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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: September 15, 2020 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Approve a Special Event Application for <br />Huffman Farms Pumpkin Festival. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The Commissioner’s Office received a Special Event <br />Application from Hilary Huffman to host the Huffman <br />Farms Pumpkin Festival throughout the month of October <br />beginning on 9/26/2020 – 10/31/2020. <br /> <br />INTERACTION: The applicant is not requesting a waiver to Kittitas County <br />Code Chapter 5.20.160 – Closing Hours. <br />The applicant is requesting a waiver to Kittitas County <br />Code Chapter 5.20.100 – Penal Bond – Bond of Indemnity. <br /> <br />The permit fee has been paid and Staff has routed the <br />application and received a recommendation of approval from <br />the following departments: Sheriff, Public Health, Public <br />Works, Solid Waste, Prosecutor, Fire Marshal. & <br />Treasurer (Specific comments may be seen in the <br />Department Memo’s attached). <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Approve the Special Event Application from Hilary Huffman <br />to host the Huffman Farms Pumpkin Festival from 9/26/2020 <br />– 10/31/2020 with the following contingencies: <br /> <br /> Public Works: The applicant is required to ensure that no <br />unmitigated adverse impacts to the traveling public along <br />Wilson Creek Road will occur from the proposal. Public <br />Works also has requested that the applicant post “Event <br />Ahead” signs along Wilson Creek Road. Public Works <br />indicated that they will reach out for a bridge inspection later <br />this year. <br /> <br /> Sheriff: Sheriff’s Office has no concerns, however with the <br />ever-changing world of COVID-19, there could be potential <br />education, and/or enforcement issues that arise. They <br />indicated that they support Public Health and the Health <br />Officers decisions. The stated that they could not in good <br />faith endorse an event that the Health Department didn’t <br />support and that they would defer to Public Health’s decision <br />in whether this event could be held safely. <br /> <br />Fire Marshal: <br />Fire Marshal Permit is required for the event. <br />Fire Marshal inspection on Friday prior to event start