HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report-Special Event ApplicationKITTITAS COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
AGENDA DATE: April 19, 2022
ACTION REQUESTED: Consider a Special Event Application for the Manastash
Ridge Trail Run and Navigation Race.
BACKGROUND: The Commissioner’s office received a Special Event
Application from Kati Leigh to host the Manastash Ridge
Trail Run and Navigation Race on May 28 & 29, 2022. The
event Application was received on March 14, 2022.
INTERACTION: The applicant is requesting a waiver to the following:
Kittitas County Code Chapter 5.20.100 – Penal Bond –
Bond of Indemnity - The applicant HAS provided a
Certificate of Liability Insurance & Endorsement.
The applicant does not believe they need a waiver to the
following:
Kittitas County Code Chapter 5.20.160 – Closing Hours
since their event is scheduled to begin at 6:00 a.m. & 8:00
a.m. and according to the County Code, events shall not be
open to the public before the hour of 7:00 a.m., however
they feel that the noise made during the 6:00 a.m. hour will
not be enough to disturb the public.
The permit fee has been paid and Staff has routed the
application and received a recommendation of approval or
contingent approval from the following departments:
Sheriff, Public Health, Public Works, and Fire Marshal,
Treasurer, Prosecutor & Solid Waste.
RECOMMENDATION: Contingent Approval with the following Department
recommendations:
** Sheriff: Stated that the applicant needs to ensure that
they are in compliance with any and all Washington
Department of Fish & Wildlife and DNR regulations for
this event to occur.
** Fire Marshal: Stated that they will need to add an
additional First Aid Station at the finish line of the race.
Public Health/EH: Food Service Permit to be applied for
there KCPHD two weeks prior; garbage cans with tight
fitting lids and portable toilets and handwashing
strategically located in high use areas (two each) thought
the course of the event with one being handicap accessible.
** Public Works: Advertisement one week in advance in
the Northern County Tribune and Daily Record Newspaper
and Radio to give residents and traveling public notice of
the event. They also are requiring a parking attendant be
present to make sure all vehicles are parked off the County
roads to allow through traffic.
** Treasurer: The Event did not remit their Admissions
Tax for their 2021 event. The Treasurer’s Office is unable
to recommend approval until that is paid in addition to the
15% late fee. Once that is updated this years event would
again be subject to the County’s Admissions Tax and will
need to report/remit 2022 Admissions Tax at the end of the
event and by no later than July 31, 2022.
HANDLING: BOCC Staff to send notice to applicant and notify County
Departments & Kittcom. Noting a waiver to the Penal
Bond and complying with recommendations from: Sheriff,
Treasurer, Public Works, Public Health/EH, Fire Marshal
and Solid Waste.
ATTACHMENTS: Special Event Application
Department Responses
Treasurer Receipt
LEAD STAFF: Mandy Buchholz, Administrative Supervisor