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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: March 7, 2023 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Consider a Special Event Application request to hold the <br />Yakima River Canyon Marathon. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The Commissioner’s office received a Special Event <br />application to hold the annual Yakima River Canyon <br />Marathon on Saturday April 1, 2023. <br /> <br />INTERACTION: The applicant is requesting a waiver to the following: <br /> <br /> Kittitas County Code Chapter 5.20.100 – Penal Bond – <br />Bond of Indemnity - The applicant has provided proof of <br />insurance/endorsements and believes that it should be <br />adequate coverage, since their event has proven to have no <br />effect on the roads in the past. <br /> <br /> The applicant does not need a waiver to the following: <br /> <br />The applicant has not requested a waiver to Kittitas <br />County Code Chapter 5.20.160 – Closing Hours but <br />since their event is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. and <br />according to the County Code, events shall not be open to <br />the public before the hour of 7:00 a.m. they will not need a <br />waiver. To be noted they will be using a small bull horn as <br />the event is being set up etc. <br /> <br />The permit fee has been paid and Staff has routed the <br />application and received a recommendation of approval or <br />contingent approval from the following departments: <br />Sheriff, Public Health, Public Works, Solid Waste, <br />Treasurer & Prosecutor the County Fire Marshal. <br /> <br />Public Works has requested the following: <br /> <br />1) Local advertisement in the Daily <br />Record/Radio/physical posting two weeks in advance <br />to inform the traveling public of upcoming event in <br />order to give them the choice to plan a different route <br />during this time period. <br />