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LOWERREACHONETRAILOutlineofCommitmentsandTrailDesign

ChelanCountyPUD,CityofChelan,&LakeChelanTrailsAllianceMay2018

LIABILITY:TheCityofChelanwillassumeallliabilityfortrailuse.AChelanCountyPUD(CCPUD)permitwillbeissuedtotheCityofChelanfortrailcreationandmaintenance.ThepermitwillbemodelledaftertherecreationalagreementbetweentheCityofWenatcheeandCCPUDgoverningthePUDparcelintheWenatcheeFoothillsusedfortrails.MAINTENANCE:TheCityofChelanwillassumeallmaintenanceresponsibilitiesforthetrailandtrailsignage.ThiscommitmentwillbeincludedintheCCPUDpermit.DESIGN&PERMITTING:TheLakeChelanTrailsAlliance(LCTA)offerstheenclosedlayoutanddesignofthetrailformutualapprovalbytheCityandCCPUD.LCTAwillbetheleadintrailpermitting(SEPA,etc.).ChelanCountywillbetheleadagencyinSEPAprocessing.

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TRAILDESIGNTheLowerReachOnetrailbranchesoffoftheexistingReachOnetrailandtravelssouthbysoutheastalongtheriverbeforeclimbingbackuptothegorgeroadbench.

- Thetrailiscomposedasaseriesoftwoloopsprovidinguserswithmultipleroutesanddistances.

- Totallineartraildistanceisapproximately2.35miles.- Primaryuserswillbehikersandtrailrunnersgiventheshortdistance.Mountainbikes

willbepermittedonthetrails.- Trailwidthwillbe18”-24”withacompacteddirtsurface.- Redsectionoftrailnearriverwillmaintainaminimumof20’ofdistancefromtheChelan

Rivertoprotectunstableslopes.

Signage:LCTAwillinstalltrailsignageshowingdistancesandroutesthroughthegorgeatfourlocationsalongthetrail:

- (1)ThejunctionpointoftheexistingReachOnetrailandnewlowerReachOnetrail.- (2-4)Ateachloopnode.- Additionally,themapatthetrailheadwillbeupdatedtoshowtheentireReachOnetrail

network.

FourSignLocations

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AllsignswillincludethelogosofthePUD,LCTA,andCityofChelantoconveythetrail’smulti-agencystakeholders.AdditionalNoTrespassingsigns,NoFishingsigns,etc.willbeinstalledasdictatedbythePUD.CCPUDandtheCityofChelanwillapprovesigndesignpriortocreation.Reach2–RiskMitigation:TokeepusersasafeandenjoyabledistancefromtheChelanRiver,Reach2,andthesteepslopessurroundingReach2,thetrailutilizesthreedesignfeatures:

1. Existingroadswillbede-compactedandseededoneithersideoftrailtodiscourageuse.2. Trailmaintains20’min.distancefromriverandsteepslopeleadingtoReach2.3. TrailroutesusersawayfromthesectionofReach1immediatelyadjacenttoReach2.

Reach2RiskMitigation

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CONSTRUCTION:TheLakeChelanTrailsAlliancewillberesponsiblefortrailconstruction.ExamplesoftrailconstructiontechniquescanbeseenatEchoRidgeRecreationArea.Constructionwillutilizearentedmini-excavatorandhandlabor.Alllaborwillbevolunteer.Theremaybetheneedtoremovestandinghazardtreesthatwereburnedinthe2015fire.LCTAwillremovethetreesandwillrelyonthePUDtoidentify.PublicoutreachandfundraisingtobeginuponsigningofpermitbetweenCityandPUD.Phasing:Thetrailwillbeconstructedintwophases:

• Thefirstphasewillinstalltheinitialdownriversectionandthelowerreachoneloop.(2019)

• ThesecondphasewillriseoutoftheReachOnetothesouthandcompleteashortupperloop.(2020)

Constructionwilltakeplaceinthespringandfall.Noconstructionwillbeperformedoncetrailmoistureisgone.

PhasingPlan

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MONITORING&EVALUATIONOFUSE:TheLakeChelanTrailsAlliancewillmonitorthetrailonamonthlybasis(ormorefrequentlyasneeded)andprovidethePUDwithannualupdates(ormoreasneeded).Theseupdateswillsummarizetrailconditionsandanymaintenanceperformed.Assessmentofuselevelswillalsobeofferedbaseduponqualitativeobservations.FUTURETOPICS:ConsiderationoffutureimprovementstotheReachOneTrailheadbaseduponexpandedusegeneratedbythistrailwillbeundertakenatalaterdatebyLCTA.

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APPENDIX:TrailMap