proposed and existing residential developments, commercial service areas and recreational opportwrities. LU -.2.8 Protect residential zoning districts ftom adverse impacts created by land uses pennitted in adjoining commercial or industrial zoning districts. Where possible, relocate or create ''transitional overlays" to those districts. LU -2.9 Preserve the "established" character in existing neighborhoods that are significantly built-out by zoning for infill development to occur at densities, and with similar standards, consistent with the existing development pattern. LU -2.10 Encourage the development of affordable housing that is "Fee Simple", either through development agreement [CEMC 17 .140] or by code change. LU -2.11 Enact an "Affordable Housing" zoning provision that can be used to attain true affordability, directly tied to a percentage of Average Median Income for Kittitas County [AMI]. City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 26 LU -2.12 Limit land for non fee-simple residential development so that is does not exceed 30 percent of the total City housing stock. LU -2.13 Create code provisions that require open space for new residential short plat, subdivisions and multi-family projects including condominiums or other shared property developments. Provide flexibility in the standards to coordinate with park and open space standards in the park element of the Comprehensive Plan, park impact fee requirements and City park maintenance objectives. Goal LU-3: Preserve Cle Elum's natural environment while aOow· g for growth and development. Polkles: LU -3.1 Give priority to the creation of guidelines and zoning amendments that encourage infi11 residential development within the existing incorporated area in an effort to reduce sprawl, more efficiently provide public services, create more housing options and integrate new development in exiting residential areas. LU -3.2 Enc.ourage the retention of natural habitat in residential developments by providing zoning incentives that create density and setback bonuses in exchange for prese,vation of open space and significant tree retention. LU -3.3 Develop a long range capital facilities program that requires the extension of public sewer to all residential areas of the City. LU -3.4 All planning area waterways and wetlands shall be preserved to the maximum extent practicable through the use of the Cle Elum Critical Areas Ordinance, SEPA, Shorelines ReguJations, the Kittitas County Shorelines Master Program and applicable locaJ, state and Federal laws including. LU -3.5 All new development must be in compliance with the provisions of the 2004 Eastern Washington Stonnwatcr Manual and the Washington State Department of Ecology Best Management Practices. LU -3.6 The Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program shall govern the development of all designated shorelines of the state within Cle Elum. Lands adjacent to areas should be managed in a manner c.onsistent with the Program. LU -3. 7 Protect wetlands to enable them to fulfill their natural functions as recipients for floodwaters and as habitat for wildlife through Cle Elum Critical Areas Ordinance No. 1039 and the Washington State Environmental Policy Act LU -3.8 Developments in steep slope areas [ as defined by CEMC 18.01] shall not be permitted unless information is provided to the City, that is both adequate and acceptable, that addresses erosion, slope and soil stability, drainage, stormwater runoff and diversion. City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 27 LU -3.9 To reduce landslide and erosion hazards zoning criteria should be established that increase the minimum lot size needed for development in areas of steep slope. LU -3.10 The City of Cle Elum may regulate clearing and tree removal which results in disturbance to trees, vegetation and soils in order to: Minimize the need for additional stOffllwater facilities, reduce erosion. reduce risk ofland slides, reduce silt laden discharges in stonnwater system, praerve and enhance the City's character. LU -3.11 Protect and preserve water quality, natural drainage, fish and wildJife habitats and the functions of streams and wetlands. Goal LU-4: Preserve and Protect Residential NeJgbborhoodl PoUcles: LU -4.1 Consider the establishment of Local Historic District Designations for Historic Neighborhoods to eooourage renovation and preservation of historical integrity. LU -4.2 The City may seek to establish programs to secure grants and loans from the State of Washington (and other sources) for home improvements for elderly and low income populations. LU -4.3 Pursue opportunities for infill housing within the downtown core for units located .. above" existing or new commercial uses. LU -4.4 Encourage flexibility in residential neighborhoods by allowing accessory dwelling units for owner occupied parcels. LU -4.5 Encourage the fonnation of neighborhood or homeowners associations to help develop a sense of community and "ownership" within neighborhoods. LU -4.6 Seek to create and to preserve links to a city•wide trail system that connects neighborhoods with civic, commerce and recreation areas to encourage alternate transportation modes. LU -4.7 The City shall continue to enforce its Buildin& Land Use, Zoning and Nuisance regulations to promote the general public health. safety and welfare. LU -4.8 Require greenbelts, buffers and/or open space to buffer incompatible uses from residefltial uses. City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 28 Goal LU-S: Create Order and Energy in Commercial Areas Policies: LU -S.1 Assure that a broad and diverse range of products and services are available to the residents of the City of Cle Elum. LU -S.2 ••strip" development shall be discouraged along First Street LU -S.3 Discourage the "lengthening" of the First Street Commercial conidor until infil1 development has occurred in the Downtown Commercial Core and in the Entryway Commercial Areas. LU-S.4 Seek traffic calming strategies and aesthetic beautification for First Street from South Cle Elum way east to Peoh A venue. LU -5.5 Encourage the expansion of the Old Town Commercial Core south of Railroad Street from Billings Avenue to Peoh Avenue. LU -5.6 Continue to work with the Washington State Department of Transportation to implement traffic cahning and angle parking in the Downtown Commercial Core. LU -S. 7 Continue to encourage the development of a safe and functional pedestrian network through Cle Elum 's commercial areas . LU -5.8 Continue the mandatory use of "Site and Design Review .. to maintain a oonsistent range of aesthetic and practical development standards such as pedestrian connectivity, landscape buffers, landscaping, for all new development and redevelopment in commercial areas. LU -S.9 Reqwe the use of shan=d driveways and controlled ingress/egress for new development in commercial areas. LU -5.10 Encourage broad and diverse uses in existing commercial areas to promote maximum occupancy. LU -S.11 Encourage character defining elements and aesthetic improvements in the downtown such as street furniture, planters, banners, landscaping of right of ways and increased diligence in maintenance and Jitter removal. City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 29 Goal LU-6: Open Space Policies: LU -6.J Disooumge the disturbance of vegetation when not in conjunction with the actual development. LU -6.l Open space areas should be encouraged to be used as buffers for different types of land uses. LU -6.3 Lands designated for open space should provide for multiple open space benefits whenever possible including active or passive rea-eation opportunities. scenic amenities. fish and wild life habitat, etc. LU -6.4 Provide incentives for owners of public and private property to preserve open space as a visual amenity through techniques such as conservation easements, transfer if development rights and density bonuses to encourage clustering. LU -6.5 Seek to include all waterways area into a designated open spaoe network. Goal LU-7: Industrial Lands Policies: LU -7.1 Ensure that a wide range of services and employment opportunities are available to current and projected residents of the planning area. LU -7 .l Promote an industriaJ park development in an appropriate area of the city. LU -7.3 Remove lands from the industria1 zoning designation that are in critical areas or that do not have adequate access to support industriaJ uses. Goal LU-8: Protect, conserve aod enhance the Historical and Cultural heritage of Cle Elum Polldes: LU -8.1 Coordinate and cooperate with local, state and national historic and cultural preservation organizations in order to promote historic and cultural preservation within the City. LU -8.l Encourage the conservation and reuse of historic structures in Cle Elum LV -8,3 The City and the Historic Preservation Commission should work to develop a list of priorities and strategies to facilitate preservation of significant structures, sites and lands. City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 30 LU -8.4 Promote a mutually supportive and beneficial relationship between economic development and historic preservation. Goal LU-9: Annexation Areas and Sphere of Interest Policies: LU -9.t Encourage orderly growth and development consistent with the City's ability to provide adequate and efficient services and facilities. LU -9.2 Pursue interlocal agreements with Kittitas County to address issues of potential concern to the City within Urban Growth~ and within the City's Sphere of Interest. LU-9.3 Support expansion of the UGA to acquire needed Industrial lands to serve the city's population growth projections. LU -9.4 Support the Municipal Annexation oflands that support critical municipal services, such as the Cle Elum Airport. LU -9.S Seek to expand the area of annexation proposed when such expansion is based on natural or manmade features, would serve to make City boundaries more regular or where the area to be served is a logical extension of City service capabilities and is within theUGA. LU -9.6 Evaluate proposed annexations to ensure that development enabled by the annexation is consistent with the goals and policies of this comprehensive plan. City of Cle Elum -Land Use Plan 31 Kittitas County Capital Improvement Program (2015-2020) Kittitas County Capital Improvement Program 2015 -2020 Six Year Plan From the Cascades ... to the Columbia Adopted ___ by the Board of County Commissioners • Ordinance No. __ Kittitas County Capital Improvement Program November, 2014 Table of Contents Six-Year Plan .................................................................................... 1 Introduction ................... _ .................................. ; ............................... 1 Accomplishments .............................................................................. 1 2015-2020 Summary ........................................................................ 2 1. Airport Facilities ..................................................................... 5 2. Kittitas County Administrative Offices .................................... 8 3. Kittitas Valley Event Center / Fairgrounds ............................ 14 4. Kittitas County Maintenance Shops, Storage, & Parking ..... 20 5. Kittitas County Roads .......................................................... 23 6. Regional Parks and Trails .................................................... 24 7. Solid Waste .......................................................................... 28 B. Ubrary Services ................................................................... 30 9. Emergency Services ............................................................ 31 10. Education ............................................................................. 37 11. Water -Group A Systems .................................................... 40 12. Sanitary Sewer ..................................................................... 43 Frequenay Asked Questions ........................................................... 44 Table of Contents Pagei Kittitas County Capital Improvement Program November, 2014 5. Kittitas County Roads This section includes an inventory of transportation facilities throughout Kitti tas County below in Table 6. The Kittitas County's Six-Year Transportation Improvement Plan provides further detail of the facility improvements that were indicated in Table 1. The Six-Year Transportation Improvement Plan is adopted once.a.year in the fall and amended as needed tbrollghoul the first year of the program. To obtain the latest version of this plan go to: http://www.co.ldttitas.wa.us/publicworks/ Tabla& Existing Publlc Facllltles and Strvlcn I Kittitas County Roads Faci lilY Provider DeM:rivtion Size l Surfaced County Roads Public Works Co\Dlty maintained roads with 496 miles pavement surface Unpaved Co. Roads Public Woiks County ltl.llin18i oed roads that are 68 miles gravel or other unpaved surface County Bridges Public Works Bridges that are over 20' span 114 Other County Crossing Public Works Bridges that are under 20' span 156 Structures SR.10 WSDOT From SR 970/fcanaway to US 97 16.16 mi 182 WSDOT From I 90 to Kittitas Co. Boundary at 19.88 mi Burbank Creek.B ri dge SR903 WSDOT From SR 970 to USFS boundBiy 10.06 mi SR903 Spur WSDOT From SR 903 to SR 970 0.33 mi I 90 WSDOT From Kittitas Co. Boundary at MP 84.91 mi 52.61 to Columbia River Bridg e US97 WSDOT From 1-90 Bridge at MP 133.90 to 40.58 mi SR9970 SR821 WSDOT From Kittitas Co. Boundary at MP 20.39mi 4.82 to Thrall R.d. at I 82 Undercrouing 'SR906 WSDOT From Kittitas Co. Boundary at MP 2.35 mi 0.3 to I 90 Undercrossing I SR906 Spur WSDOT From SR 906 to WSDOT 0.43 mi Maintenance Facility SR970 WSDOT From I 90 to US 97 10.31 mi Kittitas County Roads Page 23 Kittitas County Capital Improvement Program November, 2014 11. Water • Group A Systems This section includes an inventory of Water-Group A Systems facilities and a detailed description of each facility improvement that is included in the six-year plan. The inventory of facilities in Table 11 below also describes facility's size in order to determine ifit addresses the County's long-term community needs. Table12 Existing Publlc Facilities and Services I Water (Group A Systems) Facility Pruvider ]Jqscrlplion Size Ronald Kittitas County Water Serves 225 persons with 117 connections, 125,000 pl Water District No. 2, Special 1 SO total approved connections. Effective System District Community since 1/1/1970. provider i i Thorp Water Kittitas County Water Serves 230 persons with 107 connections, 156,000 gal I Systmn District No. 4, Sp eci al 112 total approved connections. Effective I District Community since 7/1/1987. I providar 1 Elk Kittitas County Water 141 Swallow Ln, ae Elum, serves 600 75,000 gal Meadows District No. 5, persons with 295 connections, 340 total Water Community provider approved connections. Effective since System 1/1/1970. Baston Easton Wmr District, 141 Swallow Ln, Cle Elum, serves 250 195,ooo 8a1 Water Community provider n:sidential persons and 106 non-n:sidential System persons with 216 connections, 512 total approved connecti ons. Effective since 1/1/1970. Sunlight Kittitas County Water 1710 Sunlight Dr., Cle Elum, serves 309 200,000 gal Walml Dill1ricl No. 7, Special residential persons and 169 non-residential Water District Community persons with 220 conncetions, 225 total System provider ~vcd connections. Effective since 1/1/1970. · Vantage Vantage Water System, Serves 70 residential persons and 105 non-50,000 gal Water Investor Community residential persons with 99 comtcctions, 150 System provider total approved co1111cctio.ns . Effective since 1/1/1970. Evergreen E vergreen Valley Serves 35 residential persons and 5 non-120,000 gal . Valley Utilities, Investor residential persons with 171 connections, Water Community provider 419 total approved conncctions. lUfective System since 3/2/2004. Racrvoir Reservoir Hill South Cle Elum, serves 33 residential 20,000 pl Hill Water Mai ntcnarmo Association. penon., with 21 connections, 25 total System Private Community approved connections. Effective since provider 2/25/1999. Water-Group A Systems Page40 Kittitas County Capital Improvement Program ,Facilll Central Mobile Home Park Snoqualmie Pass Pine Loch Sun Beach Club Water System Sky Meadows Ranch . Countly ClubWTR Sun Country Estatal-2- 3 Water Syst.em Swiftwatcr Trailer Park Wildwood2 &3 Water Sys1em Gnlsslands Park Millpond MobilB Manor Suncadia Resort Table 12 • Continued Existing Public Facllltle1 and Sarvlcn Water (Group A Systems) Provider Central Mobile Home Park, Private Community provider Privat.e -Snoqualmie Pass Utility District Private Community provider Private Community provider Private Community provider Swiftwater Trailer Park, Private Community provider Private Community Provider Private Community Provider Investor Community Provider Millpond Mobile Manor Investor Community Provider Description Wilson Creek Rd. mobile home park. serves 110 residential persons with S2 oonnectioos, S2 total approved conncctiorui. Effective 11inQ, 1/1/1970. Well capacity of 3 8S gallons per minute and 3 reservoirs storing 565,000 gallons Serves 90 residential persons with 409 calculated connection.s, 439 total approved connections. Effective date of 1/1/1970 Serves 60 residential persons and I IO non- residential persons with 240 calcu1at.ed connections and 360 total approved connections. Effective system date of 1/1/1970 Sena 21 S residential persons and 16 non- residential persons with 215 total calculated connections and 300 total approved connections. Effective date of 1/1/1970. S. Cle Elum mobile home park, serves 36 residential persons and 1 non-residential person with 22 total calculated connections and 24 total approved connections. Effective system date of 1/1/1970. Serves 45 residential penons & 48 non- residential persons with 37 total calculated connections & 78 total approved connections. Effective system date of 1/1/1970. Serves 29 residential penons with 14 total calculated connections and 14 totaJ approved connections. Effective system date of 12/20/2006. Serves 24S residential persons with I 05 total calculated connections and 105 total approved connections. Effective system date of 1/1/1970. Serves 70 residential persons & 903 non- residential persons with 666 total calculated c:omiectiom and 3785 total approved connections .Effective system date of 5/2912008. Water -Group A Systems November, 2014 Size 2,100 gal 1,361 acres 90,000gal 160,000 gal 100,000 &al 0 ga] Ii 4S,OO0gal 0 gal Op] 1,070,000 gal Page 41 Kittitas County Capital Improvement Program November, 2014 Table 12 • Continued Exlatlng Publlc FacllltlH and Sarvlces ' Water (Group A Systems) I Facilitv Provider Description Size Driftwood Association Community Serves 60 residential persons with 117 total 100,000 gal Aaes Provider ealculated connections and 120 total Maintenance approved connections. Effective system date Corporation ofl/1/1970. Sun Island Association Community Serves 30 residential persons and 100 non-1,8000 gal Maln~nihce Provider residential persons with 11 S total calculated Assn. c:onnections and an undetermined number of ! total connections. Effective system date of 1/1/1970. Grasslands Association Community Serves 260 residential persons with 75 total 21,000 gal Water Provider calculated connections and 81 total Systmn connections. Effective system date of 1/1/1970. Water -Group A Systems Page 42 Cle Elum Capital Facilities Plan (2008) lntrodudion Capital Facilities Plan (Adopted 2008) Table of Contents Gt-owda M•m~t Act Req1dnnse •t1 lnfft ad Concerns Capital Project Gtddellaes Level of Service Stud.ants Inventory and Anetsment Exilda& Water System Existing and Future Water Demand Table CF-I Allllul Water Ceaaamption by User Table CF-2 Year 1026 Waler Dul:a.D.d by Pl'fltllNl 7.ene Table CF-3 Cle Elum Wat• Synem Year 2026 Duaand City Wuer Rlpts Table CF-4 Summary of Water Rights and Wiadrawall Outti"de Utility Service Water System Requirements Sanitary Sewer System Table CF-5 Ellstin& 1 •d 2010 Projected Loadiq Slllitary Sewer Synem Level of Service Standard Public Bulldlnp-City Hall Projected Capital Facility NeedJ Level of Semce Fire Protection Level of Service Table CF-4i Projected Capital FacWty Needl Police Protection lnnntory Future Needs Level of Service Parka and Rettealioa Library Table CF-7 Ubrary Inventory Table CF..S Library Patrouce Fature Capital F1eUlty Needs Cemetery HealdaCare Table CF-9 SiJ: Year Schedule of Capital lmprovemeab Table CF-10 Capital FacJUdes Plan Projecll and Fundlag Sourees Goall ud Policies figan 1-A a, Elum Static hen~re Zoae M•p (part 1) Flgve 1-B ae Elum Stade Preaure Zone Map (fut 2) Fi un 2 Cle Elum/South Cle Elum Water System Schematic Figure 3 Map Inventory of City Proprrtlet/F•clUlles Slting of ~dal Pabllc FacllJdtt l 2 l 2 Jw3 3-20 3-4 s 5 6-8 ' 9-11 12 ll-13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 15-16 16 16 16-17 17 17 18 18-19 19 19 lO 2t 20 20 21 22 23 ll-25 26 27 21 29 30 CAP ITAL FACll.,lTIES PLAN Introduction The Growth Management Act [RCW 36.70A.070 (3)) states that the CapitaJ Facilities Plan Element of the comprehensive plan must consist of an inventory of existing capital facilities; show the locations and capacities; forecast of future needs; proposed locations and capacities; six year plan to finance capital facilities with projected funding sources; and reassessment of the Land Use Element to ensure that these elements are coordinated and consistent Each of these systems have been inventoried by type, level of servi~ and cost by year in tbe Six-Year Capital Faalities Plan. This plan differs from past Capital Improvement Plans since it identifies and establishes level of service standards for the city's capital facilities. This measurement will be a component of the city's concurrency management system . A level of service standard or LOS is a measurement of service to the public. It can be either a technicaJ equation or an aesthetic rule of thwnb which guides capital expenditures. Concurrency ensures that the prQvi$ion of urban public services will be present or funding is in place for capital facilities at the time of development completion or within six years. This entire plan is tied to specific funding to assure that this plan is neither a "wish list" nor a "think for today" plan on capital expenditures. In total, a Capital Facilities Plan is a good management technique to assure Jong range fiscal planning, lsSllel and Concerns Capital Project Gu.idellnes and Criteria The City of Cle Elum has traditionally been funded by real estate taxes. sales tax revenue, and services fees for the utilities provided by fbc city. ln addition .. the city has made a comrnitmeot to conserve funds when possible to assist in the offset of costs for capital expenditure by increasing service fees. This approach enables the city to spread costs in the long tenn for anticipated public service improvements. The city d.efines a capital expenditure as greater than $7,500.00 for an item with a life span of more than five years. This defi_nition includes fleet replacement, street improvements, and structural improvements while not encompassing purchases such as computers, office supplies, or small equipment as capital expenditures under growth management. Level of Service St.andards Each section of the Capita) FaciJities PJan will establish a Level of Service. A Level of Service is the standard by which a decision to expend capital will depend. For example: 2 will not be dependent upon existing Cle Elum water righ~ but rather will provide their own water rights as development occurs. Water System Regwemenr11 and Level of Service Water systems must be able to reliably and economically supply water that meets state standards for drinking water quality il1 sufficient guantities and at adequate pressures to meet existing and projected demands within the pfllWling period . Perfonnance and design criteria upon which the system analysis are derived from the followjng sources: o State board ofHeatth Drinking Water Regulations (WAC 246-290); • Water System Coordination Act Fire Flow Regulations (WAC 248~57); • Sizing Guidelines for Public Water Supplies; • Planning Handbook: A Guide for preparing Water System Plans; • Recommended Standards for Water Works, Policies for the Review and Approval of Plans and Specifications for Public Water Supplies. A Report of the committee of the Great Lakes -Upper Mississippi River Board of Stata Public HealOt and Environmental Managers; o Insurance Services Office Guide for Determination of Required Fire Flow; • Public Law 93-523, Safe Drinking Water Act; and o Public Law 99-339, Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of J 986. Sanitary Sewer System The city has completed its revised plan for the Sanitary Sewer System and operates a new sewer treatment facility located on Owens Road. This Sewer Comprehensive Plan serves as a oomplete inventory of existing facilities and servk.es . These projections were prepared by URS as consulting engineers for the City of Cle Elum. Included are estimates on semce areas, populations. and flows . At current projectioM, the City of Cle Elum. has in place capacity to treat sewerage demands through the year 2020. Avg. daily flow Max. Monthly Flow Peak Instantaneous flow BOD• rss•• TableCF-5 Existing and 2010 Projected Discharge and Loading E~isting 80,700gpd 1 S0,000 gpd 140ppd 174 ppd *5-day biochemical oxygen demand **total suspended solids loading Projected 96,000 gpd 129,000 gpd 400 gpd 16) ppd 201 ppd These projectio11s as based on a one third red uction of infiltration and inflow (see draft Facility Plan for the city of Cl e Elum Sanitary Sewer). 13 Level of Service Standard The level of service standards for the system have been established in the Sewer Facility Plan for the City of Cle Elum Sanitary Sewer, Sections 2, 3 and 4 which inc)ude: • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES) water discharge pennits. • EPA Secondary Treatment Regulations ( 40 CFR 133) o State of Washington Effluent Requirements Chapter 173-221 WAC. Pabllc Buildings City Hall The City Administrator, Public Works Director, Planner, Clerk, Treasurer, Building lnspector and Plans Examiner, Utility Clerk and Mayor's offices are housed in a city owned facility located at the intersection ofFifSt Street and Oakes Avenue. City Hall currently has approximately 3.282. 75 Square Feet of worlcing space in the entire building providing the staff support necessary to run th i'e city departments. However, as growth continues to occur in the City of Cle Elum, a new City Hall should be buill Most likely, a bond issue would be sought to fund the expected oost of a new building at approximately ($5M) five million dollars. The City has located a piece of property that is the approximate geographic center for the City of Cle Elum that has ample room for the City's projected space and service needs. The new building would provide office space for the same city departments and also provide for the co-location of the City Police Department and Upper County District Court and associated services, and if built allowing for future growth of each department, alleviating the possibility of a future bond issue for a new larger building. Level of Service 120 square feet per person/emp]oyee Projected Capital FacWty Need• • Adminis'trative offices for the Treasurers office o Administrative offices for the City C]erk • Administrative office for the City Administrator • Administrative office for the City P)anner • New Mayors office • Building Department • Copy room and Mail room o Lunchroom • Reception Area • Utility payment center • Council Chambers • Police Department and Offices 14 Cle Elwn Downtown Planning-Focus on 1st Street- City Council/Planning Commission/Study Session CLE . ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING FOCUS ON 1ST STREET DESIGN CONCEPTS -----,------- l I - CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM Cle Elum City Hall June 6, 2017 Background & Study Session 5-7 PM Public Participation 7-9 PM Agenda • Planning Process • Background • Design Introduction • Parking and Street Tree Layouts • Site Furnishing Concepts • Stakeholder Workshop Results • City Council/ Planning Commission Discussion • Public Forum JUNE 6, 2017 CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING •!.HLA r,HBe - r; CllY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM •~ ... """°"UCHJJftrU>t Study Area JUNE 6, 2017 : ~~~o~~~L~~~~~~~l~O~ :~~~~~to PUBLIC FORUM ·~ ·.-~~!~., 3 Planning Process Checklist Walk and Talk Site Visit (Team and City) 4/20/17 Focus Group Sessions (Comprehensive Plan Update) 4/20/17 Key Stakeholder Workshop 5/22/17 City Council/ Planning Commission Study Session 6/6/17 • And Public Forum • Planning Commission Recommendation 6/20/17 • City Council Adoption 6/27/17 ~ . . ~ . •-'/ . ' 'I , ,· , . ; --.: CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM ,,. •••o.-"""'' . .(..' Wa lk and Talk Summary • Street lights are concrete poles •· Seasonal banners • "Coal" carts • Flag holders for special city events • Open space opportunities • Parades on 1st St. between Billings and Peoh • Oakes to Wright is the "Historic District" • The sidewalks are 12 feet wide • Wood utility poles on 1st St. between Bullitt and Peoh •· Most of the curbs and sidewalks on 1st St. are in poor condition • Kiwanis marker JUNE 6, 2017 'I , i ; . ·, 'f '--. CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING A..ffLA 1flBB s 'I CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM ,...~t.1--,5,IJk ,._,.. ...... ,mruu Focus Groups Sessio ns Su mm ary Longtime Residents Suncadia Business Owners Students JUNE 6, 2017 CLE ELU M DOW NTOWN PLANNING •~+HLA 2H BB 6 CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM •........,~!IL """'W'""'""'"" W h at We Heard 1. How would you describe Cle Elum? Recreation area, middle of the state, base of the Cascades, relaxing, "woodsy". 2. What makes Cle Elum unique? Interesting history of coal mining and logging. There is a lot to do here all year round. The Outdoors. 3. Why do you come downtown? What do you like best? For limited services and some retail. There is a collection of historic buildings. Parades and events. 4. What do you like least? Too hot in the summer to walk downtown, lack of character, not enough retail stores. Traffic (truck route). S. Of the great things you like about other downtowns, what would you apply to Main Street? Street trees, walkable, hanging flower baskets, angle parking, pocket parks with vendors, unique stores, benches, dog park, a town center at the intersection of 1st and Penn., kiosks, signage for businesses, way finding, turn of the century era to define Cle Elum. Examples: Edmonds, WA; Camas, WA; Duvall, WA; Snoqualmie, WA; Coeur d'Alene, ID JUNE 6, 2017 CLE ELU M DOW NTOWN PLANNI NG t.HLA HBB~ 1 CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM +1----~--..... C.UI .. CHotrtTU>I • • • Camas Walkable Street trees Angle parking CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING ; CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM ~ JUNE 6, 2017 +J!~ 8 Edmonds • Walkable • Outdoor seating areas • Wide sidewalks • Fountain in the heart of downtown CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM JUNE 6. 2017 +JJil\ 1-1 88 9 ~ '.~,-,::z.:_::.:.~~ i!..!!-lc~i~~c:~:•17 TYPICAL PARKING AND STREET TREE LAYOUTS JUNE 6, 2017 CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANN IN G +!..HLA t1HH. 10 l CllY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM ·~•U•H•""'k ,._C>nAKMUICTUN 30 Degree Parking Layo u~REFTT•E rnM'PlE ,...._.......,., -----, PLAN A SECTION ti t, . (.. ' . ' , . A) T t r ~ft" MIDBL.00: CROSSING ONLY BFTWffl\l NORTH PENNSYtVANIA /WE AND NORTH HARRIS AVE CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING I i.l '-M • -.. ~.AIP: a.nri Aa . , . '/ I ~ "'<-- •t+HLA • CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM ·~~ HBB L&H•1c,u,, AIP'CH1arru,, ~ '··~ ... or-,-,. .. c.. 11 45 Degree Parking Layout5TRE£TTR£HXAMPLE L. ....__ l i Pi.AN A SECTION . :, ~ . (~ -,, . r· ". ,,. ., ; t . , ..,. ~':~~~ ... ~ .. 4S' ANGLED MAKING 9' X '8' STAI.L Sl7f AV£ AND NOlllll HARRIS -~VE StA.'lONl>.I (01.l)ft 1,.Y,.::a• ~T'~~ ·~~ CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING -, Aa i,,,,,,,!;" ' ) r. ciP •li!'1n ' . ' . ...._ •HLA HBB -12 ~ CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNJNG CQMMISSIQN STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC fQRUM ~i.l~ L<NMMUCH1tmuu ~-r ... ,.~• rV"I .-I r-,.. or-I 0 N ... I.D UJ z <j V) ::> -, I-~] =1 a... ,) LLJ u ~ ::::, 0::: z 2 u 0 :::J c:c ::::, Q. u Cl ~~ l!J zz -0 z z v5 z~ -5~ I ::> 0.. ~ V) zz -~o z ~ 0~ 0:: ~ ::i: zo ::J ~~ 0~ LL oz :5 LLJ ~~ I- ::, ::::! _J ~ -LU ::> 0 V)· LU u _J ~ Uu Pi llar Concept PROPOSED ENHANCEMENTS ' LIGHTING j"""'°-.Pth.i {r"i"'r..1.~ _,1.4 1:J ::,.~ •,; ;;OEJT)UA'ICJGHr BENCH M<GU!t-~IWQ+ CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANN ING .. ·-~ ~ SIDEWAU: -ri~ I . . ~ I ~ '! ~ I : ~ -~l!OIJGH1-U)M!'ilS PlANTcR ,. ,.__....,~Jl!1 '.J.."V!I 3.11~1 >U! ·~•~:-: •-.•;-r,.; LITTER RECEPTACLE i,;cJDRSJlllG!l'SJEEUl'JBl'ECB'1MU JUNE 6, 2017 r CITY COUNCIL/ Pl.ANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM ~· +..Hi~ .~~~-~!.~. 14 --~:...-~,--. ..: .. ,., Hi storic Concept ElOSTING CHARACTER =--a PROPOSED ENHANaMENTS w ~ .. ~ .. , 'j t (" '-·· .:( p: . I 1) I ,_ . ; i I ! LIGHTING PLANTER U,11,f!C.aw,in ·;#ffM~~f,Af•H'fffMJlfnf5rJf1'JIIICi,.lrlflG Sf1E5t'J ~,,; -, 1,·,·l ll P', V•, -7 I. a I ; I ---- 1m -~ ' ¥, .. t!l r' _I ,, . ·~-----_,,.. BENCH LITTER RECEPTACLE Sltf'SG(PIJC1ln!Pl'5~"111MDMIVCI/ ~,1E1611$1!M1'51'l"'IIMN/£ JUNE 6, 2017 CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANN I NG CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM +Jii.t\ HBB : 1s ' ~ ~AW'!l,C.Ul A.t!:H I U:CHJtt Leisure Concept EXISTING CHARACTER ___..... PROPOSED ENHANaMENTS (, • I .- LIGHllNG a...frC.All2'3.-~hll.:'W'1,,Nttt!""1NG BENCH m,f,SR!l,HCAST.wG-l>?IU<r/11.,;(ll I .. ~ • ~ __ J i.o. • r -w- a PlANTER CNln.., ·1'~' ~iWi'fJI~ r :•P,.";:'I SIDEWALK --. ; LITTER RECEPTACLE _ TFH:rtJllA'IEJirOOIAIU-a:OllllfOFIKU JUNE 6, 2017 CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING •HLA -ffeB -16 CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM -..,_...,i.1 ~ """'rn"""""'"'' STAKEHOLDER WORKSH ·OP May 22, 2017 -27 Participants JUNE 6, 2017 j,. . ' : ' ( -. 1/ • .' ,·. /. ·. ,. .,.~ CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING •.H.LA ~1 f!IBB 17 i CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM ...., .. i....,.,,.~ ,. .. '° .. ·""""'"" . •-·· -•t •• h •I Stakeholder Workshop Results Which parking and street tree plan do you prefer and why? .. 30 Degree Parking with Columnar Trees Preference:••••••••••••• =~--=~;::.-•-::_:. ~ 45 Degree Parking with Large Trees -Preference:•·• • • • • • • • JUNE 6, 2017 ii ~ '; :>·., ",, . CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING (tHLA HBas -1s 'l CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM ~lal....,.. ... '" ... !C .. JAICMIU<>Utl '-- ' .,, ... '"C,r Stakeholder Workshop Results Which design concept do you prefer and why? . ·~-1w i;_; J ... i i l t" Vl . . . ~ -... .. --. ·~. if:f ,4.,, .,. ' Historic Concept Preference: • • • • • • • Pillar Concept Preference: • • • • • • Leisure Concept Preference: JUNE 6, 2017 CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING t.HLA ~HBB ~ 19 ! CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM 41t .,_.milldlilfllNn:. ........ n.mnmou Stakeho ld er Workshop Results Preferred Elements 'Jt,' "-'""-i,§ J PILLAR LIGHTING PILLAR BENC H HISTORIC RECEPTACLE JUNE 6, 2017 ,• . ~ / ...--:-· :{ I ,T .f, ",· ---. ·" CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING ~ CITY COUNCIL/ PIJ\NNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM •.l!i~ .. :~!!~.. 20 -.; ... , ar ,. .. I-'V Stakeholder Workshop Results Summary of Concept Responses Parking and Street Tree Layout • 30 degree parking was preferred because of the increased visibility, and larger sidewalks. A few people noted that this concept would be easier for snow removal. • 45 degree parking was preferred because of the increased parking and larger trees. Site Furnishing • Overall, people preferred to keep the historic feeling. ~ Many liked the combination of the historic and pillar furnishings. • Leisure was often chosen because they want to enhance the relaxing atmosphere. • Light pollution was a concern. Downlighting is important in maintaining Cle Elum's clear night sky. • It was suggested that bike racks be added to the site furnishing concepts. JUNE 6, 2.017 ~ ' ; C.--. ',.,,, ,,,,,, .....__ -. ,_:;." .. ,or-~·~· CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING (•HLA ;ttHH 21 • CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM ...... i-~111:. ,. .......... oc•1tmo" Stakeholder Workshop Results Summary of Additional Comments Parking People voiced concern that angle parking would reduce visibility and impede traffic. Parking and pedestrian safety is of utmost importance on 1st street. People want parking accommodations for large trucks, trailers and RVs. It was suggested that trucks and trailer parking could be provided on side streets or on Railroad Avenue. Motorcycle parking is also an important feature to incorporate into the downtown plan. Several people suggested alternating the parking layout between blocks. Traffic People want to slow down or redirect truck traffic without discouraging people from coming to downtown. People want visitors to feel comfortable slowing down to look at all the downtown has to offer. A few people stressed the importance of conducting a traffic study to see what is feasible regarding traffic and parking. Improved wayfinding was suggested to direct people to parking and amenities downtown. Snow Trees Snow removal needs to be taken into account when deciding on parking layout and paving materials. While many liked the larger trees in the 45 degree parking plan, others were concerned about visibility. A few people worried about the longevity of trees downtown and suggested alternative forms of shade coverage. JUNE 6, 2017 CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND PUBLIC FORUM • HLA tffl.H --22 ........ u.,...,_k ,.~u .... HcH1,u,u .. m N I"'-, C .-1 0 (',I 0 .. : . U) I UJ •I ·-l/) z <JI ::::, --, ~, V) ·-=~ E ,) E ~ ::> c:: 0 0 :..L. u u :::i a:::i ::> b.O C c.. 0 C 0 (.,9 ~ ·-·-z z -0 C V) z v5 C V) z~ ::J <! >- ro _J 0 u c... ~ a.. Vl zz ·-~~ 0 ~ o~ r-~ Z8 ·-~~ u Oz C oz :5 =, ~:::. 0 ::, :::! _J ~ u LU ::> 0 LU u > _J ~ Uu -1-' ·-u CITY O F CLE ELUM WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 2017..0U A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLE ELUM, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING A DOWNTOWN REVIT ALIZA TI ON PLAN PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE. WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Transportation wiU rehabiJitate pavement on First Street/State Route 903, including Cle Blum's downtown core area hetween Oakes Avenue and Peoh Avenue in 2020; and WHEREAS, the City of Cle Elum' s stormwater facilities on downtown First Street must be updated prior to paving activitie& to avoid UMecessary damage to new pavement or cost to the city; and WHEREAS, the City stonnwater facilities mu.st be designed from Billings A venue to Peoh A venue according to the Downtown Revitalization Plan Preferred Alternative; and WHEREAS, the City of Cle Elum desires to focus economic revitalization efforts in the downtown on First Street from Oakes A venue to Peoh A venue; and WHEREAS, the City of Cle Elum desires to create a safely walkable downtown area, consistent with the City's Complete Streets Ordinance (Ord. 1455); and WHEREAS, the City of Cle Elum has completed a Downtown Revitalization Planning Process with the public, the Planning Commission, and the City Council, which resulted in a Prefened Alternative recommendation from the Cle Elum Planning Commission presented to City Council on June 27, 2017; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLE EL~ WASHINGTON, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. A.dopted. The City of Cle Ehnn hereby adopts the Downtown Revitalization Plan Preferred Alternative (attached hereto as Exhibit A) and ~tablishes the conceptual plan the City will use to design downtown First Street from Oakes A venue to Peoh A v~nu~ and which wilt be used to design downtown stormwater improvements from Billings A venue to Peob A venue, and which will be used to secure additional funding to support this downtown and economic revitalization process. PASSED BY 1llE CLE ELUM CITY COUNCIL AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF ON THE DAY OF __ , 2017. ~: a • S n, City Clede: Approved as to form: Alexandra L. Kenyon, City Attorney Filed with the City Clerk: Passed by the City Council: Resolution No.: Date Posted: ~ " (!le FA- 119 West First Street Cle Elum, WA 98922 June 26, 2017 Cle Elum City Council 119 West First Street Cle Elum, WA 98922 Honorable Mayor and Cle Ehun Council: Telephone: (509) 674-2262 Fax:(509)674-4097 www.cltyofcleelum.com RE: Planning Commission Recommendation of Downtown Plan Preferred Alternative The Cle Elum Planning Commission has become involved in the City's Downtown Revitalization Planning Project which is being conducted by City Engineer HLA and sub-consultant Hough Beck and Baird since April of 2017. This process has included several public fonnns, gathering numerous public comments and overwhelming support from the community, downtown businesses, and downtown building owners, as well as the Washington State Department of Transportation, Puget Sound Energy. the Chamber of Commerce, and County Commissioner Laura Osiadacz. The Commission participated in the June 6th Council/Commission Study Session event where an informative presentation by HLA, HBB, and City Staff resulted in constructive discussion of conceptual plan details. During our regularly scheduled meeting on June 20111, a large audience attended with requests to provide comment, which included a few concerns we feel will be addressed during the Preliminary Engineering Design Phase of the Downtown Revitalization process. The design phase would include details such as driveways and individual block configurations, among many other considerations, and would work with building and business owners to accommodate where possible. The current recommendation is the adoption of a conceptual plan that ·will guide the specific design of the core downtown area which the Commission feels wilt be economically revitalized u a result, and which wilJ lead to a safer walkable downtown to be enjoyed by our community and visitors well into the future. In light of this thorough process and infonnation presented to the community. the Commission, and the Council it is the recommendation of the Planning Commission that the Council adopt the Downtown Revitalization Plan Preferred Alternative as presented by directing the Mayor to sign Resolution 2017-011. Respectfully, Kerry Clark Planning Commission Chair CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING PREFERRED 1ST STREET DESIGN CONCEPTS ' • ~. c· n · .. ·1,, -.l,'.,1# ! If• . -~ -. . • . l --I, .. ,,, ., -_,,.--·- Cle Elum City Hall June 27, 2017 City Council N " ...-1 cg 0 N ~ :c: " N LJ.J <JI z ::, ~1 --. ::er ,) l9 z z z ::s a.. z 5 ~ z 5 0 0 ro ~ ...J OJ :::, u Sr.- .....J z <t: LLJ :::J 0 > LLJ u .....J ~ -0 Uu :::, ..t,-J V) Planning Process Checklist 4/20/17 4/20/17 5/22/17 6/6/17 6/20/17 6/27/17 Walk and Talk Site Visit Focus Group Sessions Key Stakeholder Workshop City Council Planning Commission Study Session • And Public Forum Planning Commission Recommendation City Council Adoption CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING /j CITY COUNCIL Focus Groups -25 participants ·-1 Stakeholder Work5hop -28 participants Study Session I Public Forum -32 participants •HLA HBB ~ 3 ........ ~Iii:. l.&llfa.5C.t.PI ll'CHltfC'!"!Jtl Community In put Results Which parking and street tree plan do you prefer and why? ia. ,, ... ~'i.-iM:i----~ d 30 Degree Parking with Columnar Trees Preference: ··········-········ 45 Degree Parking with Large Trees Preference: •••••••••• JUNE 27, 2017 CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNI NG l CITY COUNCIL +:it.Ii.A .~~~· 4 Preferred 30 Degree Parking Layout STR EET TREE EXAMPLE PlAN ----'. ~ ·-i,:p@rit 0 ~ A ' -~ -ll' I II' I ... ~ "'IIQIG lMllll lNII' aJmllTUQllMIF SECTION 100' CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING : CITY COUNCIL r ,. " , r .........._,_ I -:;:u "-•~~ l J ~ -~• HLA .HBB s ·~l.1111llll•1,~k --1.&.a tU.11 .1.K.tl•l.tU, ,~ J Community Input Results Which design concept do you prefer and why? ,~;, ( .. -·: .. rt' J ;i. Historic Concept Preference: • • • • • f ---· JI ;,-./ ,It '-.. . ' .,,, '4.i...,,,,. ,,..~ ', ,, i i 'fT ~- '1 i ~ "'1 ':"' ,;,. Pillar Concept Preference: • • Leisure Concept Preference: • • • • • CLE ELUM . DOWNTOWN PLANNING • CITY COUNCIL •••• JUNE 27, 2017 •HLA HBB -6 ~~lie,. 1a11Mc.Atl .U·CHltrCTUJ:[ Preferred Site Furn is h ings ,---., ' . ~ ·" ~ .. ~ ~~~ ,. .. ' . . . . 1._ ~, .. _. ... , .-.-w-~--" -. <f.t -~ -~,r . ~ rl ::...: .. ·! EXISTING mAL CART At~ CONCRETE SIDEWAU< PAVING MnBIN lAND5CAPEFORMS PLAZA PlANl'ER CANIBIURY DESIGNS RECEPIMll (, • 0:.-: . • ~-·1 '' •' J ' , • ' ,, CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING , . ~· ; CITYCOUNCIL ... ...... .--;;-:,; .. ·~ MASLIN MUl700 WOOD IIENCH 7 Community Input Results Summary of Concept Responses cl Parking and Street Tree Layout • 30 degree parking was preferred because of the increased visibility, and larger sidewalks. A few people noted that this concept would be easier for snow removal. • 45 degree parking was preferred because of the increased parking and larger trees. People thought the addition of larger trees would create a more welcoming atmosphere. • Many expressed that either layout would be an improvement to the existing condition of downtown. Site Furnishing • Overall, people preferred to keep the historic feeling. •· Many liked the combination of the historic and pillar furnishings. • Leisure was often chosen because they want to enhance the relaxing atmosphere. • Light pollution was a concern. Downlighting is important in maintaining Cle Elum's clear night sky. • It was suggested that bike racks be added to the site furnishing concepts. • People like the idea of a banner over 1st Street to advertise events. • It is important that the look of the planter is easy to differentiate from the litter receptacles. • People would like designated spaces for art opportunities. ·• Irrigation to baskets and trees needs to be provided. • Wind and other extreme weather should be considered when choosing location of site furnishings JUNE 27, 2017 I ;' (..-. / . I ,I ✓-.' ., ,, CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING -~ CITY COUNCIL •l!~J\ ·HB IL s .....,. _,,.. t aNO,c.t,H .UC.HITltT\IU ...._ c::,~ .,...,_.., &• ~· Community Input Resu lts Summary of Additional Comments Parking People voiced concern that angle parking would reduce visibility and impede traffic. Parking and pedestrian safety is of utmost importance on ist Street. People want parking accommodations for large trucks, trailers and RVs. It was suggested that trucks and trailer parking could be provided on side streets or on Railroad Avenue. Truck parking is an issue when the pass is closed. Motorcycle parking is also an important feature to incorporate into the downtown plan. Several people suggested alternating the parking layout between blocks. Traffic People want to slow down or redirect truck traffic without discouraging people from coming to downtown. People want visitors to feel comfortable slowing down to look at all the downtown has to offer. A few people stressed the importance of conducting a traffic study to see what is feasible regarding traffic and parking. Improved wayfinding was suggested to direct people to parking and amenities downtown. Snow Trees Snow removal needs to be taken into account when deciding on parking layout and paving materials. While many liked the larger trees in the 45 degree parking plan, others were concerned about visibility. A few people worried about the longevity of trees downtown and suggested alternative forms of shade coverage. JUNE 27, 2017 CLE ELUM DOWNTOWN PLANNING CITY COUNCIL •--tl~ .~~~.~~:, 9 i The Planning Commission recommends approval of the preferred concept with the following contingencies: 1. Coordinate the design of the mid-block crossings with snow removal practices. 2. Provide an opportunity during preliminary engineering for stakeholders, businesses, property owners, and the community to provide input. --------·--·-- ·l·· :' JJ JUNE 27, 2017 . ·. . 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