MINUTES: All Minutes Are Draft Until Approved at the Next Meeting Work Session Agenda Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

MINUTES: All minutes are draft until approved at the next meeting Work Session Agenda Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

May 16, 2018 Hotel RL Spokane at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive, Spokane, WA 99201

Commissioners: Chair Ken Bounds, Vice Chair Cindy Whaley, Secretary Patricia Lantz, Michael Latimer, Diana Perez, Steve Milner and Mark O. Brown. Director: Donald Hoch

Time: Opening session will begin as shown; all other times are approximate.

Public Comment: This is a work session between staff and the Commission. The public is invited but no public comment will be taken. No decisions will be made by the Commission at the work session.

9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER – Cindy Whaley, Commission Vice Chair • Call of the roll o Ken Bounds, Chair; Cindy Whaley, Vice Chair; Patricia Lantz, Secretary; Michael Latimer, Diana Perez, Steve Milner and Mark O. Brown • Introduction of Staff o Don Hoch, Director; Mike Sternback, Assistant Director; Peter Herzog, Assistant Director; Shelly Hagen, Assistant Director; Virginia Painter, Communications Director; Owen Rowe, Policy & Governmental Affairs Director; Becky Daniels, Human Resources Director; and Becki Ellison, Executive Assistant. o Michael Young, Assistant Attorney General • Changes to agenda o none • Logistics

9:03 a.m. 2019-2021 OPERATING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT – Shelly Hagen, Assistant Director • This item provides information regarding the development of the 2019-21 operating budget.

10:40 a.m. REQUEST LEGISLATION– Owen Rowe, Policy & Governmental Affairs Director • This item provides the Commission an opportunity to discuss potential options for 2019 agency request legislation.

11:15 a.m. BREAK

11:25 a.m. STRATEGIC PLAN – Shelly Hagen, Assistant Director • This item provides the Commission with information regarding the update of the current Strategic Plan.

11:42 a.m. PEER SUPPORT – Scott Griffith, Eastern Region Manager • This item provides the Commission an overview of the traumatic incident peer support program.

12:12 p.m. LUNCH

1:11 p.m. EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY – Becky Daniels, Human Resources Director • This item provides the Commission an update on the 2017 Employee Engagement Survey.

1:45 p.m. FORT WORDEN PDA LEASE AMENDMENTS– Steve Hahn, Lands Program Manager • This item provides the Commission a summary of amendments to the agency’s lease with the Fort Worden Public Development Authority recently completed at the staff level and previews potential additional lease amendments staff anticipates bringing forward for future approval by the Commission.

2:08 p.m. BREAK

2:24 p.m. CAPITAL PROGRAM REPORT 2017-19 Biennium – Peter Herzog, Assistant Director and Daniel Farber, Capital Program Consultant • This item updates the Commission on efforts to re-staff the capital program following layoff of staff this past November and outlines progress towards implementation of the current 2017-19 biennial capital budget.

3:10 p.m. STAFF REPORTS

4:15 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION

4:45 p.m. ADJOURN

Commission Meeting Agenda Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

May 17, 2018 Hotel RL Spokane at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive, Spokane, WA 99201

Commissioners: Chair Ken Bounds, Vice Chair Cindy Whaley, Secretary Patricia Lantz, Michael Latimer, Diana Perez, Steve Milner and Mark O. Brown. Director: Donald Hoch

Time: Opening session will begin as shown; all other times are approximate.

Order of Presentation: In general, each agenda item will include a presentation, followed by Commission discussion and then public comment. The Commission makes decisions following the public comment portion of the agenda.

Public Comment: Comments about topics not on the agenda are taken during General Public Comments.

Comments about agenda topics will be taken with each topic.

If you wish to comment at a meeting, please fill out a comment card and provide it to staff at the sign in table. The Chair will call you up to the front at the appropriate time. You may also submit written comments to the Commission by emailing them to [email protected] by 5 p.m. May 11, 2018.

9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER – Ken Bounds, Commission Chair • Flag Salute: Ranger Alyssa Cornell, Inland Northwest Area • Call of the roll o Ken Bounds, Chair; Cindy Whaley, Vice Chair; Patricia Lantz, Secretary; Michael Latimer, Diana Perez, Steve Milner and Mark O. Brown • Introduction of Staff o Don Hoch, Director; Mike Sternback, Assistant Director; Peter Herzog, Assistant Director; Shelly Hagen, Assistant Director; Virginia Painter, Communications Director; Owen Rowe, Policy & Governmental Affairs Director; Becky Daniels, Human Resources Director; and Becki Ellison, Executive Assistant. o Michael Young, Assistant Attorney General • Recognition of State and Local Officials o Mayor Lee Root, City of Rosalia o Immediate Past Mayor Nanette Konishi, City of Rosalia • Approval of the Agenda

o Motion by Steve Milner to approve the agenda as presented. Second by Cindy Whaley. Approved unanimously as presented. • Approval of minutes of previous meetings: March 22, 2018, Monroe o Motion by Patricia Lantz to approve the minutes as presented. Second by Cindy Whaley. Approved unanimously as presented. ______9:06 a.m. COMMISSIONER REPORTS ______9:41 a.m. DIRECTOR REPORT ______9:48 a.m. RECOGNITION • Service Pins o Matt Morrison • Gold Star Awards o Heather McCrumb, Sarah Heller and Ellnora Johnson ______9:51 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Pre-Arranged Speakers • Friends of Tekoa Trestle • Brad McQuarrie, MS2000 • Dave Robison, Fort Worden Public Development Authority ______10:39 a.m. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS: Topics not on the agenda • Ken Carmichael • Kate Burns ______10:51 a.m. BREAK ______11:07 a.m. REQUESTED ACTION

Item E-1: Iron Horse State Park Trail – Renaming Effort This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to rename the Iron Horse State Park Trail (which includes the John Wayne Pioneer Trail).

REQUESTED ACTION OF COMMISSION: That the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission: 1. Formally rename the “Iron Horse State Park Trail (which contains the John Wayne Pioneer Trail)” the “Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail.”

PUBLIC COMMENT: Ken Carmichael, Back Country Horseman Tom Bradley, Washington State Parks Foundation Dan Schafer Jim O’Hare, Friends of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail Monte Morgan

Charlie Greenwood

ACTION: Motion by Mark O. Brown to approve the staff recommendation as proposed in the Requested Action above. Second by Patricia Lantz. Approved unanimously as requested.

Amendment to the motion by Steve Milner to delay the vote until July pending a 3rd party marketing consultant to review. Second by Cindy Whaley. All those in favor: Steve Milner and Cindy Whaley. All those opposed: Mark O. Brown, Michael Latimer, Ken Bounds, Patricia Lantz and Diana Perez. Amendment failed 2 to 5. ______

12:18 p.m. REQUESTED ACTION

Item E-2: Director’s Position Description This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to approve the Director’s updated position description before submission to the Washington State Human Resources Office.

REQUESTED ACTION FROM COMMISSION: That the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission: 1. Approve the Director’s May 2, 2018 updated position description and authorize the Human Resources Director to make changes as necessary to meet Commission intent and submit the description to the Office of Financial Management, State Human Resources Office.

PUBLIC COMMENT: None

ACTION: Motion by Mark O. Brown to approve the staff recommendation as proposed in the Requested Action above. Second by Steve Milner. Approved unanimously as requested. ______12:28 p.m. LUNCH ______

1:08 p.m. REQUESTED ACTION

Item E-3: 2019-2021 Operating Budget Development This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to provide direction for the total amount to request in the 2019-21 operating budget proposal that will be submitted to the Office of Financial Management.

REQUESTED ACTION OF COMMISSION:

That the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission:

PUBLIC COMMENT: None

ACTION: Motion by Mark O. Brown to approve the staff recommendation as proposed in the Requested Action above. Second by Steve Milner. Approved unanimously as requested. ______

1:28 p.m. REPORT

Item E-4: Riverside State Park – Classification and Management Planning Project This item reports to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission on updated land classifications, long-term boundary, and management plan for Riverside State Park.

PUBLIC COMMENT: Ken Carmichael Tom Bradley Jan Lawson, WDFW Brian L Talbott, Nine Mile Falls School District Superintendent Marc Gunther Daniel Collins Jim J Larkin Chris L Heftel

ACTION: Report only, no action taken ______2:58 p.m. BREAK ______

3:15 p.m. REPORT

Item E-5: Preliminary 2019-21 Capital Budget and Ten-Year Capital Plan This item reports on progress developing a 2019-21 Capital Budget request and 2019-29 Ten- Year Capital Plan.

PUBLIC COMMENT: Hall Baetz, Eaglemont Trail Association

ACTION:

Report only, no action taken ______

4:18 p.m. REPORT

Item E-6 Financial Update This item reports to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission on the status of: 1) State Parks’ 2017-19 biennium operating and capital budget expenditures, and 2) Parks Renewal and Stewardship Account (PRSA) revenue.

PUBLIC COMMENT: None

ACTION: Report only, no action taken ______

4:38 p.m. REPORT

Item E-7: Proposed 2019 Regular Meeting Schedule for the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to review the suggested meeting dates and locations for their regular 2019 meeting schedule and to suggested changes to Commission Travel Policy 25-12-9.

PUBLIC COMMENT: None

ACTION: Report only, no action taken

4:45 p.m. ADJOURN

Disclaimer: It is intended that this summary be used with the meeting materials provided in advance of the meeting. A recording is retained by WSPRC as the formal record of meeting. The recording is available through a Public Disclosure Request to the WSPRC records officer at [email protected].

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Work Session Agenda Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

May 16, 2018 Hotel RL Spokane at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive, Spokane, WA 99201

Commissioners: Chair Ken Bounds, Vice Chair Cindy Whaley, Secretary Patricia Lantz, Michael Latimer, Diana Perez, Steve Milner and Mark O. Brown. Director: Donald Hoch

Time: Opening session will begin as shown; all other times are approximate.

Public Comment: This is a work session between staff and the Commission. The public is invited but no public comment will be taken. No decisions will be made by the Commission at the work session.

9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER – Cindy Whaley, Commission Vice Chair • Call of the roll • Introduction of Staff • Changes to agenda • Logistics

9:10 a.m. 2019-2021 OPERATING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT – Shelly Hagen, Assistant Director • This item provides information regarding the development of the 2019-21 operating budget.

11:00 a.m. BREAK

11:10 a.m. STRATEGIC PLAN – Shelly Hagen, Assistant Director • This item provides the Commission with information regarding the update of the current Strategic Plan.

11:40 a.m. PEER SUPPORT – Scott Griffith, Eastern Region Manager • This item provides the Commission an overview of the traumatic incident peer support program.

12:20 p.m. LUNCH

1:00 p.m. EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY – Becky Daniels, Human Resources Director • This item provides the Commission an update on the 2017 Employee Engagement Survey.

1:30 p.m. FORT WORDEN PDA LEASE AMENDMENTS– Steve Hahn, Lands Program Manager • This item provides the Commission a summary of amendments to the agency’s lease with the Fort Worden Public Development Authority recently completed at the staff level and previews potential additional lease amendments staff anticipates bringing forward for future approval by the Commission.

2:00 p.m. BREAK

2:15 p.m. CAPITAL PROGRAM REPORT 2017-19 Biennium – Keith Wolf, Capital Program Manager • This item updates the Commission on efforts to re-staff the capital program following layoff of staff this past November and outlines progress towards implementation of the current 2017-19 biennial capital budget.

3:15 p.m. STAFF REPORTS

4:15 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION

5:00 p.m. ADJOURN

The services, programs and activities of the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission are covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you need special accommodations to participate in this meeting, please contact the commission assistant Becki Ellison at (360) 902- 8502 or [email protected]. Accommodation requests should be received at least five business days prior to the meeting to ensure availability. Please provide 14-day notice for requests to receive information in an alternative format and for ASL/ESL interpretation requests.

Commission Meeting Agenda Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

May 17, 2018 Hotel RL Spokane at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive, Spokane, WA 99201

Commissioners: Chair Ken Bounds, Vice Chair Cindy Whaley, Secretary Patricia Lantz, Michael Latimer, Diana Perez, Steve Milner and Mark O. Brown. Director: Donald Hoch

Time: Opening session will begin as shown; all other times are approximate.

Public Comment: Comments about topics not on the agenda are taken during General Public Comments.

Comments about agenda topics will be taken with each topic.

9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER – Ken Bounds, Commission Chair • Flag Salute • Call of the roll • Introduction of Staff • Recognition of State and Local Officials • Approval of the Agenda • Approval of minutes of previous meetings: March 22, 2018, Monroe

9:10 a.m. COMMISSIONER REPORTS

9:50 a.m. DIRECTOR REPORT

10:00 a.m. RECOGNITION • Service Pins o Matt Morrison • Gold Star Awards

10:10 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Pre-Arranged Speakers

• Friends of Tekoa Trestle • Brad McQuarrie, MS2000 • Dave Robison, Fort Worden Public Development Authority

10:50 a.m. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS: Topics not on the agenda

11:05 a.m. BREAK

11:15 a.m. REQUESTED ACTION • Item E-1: Iron Horse State Park Trail – Renaming Effort This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to rename the Iron Horse State Park Trail (which includes the John Wayne Pioneer Trail).

12:15 p.m. REQUESTED ACTION • Item E-2: Director’s Position Description This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to approve the Director’s updated position description before submission to the Washington State Human Resources Office.

12:30 p.m. LUNCH

1:00 p.m. REQUESTED ACTION • Item E-3: 2019-2021 Operating Budget Delegation This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to provide direction for the total amount to request in the 2019-21 operating budget proposal that will be submitted to the Office of Financial Management.

1:45 p.m. REPORT • Item E-4: Riverside State Park – Classification and Management Planning Project This item reports to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission on updated land classifications, long-term boundary, and management plan for Riverside State Park.

3:00 p.m. BREAK

3:15 p.m. REPORT • Item E-5: Preliminary 2019-21 Capital Budget and Ten-Year Capital Plan This item reports on progress developing a 2019-21 Capital Budget request and 2019-29 Ten-Year Capital Plan.

4:30p.m. REPORT • Item E-6 Financial Update This item reports to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission on the status of: 1) State Parks’ 2017-19 biennium operating and capital budget expenditures, and 2) Parks Renewal and Stewardship Account (PRSA) revenue.

5:00 p.m. REPORT • Item E-7: Proposed 2019 Regular Meeting Schedule for the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to review the suggested meeting dates and locations for their regular 2019 meeting schedule and to suggested changes to Commission Travel Policy 25-12-9.

Item E-1: Iron Horse State Park Trail – Renaming Effort – Requested Action

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to rename the Iron Horse State Park Trail (which includes the John Wayne Pioneer Trail). This item advances the Commission’s strategic goal: “Provide recreation, cultural, and interpretive opportunities people will want.”

SIGNIFICANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Initial acquisition of Iron Horse State Park Trail by the State of Washington occurred in 1981. While supported by many, the sale of the former rail line was controversial for adjacent property owners, some of whom felt that the rail line should have reverted back to adjacent land owners. This concern, first expressed at initial purchase of the trail, continues to influence trail operation today.

The trail is located south of and runs roughly parallel to I-90 (see Appendix 1). The 285-mile linear property extends from North Bend, at its western terminus, to the Town of Tekoa, on the Washington-Idaho border to the east. The property consists of former railroad corridor, the width of which varies between 100 feet and 300 feet. The trail tread itself is typically 8 to 12 feet wide and has been developed on the rail bed, trestles, and tunnels of the old Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail Road. While State Parks ownership is not continuous across the entire 285-mile railroad corridor it does include 110 miles of continuous ownership from North Bend to the Columbia River near Vantage, and 105 miles of continuous ownership (with short private property gaps) from Lind to the Idaho border.

Most Recent Commission Action on the Trail The most recent Commission action of the trail occurred in 2016 when land classifications and a long-term boundary were adopted for portions of the trail section east of the Columbia River. As part of this July 21, 2016 agenda item the Commission: • Adopted a Resolution reaffirming support for an east-west cross-state trail; • Directed staff to work with the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to develop a transition plan for the DNR-managed trail corridor between the Columbia River at Beverly Bridge; • Directed staff to work with Iron Horse State Park Trail stakeholders to recommend a new name that considers establishing a broadly recognizable and marketable identity for the trail.

This Requested Action addresses the trail naming component of the Commissions’ 2016 action. Policy Framework for Park Naming

Park and trail naming is guided by Commission Policy 72-14-1 Naming of Parks, Structures, and Features within State Park Areas and Procedure 72-1 Park Codes, Names and Categories (see Appendix 3 and 4). State Park staff will review potential new names for consistency with this policy and procedure.

Public Outreach On April 12 State Parks staff undertook the following to solicit input on park naming. • Launched a web page dedicated to the trail renaming process, with background information and the opportunity for the public to comment online; • Undertook targeted outreach to stakeholder organizations including: • Provided notification of the renaming process to the Iron Horse State Park Trail email/mailing list (1000 contacts); • Outreach via social media: o Posted on the agency Facebook page (80,000+ followers) o Posted on the agency Twitter account (25,000+ followers)

As stipulated in the naming procedure, the Partnership and Planning Manager and the Interpretive Program Manager, have assembled a list of names for Commission consideration.

Consistency with Procedure 72-1 Park Codes, Names and Categories Procedure 72-1 requires the following considerations as part of the naming process: • Research background data on the state park area • Determine whether the Commission has previously named the state park area. • Obtain acquisition data • Consult with the Interpretive Program Manager to determine whether geographic location, geology, archaeology, or history of site is significant in naming the state park area • Evaluate suggested name(s) and solicit and gather public input • Prepare a draft agenda item for the Commission

STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Based on the discussion above, staff recommends that the new official name for the trail be the “Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail”. Consistent with adopted policy this name is based on reference to the major geographic features along the route of the trail. Additional names considered by staff but not brought forward as part of the staff recommendation are: • Cascalouse State Park Trail (a contraction of the Cascade and Palouse geographic areas) • Columbian State Park Trail (a named passenger train that operated on the trail) • Cross Washington State Park Trail (descriptive trail name) • Iron Horse State Park Trail (current name of this State Park trail acknowledging the trail as a former railway) • Milwaukee Road State Park Trail (name of the railroad that operated on the trail) • Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail (geographic description of the trail route) • Trail of the Olympian State Park Trail (name used to describe the route from Chicago to the Puget Sound)

• John Wayne Pioneer Trail (current name of trail within Iron Horse State Park)

SUPPORTING INFORMATION Appendix 1: Map of Iron Horse State Park Trail Appendix 2: Commission Policy 72-14-1 Naming of Parks, Structures, and Features within State Park Areas Appendix 3: Procedure 72-1 Park Codes, Names and Categories (see Section 3. Park Naming) Appendix 4: Consistency with Procedure 72-1 Park Codes, Names and Categories

AUTHORITY: RCW 79A.05.030(1), WAC 352-16-020, and WAC 352-16-030.

REQUESTED ACTION OF COMMISSION: That the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission: 2. Formally rename the “Iron Horse State Park Trail (which contains the John Wayne Pioneer Trail)” the “Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail.”

Author(s)/Contact: Randy Kline, Statewide Trail Coordinator Email: [email protected] (360) 902-8632

Reviewer(s): Jessica Logan, SEPA Review: Following review, staff has determined that the proposed renaming of the Iron Horse State Park Trail by the Commission is exempt from the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) pursuant to WAC 197-11-800(14) “Activities of agencies:…(h) All agency organization, reorganization, internal operational planning or coordination of plans or functions”, and (19) “Procedural actions:… (a) Relating solely to governmental procedures, and containing no substantive standards respecting use or modification of the environment.” Christeen Leeper, Fiscal Impact Statement: Commission adoption of any name change will require replacement of signage, modification of park materials and information and involve renaming the trail in park systems. Staff intends to update signage, information and materials, and systems as resources permit which may involve incorporating replacement of signs into routine maintenance and capital project requests. Michael Young, Assistant Attorney General: April 16, 2018 Peter Herzog, Assistant Director:

Approved for Transmittal to Commission

______Donald Hoch, Director

APPENDIX 1

Iron Horse State Park Trail Columbia River to Idaho Border Section

APPENDIX 2

Commission Policy 72-14-1 Naming of Parks, Structures, and Features within State Park Areas

72-14-1 NAMING OF PARKS, STRUCTURES, AND FEATURES WITHIN STATE PARK AREAS

Commission Policy 72-14-1 supersedes POL 72-78-1 Naming of Parks, POL 72-06-1 Naming Features within State Parks, and POL 72-65-1 Naming of Structures

See Also: RCW 79A.05.030 Powers and duties WAC 352-16-010 Naming and classification of state park areas Cultural Resource Policy 12-98-1 Donor Recognition Policy 37-06-1

1. Policy

The authority to provide an official name for a state park and state park areas within a park rests with the Commission (WAC 352-16-010). In naming of state park sites, Commission priority shall be given to geographic locations, cultural significance or geologic features. State park sites may be named for a living person or family if the site has been donated by the individual or family. Where it is desirable to give recognition to a living person or family for their contribution to the state park system, it is permissible to name for them individual or human-made features within a park. State Parks may not be named for a corporation or commercial entity.

For the purpose of naming constructed features (roads, trails, buildings, etc.), landscapes, or natural features, the Commission delegates this authority to the agency Director; provided that the Commission retains the authority to name anything for a business, a family name, or a person living or deceased. In exercising the delegated authority, the Director should give preference to geographic locations, culturally significant events and places, or geologic features. The Director may also consider names using botanical or biological references. All naming shall be consistent with Cultural Resources Policy (12-98-1) and the Donor Recognition Policy (37-06-1).

2. Definitions When creating or changing a name of a state park area, the following categories will be used in public information and applied in the calculation of the number of distinct sites in the state park system:

State Park: A state park area, generally greater than 10 acres in size, managed to protect and conserve significant scenic, natural and cultural features and to provide public access, facilities, or programs that through recreational, educational, and interpretive experiences connect visitors with those features.

Historical State Park: A state park area meeting the definition of a state park, and possessing historical and/or cultural features that are its primary public attractions or purpose. The significance of the historic properties within a Historical State Park is of statewide or national significance.

Marine State Park: An island state park area, meeting the definition of a state park, typically accessible only by a boat or aircraft, with opportunities for recreational access and activities.

State Park Trail: A linear state park area, distinct from other units of the state park system, and designated primarily for non-motorized recreational trail activities (e.g., hiking, cycling, horseback riding, etc.).

State Park Heritage Site: A state park site, possessing structures or assemblage of features, with significant natural, cultural, historical or scenic attributes that are preserved and interpreted for the education and enjoyment of the public. State Park Heritage Sites can be stand-alone properties or designated sites within a State Park. Often, these sites are less than 10 acres in size.

State Park Conservation Area: A state park site defined by statute as a conservation area. A State Park Conservation Area may contain an assemblage of differently categorized state park areas.

State Park Property: A state park area which is held for future development or is otherwise inconsistent in form, features or developments from any of the named state park areas listed above.

Commission action date: March 27, 2014

Agenda item: E-2 Park Naming Policy – Requested Action

APPENDIX 3

Procedure 72-1 Park Codes, Names and Categories (see Section 3. Park Naming)

Supersedes: PRO. # 72-1 (dated 3-20-80) Reference(s): RCW 79A.05.030 Powers and duties; WAC 352-16-010 Naming and Classification of State Park Areas; Cultural Resource Policy 12-98-1; Donor Recognition Policy 37-06-1; and 72-14-1 Naming of Parks, Structures, and Features within State Park Areas and Commission Policy - Park Naming agenda item, March 27, 2014.

PRO 72-1 Park Codes, Names and Categories

Purpose

The purpose of this procedure is to ensure that all state parks areas managed and/or owned are subject to administrative review for determining whether to assign a park code for tracking park attendance and other park history and whether to assign a program index code for tracking operating costs and revenue from program/park business transactions. The procedure also ensures that naming sites within parks and assigning sites to park categories are done in alignment with Commission Policies 72-14-1, 12-98- 1, 37-06-1; RCW 79A.05.030; and WAC 352-16-010.

Definitions

1. Land Classification: A land use and development designation, officially adopted by the Commission, identifying specific types of state park areas as defined in WAC 352-16- 020.

2. Park Categories: The following seven official categories of state park areas are to be used in public information materials when describing the State Park system: State Park, Historical State Park, Marine State Park, State Park Trail, State Park Heritage Site, State Park Conservation Area and State Park Property. The characteristics of each category are defined in Commission Policy 72-14-1.

3. Park Code: A five-digit permanent number assigned to a state park area.

4. Program Index Code: A code assigned to divisions, programs within divisions and/or parks to track costs and/or revenue for specific programs and park business transactions.

5. State Park Areas: All areas dedicated for public park purposes, excluding separately located administrative areas, and under the ownership and/or management of the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission (WAC 352-16-010).

Procedure

1. Assigning a Park Code

A Park Code is determined by a state park area’s association with either an established long-term boundary, proximity to another park, proximity to a park in-holding, or established as a distinct park. A park code is determined and assigned after the state park area is acquired or otherwise newly established under State Parks management.

1.1 Lands and Acquisition staff collaborate with the Region Manager to determine the new state park area’s association with an established state park area. The Region Manager and the Lands and Acquisition staff determine whether a park code is already in use. If none exists, a new park code is established by the Region Manager.

1.2 Region Manager informs the Park Manager and Information Technology (IT) staff of the new park code.

1.3 Lands and Acquisition staff notify the Geographic Information System (GIS) staff of the new park code.

1.4 The master park code database is maintained by IT staff.

2. Assigning a Program Index Code (aka Cost Code)

A program index code (aka cost code) is assigned to a specific park property or to a program management area when tracking costs or revenue at that level of detail is desired.

2.1 If a Region Manager or Program Manager wishes to track financial data associated with a property and/or program, s/he contacts budget staff to verify whether a program index code already exists. If a new code is needed, the Budget section works with the Financial Services section to establish a new program index code.

2.2 Financial Services maintains all active program index codes on the agency’s administrative shared data storage site (N:Drive - Operating Chart of Accounts).

3. Park Naming

A proposal to change an existing park name or to establish a new park name requires Commission approval (Policy 72-14-1; WAC 352-16-010).

The Partnership and Planning Manager, in consultation with the Interpretive Manager, is responsible for researching potential park names, and providing recommendations to the 2

Assistant Director for Parks Development and Director, prior to submittal for Commission approval. The Partnership and Planning Manager:

3.1 Researches background data on state park area.

3.2 Determines whether the Commission has previously named the state park area.

3.3 Obtains acquisition data, including from whom property was acquired, date of acquisition, cost of acquisition, method of acquisition, deed restrictions or conditions, site acreage and waterfront footage (if applicable).

3.4 Consults with Interpretive Program Manager to determine whether geographic location, geology, archaeology, or history of site is significant in naming the state park area. As part of the research process to identify a suitable name, the Interpretive Program Manager and Partnership and Planning Manager or designee must contact appropriate federal, tribal, state, and local officials; local historical groups/societies; known interested individuals and organizations; Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation; State Advisory Committee on Geographic Names (Department of Natural Resources); and any other appropriate State Parks staff or other individuals.

3.5 Evaluates suggested name and solicit and gather public input, in consideration of Commission policies 12-98-1, Cultural Resources Management and 74-14-1, Naming of Parks, Structures and Features within park areas.

3.6 Prepares a draft agenda item for the Commission and submits it to the Assistant Director for Parks Development for recommendation to the Director. The Director, in turn, reviews and determines whether to submit the agenda item to the Commission for its consideration and adoption.

4. Naming State Park Areas within a Park

The Commission has delegated to the Director (Commission Policy 72-14-1) the authority to approve naming of constructed features (roads, trails, buildings, etc.), landscapes, natural features or other state park areas within a park.

Naming a state park area within a park can be performed before, during, or following a Classification and Management Plan (CAMP) process. Staff proposing to create or modify a name must work closely with the Partnership and Planning Manager or designee to review the proposed name for consistency with Commission naming policy, including preference to geographic locations, culturally significant events and places, or special geologic features.

4.1 Partnership and Planning Manager or designee performs research to determine the characteristics of the state park area. 3

4.2 Partnership and Planning Manager or designee prepares a recommendation to the Assistant Director for Parks Development for review and approval for submittal to the Director.

5. Determining or Assigning Park Categories

The official categories defined in Commission Policy 72-14-1 must be used in public information materials and applied in the calculation of the number of distinct properties per category in the State Park system.

There are certain actions that may require updating park categories:

1. Capital project improvements 2. Land acquisitions 3. Surplus property 4. Transfer of property

Staff overseeing any of the above actions will notify the Partnership and Planning Manager or designee to determine whether the action should result in an initial establishment or change in a park category. If the Partnership and Planning Manager or designee concludes that a change may be appropriate, the following process is followed:

5.1 The Partnership and Planning Manager or designee will assess the characteristics of the state park area when developing a park category recommendation to the agency Director, through the Assistant Director for Parks Development. The manager will conduct research to determine the appropriate category for the state park area based on land characteristics and public use emphasis, using definitions in Policy 72-14-1, to develop a recommendation.

5.2 The Partnership and Planning Manager or designee prepares a memorandum that recommends a category for the state park area. The recommendation to the Assistant Director for Parks Development should include:

A. Purpose of Requested Action B. Background (significant features of the site/land, principal use by the public) C. Results of consultation with stakeholders, as appropriate D. Recommendation for categorization.

5.3 The Partnership and Planning Manager or designee submits the memorandum to the Assistant Director for Parks Development for review, input and approval.

5.4 The Assistant Director for Parks Development submits the approved memorandum to the agency Director for approval. 4

5.5 The agency Director informs the Executive Leadership Team of any change in park category.

5.6 Executive Leadership Team members identify and complete tasks based on the category change, including, but not limited to updates to the agency internet and intranet, park publications, agency databases and other documents of public record.

5.7 The Assistant Director for Parks Development or designee will maintain the agency’s official park category list and post it on the agency’s shared drive and public website.

APPENDIX 4

Consistency with Procedure 72-1

Consistency with Procedure 72-1 Park Codes, Names and Categories

Procedure 72-1 requires the following considerations as part of the naming process:

Section 3.1 Research background data on the state park area.

Background data was reviewed. Information related to the trail can be found in following documents: • 2000. Iron Horse State Park Master Plan. Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. • 2000. Iron Horse State Park and The John Wayne Pioneer Trail Management Plan. Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. • 2005. Cost Estimates for Safety Improvements. Milwaukee Road Corridor. Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. • 2014. Iron Horse State Park Master Plan Addendum, Iron Horse Palouse - Malden to Idaho Border. Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. • 2016. Iron Horse State Park Management Plan. Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.

Section 3.2 Determine whether the Commission has previously named the state park area.

The park was previously named at the March 15, 1985 Commission meeting where the railroad corridor (which is a linear park) was named “Iron Horse State Park” and the trail tread itself within the park was named the “John Wayne Pioneer Trail.”

As part of the 1985 Commission naming action two public meetings were held to solicit suggestions and comments. Park staff brought forward 5 names based on staff review of existing policy and public input. The 5 names considered as part of the 1985 naming action were: • John Wayne Pioneer Trail • Milwaukee Road Trail • Iron Horse Recreational Trail • Great-Walk-of-Washington • Upper Yakima River Trail

Section 3.3 Obtain acquisition data.

The trail was acquired in 1981 and 2006 with management responsibility given to the Commission directly by the legislature.

Section 3.4 Consult with the Interpretive Program Manager to determine whether geographic location, geology, archaeology, or history of site is significant in naming the state park area.

Consistent with the procedure the Partnership and Planning Manager and the Interpretive Program Manager were consulted and involved in the trail naming process.

Section 3.5 Evaluate suggested name(s) and solicit and gather public input.

On April 12 Staff evaluated names submitted during the 2016 management planning process. 7 names were released for public review - the comment period began on April 12 and ended on May 4.

Section 3.6 Prepare a draft agenda item for the Commission.

This agenda item contains the staff recommendation.

Item E-2: Updated Director Position Description – Requested Action

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to approve the Director’s May 2, 2018 position description before submission to the Washington State Human Resources Office. This item advances the Commission’s strategic goal: “Demonstrating that all Washingtonians benefit from their state parks”.

SIGNIFICANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Office of Financial Management, State Human Resources Office (State HR), is responsible for administering State Agency Officials’ Salaries under the provisions of RCW 43.03.028. The statute requires a biennial study of positions with a specified completion date. In this study, State HR evaluates and determines the plateau level and maximum salary for positions. Any revised State Agency Officials’ position descriptions to be considered in State’s HR 2018 assessment must be submitted to the agency in May 2018, with State Parks’ description due to them immediately following the May 2018 Commission meeting. Staff has worked to further refine the Director’s position description to help ensure a clear and thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the position. The current, revised position description is attached.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the Commission approve the Director’s updated May 2, 2018 position description as final and authorize submission of the description to the Office of Financial Management, State Human Resources Office.

LEGAL AUTHORITY: RCW 43.03.028

SUPPORTING INFORMATION: Appendix 1: State Officials Position Description – Director Donald Hoch

REQUESTED ACTION FROM COMMISSION: That the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission: 2. Approve the Director’s May 2, 2018 updated position description and authorize the Human Resources Director to make changes as necessary to meet Commission intent and submit the description to the Office of Financial Management, State Human Resources Office.

Author(s)/Contact: Becky Daniels, Human Resources Director [email protected] (360) 902-8575 Reviewer(s): Jessica Logan, SEPA REVIEW: Following review, staff has determined that the action proposed for the Commission by staff is exempt from the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) pursuant to WAC 197-11-800 (14) (c) Christeen Leeper, Fiscal Impact Statement: Any potential fiscal impact from this action would be minor and absorbed within the agency’s current budget. Michael Young, Assistant Attorney General: May 1, 2018 Approved for Transmittal to Commission 8

______Donald Hoch, Director APPENDIX 1 State Officials’ Position Description

Name: Position Title: Donald Hoch Director Agency: Reports To: Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission Seven member Park and Recreation Commission Date: Date Last Revised: May 1, 2018 May 2016 Position Objective – Discuss in a few sentences what the position is required to accomplish. Summarize the scope of impact and how the position supports/contributes to the mission of the organization.

The Director serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Washington State Parks forming a vision for the agency, managing the political and external environments, and leading a group of approximately 1,000 employees toward achievement of the agency's dual, sometimes competing missions - stewardship of Parks' public land and creating outdoor recreation opportunities for all citizens. The Director is responsible for the successful development and implementation of strategic initiatives and overseeing the operation of the park system which currently delivers $64 million in annual revenue to the state general fund and more than $1.4 billion to the state economy. The Director is responsible to hire, lead and manage the agency in a manner that is consistent with statutory requirements established by the State Legislature, local and federal law, and with the policies adopted by the Commission.

One of the most unique characteristics of this position as compared to other state agencies is it's broad discretion to determine the direction of the park system, and how much that direction is, and should be, driven by a long term vision of where the park system should head and the public's emotional connection to the agency mission. The position has direct accountability to the public as well as legislators and the Governor and must wholly consider citizen input through the development, management and administration of all aspects of the agency.

The diversity and complexity of this job is highlighted in the "Nature and Scope" section of this description. It can also be seen in these additional key attributes of the position:

- The Director leads the agency's efforts to promote the health and safety of the public who visit state parks. This includes overseeing a large staff of law enforcement rangers (approximately 170) across the state and managing environmental risks to visitors, such as tree and water system health.

- The position has the responsibility of a public enterprise executive - leading the agency in the effort to earn more than 75% of its operating costs through camping, Discover Pass and other revenue streams. This adds more complexity and risk to the financial management responsibilities as the agency adheres to its core public mission.

- The Director reports to the seven member Parks and Recreation Commission (Commission) and is responsible for developing and bringing forth to the Commission concepts and proposals that impact the overall agency's movement toward its mission. This includes facilitation of the Commission process, and overseeing a complex citizen-based governance system, ensuring public access and participation.

Nature and Scope – This section should include short and descriptive narratives that address the following requirements of the position. Organization (include a copy of organization chart) – Size and role of this position and its importance to the state’s mission and reputation. Diversity of job scope/responsibilities.

The responsibility to lead the organization is reflected in the scope, size and complexity of the parks system and diversity and size of other statewide recreation and public safety programs.

The Washington state park system is one of the largest and most diverse in the country. The system covers more than 120,000 acres and includes 125 developed parks, including 19 marine parks, 11 historical parks, 35 heritage sites, 13 interpretive centers, and approximately 500 miles of long distance trails.

Recent estimates are that state parks receive more than 35 million visits a year. These visitors have a broad range of outdoor activities available to them at state parks, including camping, hiking, boating, mountain biking, horseback riding, skiing, and snowshoeing. Parks also offers locations and facilities for dog-sledding , snowmobiling, kayaking, windsurfing and wind-sailing, diving, paragliding and rock climbing.

Parks enrich the visitor experience through educational and interpretive events as well - designed to connect them to the diverse natural and cultural heritage of their state. The agency interprets the Ice Age Floods,; works with tribes to tell the stories of native people; provides multi-media history exhibits so visitors can learn about early explorers such as Lewis and Clark; offers a glimpse of what life was like on military forts constructed during the administrations of five presidents; and preserves the stories and structures build the Civilian Conservation Corps and Work Progress Administration during the Great Depression.

Acre for acre, these Commission-managed lands represent the greatest concentration of species of conservation concern (endangered, threatened, sensitive, imperiled or vulnerable species) held by any public or private entity in Washington. More than 10 percent of park lands contain rare plant and/or animal species, and more than 40 percent of park landscapes have plant associations classified at least at moderate risk within our state or globally.

Just over half of the uplands in state parks are within 600 feet of a surface water source. State Parks manages 19,800 acres of wetlands, 2.1 million lineal feet of riparian habitat and 15,800 acres of significant habitat supporting rare plants, animals or both. The agency manages 4,799 acres of Natural Area Preserves and 13,173 acres of Natural Forest Areas.

State Parks has 2,800 buildings - more than one-quarter of all state-owned buildings. Most of these are small but isolated and expensive to maintain. There are more than 770 identified historic properties for which State Parks must care, including military forts, historic homesteads and ranch buildings, a set of lighthouses and a historic seminary building. State parks are like small cities, with law enforcement, public works and facility management responsibilities. Besides structures, the agency manages and maintains 300 miles of roads, 140 watercraft launches and park infrastructure that includes more than 100 wells and water systems and hundreds of sewer and septic systems.

The agency also has responsibility for management of the federally funded Boating Safety Program, which includes ensuring boating laws and regulations are enforced on all of Washington's waterways, providing recreational boating safety education and information, as well as establishing boater septic pump-out facilities.

Additional program responsibilities include: • the fee-supported Winter Recreation program, which manages the state's popular network of Sno-Parks for motorized and non-motorized winter sports; • management of over 70 miles of ocean coastline that constitute the Seashore Conservation Area;

• approval and the state's ski lift designs and regular public safety inspections of all ski lifts; • the No Child Left Inside grant program - Parks awarded nearly $1.5 million in grants for this program in 2016.

As a result of the need to self-support, the agency also maintains Business Development, Marketing and Advertising functions.

The Director oversees the management of this large scope with 730 FTEs, distributed across every area of the state in three administrative offices and 125 parks. The use of seasonal staffing is significant; during peak season, the agency staff grows to approximately 1,000 total employees.

The Governor has set Outdoor Recreation as a priority for his administration, stating "increasing public access and use of state recreation lands is a priority intended to enhance personal health, create and sustain a healthy environment and build healthy local and state economies." "Washington state parks offer something for everyone." "…visitors find parks a healthy and affordable way to explore and enjoy nature, create memories and connect with the state's risk historical and cultural heritage…". State Parks also support the Governor’s priorities for a clean environment and improving public safety. As the outdoor classroom of the state, State Parks also furthers education goals in the environmental area for the youth across the state.

Management Environment – Key challenges, sensitivities, risks, etc., inherent in the position and political environment. Any unique requirements associated with the performance of job responsibilities. Key partnerships and stakeholder interactions.

The challenges for the Director of Washington State Parks include rapidly shifting demographics, social changes, changes in customer preferences, political dynamics, climate and related changes, and competing interests for financial support.

Understanding and managing conflicts are key elements of this position. For almost every issue, there are strong competing interests – often within the details, but also at the highest levels of ideological and political differences. Failure to find the appropriate balance in the solutions and approaches creates significant risk to continued full operation and sustainability of the State Parks system, which, as outlined elsewhere in this document greatly impacts the state’s environment, its economy, and likely, the health of its citizens.

Some of the changes and challenges that create and influence the management environment are summarized here:

Physical environmental

• Outside forces affect Parks: Global climate and sea level changes, urbanization creep, and noxious exotic plants invade and threaten cultural and natural heritage preservation. As the natural environment outside of parks degrades, parks take on an even greater importance for users. • Natural processes force changes: Natural processes such as tree disease and forest fires put pressure on the system and create difficult decisions regarding facility access vs. safety risk. • Protection priorities: Financial resources are finite, so Parks is faced with difficult decisions regarding how to prioritize protection of natural habitats and cultural sites

Government policy and fiscal

• Public funding shift and need to earn revenue: Swift and dramatic changes in State Parks’ financing base between 2009 and 2013 shifted the agency from a budget relying on 70 percent of operating revenue from taxes, to an operation 80 percent reliant on revenue from use fees and donations. The State General Fund share for State Parks declined from $94.5 million in 2007-09 to $8.7 million in 2013-15. Determining the most appropriate ways to earn revenue to fund the system has become a new and very significant focus. • 11

• Capital needs: In addition to sufficient operating funds, State Parks needs a strong capital budget to protect the state’s investment.

Law Enforcement

• A majority of the agency’s Park Rangers are fully commissioned law enforcement officers. Perceptions, concerns and expectations regarding law enforcement officers and their actions are very much in the public eye and highly sensitive in our current times.

Customer changes and expectations

• A changing Washington: The State Office of Financial Management reports that the state’s population will increase 21 percent over the next 20 years. During that time frame, Washingtonians also are expected to be more ethnically diverse, about 90 percent urban, and older. Currently, participation rates in outdoor recreation are lower amongst the elderly and some ethnic and racial minorities. • People do not want parks changed, but they do want technology: State Parks has received a clear and consistent message from people around the state: They love their state parks, and they do not want them commercialized or changed substantially. Many surveys report that access to quiet and beautiful natural places is essential for personal renewal and the social wellbeing of people in our state. At the same time, attitudes are shifting about technology in parks and the agency must consider embracing certain technologies that enhance services, expand communications and connections, and advance core missions.

Partnerships

• Other state agencies: State Parks must work effectively with partner agencies and organizations that provide similar or related services. Parks, Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Natural Resources manage the Discover Pass program collaboratively. Parks works closely with other state agencies, counties, cities and public utility districts on joint or related projects. • Tribes: Consistent with the Governor’s Centennial Accord, State Parks conducts business with most of the state’s 24 tribes on a government-to-government basis, often involving agreement on cultural and natural resource protection. • Linkage to broader recreation, education and conservation purposes: The lands and waters of state parks meet multiple public interest objectives. Parks serve as habitat for larger natural system conservation. Park facilities are often used as sites for “in field” research and the education of children and adults in our common schools and universities. The State Parks “No Child Left Inside” grant program, administrated in coordination with the Recreation and Conservation Office, fosters connection between our state’s youth and the great outdoors. • Volunteers, friends groups and the Parks Foundation: All park systems utilize volunteers to help leverage and build advocacy. In 2013, volunteers contributed nearly 229,000 hours, serving as campground hosts and helping with trail and other projects. In close coordination with Parks leadership and field staff, the Foundation supports a Parks Improvements Grants program that helps to fund small park improvements throughout the system. Meanwhile, 19 incorporated friends groups associated with specific parks around the state work closely with staff to support and improve parks • Business relationships and partnerships: While State Parks has dozens of concession and lease agreements with commercial businesses that provide equipment and services supporting the agency mission (boat rentals, firewood, etc.), larger scale and very complex private/public partnerships have become more common. Parks has entered into controversial agreements around co-management of Fort Worden State Park and private development of the historic seminary building at Saint Edward State Park. . In addition, the agency is exploring partnership options where mission-aligned investment and development may more feasibly be accomplished by other public or private entities.

Principal Responsibilities – Prioritize a list of the principal responsibilities for which the position is accountable. Each statement should describe the responsibility, the required result, and the impact to the organization.

Sets, in coordination with the Commission, a strategic vision for the future of the agency. Responsible for preparation of the agency’s strategic plan, which establishes the priorities and direction of the agency. Oversees development of agency-wide goals, strategies and performance measures and assesses progress, reprioritizing and redirecting as necessary to ensure goals are met.

Responsible for the administration of a seven member Commission and managing a complex citizen-based governance system. Serves as the Chief Executive Officer to the Governor-appointed Commission. Facilitates the Commission meeting process, ensuring thorough evaluation of the issues before the Commission and public access and participation.

Responsible for the overall operation of the state’s park system, which includes 125 developed and staffed parks, the Seashore Conservation Area of Washington, and additional undeveloped properties. Manages statewide winter recreation and boating programs.

Oversees the agency’s efforts to promote the health and safety of visiting public, including law enforcement and potential environmental hazards.

Responsible for the overall financial health and security of the system. Secures funding for the system through grants management, legislative initiative and donations; approves spending plans and accounts for financial resources, including approximately $100 million (up from $40 million in 2007-09) in earned revenue each biennium.

Oversees funding strategies for the agency, including a necessary focus on methods for self-funding. Close attention is paid to fees and revenue generation concepts, considering the potential impact on all citizens’ ability to access their parks. Recruits, builds and enhances an Executive Leadership Team to manage the individual programs within the agency.

Represents the Commission with the Governor’s Office, state legislators and legislative committees, congressional members, tribes, county and city officials, community organizations, special interest groups, advisory groups and constituents. Negotiates complex agreements and partnerships with tribes, local municipalities, state and federal agencies and others.

Represents the state, the Commission and the Governor on matters concerning parks, in negotiations and communications with a range of governmental and public bodies: Legislature, state, federal and local governments, tribes and the public. Parks related subject matter including park operations, outdoor recreation trends and demands, natural and cultural resource stewardship, and environmental education and interpretation.

Oversees and directs management coordination with National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Corps of Engineers, Federal Power Commission, Public Utility Districts and other natural resource and recreation agencies.

Serves as a member of the Governor’s Goal Council and serves on the Natural Resources Sub-Cabinet, and at times participates in Executive Cabinet activities.

Serves as a voting member on the State Recreation and Conservation Funding Board. Serves as an Ex-Officio member on the following Boards: Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust Board, Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition Board, as well as the State Park Foundation Board. Is a member of the National Association of State Parks Directors, the National Recreation and Park Association and the Washington Recreation and Park Association.

Makes appointments and provides support for agency advisory committees such as the Fort Worden Advisory Committee, Snowmobile Advisory Committee, Winter Recreation Advisory Committee, the Kukatali Management Committee, the John Wayne Pioneer Advisory Committee and other related committees.

Legislatively mandated to make appointments to the Washington State Horse Park Authority and to the “No Child Left Inside” Advisory Committee. The NCLI committee assists the Director with providing approximately $1.5 million dollars (2017) to organizations, agencies, and non profits to support getting youth outside and understanding their environment.

Recognized as a Law Enforcement Agency, the Director is responsible for Commissioning all Law Enforcement Officers (approximately 170 commissioned officers, 145 of them fully commissioned) and for providing state-required training and equipment needed to perform their jobs.

Works directly with the state’s Attorney General’s Office when legal assistance is needed due to agency work activities and/or with personnel issues.

Oversees the federal mandate of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act regarding the agency and responsible for cataloging and storage of historical and cultural artifacts found on state park properties.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities – Provide a brief statement indicating the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the full scope of the job responsibilities. List the preferred/desired education, experience, and competencies needed in this job.

Education:

Undergraduate and/or graduate degree in Natural Resource Management, Park Management, or Outdoor Rrecreation, and advanced coursework in Public Administration is desirable.

Experience, skills and knowledge:

Strong leader and manager. Experience leading and managing organizations including an understanding of the unique human resource and budgeting systems of government agencies. Experience and knowledge of union/management relationships.

Strong visionary. Ability to direct and lead a complex agency. Ability to work with others in establishing a shared vision and use effective strategies to translate that vision into action.

Excellent communication skills. Ability to effectively communicate the vision strategies, and policy positions to stakeholders, public policy makers, agency staff and the general public.

Strong political acumen, sound judgment and understanding of state and national legislative processes.

Excellent inter-personal skills and ability to work collaboratively and in partnership with a diverse range of parties, stakeholders and legislators.

Ability to solve complex problems and issues, whether organizational or political. Excellent facilitation and conflict resolution skills.

The high-profile nature of the position requires strong communication and public speaking skills with the ability to articulate complex issues and make effective presentations to a variety of audiences, including the Governor, Legislature and other organizations.

Specialized (job content) knowledge and skills:

Business management and entrepreneurial skills necessary to work within existing funding situation.

Knowledge of: population and recreation trends, land classification, State Environmental Protection Act, recreational immunity statutes, law enforcement issues, tribal governance and current issues, state employment laws, human resources and labor relations issues and structure, state ethics laws.

Mental Demands – this section should include short and descriptive narratives that address the degree of effort exercised in meetings the following requirements of the position. Problem Solving/Decision Making Requirements – Provide a brief statement indicating the skill required by the job for analyzing, evaluating, creating, and reasoning, arriving at conclusions and making decisions.

Numerous factors create the need for unique problem-solving processes for this position: Washington State’s growing economy and population, and issues related to land use and development; continued difficult fiscal times for state government; natural and cultural resources challenges. The past approaches to operating a state park system must be re- invented in Washington State for the next century. Creative and unprecedented solutions must be explored. At the same time, the level and complexity of the challenge and the rate of change require prompt solutions. Decisions, positions, and timelines have many other drivers including: internal agency concerns; the governor’s office and legislative requirements, media deadlines and responses, external stakeholder requirements, and legal or court order requirements. The most critical skill necessary in this environment is the ability to determine the key factors that need to be considered and then develop and make a timely and prudent decision under pressure.

Independent Judgment – Briefly describe the extent and nature of the job’s problem solving requirements. The position requires a highly developed ability to solve complex, politically sensitive problems where little to no precedence has been set. The Director has nearly complete independent problem-solving responsibilities and decision- making authority. The director has primary authority for all agency operational decisions and policy development.

Accountability – Provide a brief statement indicating both the primary and shared accountability of the position (measured effect of the job on end results) for each of the following requirements of the position. Freedom to Act – Considers the degree of controls and limitations placed on the job’s authority that are set by laws, rules, policies, procedures, precedents, and standard practices.

This position has full-decision making authority to run the operations of Washington’s state park system. Some critical specific authorities are:

Authority to close parks in whole or in part for public health and safety risks.

Authority to accept donations of real property, partial interests in real property, or monetary contributions on behalf of the state.

Decisions to grant commissioning to State Parks law enforcement officers (170 statewide).

Repatriate graves and funerary objects to appropriate tribal governments, in alignment with the federal mandate of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

In addition, the position has been delegated a high level of decision making authority by the Commission as it relates to commission policy. This includes:

All commission authority for fee setting has been delegated (service fees, administrative fees). These fees generate in excess of $50 million per biennium.

Authority to renew, replace, assign or amend existing leases, easement, permit or other agreements

Authorize agreements with the United States government for management of federal lands and recreational facilities as state parks.

Inter-local Cooperation Act Agreements with other public entities, including U.S. government and local governments.

Enter into co-management and other short term agreements with Tribal governments.

Grant concession leases with a term of up to 20 years.

Accept or grant real property leases and agreements with a term of 5 years or less.

Authority to acquire real property (under 10 acres, with a purchase price of under $500,000) on behalf of the state.

Approval of timber sales of up to $20,000.

Job Impact – Considers the type and degree of influence the job contributes to the end result.

The Director is responsible for laying the framework for the agency vision, and achievement of the agency’s mission while constantly seeking alignment between the Commission’s and the Governor’s priorities.

State parks have significant impact on the economics of our state and the health of its citizens, and this positions' leadership of the agency is critical to building and maintaining a healthy park system for today and for Washington's future.

A study commissioned by State Parks in 2015 showed that half of Washingtonians visited a state park in the previous two years, State park visits generate more than $64 million to the State General Fund each year and contribute more than $1.4 billion to the state economy. Additionally, the data demonstrated that this economic contribution has the effect of transferring economic activity from the urban portions of the state to rural areas.

It is widely accepted that active outdoor recreation provides physical and mental health benefits and helps to prevent obesity and risk of disease. The creation of the No Child Left Inside program being administered by State Parks is a reflection of that connection.

Size of Impact – Financial and other quantifiable dimensions, influences, and impacts. Describe the type and annual amount of all the monies that the position directly controls or directly/indirectly influences.

Biennial numbers:

Operating Budget – $170 million Capital Budget - $ 90 million

Delegated purchasing authority is: Services - $1 million Discover Pass Fulfillment - $2.5 million Central Reservation System $10 million Commodities - $150,00 per purchase

Other Financial Influences and Impacts –

Revenue = Total Revenue is $138 million, of which  Discover Pass = $41 million  Camping/Overnight Accommodations = $41 million  License Renewal Donations = $12 million  Other Sources = $44 million (included dedicated program)

Assets under control: . Land, Buildings, and Infrastructure = Over $2 billion in total (cost) . Equipment - $30 million (cost)

Economic Impact: . $212 million in federal, state and local tax revenue per year ($424 M biennially) . $64 million in taxes specifically to the General Fund per year ($128 M biennially)

Number of Employees: Operating Budget Amount: 730 FTEs, including about 500 full-time staff. During $ 170 million peak season, staffing is approximately 1,000 positions. Planning (Tactical and Strategic) – Focus on the job requirements. Briefly describe the impact of planning on the state’ mission and success of the agency.

The Director’s role is visionary and strategic. He also engages in tactical measures when situations require his attention. . The director identifies future opportunities and programs, retains or improves existing programs, and balances resources to meet needs as the department evolves. In addition, the Director leads and fosters a commitment to a strategic planning process to ensure efficient and effective use of agency resources in meeting the agency’s mission and goals.

Each year, the position develops the agenda for seven public commission meetings across the state with the purpose of facilitating commission policy development. The Director also coordinates the commission meetings to ensure optimum public engagement and ensure the commission is well informed on issues and work the agency is accomplishing.

Date: Signature:

Submit completed form and required documents to: [email protected]

Item E-3: 2019-21 Operating Budget Development – Requested Action

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to provide direction for the amount requested in the 2019-21 operating budget proposal that will be submitted to the Office of Financial Management (OFM). This item advances the Commission’s strategic goal: “Adopting a business approach to park administration”.

2019-21 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT

Efforts To-date

Agency managers, staff and the budget office began work on the 2019-21 biennium budget proposal several months ago. Efforts have included: . Numerous discussions among the agency’s Executive Leadership Team members to talk about priorities, resource needs and capacity . Discussions among the Executive Leadership Team members regarding the approach of making manageable, incremental changes and providing time to assess and communicate results . Review of staffing to determine resource needs; ensuring the optimum use of staff, investing in priority work, and continuing efficient operations . Review of costs associated with goods, services, travel, and equipment to ensure expenses are appropriate and to identify areas of additional resource needs . Development of a preliminary 2019-21 earned revenue forecast . Development of scenarios that represented various funding levels . Review of the Strategic Plan to ensure alignment with Commission priorities . Review of Governor priorities . Conversations with OFM to discuss questions, issues, and approaches . Conversations with legislative staff regarding potential issues . Discussions with the Commission’s Budget Committee

Significant work is still required to further develop and refine the 2019-21 biennium budget proposal for adoption by the Commission in July and subsequent submittal to OFM. This work will include further discussions within the agency, the Budget Committee and OFM. The work will also include additional analysis and review of revenue and expenditure numbers.

Assumptions for building the budget request

1. State Parks will develop a budget request consistent with OFM’s instructions. These instructions will be available in June.

2. The General Fund will be the funding source for request packages that are not supported, in part or in total, by earned revenue. 3. A $5 million targeted fund balance for June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2021 (versus an $8.5 million fund balance which is Commission policy). 4. Agency request legislation that the Commission approves that changes State Parks’ expected revenue or expenses will be incorporated into the budget request. 5. A preliminary PRSA earned revenue projection of $118 million. This figure will be adjusted with the June forecast update and for 2019 agency request legislation, if approved by the Commission. 6. Approximately $18 - $20 million in General Fund will be included in base-line funding levels. 7. $9 million in Litter Tax and $1 million in General Fund support currently received by the agency ends June 30, 2019 and will be removed from the base budget - necessitating a $10 million “buyback” package to request replacement funding from the General Fund. 8. State Parks’ operating budget submittal will be due to OFM in September 2018.

Other Considerations

Strategic Plan. The Commission’s 2014-19 Strategic Plan communicates the desired goal of a “healthy, sustainable park system.” The 2019-21 operating budget will be developed consistent with that goal along with specific investment priorities that will be outlined in the Strategic Plan expected to be updated and adopted by the Commission in July.

Request Legislation. As part of the operating budget the agency may, with Commission approval, submit proposals to OFM for agency request legislation that have fiscal impacts. Such legislation may involve a proposed change in law that may result in positive or negative fiscal impacts.

State General Fund Outlook. The Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council’s February 2018 forecast projected continued growth in tax revenue to the General Fund for the 2019-21 biennium.

Staff Recommendation

Based on the above assumptions and other considerations, and the review of funding requests, staff recommends the development of a total 2019-21 operating budget request of about $194 to $197 million (which includes all programs and funding sources). This level of budget is projected to result in a request for about $27 - $30 million above the 2017-19 funding level.

This proposal builds on gains made last biennium toward achieving a healthy, sustainable park system due to the agency spending down cash reserves. These gains were made possible through gubernatorial and legislative support as well as agency efforts to increase earned revenue. This proposal requests funding for additional investments to enable forward progress in improving

agency efforts to maintain and operate the park system. This proposal considers Commission priorities, management capacity, and the state’s current, favorable economic outlook.

REQUESTED ACTION OF COMMISSION:

That the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission:

1. Authorize staff to develop a detailed 2019-21 operating budget proposal totaling approximately $194 - $197 million for Commission approval to make progress toward achieving the goal of a healthy, sustainable park system. ______Author/Contact(s): Shelly L. Hagen, Assistant Director, Administrative Services [email protected], (360) 902-8621 REVIEWS: Jessica Logan, SEPA Review: Following review, staff has determined that the action proposed for the Commission by staff is exempt from the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) pursuant to WAC 197-11-800 (14) (c) Chris Leeper, Fiscal Impact Review: Fiscal impacts are represented in the requested action Michael Young, Assistant Attorney General: 4/26/18

Approved for Transmittal to Commission

______Donald Hoch, Director

Item E-4: Riverside State Park – Classification and Management Planning Project - Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This item reports to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission on updated land classifications, long-term boundary, and management plan for Riverside State Park. This item advances the Commission’s strategic goal: “Develop amenities and acquire lands that advance transformation” and “Provide recreation, cultural, and interpretive opportunities people will want.”

SIGNIFICANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION: For the past year, staff has conducted a public planning process for Riverside State Park as part of the Agency’s Classification and Management Planning (CAMP) project. The purpose of this report is to acquaint the Commission with information gathered, issues raised, and preliminary staff recommendations. Appendices 1- 8 provide detailed information regarding the current CAMP planning effort for Riverside State Park. 21

Original CAMP Planning Process When the current land classification system was first established by the Commission in 1995, a long-term effort was undertaken to classify lands and prepare management plans for each park in the system. By 1998, this effort resulted in a public process at Riverside that: 1) Oriented citizens to the park and the planning process; 2) Identified natural, cultural, and recreation management issues, and; 3) Developed management approaches designed to address these issues.

Riverside continues to evolve and its land classifications, long-term boundary, and park management plan require updating to address changing circumstances. Today, State Parks manages 9,432 acres within the existing Riverside State Park long-term boundary. These holdings include: • 7, 617 acres owned by State Parks • 1,686 acres owned by Spokane County • 129 acres owned by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Current CAMP Planning Process Following Commission adoption of land classifications and long-term park boundary in 1998, staff entered into management agreements with Avista Corporation and the Department of Natural Resources for a series of properties on Lake Spokane. These lands, along with the Commission-owned Fisk Property, were not evaluated within the scope of the original CAMP process nor have they been formally included in the long-term boundary for Riverside State Park.

As part of the current planning effort, staff is evaluating approximately 2,251 acres to potentially recommend for inclusion in the Riverside long-term boundary. These include:

On Lake Spokane: • 621 acres Knights Lake (DNR owned) • 680 acres Fisk property (State Parks owned) • 92 acres Lake Spokane Campground (DNR owned) • 400 acres McLellan Conservation Area (Spokane County owned) • 2 acre disposal to Nine Mile Falls School District (State Parks owned)

On the Little Spokane River: • 108 acres Waikiki Springs (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife owned) • 199 acres private lands between Waikiki Springs and Riverside State Park

West of the Spokane River: • 98 acres (lands that connect Riverside with Palisades Park) • 51 acres (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway right of way to link Riverside with the Airway Heights area)

The original Riverside CAMP remains mostly relevant. As a result, the current CAMP will augment rather than replace the original plan—building on the operational direction already established for Riverside.

Next Steps Next steps will include presenting preliminary staff recommendations included in this item to the Commission at its May 17, 2018 meeting in Spokane. This information will also be presented at public meetings scheduled during the week of May 14, 2018. Staff then anticipates incorporating input into final recommended updates to the long-term boundary and land classifications for Riverside State Park for consideration by the Commission at its July 2018 meeting in Vancouver, Washington.

SUPPORTING INFORMATION:

Appendix 1: Riverside Classification and Management Plan 2018 Appendix 2: Riverside State Park Area Description Appendix 3: State Parks Land Classification System Appendix 4: Overall Map of Riverside Appendix 5: Southern area of Riverside Appendix 6: Lake Spokane area Appendix 7: Little Spokane area Appendix 8: Sontag Park Land Transfer and Property Disposal

Author(s)/Contact: Michael Hankinson, Parks Planner [email protected] (360) 902-8671

Reviewer(s): Jessica Logan, SEPA REVIEW: Pursuant to WAC197-11-704 and WAC 352-11-055(2)(c), staff has determined that this Commission agenda item is a report and therefore is not subject to State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review. Chris Leeper, Fiscal Impact Statement: Report only, no fiscal impact at this time. Michael Young, Assistant Attorney General: April 23, 2018 Peter Herzog, Assistant Director

Approved for Transmittal to Commission

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APPENDIX 1 Riverside State Park Classification and Management Plan – 2018 Update

The following report is based on the original CAMP, which served as a starting point for this update. The original document from the late 1990s acknowledged how the relationship between its own plan, other existing plans, and recommended future plans should be seen as “iterative” explaining:

As new information is derived from more detailed resource-specific planning, existing plans should be reviewed and modified to reflect changed circumstances. No single plan should be vested with ultimate authority, but rather, the on-going process of creating new plans and revising exiting plans should be seen as forming an increasingly comprehensive base of park operational direction.

The purpose of this report is to discuss all the opportunities, what the public thinks about those opportunities, and summarize preliminary staff recommendations. The first portion of this report, however, explains more about the planning process and the contextual issues that must be considered that are specific to Riverside State Park.

Figure 1: Map showing acreages of Riverside as established in the 1998 CAMP.

Figure 2: Existing management area of Riverside State Park, which is today over 12,000 acres, and far greater in size than envisioned in the late 1990s.

Natural, Historical, and Cultural Context: Riverside State Park encompasses three primary land areas associated with watercourses including the Spokane River, Lake Spokane, and the Little Spokane River. The park is composed of natural areas that provide important wildlife habitat: illustrate geologic formations related to lave flows and ice age flooding events, and show the natural influences of the Spokane and Little Spokane Rivers, its tributaries, and springs. In terms of governance, Riverside includes property concentrated in Spokane County. In addition, Riverside also includes the management of DNR lands and Avista Corporation recreational lands in both Stevens and Lincoln counties on Lake Spokane.

The Spokane River flows westward into eastern Washington out of the northern end of Lake Coeur d’Alene in northern Idaho. The banks of this river and its tributaries have played a significant role in Pacific Northwest history. Native American presence dates thousands of years and the settlement at the confluence of the Spokane and Little Spokane ranged around 10,000 people. The Spokane House trading post built in 1810 by the Northwest Fur Trading Company-a precursor to the Hudson’s Bay Company—was one of the earliest English trading houses in the Northwest. The historic social and economic evolution of the larger region plays out in all its aspects along the banks of the Spokane River, as fur trading yielded to agriculture, which in turn transformed toward combinations of industrial, commercial, residential, military, and recreational uses.

Riverside includes a heritage area at the confluence of the Spokane and Little Spokane rivers, which is a land classification that recognizes how this area has been home to the Spokane Tribe of Indians for thousands of years. According to the Spokane Tribe of Indians: A Socioeconomic Profile 2013, their traditional homelands extended along the Spokane River from the present day City of Spokane, east to the Idaho border and west at the confluence of the Spokane and Columbia rivers. The Spokane shared both economic and cultural ties to neighboring groups including the Kalispel to the east, and the Chewelah, to the north. According to Grant et al., 1994, the Spokane lived in autonomous bands that joined together for fishing and trading; however, the majority of their actions were decided at the band level. The Chewelah occupied the Colville Valley, north, and were an offshoot band of the Kalispel that migrated to the Colville Valley and were later absorbed into the Spokane Tribe.

In 1934, the first parcel of land of what would eventually become Riverside State Park was transferred from Spokane County to the State Parks. This was followed closely in the next few years by a variety of donations and small park purchases from private and public parties. Much of the land was acquired as delinquent tax parcels, but Washington Water Power (now Avista Corporation) and other public parties provided key parcels. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed a master plan and constructed many facilities in the park including the Aubrey L. White Parkway and the Bowl and Pitcher area.

The Spokane House Interpretive Center is located within the heritage area and tells the story of Spokane House, a historic fur trade era trading post fort, the earliest permanent non-Indian settlement in Washington State. It also describes the lives of the Spokane Indians who lived here and the first European people to meet them and live among them.

Growth in the park land base has continued for over 50 years, making it the second largest state park and possibly the most diverse and complex park to manage in the entire system (Appendix 2).

Public Participation Process: State Parks prepares CAMP plans through multi-staged, public participation-based meetings with analysis by staff that culminates with Commission adoption of land classifications and long-term park boundaries. Park management plans are approved by the Director to allow periodic updates as conditions change. For each CAMP project the agency forms a planning team. The team includes park planners, resource stewards, and park staff. As necessary, the planning team also calls upon the expertise of resource and facility specialists- both from within and outside the agency. The Riverside planning team includes:

• Michael Hankinson, Parks Planner • Ryan Layton, Region Manager • Steve Brand, Partnerships and Planning Program Manager • Diana Dupuis, Area Manager • Andrew Fielding, Eastern Region Resource Steward • Brian Patnode, Eastern Region Parks Planner

The CAMP process involves four sequential stages:

• Stage One: Identify issues and concerns (Summer 2017) The purpose of this stage is to understand what is important to the park community and identifies issues to address through the planning process.

• Stage Two: Exploring alternative approaches (Winter 2018) At this stage, the planning team suggests potential alternative approaches to address the various issues and concerns raised by people in stage one. No preferred alternative is established; rather this is an opportunity to examine and understand the range of possibilities.

• Stage Three: Preparing preliminary recommendations (May 2018) The ideas from the alternative approaches developed in stage two are combined into a preliminary plan in this stage. The preliminary plan includes recommendations for use and development of park lands, changes to property boundaries, and ways to address issues that were raised during the process.

• Stage Four: Preparing final recommendations (In progress) At stage four, final adjustments are made to staff recommended land classifications and long-term boundary and submitted to the seven-member Parks and Recreation Commission for approval. The public is encouraged to attend the Commission meeting and provide testimony or provide written comment.

In May 2018, staff continued work on the third stage of the planning process (preliminary recommendations) for Riverside State Park. Through this stage, public meetings averaged about 50+ attendees. Staff also met separately with a vast network of stakeholders and park neighbors to hear their concerns and provide additional information about park planning, development, and management.

Statewide Acquisition & Development Strategy: This idea was developed as an evaluation process that aides State Parks decision makers in collecting places and experiences that are distinctly Washingtonian. Potential lands and development projects are evaluated from many perspectives in an effort to understand their full value and purpose. They are prioritized during this process and are either strategically included within the adjusted long-term boundary or ultimately discarded. The foundation for this analysis is built upon five principles, which explore what parks already have and to determine where there may be gaps in the system. Principles include:

1. Places to be: Connecting people with Washington’s iconic landscapes 2. Stories to know: Engaging people in authentic Washington stories 3. Things to do: Providing Washington’s recreational mainstays 4. Ways to grow: Inviting novices to experience Washington’s outdoors 5. Something for everyone: Improving the quality of life for all Washingtonians

The statewide strategy identifies general deficits in the state park system and provides clarity on what types of landscapes could be acquired to eliminate these deficits. Some landscape types specifically apply to Riverside.

Expansion of the long-term boundary and protection of natural and cultural resources, however, may place new management burdens on staff or may be unfeasible in other ways. Options are significantly reduced if funding in the long -erm is unavailable for proper management. Nonetheless, the acquisition of new properties may help State Parks remain relevant and allow the system to grow in response to a certain increase in statewide population, which is projected to see a 20% rise within the next 20 years.

Elements of the Riverside CAMP: As mentioned, the CAMP produces three main products: land classification, long-term boundary, and park management plan. The combination of these deliverables constitutes a land use plan. For some parks, more detailed planning to direct facility development is necessary. A facilities concept plan will be included in the final report for the heritage area located in the Nine Mile region of the park.

Land Classification A central part of CAMP involves zoning or classification of park lands. State Parks has developed a system of six land classifications. When assigned to a specific area within a park, each classification sets an appropriate intensity for recreational activity and development of facilities. Classifications align along a spectrum, ranging from high to low-intensity land uses. For example, Recreation Areas allow for the most intensive uses on one end of the spectrum, while Natural Area Preserves allow for the least intensive uses on the other. By classifying park lands, the agency is able to consciously strike a balance between protecting park resources and providing an appropriate variety of recreational opportunities for park visitors (Appendix 3). Park lands may be classified in whole or part as follows: 1. Recreational Areas are suited and/or developed for high-intensity outdoor recreational use, conference, cultural and/or educational centers, or other uses serving large numbers of people. 2. Resource Recreation Areas are suited and/or developed for natural and/or cultural resource-based medium-intensity and low-intensity outdoor recreational use. 3. Natural Areas are4 designated for preservation, restoration, and interpretation of natural processes and/or features of significant ecological, geological or paleontological value while providing for low-intensity outdoor recreation activities as subordinate uses. 4. Heritage Areas are designated for preservation, restoration, and interpretation of unique or unusual archaeological, historical, scientific, and/or cultural features, and traditional cultural properties, which are of state-wide or national significance. 5. Natural Forest Areas are designated for preservation, restoration, and interpretation of natural forest processes while providing for low-intensity outdoor recreation activities as subordinate uses, and which contain: a. Old-growth forest communities that have developed for one hundred fifty years or longer and have the following structural characteristics: Large old- growth trees, large snags, large logs on land, and large logs in streams; or b. Mature forest communities that have developed for ninety years or longer; or 29

c. Unusual forest communities and/or interrelated vegetative communities of significant ecological value. 6. Natural Area Preserves are designated for preservation of rare or vanishing flora, fauna, geological, natural historical or similar features of scientific or educational value and which are registered and committed as a natural area preserve through a cooperative agreement with an appropriate natural resource agency pursuant to chapter 79.70 RCW and chapter 332-60 WAC. Long-term Boundary The purpose of delineating a long-term boundary is to take a big picture look at what lands, independent of ownership, might advance the conservation and recreation mission of a park. It also considers whether agency-owned property should be retained or be considered surplus to park needs. Transactions may range from simple agreements, to recreation and conservation easements, and sometimes to agency purchase of property. Properties included inside the long- term boundary may be either acquired or operated through cooperative management with another public agency, conservation organization, or private landowners.

Including privately owned property in a long-term boundary gives Commission direction to staff to work with nearby landowners on potential land transactions. Transactions with private landowners may range from simple agreements, to recreation and conservation easements, and sometimes agency purchase of property. If a landowner is not interested in participating, State Parks is unlikely to pursue the matter further. However, since land frequently changes hands, the agency uses delineation of a long-term boundary to set its long-term property planning goals.

As mentioned in the agenda item, Riverside has the potential to expand the park-wide long-term boundary by a total of 2,251 acres. On Lake Spokane: • 621 acres Knights Lake (DNR owned) • 680 acres Fisk property (State Parks owned) • 92 acres Lake Spokane Campground (DNR owned) • 400 acres McLellan Conservation Area (Spokane County owned) • 2 acre disposal to Nine Mile Falls School District (State Parks owned)

On the Little Spokane River: • 108 acres Waikiki Springs (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife owned) • 199 acres private lands between Waikiki Springs and Riverside State Park

In vicinity of Spokane’s Palisades Park • 98 acres (lands that connect Riverside with Palisades Park) • 51 acres (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway right of way to link Riverside with the Airway Heights area)

Park Management Plan Park management plans describe the principal features of a park, set park-wide management objectives, and outline specific approaches and prescriptions in response to issues identified in the planning process. These plans also document the planning process and serve as an informational resource.

In collaboration with the public and stakeholders, staff is addressing the following management concerns that are of concern park-wide:

• Trespass and protection of resources • Vehicular access • Pedestrian/bicycle access • Overnight/Day-use facilities • Administrative facilities • Park staffing numbers Facilities Concept Plan A facility concept plan provides information on the general location and type of facilities. Future schematic designs, associated with funded construction projects, will reveal more detail. Staff will consider with public input the most logical and cost-effective phasing of park-wide projects in association with a capital project.

Evaluating Public Opinion on Land Transfers: Opinions reveal support for expansion at Riverside. All available properties such as Fisk, Knights Lake, Lake Spokane campground, McLellan Conservation Area, Waikiki Springs, and the Palisades Park connection are serious candidates that would work to make Riverside a better park.

The following summarizes public opinion and provides preliminary staff recommendations grouped by park area. All long-term boundary, land classifications, and management issues associated with a particular area of Riverside are described. For example, under the Lake Spokane Area, discussion includes Avista Corporation, Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and Spokane County lands in addition to the Fisk property. Similarly, the Little Spokane River area covers Waikiki Springs and its associated private lands.

It is likely that some recommendations may be refined or changed as the planning process is on- going. Staff anticipates asking the Commission to consider adoption of final recommendations at the July 12, 2018 Commission meeting in Vancouver.

LAKE SPOKANE AREA Avista Corporation Lands Managed by State Parks: The current agreement between State Parks and Avista Corporation includes co-management of nearly two thousand acres situated on Lake Spokane. The land is mostly water frontage with recreational features such as the Nine Mile Falls campground, several boat-in sites, picnic area, and overlook at Long Lake Dam. The agreement, 32

which expires June 2018, describes how State Parks is paid to manage these lands for recreation, but acknowledges how these lands would make a “logical addition” to Riverside, which is the primary reason the concept was presented to the public during winter 2018 (Appendix 4).

Avista lands, however, are open for hunting by reservation. This limits State Parks’ management options because hunting is statutorily prohibited on State Parks land (RCW 79A.05.165), so no land classification allows for this activity. As a result, two alternatives were presented to the public in February: • Natural Alternative: Avista lands are included in the long-term boundary. Hunting is not allowed. State Parks to operate Avista lands through an agreement. The land is classified as Resource Recreation. • Recreation Alternative: Avista lands are not included into the long-term boundary. This allows State Parks to operate Avista lands through an agreement. Avista retains option to allow for hunting or for other more intensive recreational uses.

In the second stage, staff described possible consequences if either alternative were to play out, prompting the public to express their thoughts, which focused primarily on hunting. Staff explained how both options were consistent with the agreement. Although the Natural alternative is consistent with the agreement, there was no public process when the agreement was signed. The agreement specifically “acknowledges that the general public users shall be subject to the statutory and regulatory restrictions applicable to State Parks once State Parks takes over management of the area as part of Riverside State Park.” The public was not consulted at the time of the agreement, but today public comments received did not support the natural alternative.

By contrast, the second alternative, Recreation did not include Avista lands in the long-term boundary. This alternative seemed the most desirable by the public, as it would not restrict hunting—which is consistent with how the current agreement works today. It must be noted that public comments taken in 2017 -18 indicate strong public support for retention of hunting on Avista-owned lands.

Preliminary Staff Recommendation: Consideration should be given to excluding Avista owned lands from the long-term boundary of the park. Key reasons include: • Management through an agreement is more flexible for State Parks, allowing the agency to operate and maintain recreational resources for citizens without the economic burden of land ownership; Avista Corporation as landowner is legally responsible for noxious weed control instead of parks. This arrangement maximizes public benefit at a reduced cost to State Parks and taxpayers. • Support from public for retention of hunting • Statute prevents State Parks from allowing hunting (RCW 79A.05.165)

Fisk Property owned/managed by State Parks Fisk is a 600-acre State Parks property operated by Riverside State Park on the south shores of Lake Spokane. It is accessed primarily from the east entrance on South Bank Road and is currently undergoing a road and parking lot improvement project to address emergency and general access. Although the land was never developed, logging activities created a network of roads on the property that intersect with the undeveloped Spokane County right-of-way, South Bank Road, which makes the potential for future trail development in the near term possible. Today, trees, rocky shoreline known as the Cove, and towering rock outcroppings characterize the rugged landscape and attract visitors despite its limited access. Although Fisk is largely undeveloped, it includes a single vault toilet and primitive parking lot. The overall condition of the property’s road system and its associated parking lot is poor. During the summer, the road is narrow, full of potholes with water, and sometimes impassible. Road conditions are far worse in wetter times of the year and are essentially impassible for the average park visitor.

There is a Capital project currently underway on South Bank Road to alleviate this condition. The construction project is scheduled for construction summer 2018 and includes restoration of the entrance road and a 40-stall parking lot with two Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) parking stalls (Appendix 6).

McLellan Conservation Area managed my Spokane County This 410-acre property of ponderosa pine forest juts out into Lake Spokane, which surrounds the land on three sides. The property is also contiguous with over 640 acres of Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) land also known as the Knight Lake property, south. One of the first properties acquired by the Conservation Futures fund, McLellan was purchased in 1995 for $1.1 million, helping to preserve public access to 1.5 miles of shoreline.

The property is accessed by Spokane County’s South Bank Road, with a circulation system originally created by logging roads that today provide a horseshoe-like trail system for passive recreation users. The trails traverse second growth ponderosa pine forest, a large, “dog hair” stand of younger trees that was established after a forest fire, and Douglas-fir along Lake Spokane. Access to Lake Spokane is provided, west, where the trail descends gradually to low bank shoreline and to the east, where the trail maintains grade and terminates at high bank shoreline.

McLellan Conservation Area has been identified by Spokane County, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), and Avista as one of the most important wildlife habitat sites on Lake Spokane. Deer, black bear, moose, osprey, and a diversity of bird species use the property and its riparian habitat. The property’s connection with DNR land, south, helps to preserve a wildlife corridor from the Columbia Plateau to the Spokane River.

Spokane County wishes to transfer the McLellan Conservation Area to State Parks, whom they consider as being better positioned to monitor and steward the land with an established presence on Lake Spokane. Today, the McLellan Conservation Area is located outside the long-term boundary of Riverside. Because the property was originally acquired using Conservation Futures

funding, however, the property will have limitations regarding the intensity of recreational use. The most appropriate land classifications are likely Resource Recreation (Appendix 6).

Knight Lake (640-acre DNR property) managed by DNR This property is owned by DNR and is located adjacent to the McClellan Conservation Area. By contrast with McLellan, this area is appropriate for more intensity of use and ultimately for classification as Recreation. Together, the assemblage of the three properties (Fisk, McLellan, and Knight Lake) provides an overall balance of conservation and recreation on the south shores of Lake Spokane. On one hand, McLellan is one of the most important habitat areas on the lake, with Fisk also serving as a key link in the same north/south ecological corridor associated with McLellan Conservation Area. On the other, development of the DNR property makes sense as it includes flat, open, upland areas with easy county road access. It is economically feasible and appropriate to build in this location as a trust land transfer would provide State Parks with potential to build a developed campground on lands that have been previously disturbed. It is ideal for improvements and would work to limit development at Fisk.

Although physically possible to develop Fisk for a mix of day-use and overnight experiences, the landscape is unique and vulnerable to overdevelopment. Fisk includes a more undeveloped landscape, featuring rock outcroppings popular with beginning rock climbers, the intensively used Cove swimming area, and in-tact second growth forest land that retains important habitat value (Appendix 6).

Lake Spokane Campground (DNR property) managed by State Parks This 92-acre DNR property on the north side of Lake Spokane is operated as a campground and boat launch by State Parks. The campground is centrally positioned and easily accessed from State Route 291. It has 11 primitive campsites that are available between May and September. Over the past several years, State Parks and Avista Corporation have invested in the expansion of the campground and improvements to the vehicular circulation system. The campground features a new flush restroom and shower building. A new drain field, electrical, and water system will be constructed along with a new camp loop and campsites in 2018-19. The property is relatively flat above the water where the existing campground is located. The boat launch, which includes a 55-stall parking lot, picnic shelters and swim beach, provides the only motorized boating access on the west end of Lake Spokane (Appendix 6).

Public Opinion on Lake Spokane Alternatives The Fisk property generated a mix of comments that varied between “do not develop the property” as it possesses important habitat to “develop the property” for boating and camping. It is recognized that the Fisk property is winter range for deer and moose and the property not an ecological island, but rather is a key migration pathway that links natural lands south of the lake with the north. According to a wildlife biologist who works in this region, it is noted that the Fisk property is a key water crossing point for many animals such as deer and moose. On the other hand, Fisk includes low bank water access and is already popular for swimmers and boaters. Comments encourage more places for swimming and some people want Parks to consider development of new camp sites. Some suggest that Fisk is ideal for boat-in camping near to the shoreline.

Other locations on the lake such as McLellan Conservation Area are discussed. Known for its pristine habitat, the property is unavailable for intensive recreational development as it was originally acquired with Conservation Futures funding by Spokane County, the current land owner. Comments regarding the adjacent DNR Knight Lake property mostly show support for developing this property for camping and large gathering spaces. These comments are also bolstered by Spokane County, in conversation with State Parks, who has noted a dearth of existing camp sites park-wide and in the county and hope State Parks will identify more locations for possible development. A few public comments warn that new camping at the Knight Lake Property could be harmful for habitat at the McLellan Conservation Area.

Preliminary Staff Recommendation: • Fisk: Include property in long-term boundary. Classify the “Cove” swimming area, rocky outcroppings popular with climbers, and a portion of the shoreline as Recreation to allow for the possibility of boat-in and primitive camping opportunities. Classify the reminder of the property as Resource recreation and consider allowing conditional use of mountain biking on select trails. • McLellan: Include the property in the long-term boundary. Classify the land as Resource Recreation for consistency with original Conservation Futures acquisition funding. Promote passive use of the land and emphasize habitat conservation. Consider conditional use mountain biking. • DNR Lake Spokane Campground: Acquire Lake Spokane Campground as a trust land transfer. Classify the land as Recreation to support widest variety of activities and overnight facilities. • DNR Knight Lake: Through trust land transfer, acquire the property. Classify key portions of the land as Recreation to allow development of the widest variety of activities. Consideration, however, should be given to focusing intensive development to also preserve areas of the land that support the migration of animals moving north/south through the DNR Knight Lake and McLellan properties.

LITTLE SPOKANE RIVER AREA Waikiki Springs and Little Spokane River miles 8.5-11 owned by WDFW and private owners Located on the Little Spokane, Waikiki Springs attracts moose, beaver, bald eagles, blue herons, as well as visitors from the Fairwood neighborhood and region. Since the early 1970s, visitors have grown accustomed to fishing, hiking, running, biking, and wildlife viewing in this area. The 112-acre property acquired by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) with a mix of federal funding (Land Water Conservation Fund and Dingle-Johnson) was originally envisioned as a fish hatchery. The plan was abandoned by WDFW, which now manages the land for preservation, enhancement of habitat, and recreation. WDFW is determining if the property continues to meet their mission. They are considering disposal but recognize growing community support for retaining public access and protecting Waikiki Spring’s natural resources. The central question regards which state agency is best positioned to operate it in the future.

In the summer of 2017, the community organization “Save Our Switchbacks” (SOS) asked State Parks to consider expansion of the long-term boundary on the middle reaches of the Little 36

Spokane River by adding the WDFW Waikiki Springs’ property and eight private parcels located on the Little Spokane between the public lands to create a habitat and recreational extension in the vicinity of the unincorporated neighborhood of Fairwood. Acquisition of these parcels would add nearly 329 acres and approximately 12, 000 feet of shoreline to Riverside.

According to SOS, the expansion prevents the possibility of private development near the shoreline, promotes community stewardship, and retains quality recreational opportunities. SOS also believes this segment of river possesses a unique regional hydrology and ecology, especially Waikiki Springs. Sourced by the Rathdrum Aquifer with its headwaters at Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho, SOS believes the springs supply 50% of the Little Spokane River summer flow. In this segment of river, the proposed expansion is anchored by Waikiki Springs, east, and Riverside State Park about two miles west. Private lands are located in-between the park and Waikiki Springs are targeted for inclusion into the long-term boundary of Riverside State Park (Appendix 7).

Public Opinion on Little Spokane River Area Alternatives Land Classification Perhaps the statement “public but protected” best summarizes shared thinking regarding the property. Statements suggest visitors enjoy a wide variety of passive recreational activities such as hiking, biking, running, nature viewing, dog walking, non-motorized boating, and fishing and very strongly wish these activities to continue. But equally important is the conservation and enhancement of natural resources. Waikiki Springs are highly valued for its volume and high- water quality. The native vegetation also attracts much wildlife. It is widely believed that conservation along the Little Spokane will further protect regional habitat corridors and the region’s native flora and fauna between Riverside State Park and the WDFW Waikiki Springs property. Resource Recreation is viewed favorably as a classification that most appropriately balances public access and conservation of natural resources.

Long-Term Boundary As a citizen stated in the alternatives phase: “The ability to establish a natural area corridor in an increasingly urban area is a unique opportunity that should be seized.” Comments suggest urgency by the community to protect the Little Spokane River’s middle reaches through expansion of its long-term boundary. Others noted that linking private lands in between the eastern boundary of Riverside with Waikiki Springs would enhance recreation by creating legal water access for non-motorized boating.

Management Issues The public highly values active management. Key issues include trash, visitors after dark, public access, weed control, forest health, and fire management. Public comments revealed concern about what “efforts will be made to monitor” the property in the future and expressed desire for improvement.

Currently, trash is left behind, but removed by members of the community who volunteer their time. Comments describe Waikiki Springs as an area sometimes overrun by some disrespectful people. Visitors after dark are a problem especially for the small community of homeowners who

live in the valley, adjacent to the WDFW property. Historically, people who have entered the Waikiki Springs lands in the night are often noisy and careless, especially when smoking during the summertime when the land is vulnerable to fire.

Today, public access is limited to a small Discover Pass parking lot linked with an old single lane road known as the “Switchbacks.” Most visitors arrive by foot and come here to walk, run, dog walk, bicycle, fish, and view nature. Access remains an area of concern. Are there opportunities to build a new parking lot? Are other areas appropriate for access?

Wayfinding into and through the property is ambiguous. There is a lack of orientation and trails are not formalized. This condition creates conflict between private land owners and the general public. Neighbors are distressed by people randomly entering their back yards and unwittingly trespassing, assuming they are on public lands. There is a need to remedy the problem with development of distinct trails, signs, and fencing. Addressing the problem will require more work with neighbors to better understand where conflicts regularly occur and determine next steps.

Other comments on public access describe opportunities for trail development along the Little Spokane. These lands, however, are currently privately owned. Apparently, some members of the public know of an existing, informal trail that runs east/west on the north side of river. Questions on weed management, fire events, and flooding consistently concern the public. What are the ways noxious weeds are mitigated? Is there a fire management plan or a plan that addresses flooding on the Little Spokane River? How would Waikiki Springs be protected into the future? And finally, are threatened, endangered or sensitive species and their management addressed in a plan?

Preliminary Staff Recommendation: Consider inclusion of the WDFW Waikiki Springs lands into the long-term boundary of the park, in addition to key private parcels that would serve to link Waikiki Springs with the eastern boundary of Riverside. • Classify WDFW Waikiki Springs lands as Resource Recreation. • Allow for the conditional use bicycling on the Waikiki Springs property as these are activities currently allowed for and requested by the public • Classify private parcels in-between Waikiki Springs and Riverside as Natural Area for consistency of management (the majority of the Little Spokane on the river is classified as Natural Area) on the Little Spokane River. • Retain Waikiki Springs as a public asset. There is overwhelming support from public to conserve precious habitat and recreational opportunities on the middle reaches of the Little Spokane River. • Consider co-management of Waikiki Springs with WDFW. Collaborate to determine if conservation and recreation goals can be met through a partnership. • Consider development of conservation easements, rather than ownership of private lands in between the public properties. Determine if easements can meet goals for conservation and recreational opportunities can be met otherwise.

Edburg Bass property (Spokane County Lands operated as Riverside): On December 1, 1999 the Commission adopted a revised long-term boundary at Riverside and specifically mentioned an area of land north of the Little Spokane River, referring to it as “Section 33.” At the time, the Commission classified half of this land, 257 acres, as Natural Area, but left 392 acres unclassified. The purpose of this was explained:

This would allow State Parks and Spokane County to negotiate appropriate recreational uses in the future under the terms of our inter-agency agreement with Spokane County. It would be the staff’s intent to manage the area consistent with a Natural Area classification prior to any such negotiation.

Today, Spokane County refers to this area not as Section 33, but rather as the Edburg Bass property, based on the previous land owner. Several years ago, this area was damaged by fire, and as a result, State Parks conducted a comprehensive vegetation survey. The work revealed that this area was very different in its vegetation composition as compared to the bottom of the Little Spokane River valley, which is characterized by wetland and riparian plants and soils. By contrast, the upper portion of Edburg Bass is characterized by dry land populated with pine trees and knapweed. Over the years, visitors have used the property for hiking, mountain biking, and dog walking; mountain biking is inconsistent with a Natural Area land classification.

In 1999, it made sense for State Parks and Spokane County to keep this arrangement as State Parks was not the underlying land owner. But circumstances have changed as Spokane County has communicated their desire to transfer their lands inside Riverside to State Parks. As a result, State Parks should consider classifying the land.

Today, staff has more information on which to base a recommended land classification. Resource Recreation is considered the most appropriate because this area does not meet the definition of a natural area and is effectively managed by State Parks as Resource Recreation. Natural Areas are designated for preservation, restoration, and interpretation of natural processes and/or features of significant ecological, geological, or paleontological value while providing for low-intensity outdoor recreation activities as subordinate uses. In summary, classifying the land Resource Recreation will be more consistent with State Parks land management policies and goals (Appendix 7).

Public Opinion: Comments supported the Resource Recreation classification, as many who live around this area wish to have more intensity of use in this area of the Little Spokane River.

Preliminary Staff Recommendation: 1) Classify 500 acres of the upper portion of the Edburg Bass area as Resource Recreation 2) Allow for the conditional uses: mountain biking, and equestrian on select trails

SPOKANE RIVER AREA Palisades Park Connection: Inland Northwest Land Conservancy held a series of meetings to facilitate coordination with State Parks, City of Spokane, and Spokane County. Inland Northwest advocated for a 98-acre extension of the Riverside long-term boundary on the southern border. The goal is to link Riverside with the City of Spokane’s Palisades Park. This action would protect an important migration route between public lands and also create the possibility of a recreational corridor (Appendix 5 and 6).

Public Opinion: This addition is supported by Spokane County, City of Spokane, and Inland Northwest Land Conservancy. This opportunity will be presented to the public during the upcoming preliminary recommendations meetings.

Preliminary Staff Recommendation: 1) Include 98 acres in the long-term boundary 2) Classify the majority of land as Resource Recreation but include a Recreation classification for a multiuse trail corridor.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway: State Parks owns a portion of the abandoned BNSF right-of-way in the vicinity of Indian Bluff in the southwest region of Riverside. The western half of this line remains owned by the BNSF and is actually a component of the Spokane County Regional Trail Plan for acquisition and preservation. The line would serve as a segment to link Riverside with the City of Airway Heights. According to Spokane County, “It would make sense for State Parks to be the sole owner of this ROW and potentially improvement in through some sort of agreement with the City of Spokane, Spokane County and / or City of Airway Heights. It would be an amazing trail.” This concept will be presented to the public in May 2018. Sontag Park-Property Transfer and Disposal of Sports Field: Sontag Park is a State Parks property, but currently operated by Spokane County Parks. It is located on Charles Road, northwest of the Nine-Mile Dam and bridge. Sontag Park is encompassed by Riverside and bordered by the Spokane River, east, the Nine Mile Elementary School, west and also serves as a trailhead for the Centennial Trail. Sontag Park includes 46 parking spaces, a ball field, BBQ amenities, hiking trails, picnic shelter, play equipment, and a tennis court. The shelter, measuring 37 x 17 feet, is large enough to accommodate larger groups and is today a rental managed by Spokane County Parks.

Faced with on-going budgetary constraints, Spokane County requested that State Parks manage the park and requested that a potential transfer be included as an alternative in the CAMP. The purpose of this alternative was to reduce the burden of land management for Spokane County, provide the elementary school with the much-used ballfield, and allow State Parks to use the existing parking lot as the Centennial Trail trailhead (Appendix 7).

Public Opinion on Alternatives: Disposal of the Sontag Park property, specifically the ballfield and tennis courts, was welcomed by the Nine Miles Falls School District. For ten years, the school district has worked under an agreement with Spokane County to water and monitor the ball field and help maintain the children’s toy structure located near to the school. The field and open area are used daily for the children. Public opinion on the opportunity was favorable, but there were questions about how much of a cost this would be for the school district to operate. The school district explained in public meetings that they already care for this area and would not place a new burden on them.

Today, the property is used for a number of community events including dog shows, car shows, Easter egg hunts, and baseball in addition to passive uses such as picnicking. There were mixed opinions on the potential for State Parks to charge the Discover Pass at the parking lot, which is now free under Spokane County’s management. In general, it was important that any land transaction between State Parks and the school district would require deed restrictions built into the land transaction that would protect and promote continued public use of the property. Preliminary discussions with the school district revealed openness in maintaining public use of the property.

Preliminary Recommendations Consideration should be given to disposal of a portion of Sontag Park. The ballfield and tennis courts would be optimized by Nine Mile Elementary School, which already uses the ballfields extensively, and according to Spokane County, even water the field regularly. If the other portion of Sontag Park is given back to State Parks, it would be possible to charge the Discover Pass at the 46-vehicle stall parking lot as this is the western terminus of the Centennial Trail.

1. Transfer parkland management responsibilities from Spokane County Parks to State Parks. 2. Divide the property between State Parks and school district; surplus the ballfield and tennis court (adjust long-term boundary). 3. Transfer ballfield and tennis court to school district if disposal is approved by the Commission. 4. Retain picnic shelter and parking lot as Centennial trailhead for State Parks management.

PARK-WIDE MANAGEMENT ISSUES Heritage Area/Nine Mile Facility Development and Preservation: Although the physical places and topics for discussion listed above appear diverse in nature, in reality they share commonalities making it necessary to discuss them together to solve several management challenges that have arisen since 1999. The central question is what to do with the Spokane House Interpretive Center and Clark Barns on land with significant cultural resources. How can the interpretive center be better utilized? What should future generations of citizens know about the heritage area? Where can a new welcome center with administrative facilities be best located?

Spokane House Interpretive Center Today, the interpretive center is used infrequently. It is a building that includes a single space but has the potential for use as an educational setting in addition to interpretive use as a museum. Many people want a name change in their effort to make the building more relevant, but this could not happen unless the building program is determined.

Clark Barns The Clark Barns are historic resources that may be historically significant. Public opinion favors their preservation. The buildings could be preserved and serve as shelters for educational purposes given their proximity to the Little Spokane River. There is an opportunity to connect children and adults with nature using these buildings as a portal.

Park Headquarters A new Headquarters building complex should be located in an ideal area of the park. It should meet certain criteria, centrally located within the park, and strategically located near a highway and in a beautiful location. This building could also serve many different kinds of functions including spaces for a more formal education/interpretation classroom.

Camping: The public and Spokane County support additional camping park-wide. The CAMP presented several options that were explored including specific areas of Riverside: the DNR Knight Lake property, Lake Spokane campground, and Fisk. Comments described how more camping was a good idea and that there are not enough camping opportunities in Spokane County in general. Caution about overdevelopment, especially at Fisk and McLellan Conservation Area, advised that these areas hold habitat value and that too much development could damage the wild character of these places. There were no specific comments by the public regarding the Lake Spokane campground. This may be a shortcoming in how this topic was presented. In the public meetings, the presenter asked participants to consider the issue of camping park-wide and think about camping as a system—which resulted in comments that thought about the mix of opportunities rather than the merit of one location in a vacuum.

Trail Master Plan: Riverside offers an intricate trail network with a wide range of uses such as hiking, biking, ADA experiences, equestrian, off road vehicle (ORV), and the potential for the further development of a water trail system.

Riverside also enjoys the support of many organized trail user groups including Washington Trails Association (WTA), Backcountry Horseman, and Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. Although initial meetings among these groups indicated that the existing trail system is working with minimal conflicts, there was consensus that development of a trail master plan would benefit all park visitors.

A master plan would augment existing data and work to establish priorities based on trail use and popularity; in turn, it would be possible to use priorities to methodically address shortcomings or to create enhanced trail experiences. Prioritization of trail projects would provide better guidance for operational staff and also serve the public better with up to date trail condition information. There is a great deal of support from the public for this effort.

Centennial Trail Connection to Mount Spokane: Consideration should be given to further development of an alternative non-motorized multi-use trail that would link Riverside, Centennial Trail, and Mount Spokane State Parks together with a recreational connection. Initial plans for this connection were established in the Spokane County transportation plan, but never examined closely by our agency. This CAMP recommends development of this potential connection as it would represent more ways to enter and experience these parks as an alternative to the car. This concept has a great deal of support from the public.

APPENDIX 2 Riverside State Park Description

Physical, political, and regulatory factors affecting Riverside

Location: Within Spokane County, Riverside State Park includes property concentrated along the Spokane and the Little Spokane rivers, but a small portion of the park actually falls within the city limits of Spokane. Riverside is also responsible for the management of state parks lands, Department of Natural Resources lands, and Avista Corporation recreational lands within Spokane, Stevens, and Lincoln counties on Lake Spokane.

Land Area: Currently, State Parks owns/manages about 14,000-acres including lands owned by State Parks, Avista Corporation, Department of Natural Resources, and Spokane County.

Regional Geology and Soil Characteristics: Riverside State Park encompasses three primarily areas including a five-mile segment of the Spokane River, Lake Spokane, and the Little Spokane River. The park is composed of different natural areas that provide important wildlife habitat, illustrate geologic formations related to lave flows and ice age flooding events, and show the natural influences of the Spokane and Little Spokane Rivers (and their tributaries).

The Spokane River flows westward into eastern Washington out of the northern end of Lake Coeur d’Alene in northern Idaho. The major geologic units of the Spokane region include glacial flood gravels and sands, Columbia River basalts, Missoula flood deposits including unconsolidated Pleistocene-aged gravel and sand deposits, and Precambrian metamorphic rock. The Spokane River and lake lie downstream of the Coeur d’Alene mining district, where over 56 million metric tons of metal-enriched tailings were disposed into the Coeur d’Alene River between 1886 and 1968. Geochemical analyses of riverine sediments in the Spokane River by the Washington Department of Ecology, the US Geological Survey, and Environmental Protection Agency have indicated that Spokane River sediments are variably enriched in metals derived from those tailings.

Talus slopes are a common feature of the Riverside landscape. Some slopes are very extensive, while others are small patches below cliffs or on steep hillsides. The talus may be partially vegetated or completely absent of vegetation. There are also dramatic views that consist of exposed rock outcrops and steep basalt and granite cliffs with moss and other sparse vegetation. Jurisdiction: Land managed within Riverside State Park is located within Spokane, Stevens, and Lincoln Counties as well as the City of Spokane.

Historical Background: The banks of the Spokane River and its tributaries have played a significant role in Pacific Northwest history. Native American presence dates thousands of years and the settlement at the confluence of the Spokane and Little Spokane ranged around 10,000 people. The Spokane House trading post built in 1810 by the Northwest Fur Trading Company-a precursor to the Hudson’s Bay Company— was one of the earliest English trading houses in the Northwest. The historic social and economic evolution of the larger region plays out in all its aspects along the banks of the Spokane River, as fur trading yielded to agriculture, which in turn transformed toward combinations of industrial, commercial, residential, military, and recreational uses. 44

In 1934, the first parcel of land of what would eventually become Riverside State Park was transferred to State Parks from Spokane County. This was followed closely in the next few years by a variety of donations and small park purchases from private and public parties. Much of the land was acquired as delinquent tax parcels, but Washington Water Power (now Avista Corporation) and other public parties provided key parcels to State Parks. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed a master plan and constructed many facilities in the park including the Aubrey L. White Parkway and the Bowl and Pitcher area.

Growth in the park land base has continued for over 50 years making it the second largest state park and possibly the most diverse and complex park to manage in the state park system.

Facilities: Picnic sites, kitchen shelters, interpretive center at Spokane House, comfort stations, vault toilets, vehicle and tent sites, group camping areas with trailer/RV spaces, park staff residences, storage buildings, shop, administrative office at Nine Mile, historical buildings, ranger station, foot and horse trails, pedestrian suspension bridge, paved road, non-motorized boat launches on the Little Spokane River and Spokane River. A segment of the Aubrey L. White Parkway is located within the park and the park operates a boat launch near the Spokane House. A 700-acre outdoor recreation vehicle or ORV area includes a restroom, picnic shelter, shop, fencing, signing, parking lot and telephone. The equestrian campground includes 10 campsites with corrals and provides access to miles of trails for riding. In winter, Riverside is also a prime recreation hub, boasting some of the best snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling east of the Cascades.

Activities: Trails: 55 miles of hiking and bike trails; 25 miles of horse trails; 1 mile of ADA accessible hiking trail Water Activities and Features: 120 feet of dock; motorized and non-motorized boating; three boat ramps; fishing; water skiing; and kayaking. Winter Recreation: Cross-country skiing, snowmobiling; snowshoeing; and snow play Other Activities: Amphitheater, all-terrain vehicles, wildlife viewing, fire circles, interpretive activities, mountain biking, museum, rock climbing, fishing, and swimming.

Water: Riverside State Park is characterized by the Spokane River, the Little Spokane River, Lake Spokane, and their associated tributaries.

Environmental Health: The Washington State Department of Ecology’s strategy for reducing and removing toxic contamination in water, water sediments and soil in the Spokane River watershed was developed in 2012. The Spokane River Toxics Reduction Strategy published by Department of Ecology is the primary resource to review for more information. The document recounts the major actions that have taken place to address the issues spanning across multiple Ecology programs. Addressing toxic pollution in the watershed is an on-going effort as they are difficult to find and remove because they persist in the environment and are found everywhere. They pollute the Spokane watershed as they are in wastewater, stormwater and much more diffuse sources.

Shoreline Master Program Designation: On January 8, 2013 the Washington State Department of Ecology approved Spokane County’s Shoreline Master Program (SMP) comprehensive update. Within

the park, the Spokane and Little Spokane river shorelines are designated as High-Quality Areas. Beyond Nine Mile on the south shores of Lake Spokane, the shoreline is designated as Rural Conservancy.

The Stevens County Shoreline Master Program is in draft form and is projected for adoption by summer 2018. The current draft designates the north shoreline a mix of Recreation Conservancy, Rural, Shoreline Residential, Urban Growth Area, with a High Intensity designation at Long Lake Dam.

Lincoln County shoreline is a mix of High Intensity—Public Facility and Rural Conservancy.

Historical and Cultural Preservation: Riverside includes a heritage area at the confluence of the Spokane and Little Spokane rivers, which has been home to the Spokane Tribe of Indians for thousands of years. According to the Spokane Tribe of Indians: A Socioeconomic Profile 2013, their traditional homelands extended along the Spokane River from the present-day City of Spokane, east to the Idaho border and west at the confluence of the Spokane and Columbia rivers. The Spokane shared both economic and cultural ties to neighboring groups including the Kalispel, east, and the Chewelah, north. According to Grant et al., 1994, the Spokane lived in autonomous bands that joined together for fishing and trading, however, the majority of their actions were decided at the band level. The Chewelah occupied the Colville Valley, north, and were an offshoot band of the Kalispel that migrated to the Colville Valley and were later absorbed into the Spokane Tribe.

Legislative Districts: District 3 represented by State Senator Andy Billig (D) and Representatives Marcus Riccelli (D-pos.1) and Timm Ormsby (D-pos.2); District 6 represented by State Senator Michael Baumgartner (R) and Representatives Mike Volz (R-pos. 1) and Jeff Holy (R-pos. 2); and District 7 represented by State Senator Shelly Short (R) and Representatives Jacquelin Maycumber (R-pos. 1) and Joel Kretz (R-pos. 2).

Transportation: Riverside State Park includes a sprawling area and is accessed by many roads. State Route 291 (North Nine Mile Road) is the primary means to access the Spokane River and Lake Spokane areas of the park from Spokane, while a secondary, historical route, North Aubrey L. White Parkway, is aligned on the east side the Spokane River. West 7 Mile Road provides access to the west side of the park linking the ORV area, Pine Bluff Trail Head and Deep Creek Canyon to the east with points along the Spokane River including Bowl and Pitcher. The Little Spokane Natural Area is accessed by West Rutter Parkway. West Charles Road at Nine Mile provides access to the south shore of Lake Spokane. The park is primarily accessed by car; however, the Centennial Trail also provides recreational access linking the City of Spokane to the park.

APPENDIX 3 State Parks Land Classification System

WAC 352-16-020 Land classification system. State park areas are of statewide natural, cultural, and/or recreational significance and/or outstanding scenic beauty. They provide varied facilities serving low- intensity, medium intensity, and high intensity outdoor recreation activities, areas reserved for preservation, scientific research, education, public assembly, and/or environmental interpretation, and support facilities. They may be classified in whole or part as follows:

(1) Recreational areas are suited and/or developed for high-intensity outdoor recreational use, conference, cultural and/or educational centers, or other uses serving large numbers of people.

(2) Resource recreation areas are suited and/or developed for natural and/or cultural resource-based medium-intensity and low-intensity outdoor recreational use.

(3) Natural areas are designated for preservation, restoration, and interpretation of natural processes and/or features of significant ecological, geological, or paleontological value while providing for low-intensity outdoor recreation activities as subordinate uses.

(4) Heritage areas are designated for preservation, restoration, and interpretation of unique or unusual archaeological, historical, scientific, and/or cultural features, and traditional cultural properties, which are of statewide or national significance.

(5) Natural forest areas are designated for preservation, restoration, and interpretation of natural forest processes while providing for low-intensity outdoor recreation activities as subordinate uses, and which contain: (a) Old-growth forest communities that have developed for one hundred fifty years or longer and have the following structural characteristics: Large old-growth trees, large snags, large logs on land, and large logs in streams; or (b) Mature forest communities that have developed for ninety years or longer; or (c) Unusual forest communities and/or interrelated vegetative communities of significant ecological value.

(6) Natural area preserves are designated for preservation of rare or vanishing flora, fauna, geological, natural historical or similar features of scientific or educational value and which are registered and committed as a natural area preserve through a cooperative agreement with an appropriate natural resource agency pursuant to chapter 79.70 RCW and chapter 332-60 WAC.

WAC 352-16-030 Management within land classifications. (1) The director shall develop management guidelines for each land classification listed in WAC 352-16-020. The guidelines shall provide specific direction for each classification, outlining the philosophy of each classification, its appropriate physical features, location, allowed and prohibited activities, and allowed and prohibited developments. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow uses that are otherwise prohibited, nor prohibit uses that are otherwise expressly allowed, by the commission, this code, or by statute.

Land Classification Management Guidelines Recreation Areas

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Washingto State Parks State Parks State Parks State Parks State Parks Recreation Areas State Parks n State Recreation Recreation Recreation Recreation may allow and provide for a Recreation Areas Parks Areas are suited Areas are to Areas Areas generally wide variety of indoor and shall provide Recreation and/or respond to the physiographic are made, not outdoor day, weekend and appropriate Areas developed for human needs features such found. They vacation activities. Provision facilities and high-intensity for readily as shall be located may be made for high intensity services for the outdoor available areas topography, throughout the participation in camping, participation and recreational use, for outdoor soil type, state with picnicking, trail use, water enjoyment of high conference, recreation and drainage, etc., primary sports, winter sports, group field concentrations of cultural and/or facilities to shall be emphasis to games, and other activities for outdoor educational congregate for adaptable to service major many people Off-trail recreationists centers, or other education, varied types centers of urban equestrian and/or bicycle use and/or participants uses serving artistic of intensive populations may be appropriate in selected in indoor large numbers of expression and uses and and/or areas if approved by the educational, people. other development. outstanding commission. Activities cultural, and ennobling An attractive recreational requiring high levels of social artistic activities. pursuits. They natural tourist interaction are encouraged. A high degree of are to provide setting is attractions. development is a variety of desirable, Scenic and anticipated. outdoor however, inspirational Facilities may recreational, human-made values shall be include road and educational, settings are considered but parking networks, artistic, and acceptable. are secondary swimming cultural There are no to the site beaches, full opportunities specific size adaptability and service marinas, to large criteria. population trails, bathhouses, numbers of criteria. When artificial lakes, and participants. part of a large pools, play fields, Primary diverse park, large sanitary and emphasis is on recreation areas eating facilities; the provision should be sited standard and utility of quality in proximity to campgrounds, recreational public roads stores, picnic services and and utilities. grounds, group facilities with shelters, secondary conference centers, recognition environmental given to learning centers, protection of hostels, and the areas administrative natural support facilities. qualities.

Land Classification Management Guidelines Resource Recreation Areas

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Washingt State Parks State Parks State Parks State Parks State Parks Resource State Parks on State Resource Resource Resource Resource Recreation Areas provide Resource Parks Recreation Recreation Recreation Recreation opportunities for low- and Recreation Areas Resource Areas are suited Areas are Areas have a Areas may be medium-intensity recreational development shall Recreatio and/or sites where variety of located experiences including, but not be permitted to n Areas developed for the high physiographi anywhere in limited to, picnicking, the extent natural and/or quality of a c features. the state where primitive camping, a variety of necessary to serve cultural particular While they natural or recreational trail experiences, allowed activities. resource-based natural or may contain cultural factors interpretive facilities, Parking, sanitary medium- and cultural areas of produce land historic/cultural exhibits, facilities, and low-intensity resource or environment and water sites nature observation, other ancillary recreational use. set of such al sensitivity, particularly photography, orienteering, developments and resources is most suited for kayaking, canoeing, floating, support facilities the lure for portions of recreation in a and fishing. Off-trail should be human each area natural setting. equestrian and/or bicycle use constructed in a recreation. will be able Access to these may be appropriate in selected manner that is Thus, the to withstand sites should be areas if approved by the consistent with rationale for low- to reasonably commission. Basketball, the site's ability to recreation is medium- proximate to tennis, organized group manage based on the intensity major urban sporting activities requiring environmental value of recreation centers, but formal sports fields, change. attractive use without some access commercial-sized piers and natural or significant restriction may docks, standard and utility cultural environment be necessary to camping, indoor resources. al avoid overuse accommodations, and centers, Management degradation. of resources. developed swimming areas, of these areas Within large and other similarly intense must stress diverse parks, uses are not appropriate. the centrality these areas Scientific research is of preserving should be permitted. the quality of located at least the natural a moderate and cultural distance from resources public roads while and high use allowing intensity areas, appropriate while still and maintaining sustainable reasonable levels of public access human use for their and intended use. enjoyment.

Land Classification Management Guidelines Natural Areas

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Washingto State Parks State Parks State Parks State Parks State Parks Natural Areas State Parks Natural n State Natural Areas Natural Areas Natural Areas Natural Areas provide opportunities for Area development Parks are designated are to respond have a variety are not "made", outdoor recreation on designated shall be limited to Natural for preservation, to the human of topography but rather trails. Those trails may be facilities required Areas restoration, and need for and features currently exist developed and used only to the for health, safety interpretation of readily to provide a due to historical extent that they do not and protection of natural processes available diversified circumstances significantly degrade the system users and features and/or features "conservatorie natural that have of natural processes in a consistent with of significant s" of nature environment resulted in little classified area. Hiking, non- allowed activities. ecological, and open with or no human groomed cross-country skiing, Facilities to geological, or spaces. interesting interference in snowshoeing, or other trail uses enhance public paleontological Emphasis is but not the natural of similar impact to natural enjoyment shall be value while directed necessarily environment. systems and providing a limited to primitive providing for toward nature unique flora Those areas compatible recreational items such as low-intensity and the and fauna, or most desirable opportunity, may be permitted, trails, trail outdoor conservation geologic or in terms of after consultation with structures and recreation of native flora paleontologic physical appropriate local, state, federal minor interpretive activities as and fauna, features. features and and tribal resource management exhibits. All subordinate uses. special Where size usually are agencies, and upon a finding by improvements geologic or classification "found" and the agency that such trails are shall harmonize paleontologic is based on "held" against not likely to significantly with, and not resources, and biological creeping degrade natural processes. detract from, the the natural consideration encroachments Relocation of existing natural setting. amenities of s, sites should and raising land equestrian, bicycle, nordic track Parking and other the area. consist of values. They or other similar trails into a trailhead facilities Human wants land areas often become natural area may be permitted should be located for other than large enough over used and upon a finding by the director outside of a naturally to maintain "lost" as that such relocation is for the classified area. existing natural populations purpose of reducing overall educational biological spread around resource impacts. All trails may and processes in a them. As a part be moved, redesigned, closed recreational nearly of the overall and/or removed upon a finding opportunities undeveloped system, these that their use is causing are considered state and areas should be significant degradation to the secondary to provide users geographically system of natural processes. nature's with a feeling spread Technical rock climbing requirement of solitude throughout the requires authorization by the for the and state. When commission. Off-trail use for sustained tranquility, classifying nature observation, maintenance of and an specific park photography, cross-country its natural opportunity to areas, skiing, harvesting of mushrooms balances, or view nature in consideration and berries and similar uses are the its must be given permitted to the degree that they preservation of "uncontrolled to the ability to do not significantly degrade special " form. They adequately natural processes. Scientific geologic or may be manage the research is permitted. paleontologic partially or areas against features. wholly on undesirable land, human subterranean, encroachment. or part of the marine environment.

Land Classification Management Guidelines Heritage Areas

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Washington State Parks Heritage State Parks State Parks State Parks State Parks Heritage Area activities State Parks Heritage State Parks Areas are designated Heritage Areas Heritage Areas Heritage Areas shall generally be limited to those Area development shall Heritage for preservation, are designated to vary in size and usually are located directly associated with the generally be limited to Areas restoration, and preserve and/or physiographic where they are interpretation of the area or feature, that necessary for the interpretation of interpret selected makeup found or the feature and the education of the patrons. protection and outstanding, unique areas or features according to exists. However, Picnicking, recreational trails, and interpretation of the area or unusual for the education their location in some instances other low- to medium-intensity or feature, and the archaeological, and enjoyment of and reason for relocation or re- recreation uses may be allowed if education and safety of historical, scientific, the public, an existence. creation of they do not detract from the principal the patrons. Sanitary and/or cultural area's intrinsic Historic artifacts, resources purpose of the area, its setting, facilities, recreation features, and cultural value, landscapes may or facilities is structures, sites and objects. trails, and picnicking traditional cultural and/or for require relatively possible. In these facilities may be properties, which are scientific large acreage situations they may provided in a manner of statewide or research. while be located in which does not detract national archaeological appropriate settings from the aesthetic, significance. sites may be and concentrated educational or measured in near major environmental quality square feet. population centers of the area, its setting, and along primary structures, sites or travel routes. objects, or, if applicable, its value for scientific research.

Natural Forest Areas

TITLE DEFINITI PHILOS PHYSIC LOCATIO ACTIVITIES DEVELOPM ON OPHY AL N ENTS FEATUR ES

Washingt State Parks State Parks State Parks State Parks State Parks Natural Forest State Parks on State Natural Forest Natural Natural Natural Forest Areas provide opportunities Natural Forest Parks Areas are Forest Areas Forest Areas Areas may be for outdoor recreation on Areas Natural designated for are places have a located designated recreation trails. development shall Forest preservation, where human variety of anywhere in Those trails may be be limited to Areas restoration, access to and topographic the state developed and used only to facilities required and interpretation and where natural the extent that they do not for health, safety interpretation and vegetative factors significantly degrade the and protection of of natural enjoyment of conditions. produce forest system of natural forest users and features forest natural forest They are vegetative processes in a classified consistent with processes while processes are generally cover. These area. Careful design of allowed activities. providing for limited to large areas are not recreation trails should Facilities to low-intensity those enough (300 "made", but match intended uses, to enhance public outdoor activities and or more rather maintain consistency with enjoyment shall recreation facilities that acres) to currently exist the purpose and philosophy be limited to activities as do not contain one due to of the classification. trails, trail subordinate significantly or more historical Hiking, non-groomed cross- structures, and uses, and degrade distinct and circumstances country skiing, minor interpretive which contain: natural forest relatively that have snowshoeing, or other trail exhibits. All (a) Old-growth processes. intact resulted in uses of similar impact to improvements forest Public access vegetative little or no natural systems and shall harmonize communities into these communities human providing a compatible with, and not that have areas . Smaller interference in recreational opportunity, detract from, the developed for emphasizes areas may natural forest may be permitted, after natural setting. 150 years or appreciation be progression. consultation with Parking and other longer and of nature appropriate As a part of an appropriate local, state, trailhead facilities have the through if overall federal and tribal resource should be located following experiencing representativ system, these management agencies, and outside of a structural nature. The e of a areas should upon a finding by the agency classified area. characteristics: principal unique or be that such trails are not likely Large old- function of unusual geographically to significantly degrade growth trees, these areas is forest spread natural forest processes. large snags, to assist in community. throughout the Relocation of existing large logs on maintaining Desirably, state, equestrian, bicycle, nordic land, and large the state's they are part recognizing track or other similar trails logs in streams; bio-diversity of a large that into a natural forest area or (b) Mature while system of maintenance may be permitted upon a forest expanding open space, of bio- finding by the director that communities human wildlife diversity is such relocation is for the that have understandin habitat, and one of the purpose of reducing overall developed for g and vegetative primary resource impacts. All trails 90 years or appreciation communities functions of may be moved, redesigned, longer; or  of natural that provide their closed and/or removed upon Unusual forest values. a good classification. a finding that they are communities opportunity When causing significant and/or for long- classifying degradation to the system of interrelated term specific park natural forest processes. vegetative ecosystem areas, Technical rock climbing communities of sustainabilit consideration requires authorization by the significant y. must be given commission. Off-trail use ecological to the ability for nature observation, value. to adequately cross-country skiing, manage the photography, harvesting of areas against mushrooms and berries and undesirable similar uses are permitted to human the degree that they do not encroachment. significantly degrade natural forest processes. Scientific research is permitted.

Land Classification Management Guidelines Natural Area Preserves

TITLE DEFINITI PHILOSO PHYSICAL LOCATION ACTIVITIES DEVELOPM ON PHY FEATURE ENTS S

Washingto State Parks State Parks State Parks State Parks Natural State Parks Natural State Parks n State Natural Area Natural Area Natural Area Area Preserves may Area Preserves Natural Area Parks Preserves are Preserves are Preserves have be located anywhere provide Preserves Natural designated for sites where a variety of in the state where opportunities for development shall Area preservation of human access topographic and natural ecological scientific research be limited to Preserves rare or is limited to vegetative systems or and education about access facilities for vanishing educational conditions. significant geologic natural systems, permitted activities flora, fauna, and scientific They are features exist. These geologic features, and structures to geological, purposes. The generally large areas are not sensitive, rare, inhibit general natural principal enough (300 or "made", but rather threatened or public access. No historical or function of more acres) to exist due to endangered species other facilities or similar these areas is contain one or historical or communities. structures are features of to preserve more distinct circumstances that Recreational use of permitted. scientific or natural and intact have resulted in little existing or educational ecosystems or ecological or no human relocated trails may value and geologic communities. interference in the be permitted, which are features of Smaller areas natural system. As a provided that it can registered and statewide may be part of an overall be clearly committed as a significance. appropriate if system, these areas demonstrated that natural area Public access representative should be such use does not preserve for recreation of a unique or geographically degrade the system through a must be unusual spread throughout of natural processes cooperative subordinate to ecological the state. occurring in the agreement the principal community or preserve. with an function of the geologic Otherwise, trails are appropriate classification. feature. They limited to natural may be partially administrative, resource or wholly on scientific and agency land, organized pursuant to subterranean, or educational chapter 79.70 part of the activities and uses. RCW and marine No other activities chapter 332-60 environment. are permitted. WAC. Desirably, they are part of a large system of open space, wildlife habitat, and vegetative communities that provide a good opportunity for long-term ecosystem sustainability.

Land Use and Land Classification Compatibility Matrix – Facilities

Recreation Resource Heritage Natural/Natural Natural Area Recreation Forest Area Preserve*

Amphitheater P C C N N

Archery/Target Range C C N N N

Camping - Std and Util P N C N N

Camping - Primitive P P C N N

Camping - Adirondack P C N N N

Camping - Horse-oriented C C N N N

Camping - Water Trail P P C N N

Children's Play Area P C C N N

Day Use Picnic - Tables P P C N N

Day Use Picnic - Group P N C N N Shelter

Day Use Lodges/Centers P N C N N

Environmental Learning C N C N N Centers

Equestrian Facilities C C C N N

Fields - Informal P C C N N Play/Mowed

Indoor Accommodations P N C N N

Interpretive - Centers P N P N N

Interpretive - Kiosks P P P C N

Interpretive Trail P P P P C

Interpretive - Signs P P P P C

Parking - Vehicles P P C N N

Roads P P C N N

Land Use and Land Classification Compatibility Matrix – Facilities (Continued)

Recreation Resource Heritage Natural/Natural Natural Area Recreation Forest Area Preserve*

Sanitary: Comfort Stations P N C N N

Sanitary: Composting/Vault P P C C N

Sports Fields C N N N N

Skiing - Alpine Facilities C C N N N

Swimming Facilities P N C N N

Trails - Hiking P P P P C

Trails - Mountain Biking P C C N** N

Trails - Equestrian C C C N** N

Trails - Nordic Track Skiing P P C N** N

Trails - C-C skiing P P P P C

Trails - Snowmobile P C C N** N

Trails - Paved non-motor P C C C N

Water: Docks/Piers > 10 P N C N N boats

Water: Docks/Piers - < 10 P P C C N boats

Water: Launch Ramps P C N N N

Water: Hand Launch Areas P P C C N

Water: Mooring Buoys P P C C N

P (Permitted) - Use permitted with normal agency design review C (Conditional) - Use may be permitted, but conditioned to assure design is compatible w/purpose of land classification and abutting classification objectives. N (Not Permitted)- Use not permitted. NA - Not Applicable * All uses in a Natural Area Preserve must be specifically approved by the Park and Recreation Commission as part of a management plan. **Relocation of existing trails into a natural or natural forest area is permitted per WAC 352-32-070(3) and WAC 352-32-075(2)(b).

Land Use and Land Classification Compatibility Matrix – Activities

Recreation Resource Heritage Natural/Natural Natural Area Recreation Forest Area Preserve*

Farming/Orchards C C C N N

Filming/Special Events P P P C N

Grazing C C C N N

Harvesting - Edible Fruiting P P P P N Bodies

Harvesting - Mushrooms P P P P N

Harvesting - Shellfish P P P P N

Harvesting - Fish P P P P N

Harvesting - Algae, etc. P P P P N

Haying P P P N N

Metal Detecting P P C N N

Orienteering P P C N N

Ocean Beach Driving P C N N N

Off-Trail: Equestrian C C C N N

Off-Trail: Hiking P P P P N

Off-trail biking C C C N N

Paragliding P P C N N

Technical Rock Climbing P P C C N

Land Use and Land Classification Compatibility Matrix – Activities (Continued)

Recreation Resource Heritage Natural/Natural Natural Area Recreation Forest Area Preserve*

Water: Jet Skiing P C N N N

Water: Kayak/Canoeing P P P C N

Water: Power Boating P C N C N

Water: White Water P P C C N Boating

Water: Sailing P P P C N

Water: Skiing P C N N N

Water: Swimming P P P P N

Water: Wind Surfing P C C N N

Winter: Alpine Skiing C C N N N

Winter: C-C Skiing (off- P P P P C trail)

Winter: Mushing/Sled C C C N N Dogs

Winter: Snowshoeing P P P P C

Winter: Snowmobiling P P C N N (off-trail)

Wood Debris Collection P P P N N

P (Permitted) - Use permitted with normal agency design review C (Conditional) - Use may be permitted with Commission concurrence, but conditioned to assure compatibility w/purpose of land classification and abutting classifications. N (Not Permitted)- Use not permitted. NA - Not Applicable * All uses in a Natural Area Preserve must be specifically approved by the Park and Recreation Commission as part of a management plan. **Relocation of existing trails into a natural or natural forest area is permitted per WAC 352-32-070(3) and WAC 352-32-075(2)(b).

APPENDIX 4 OVERALL MAP OF RIVERSIDE

APPENDIX 5 SOUTHERN AREA OF RIVERSIDE

APPENDIX 6 LAKE SPOKANE AREA

APPENDIX 7 LITTLE SPOKANE AREA

APPENDIX 8 SONTAG PARK LAND TRANSFER AND PROPERTY DISPOSAL

Item E-5: Preliminary 2019-21 Capital Budget and Ten-Year Capital Plan – Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This item reports on progress developing a 2019-21 Capital Budget request and 2019-29 Ten-Year Capital Plan. This item advances the Commission’s strategic goal: “Develop amenities and acquire lands that advance transformation.”

SIGNIFICANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION: State law mandates a long-range approach to state agency capital budget planning (RCW 43.88.030(5)). It requires agencies to submit a plan of capital spending for a ten-year period that identifies future needs, proposes capital projects to address those needs, and supports the agency’s mission, vision, and goals. The biennial capital budget request represents the first two years of the required ten-year plan and provides significantly more detail for the first two years than for the balance of the ten-year time frame.

Over the summer of 2017, staff began a renewed, strategy-driven effort to develop the agency’s 2019-21 capital budget and Ten-Year Capital Plan (TYCP). Anticipated deliverables from the new process include: • A system-wide vision, and set of goals, principles, and strategies guiding identification and preliminary scoping of capital projects at park management area, regional, and statewide levels. • System-wide criteria for prioritizing and sequencing capital development projects over a ten-year period. • A prioritized list of capital improvements for each park area that reflects the breadth of statewide policies and priorities. • A prioritized list of capital improvements for the system as a whole that reflects the breadth of agency policies and priorities. • Accurate, brief, and clear capital project descriptions that are easily understandable by the authorizing environment (Commission, Governor, Office of Financial Management (OFM), Legislature). • A persuasive plan to the Governor, OFM, key legislators and legislative staff, backed by credible project scopes.

Previous Commission Action Strategic capital planning direction included in the Commission’s 2014-2019 Strategic Plan set a goal to raise the overall condition of agency facilities from about 60% to 80% as measured through the agency’s Facility Inventory and Condition Assessment Program (FICAP). The Commission’s 2017-19 capital budget submittal indicates that this goal could be achieved through a combination of sustained and sufficient state capital investment, partnerships, demolition of unneeded facilities, and selective and intentional abandonment of redundant or low-priority facilities.

At its November 2017 meeting, the Commission approved a set of principles to guide development of the TYCP (Appendix 1). These principles, along with the Commission’s other adopted strategic guidance (e.g., 2016 Acquisition and Development Strategy and 2016 update to the 2014-19 Strategic Plan), form the basis for development of the TYCP.

Ranking Criteria and Scoring In fall 2017, staff took the above referenced principles and goals, and developed draft project scoring and ranking criteria. About twenty-five staff members from throughout the agency were involved in this process. After the Commission’s action in November 2017, staff applied those approved principles, as well as a set of goals approved by the Director, to evaluate needs of each park area and prioritize identified projects.

The priority ranking criteria and scoring system was modified in February to incorporate insights from the pilots (Appendix 2). More than fifty park staff, including Area and Region Managers in the Operations Division; Planners, Historic Preservation, Interpretive, and Facilities Management experts in Parks Development; Budget and Contract professionals in Administrative Services; and many other subject matter experts, were involved in the process of developing project scopes and then prioritizing projects. First, each region developed its priority list. The Facilities Program at headquarters also developed a statewide project list. The Facilities Program then combined these lists, keeping the priorities of each region as a default. In a series of iterations between the Facilities Program and all region and other subject matter experts, the biennial budget and TYCP lists were refined and consolidated.

Preliminary Capital Project Lists Appendix 3 includes a preliminary 2019-21 biennial capital project list and 2019-29 TYCP for review by the Commission and interested stakeholders. The preliminary 2019-21 biennial budget currently includes projects totaling about $132 million and the TYCP includes projects totaling about $670 million. These lists include some projects for which staff will seek funding through state and federal grants and will not be included in the agency’s capital budget request to the Governor. Staff is still targeting an overall request of about $120 million for the 2019-21 capital budget request, including requested re-appropriations for projects not completed in the current biennium.

Major Considerations Through the project identification and ranking process, several major issues have emerged that will require additional consideration and discussion. Key examples include: • Addressing climate change in coastal parks (e.g., Twin Harbors, Pacific Beach, Ocean City, Twanoh, Belfair, etc.). • Committing to large, multi-phased projects in certain parks (e.g., Fort Worden, Sun Lakes-Dry Falls, Mt. Spokane, Fort Flagler, and Lake Sammamish). • Committing to investments in Environmental Learning Centers (e.g., Moran, Camp Wooten and Fields Spring).

• Supplementing capital funds with investments from other government agencies and local jurisdictions (State Department of Transportation, Recreation and Conservation Funding Board, Public Utility Districts, and other grant-source funds. • Committing to new park and major park renovations. • Addressing needs in parks for which no capital projects have been identified yet. • Investing in Recreation Concession Areas.

Next Steps Public input on the content of this report will be sought and provided to the Commission for discussion at its May 17, 2018 meeting. Thereafter, staff will incorporate input from both the public and Commission and refine project scopes and budgets for both the biennial budget and TYCP in preparation for consideration and approval by the Commission at its July 2018 meeting. Following the July meeting, the Capital Program and Budget Office will continue to refine all project costs, scopes, and narrative descriptions in preparation for a final submittal to OFM in September 2018.

LEGAL AUTHORITY: RCW 43.88.030(5); regarding the submittal of capital budgets

SUPPORTING INFORMATION: Appendix 1: Commission-Adopted Ten-Year Capital Plan Guiding Principles, Assumptions and Goals Appendix 2: Capital Project Priority Ranking Criteria and Scoring Appendix 3: Preliminary 2019-21 Capital Budget Project List and Preliminary 2019-2029 Ten- Year Capital Plan Project List

Author/Contact(s): Keith Wolf, Capital Program Manager [email protected] (360) 902-0932 Daniel Farber, Capital Program Special Projects Manager [email protected] (360) 902-8584

Reviewer(s): Jessica Logan, SEPA REVIEW: Pursuant to WAC 197-11-704, staff has determined that this Commission agenda item is a report and therefore is not subject to State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review. Chris Leeper, Fiscal Review: Report only, no impact at this time. Michael Young, Assistant Attorney General: Reviewed April 20, 2018. Peter Herzog, Assistant Director

Approved for Transmittal to Commission

______Donald Hoch, Director

APPENDIX 1 Commission-Adopted Ten-Year Capital Plan Guiding Principles, Assumptions and Goals

Guiding Principles for All Projects (Adopted 11/16/17)

• Improve statewide facilities condition index • Increase operational efficiency • Advance universal access • Minimize development impact and apply sustainable design strategies • Respond proactively to the effects of climate change • Protect natural features and systems • Value historical properties and cultural sites and treat according to adopted guidelines. • View capital improvements from a park, area, and state perspective • Consider lifecycle costs and maximize value of constructed assets. • Provide recreational experiences and amenities equitably to all state residents2 • Preserve and provide access to key park aesthetics • Maximize recreational and cultural benefits.

Ten-Year Capital Plan Assumptions and Goals: 2019 - 2029

The Washington State Parks Strategic Plan identifies the key goal of moving toward a healthy and sustainable parks system. The TYCP’s role is to move the system’s facilities toward a healthy and sustainable condition. Below are specific assumptions the Parks and Recreation Commission makes and goals it sets to achieve that objective by 2029.

1. TYCP Assumptions and Goals That Do Not Have Specific Financial Measures • Overall3 Facility Condition Index (FCI) Goal: Improve the overall FCI of parks facilities from a Grade D to a Grade B in 10 years.4 • Recreation Niche: Assume no substantial change from State Parks’ “Recreation Mainstays” in the state capital budget. Consider visitor-driven demographic and

2 Considerations include population size, age distribution, regional variation, ethnicity, socio-economic status, etc. Special attention should be paid to efforts at inclusivity. This means the deliberate effort in park design to ease access and promote use for a full spectrum of the state’s residents. This may include, for example, providing public transit access facilities in parks, providing facilities for varied recreation pursuits popular in different ethnic groups, and locating parks and facilities near urban population centers. 3 Overall FCI – All facilities are included in this calculation, including buildings, roads, utilities, parking, marine facilities, etc. While the condition of some of these facilities may end up above or below the “B” level, the aim is for an overall average.

4 In the 2017-19 Capital Budget Agency Request, see the description of the strategic approach to facility condition backlog reduction.

technological changes as the concept of Recreation Mainstays may evolve. Stay open to more entrepreneurial innovation in Recreational Concession Areas (RCAs). • Recognize State Population Changes: The State’s population will increase and diversify dramatically over the coming 10 years and there will be other significant changes in the state’s demographics to consider in park capital decisions. • Level of Operating Budget: Assume that the Legislature provides adequate funds for planned and preventive maintenance of facilities in both the State Operating and Transportation budgets. • Day Use Facilities Emphasis: Capital facility design should consider the importance of meeting day use visitation demand. • Campground Design and Amenities: Capital facility design should reflect changes in consumer preferences with special emphasis directed toward improving off-peak occupancy rates of standard sites. • High Risk of Facility Failure: As facility conditions warrant, invest where and when there is a risk of facility failure within 10 years. • Natural Resources: Integrate efforts to improve the condition and resiliency of natural resources whenever feasible in conjunction with and as part of capital facility investments. • Natural Disasters: Assume that any significant impacts from natural disasters are above and beyond the budgets identified in the TYCP. Assume the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will reimburse State Parks for most if not all of those costs.

APPENDIX 2 Capital Project Priority Ranking Criteria and Scoring The instructions and scoring criteria outlined below were used by staff in preparing preliminary project lists included in Appendix 3.

Regional Process

1. Create an overall list of projects for your region for inclusion in the Ten-year Capital Plan.

2. Using this overall list, separate the Critical or Urgent projects (e.g.: health/life safety, legal or regulatory risk, code compliance, ADA, non-discretionary, fish passage) to a separate prioritized list. Do not further score the projects on this list.

3. For all of the remaining projects, use the project scoring form.

4. Create an overall regional prioritized project list by merging the above.

Combine Regional Lists and Refine Using Multiple Criteria

5. Regional staff submits a prioritized 10-year plan of projects for their region, and HQ develops a prioritized 10-year plan of statewide projects

6. These four lists get merged, filtered and arranged (by HQ subject matter experts) into an overall department-wide prioritized list of projects

7. A preliminary 2-year request list that roughly meets the targeted request level is established and regional and HQ staff develops detailed project scopes and cost estimates for those projects “above and slightly below the cut-line”

8. HQ compiles a list of projects in progress that had prior funding and has a need for funding for the next or final phase of the project

9. These lists are combined and then arranged into a 2-year request (Biennial List) that meets the total dollar value (request amount) as approved by executive staff and the Commission

Essential Factors

1. Use the previously developed 5 Acquisition and Development Strategy goals and rank as follows: 0 - Does not advance any ADS Goal 1 - Advances one or more ADS Goals Places to be (Providing access to new or underrepresented landscapes) Stories to know Things to do Ways to Grow Something for everyone

2. Guiding Principles for All Projects Advancing Guiding Principles – rank for consistency as follows: 0 - Inconsistent in any significant way from any of the guiding principles 1 - Advances one or more core principles

• Improve statewide facilities condition index • Increase operational efficiency • Advance universal access • Minimize development impact and apply sustainable design strategies • Respond proactively to the effects of climate change • Protect natural features and systems • Value historical properties and cultural sites and treat according to adopted guidelines • View capital improvements from a park, area, and state perspective • Consider lifecycle costs and maximize value of constructed assets. • Provide recreational experiences and amenities equitably to all state residents • Preserve and provide access to key park aesthetics • Maximize recreational and cultural benefits. Modifying Factors 3. Recreation Experience -1 Loss of existing recreation 0 No change to recreation 1 Enhances quality of recreation experiences and opportunities

4. Visitation (4a and 4b) • Numbers of visitors that are likely to be served by the project 0 Serves between 0 and 10,000 visitors per year 1 Serves between 10,000 and 100,000 visitors per year 2 Serves greater than 100,000 visitors per year • Attraction of new visitation -1 Reduces visitation to park 0 No change in visitation expected 1 Up to 50K increase in park visitation 2 Above 50K increase in park visitation

5. Fiscal Impact (5a and 5b) • Business and net revenue considerations -1 Decrease in net revenue 0 Net revenue neutral 1 Net revenue increase up to $50K/biennium 2 Net revenue increase above $50K/biennium • Operating Efficiencies -1 Preservation elements of project increase operational costs 0 Preservation elements of project are neutral toward operational costs OR project has exclusively programmatic elements 1 Preservation elements of project decrease operational costs 2 Entire project results in decreased operational costs

6. Urgency of Project 0 - No urgent need 1 Urgent elements within project 3 High urgency OR essential to park operations 5 High urgency AND essential to park operations

7. Facility Condition (7a and 7b) • Overall FCI Condition going from ((D)) to ((B)) 0 - FCI increase nil or negligible 1 – FCI increase up to .03% (which equates to $400k of direct deficiency improvement, $1M of new construction, or demolition of a facility valued at a replacement cost of $1.1M 2 – FCI increase above .03% • FCI increase within the project’s park 0 - FCI increase nil or negligible 1 - FCI increase up to 20% 2 - FCI increase above 20%

8. Natural Resources Condition (8a OR 8b) • WDFW or WNHP species, communities or habitats or State Park’s Natural Areas, Natural Forest Areas and Natural Area Preserves. Abandon or re-scope project if it would result in a significant negative impact -5 Project results in a minor impact that doesn’t compromise the integrity, function or viability 0 Project results in no impact 5 Project significantly improves the condition, viability, function or integrity OR • Other natural resources (for instance a young second growth forest, a wetland pasture, a degraded grassland etc.) -2 Project results in a severe impact to natural resources -1 Project impacts are partially mitigated 0 Project impacts to natural resources are completely mitigated 1 Project has no impact to natural resources

2 Project significantly moves natural resources towards pre-settlement conditions

9. Historic Property Condition Preservation Integrity is not scored, but an analytic tool will be provided to scoping teams to prioritize preservation work within a project. • Preservation Integrity - Demolition of historic property - Significant loss of historic integrity, but resource remains - Conversion to new use, retaining existing character defining features - Basic stabilization to extend the life of the resources - Preservation or restoration of exterior character defining features - Preservation or restoration of all interior and exterior character defining features • Historic Condition -1 Degrading historic asset 0 No historic assets present or affected 1 Preservation of 25% to 50% ranked property and FCI of less than 70 2 Preservation of upper 50% ranked property with FCI of less than 70

10. Interpretation/Educational Opportunities -1 Reduces site integrity or the ability to tell a story(ies) of local, regional, statewide or national significance. 0 No interpretation is included in project nor does project limit future abilities to tell important stories. 1 Updates and/or establishes interpretive opportunities of at least regional significance. 2 Updates and/or establishes interpretive opportunities of at least statewide to national significance.

11. Environmental Regulatory Viability and Ease of Regulatory Compliance Project re-scope or project is abandoned - Not permitted under existing regulations and unlikely to see regulatory change -1 May be permitted, but with extensive reviews and uncertain process of approval - potentially cost prohibitive 0 Public discretionary regulatory review with positive outcome and known timeline likely; administrative discretionary regulatory review only; or routine, ministerial approvals 1 Fish passage or enhancement project - streamlined review

12. Cultural Resource Condition -1 Project results in negative impacts to archaeological resources 0 Project avoids impacts to archaeological resources, or archaeological resources are not present 1 Project actively enhances or preserves the integrity and condition of archaeological resources

13. Partnerships and Community Support -1 Project eliminates facility of community interest and results in loss of support from park support groups or other key park partners, or project is strongly opposed by community, support groups or other partners 0 Neutral perception from community, support groups and other partners 1 Passive support from community, support groups and other partners 2 Project receives monetary or other tangible support from community, support groups and other partners

APPENDIX 3 Preliminary 2019-21 Capital Budget Project List and Preliminary 2019-2029 Ten-Year Capital Plan Project List

# Region Park Current Proj. Estimate 21-23 19-21 running Project Name e c t Funding Reapprop Estimate 19-21 & Out years total oj r P

NW 1 Moran $1,015,000 $750,000 $750,000 Summit Learning Center - Interp. Facility NW 2 Lake Sammamish $2,760,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $4,750,000 Sunset Beach Picnic Area NW 3 Dash Point $582,000 $450,000 $5,200,000 Replace Pedestrian Bridge SW 4 Cape Disappointment $2,695,000 $200,000 $2,335,000 $7,735,000 North Head Parking SW 5 Fort Flagler $3,441,000 $1,500,000 $3,823,000 $13,058,000 WW1 Historic Facilities Preservation SW 6 Fort Worden $734,000 $100,000 $2,401,000 $13,158,000 Pier and Marine Learning Center Improve or Replace SW 7 Fort Worden $2,320,000 $1,250,000 $14,408,000 Replace Failing Sewer Lines SW 8 Willapa Hills Trail $422,000 $100,000 $3,800,000 $18,308,000 Trail Develop Safe Multi-Use Trail at SR 6 SW 9 Kopachuck $5,619,000 $3,000,000 $1,406,000 $1,000,000 $22,714,000 Day Use Development SW 10 Fort Worden $377,000 $150,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $24,364,000 Replace Failing Waterlines SW 11 Beacon Rock $366,000 $100,000 $758,000 $8,294,000 $25,222,000 Entrance Road Realignment SW 12 Twin Harbors $496,000 $100,000 $1,310,000 $12,338,000 $26,632,000 Renovation (parkwide camping loops) SW 13 Schafer $742,000 $300,000 $2,829,000 $29,761,000 Relocate Campground EA 14 Lake Chelan $1,516,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $31,761,000 Moorage dock Replacement EA 15 Sun Lakes - Dry Falls $0 $645,000 $2,400,000 $0 $34,806,000 Dry Falls Interpretive Area Renovation EA 16 Mount Spokane $2,124,000 $1,700,000 $36,506,000 Maintenance facility Relocation-const EA 17 Goldendale $2,700,000 $1,000,000 $37,506,000 Phase 4 Expansion NW 18 Birch Bay $337,000 $0 $1,000,000 $0 $38,506,000 Vehicle Bridge Replacement ST 19 Statewide $313,000 $150,000 $0 $11,000,000 $38,656,000 New Park NW 20 Fort Casey $217,000 $0 $1,500,000 $0 $40,156,000 Lighthouse Historic Preservation ST 21 Statewide $1,151,000 $175,000 $1,216,000 $4,500,000 $41,547,000 Depression Era Structures Restoration NW 22 Lake Sammamish $0 $2,500,000 $4,000,000 $10,000,000 $48,047,000 Park Redeveolpment Master Plan

Region Park Current Proj. Estimate 21-23 19-21 running Project Name e c t & Out years oj Funding Reapprop Estimate 19-21 total r P

EA 23 Fort Simcoe $292,000 $25,000 $900,000 $900,000 $48,972,000 Historic Officers Quarters Renovation ST 24 Statewide $389,000 $80,000 $0 $0 $49,052,000 Ice Age Floods Interpretive Exhibits ST 25 Statewide $300,000 $50,000 $2,555,000 $7,500,000 $51,657,000 Fish Barriers ST 26 Statewide $857,000 $200,000 $1,200,000 $3,600,000 $53,057,000 Code/Regulatory Compliance SW 27 Blake Island $478,000 $675,000 $4,000,000 $53,732,000 Marine Facilities Improvements ST 28 Statewide $993,000 $250,000 $250,000 $1,000,000 $54,232,000 Provide Event Infrastructure ST 29 Statewide $695,000 $200,000 $0 $0 $54,432,000 Historic Window Rehabilitation SW 30 Fort Flagler $0 $0 $3,000,000 $8,000,000 $57,432,000 Parkwide preservation ST 31 Statewide $1,000,000 $200,000 $1,500,000 $6,000,000 $59,132,000 ADA Compliance ST 32 Statewide $195,000 $0 $200,000 $2,000,000 $59,332,000 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations ST 33 Statewide $280,000 $0 $800,000 $0 $60,132,000 Trail Renovations ST 34 Statewide $0 $0 $700,000 $3,000,000 $60,832,000 Connectivity in Parks ST 35 Statewide $4,250,000 $0 $7,500,000 $30,000,000 $68,332,000 Facilities and Infrastructures Backlog ST 36 Statewide $0 $0 $2,500,000 $5,000,000 $70,832,000 RCA Infrastructure Support ST 37 Statewide $0 $0 $500,000 $2,000,000 $71,332,000 Forest Health NW 38 Moran $200,000 $20,000,000 $71,532,000 Major Park Renovation NW 39 Federation Forrest $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $72,532,000 Remodel Interpretive Center NW 40 Spencer Spit $100,000 $72,632,000 Replace Vault Toilet SW 41 Millersylvania $300,000 $2,000,000 $72,932,000 Replace original 1940's Water System SW 42 Ocean City $250,000 $1,210,000 $73,182,000 Entrance Road Renovation SW 43 Manchester $350,000 $1,500,000 $73,532,000 Shoreline Restoration & Road Relocation & Water Access SW 44 Ike Kinswa $500,000 $74,032,000 South Loop and Main Loop Sewage

EA 45 Ginkgo $1,313,000 $75,345,000 Interpretive Center Exhibits Renovation & Pavement Repairs EA 46 Lake Chelan $1,376,000 $76,721,000 Replace Non-Compliant Comfort Station EA 47 Sun Lakes - Dry Falls $4,000,000 $80,721,000 Sun Lakes-Dry Falls Campground Renovation

Estimate 21- 19-21 Region Current Project Park Estimate 19-21 23 & Out Running Project Name Funding Reapprop. Years Total

# Project

EA 48 Columbia Hills $0 $750,000 $80,721,000 Boat Launch Access RR Crossing Safety EA 49 Lewis and Clark Trail $400,000 $81,121,000 Renovate Historic Comfort Station

EA 50 Lake Easton $366,000 $81,487,000 Bridge Renovation - Design and Permits and construction EA 51 Steptoe Butte $466,000 $3,789,000 $85,276,000 Road Improvements Phase 2 EA 52 Riverside $1,200,000 $86,476,000 Lake Spokane Campground ST 53 Statewide $400,000 $800,000 $86,876,000 Coast Defense Interpretive Exhibit Plan ST 54 Statewide $400,000 $700,000 $87,276,000 Depression-Era Statewide Interpretive SW 55 Twanoh $200,000 $7,555,000 $87,476,000 Major Park Renovation EA 56 Palouse Falls $220,000 $1,500,000 $2,900,000 $88,976,000 Day Use Area Renovation EA 57 Mount Spokane $100,000 $0 $4,900,000 $88,976,000 Nordic Area Improvements & Horse Camp EA 58 Pearrygin $100,000 $500,000 $89,076,000 Pearrygin Creek Channel Stabilization NW 59 Peace Arch $100,000 $0 $89,176,000 Historic Preservation - Coating Replacement SW 60 Cape Disappointment $775,000 $89,951,000 Welcome Center and Entrance Improvements NW 61 Nolte $500,000 $0 $90,451,000 Drain field replacement NW 62 Deception Pass $500,000 $2,800,000 $90,951,000 Bowman Bay Water System Replacement SW 63 Cape Disappointment $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $92,451,000 Replace Non-Compliant Comfort Stations NW 64 Larrabee $2,000,000 $0 $94,451,000 Water System Replacement SW 65 Millersylvania $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $95,701,000 Welcome Center, Entrance Road, & Day Use Restoration SW 66 Fort Worden $500,000 $96,201,000 Replace Upper Campground Comfort Station SW 67 Fort Worden $1,250,000 $97,451,000 Roofs BLDGS 201 & 305 SW 68 Fort Worden $300,000 $1,000,000 $97,751,000 Historic Preservation 298 SW 69 Seaquest $955,000 $98,706,000 Mount St. Helens Visitor Center Interpretive Displays NW 70 Deception Pass $1,500,000 $98,706,000 Bowman Bay Pier Replacement NW 71 Wallace falls $1,500,000 $0 $100,206,000 Parking Area Expansion NW 72 Deception Pass $350,000 $650,000 $100,556,000 Bowman Bay CCC Interpretive Center

Estimate 21- 19-21 Region Current Project Park Estimate 19-21 23 & Out Running Project Name Funding Reapprop. Years Total

# Project

SW 73 Dosewallips $615,000 $4,100,000 $101,171,000 New RV campground and Restroom EA 74 Pearrygin $1,400,000 $5,500,000 $102,571,000 West Campground Redevelopment NW 75 Dash Point $600,000 $3,300,000 $103,171,000 Campground Renovations EA 76 Riverside $700,000 $3,500,000 $103,871,000 Bowl & Pitcher Phase 2 Redevelopment EA 77 Lyons Ferry $0 $3,000,000 $103,871,000 Campground Renovation NW 78 Deception Pass $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $104,871,000 Cornet Bay retreat Center Redevelopment SW 79 Fort Worden $1,043,000 $9,594,000 $105,914,000 Housing Areas Exterior Improvements EA 80 Riverside $422,000 $106,336,000 Spokane House IC- Exhibit Renovation: NW 81 Rockport $200,000 $1,000,000 $106,536,000 Day Use Renovation NW 82 Camano Island $500,000 $2,600,000 $107,036,000 Shoreline Renovations EA 83 Riverside $1,300,000 $108,336,000 Nine Mile Administrative & Shop Facility SW 84 SW Region $600,000 $2,000,000 $108,936,000 Marine Facilities Rehabilitation EA 85 Mount Spokane $0 $4,000,000 $108,936,000 Road Improvements, Stage 4 - Summit road NW 86 Bay View $200,000 $9,800,000 $109,136,000 Major Park Renovation NW 87 Rasar $1,500,000 $0 $110,636,000 Day Use Improvements EA 88 Bridgeport $810,000 $3,241,000 $111,446,000 Campground Redevelopment SW 89 Belfair $600,000 $4,000,000 $112,046,000 Park Facilities Renovation EA 90 Columbia Plateau $800,000 $0 $112,846,000 Fish Lake to Cheney Drainage and Trail NW 91 Larrabee $600,000 $2,600,000 $113,446,000 Day Use Renovation EA 92 Ginkgo $800,000 $0 $114,246,000 Gingko Petrified Forest-Trailside Museum NW 93 Fort Casey $250,000 $2,500,000 $114,496,000 Fire Control Station Reconstruction EA 94 Mount Spokane $4,161,000 $0 $118,657,000 Road Improvements, Stage 3 Linders - Snowblaze NW 95 Kanaskat Palmer $600,000 $2,700,000 $119,257,000 Campground Renovations SW 96 Sequim Bay $1,500,000 $0 $120,757,000 Comfort Station Replacements EA 97 Sun Lakes - Dry Falls $500,000 $2,500,000 $121,257,000 Interpretive Center new access and parking

Estimate 21- 19-21 Region Current Project Park Estimate 19-21 23 & Out Running Project Name Funding Reapprop. Years Total

# Project

EA 98 Twenty Five Mile $500,000 $0 $121,757,000 Replace Moorage Floats

SW 99 Fort Worden $350,000 $0 $122,107,000 Relocation of Fort Construction-Era EA 100 Wenatchee $500,000 $0 $122,607,000 Sewer Lift Station Replacement

EA 101 Squilchuck $1,750,000 Parking and access improvements

SW 102 Anderson Lake $1,300,000 New Day Use Facilities and Trail SW 103 Potlatch $5,000,000 Day Use Improvements NW 104 Kanaskat Palmer $3,200,000 Day Use Expansion SW 105 Joemma Beach $10,000,000 Major Park Renovation EA 106 Alta Lake $5,175,000 Parkwide Renovation SW 107 Mystery Bay $1,500,000 Moorage Float Replacement SW 108 Fort Worden $2,500,000 ADA Improvements NW 109 South Whidbey $2,000,000 Campground to Day Use Conversion SW 110 Willapa Hills Trail $1,200,000 Swinging Bridge Assessment and Remedial EA 111 Lincoln Rock $634,000 Wenatchee Valley Area Admin & Shop NW 112 Iron Horse $750,000 Trail Improvements SW 113 Jarrell Cove $2,800,000 Park Renovations SW 114 Pacific Beach $2,500,000 Facility Improvements EA 115 Lincoln Rock $1,250,000 New Restroom ST 116 Statewide $500,000 $35,000,000 Water System Renovation NW 117 Fort Ebey $3,450,000 Park Renovation EA 118 Columbia Hills $3,200,000 Crawford Ranch Complex D&P ST 119 Statewide $250,000 $35,000,000 Septic System Renovation NW 120 Joseph Whidbey $1,500,000 Park Renovation SW 121 Penrose Point $1,500,000 Park Renovation

EA 122 Iron Horse $4,877,000 John Wayne Trail - Repair Tunnels Trestles Culv Ph 3 ST 123 Statewide $750,000 $35,000,000 Electrical System Renovation SW 124 Illahee $900,000 Welcome Station and Entrance Road

Estimate 21- 19-21 Region Current Project Park Estimate 19-21 23 & Out Running Project Name Funding Reapprop. Years Total

# Project

ST 125 Statewide $10,000,000 Overnight Accommodations NW 126 Deception Pass $2,000,000 Quarry Pond Group Camp Development SW 127 Blake Island $1,500,000 Roads and Drainage Improvements NW 128 South Whidbey $750,000 Wilbert Trail ADA Development SW 129 Cape Disappointment $450,000 ADA Access to NHLH

EA 130 Olmstead Place $424,000 Equip. Storage Barns & Upgrade Interpretive Signs SW 131 Lake Sylvia $1,400,000 Park Renovations NW 132 Lime Kiln $500,000 ADA Amphitheater Development NW 133 Rasar $3,000,000 Group Camp Improvements SW 134 Battleground Lake $600,000 Lake Area Facilities Improvements (Rename EA 135 Curlew Lake $1,000,000 Park Renovation NW 136 Flaming Geyser $500,000 Stewardship Improvements NW 137 Possession Point $200,000 Facility Removal SW 138 Sequim Bay $3,300,000 Ramble wood Improvements EA 139 Lake Easton $1,800,000 Campground Renovations SW 140 Fort Columbia $1,250,000 Interpretive Center Exhibit Renovation EA 141 Steptoe Butte $200,000 Heritage Site Interpretation NW 142 Ollalie $500,000 Historic Area Renovation NW 143 Deception Pass $2,400,000 Historic Residence Restoration/ Preservation SW 144 Bottle Beach $293,000 Parking and Trail Paving SW 145 Sequim Bay $430,000 Paving EA 146 Mount Spokane $300,000 Bald Knob Comfort Station Renovation NW 147 Big Eddy $500,000 Day Use Development SW 148 Tolmie $500,000 Replace Pedestrian Bridge with ADA and EA 149 Olmstead Place $104,000 Seaton Schoolhouse: log repair, chink SW 150 Beacon Rock $1,000,000 Group Camp Restoration

Region Estimate 21- 19-21 Current Project Park Estimate 19-21 23 & Out Running Project Name Funding Reapprop. Years Total Project # Project

EA 151 Sun Lakes - Dry Falls $1,400,000 Renovate Camp Delaney ELC Lodge & Comfort Station NW 152 Mount Pilchuck $500,000 Lookout Historic Preservation/ Interpretation EA 153 Lake Wenatchee $800,000 Boat Launch Improvements NW 154 Bridle Trails $1,500,000 Acheson Parking Lot and Trailhead EA 155 Mount Spokane $800,000 Overnight Accommodations EA 156 Twenty Five Mile $50,000 Group Camp CXT Installation NW 157 Rasark $1,000,000 Campground Renovations SW 158 Wolfe Property $750,000 Day Use Facilities and Trails EA 159 Lewis and Clark Trail $1,000,000 Day Use Renovations NW 160 Larrabee $400,000 Cyrus Gates Overlook Improvements SW 161 Oyehut OBA $650,000 Day Use Renovations NW 162 Birch Bay $800,000 Campground Improvements SW 163 Seaquest $575,000 Replace Day Use Comfort Station NW 164 Camano Island $3,500,000 Campground Renovations EA 165 Fort Simcoe $750,000 Replace Day Use ADA Restroom #19 SW 166 Griffiths-Priday $750,000 New Restroom and Trail EA 167 Lake Chelan $600,000 Day Use Irrigation System Renovation NW 168 Larrabee $3,500,000 Campground Renovation SW 169 Scenic Beach $1,500,000 Replace all restrooms NW 170 Squak Mountain $1,000,000 Trailhead Improvements SW 171 Blake Island $1,500,000 Campground Renovation NW 172 Birch Bay $500,000 Entrance Improvements

SW 173 Belfair $2,000,000 Property Acquisition and Development of New Active Recreation Area SW 174 Cape Disappointment $1,250,000 Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Exhibit Renovation EA 175 Sun Lakes - Dry Falls $1,286,000 Relocate Shop Complex

Region Estimate 21- 19-21 Current Project Park Estimate 19-21 23 & Out Running Project Name Funding Reapprop. Years Total Project # Project

NW 176 Larrabee $1,000,000 Fire Creek Drainage/ Culvert repair SW 177 Kitsap Memorial $850,000 Welcome Station EA 178 Sun Lakes - Dry Falls $3,700,000 Deep Lake Road Reconstruction Mirror NW 179 Birch Bay $1,500,000 Upper Day use Improvements SW 180 Willapa Hills Trail $1,445,000 Install bridge decking and safety railings EA 181 Mount Spokane $700,000 Snowmobile Parking Lot Reconstruction SW 182 Rainbow Falls $500,000 Historic Preservation NW 183 Moran $1,500,000 Point Lawrence Initial Development SW 184 Fort Columbia $1,828,000 Historic Preservation EA 185 Lewis and Clark Trail $300,000 Add Power to Sites 1 - 12 NW 186 Camano Island $1,000,000 Entrance Area Improvements EA 187 Sacajawea $1,000,000 Automate Remaining Irrigation System SW 188 Beacon Rock $650,000 Hamilton Mountain Trail Improvements EA 189 Sacajawea $1,600,000 Replace Boat Basin Moorage Floats and Bulkhead - Replace River Floats NW 190 Camano Island $300,000 Trail System Improvements NW 191 St. Edward $500,000 New Comfort Station (Grotto Area) NW 192 Camano Island $1,000,000 North Beach Improvements NW 193 Saltwater $3,000,000 Upper Day Use Renovations NW 194 St. Edward $2,000,000 Maintenance Shop Relocation NW 195 Deception Pass $1,000,000 East Cranberry Swim Dock Replacement NW 196 Lake Sammamish $500,000 Residence Replacement (Retreat Center) NW 197 Birch Bay $350,000 Sewer Lift Station upgrade and transfer NW 198 Lake Sammamish $500,000 Host Site Expansion (admin. compound) EA 199 Squilchuck $10,000,000 Major Park Renovation EA 200 Klickitat Trail $1,600,000 Final Trailhead and Trail Improvements EA 201 Peshastin Pinnacles $750,000 Day Use and Parking Renovation EA 202 Potholes $1,800,000 Day Use and Parking Renovation

Region Estimate 21- 19-21 Current Project Park Estimate 19-21 23 & Out Running Project Name Funding Reapprop. Years Total Project # Project

EA 203 Sun Lakes - Dry Falls $8,000,000 New Interpretive Center SW 204 Fudge Point $2,000,000 Initial Park Access 19-21 Total $122,607,000 Out Year $520,604,000 Ten Year $643,211,000

Item E-6: Financial Update - Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This item reports to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission on the status of: 1) State Parks’ 2017-19 biennium operating and capital budget expenditures and 2) Parks Renewal and Stewardship Account (PRSA) revenue. This item advances the Commission’s strategic goal: “Adopting a business approach to park system administration”.

CURRENT BIENNIUM FINANCIAL INFORMATION (2017-19)

2017-19 Biennium Operating Budget and Expenditures: State Parks’ initial 2017-19 biennial operating budget was $165.4 million. With the addition of the supplemental budget passed in March 2018, and a small, subsequent adjustment in the non-appropriated Park Improvement account, the operating budget is now $166.5 million. The general operations portion of that total is $145.5 million. Of the $145.5 million, $29.8 million is supported by tax dollars from the General Fund, Pension Stabilization Account and Litter Tax revenue. The remainder is supported by earned revenue.

As of March 31, the agency has spent $60.1 million; of which, $50.3 million was for general operations. Overall spending is 36.1% of the biennial allotment. Spending is on target as the agency continues to recover from the lack of a capital budget for the first 7 months of the biennium.

The March 31, 2018 PRSA fund balance is $7.0 million, down $2.1 million from the $9.1 million January 31, 2018 balance reported at the March Commission meeting. This decline in fund balance is expected and will continue until the beginning of the peak park season which begins in May.

2017-19 Biennium Capital Budget and Expenditures: Passage of the 2018 supplemental capital budget resulted in a State Parks’ capital budget that now totals $66.4 million from the State Building and Construction Account. This is comprised of $50.5 million for new projects and $15.9 million for re-appropriated projects. In addition, spending authority and grant dollars are available and currently total $19.9 million. The capital budget totals $86.3 million.

As of March 31, the agency spent a total of $12.3 million; $1.4 million on new projects, $7.8 million on re-appropriated projects and $3.1 million on grant related projects. With both a regular and supplemental capital budget, the agency has continued to assess the capital program and budget, and the timing of project delivery. These plans are currently being implemented and positions continued to be filled to perform the needed work.

2017-19 Biennium Revenue: The earned revenue forecast was $108.6 million as of March 31, 2018. In addition, the agency will receive $9 million in Litter Tax revenue this biennium that will be deposited into the PRSA account for a total of $117.6 million in expected revenue.

Collectively, PRSA revenue collections for Discover Pass sales, camping, cabins and other lodging, “opt-out” donations through the Department of Licensing, and other earned revenue are 6.0% above estimates.

Comparing biennium-to-date revenue collections against estimates for the five categories shows: 1) Discover Pass revenue is 7.5% above projection 2) Revenue from camping is 5.5% above projection 3) Cabins and other lodging revenue are 3.0% above projection 4) Donations through the “opt out” program are 6.1% above projection 5) Other revenue sources are 4.7% above projection

The next earned revenue forecast update will be in June 2018.

SUPPORTING INFORMATION Appendix 1: 2017-19 Operating and Capital Budget Financial Report Appendix 2: 2017-19 Parks Renewal and Stewardship Account (PRSA) Revenue Summary Appendix 3: PRSA Earned Revenue – Percentage Over or Under Estimates – By Quarter ______

Author/Contact(s): Shelly Hagen, Assistant Director, Administrative Services [email protected], (360) 902-8621

Reviewer(s): Jessica Logan, SEPA Review: Pursuant to WAC197-11-704, staff has determined that this Commission agenda item is a report and therefore is not subject to State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review. Christeen Leeper, Fiscal Review: Report only, no fiscal impact. Michael Young, Assistant Attorney General: Report only, no impact at this time.

Approved for Transmittal to Commission

______Donald Hoch, Director

APPENDIX 1 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET FINANCIAL REPORT 2017-19 BIENNIUM As of March 31, 2018

Operating Budget:

Biennial Expenditures Percent

Fund/Account Budget To Date Balance Spent

General Operating Funds General Fund - State* 19,321,000 7,429,281 11,891,720 38.5% Parks Renewal and Stewardship Acct. (PRSA) 124,719,000 42,822,839 81,896,161 34.3% Pension Funding Stabilization Account 1,498,000 0 1,498,000 0.0% Subtotals 145,538,000 50,252,119 95,285,881 34.5%

Other Funds PRSA/Dedicated Funds** 21,002,000 9,827,443 11,174,557 46.8%

Totals 166,540,000 60,079,562 106,460,438 36.1% * Includes Avalanche Center and LID Property Assessments ** Restricted for private/local grants, donations, Boating and Winter Recreation Programs, ORV, roads and non-appropriated funds

PRSA Fund Balance Information:

Date Balance June 30, 2017 8,914,440 March 31, 2018 6,995,600

Capital Budget:

Biennial Expenditures Percent Funding Source Budget To Date Balance Spent New Projects - State Bldg. Constr. Acct. 50,517,000 1,390,995 49,126,005 0.0% Reappropriations - State Bldg. Constr. Acct. 15,867,217 7,784,939 8,082,278 49.1% Subtotals 66,384,217 9,175,933 57,208,284 13.8%

Grants/Donations/Pass Through Funds State Grants/Donations/Parkland Acquisition* 16,512,781 2,751,005 13,761,776 16.7% Federal Grants/Pass-through Funds** 3,350,000 402,949 2,947,051 0.0% Totals 86,246,998 12,329,888 73,917,110 14.3% * Includes private/local spending authority for grants including re-appropriations ** Includes Clean Vessel grants issued to other entities, and spending authority for grants 38

APPENDIX 2 PARKS RENEWAL AND STEWARDSHIP ACCOUNT (PRSA) REVENUE SUMMARY 2017-19 Biennium As of March 31, 2018

Percent Actuals Biennial Estimate Actuals Variance To Over/Under Revenue Category Estimate To Date To Date Date To Date Discover Pass Sales 40,939,000 12,245,700 13,158,337 912,637 7.5% Camping & Related Sources 34,469,000 11,114,612 11,722,809 608,197 5.5% Cabins/Yurts/Other Lodging 5,477,000 1,806,988 1,860,546.89 53,559 3.0% License Renewal Donations 12,100,000 4,491,000 4,766,971 275,971 6.1% Other * 15,592,000 5,469,900 5,729,245 259,345 4.7% Subtotal 108,577,000 35,128,200 37,237,909 2,109,709 6.0%

Litter Tax 9,000,000 3,750,002 3,750,000 (2) 0.0% Totals 117,577,000 38,878,202 40,987,909 2,109,707 5.4% * Other revenue sources include leases, reservation fees, retreat centers, boat moorage and watercraft launch fees, day use fees, etc.

Percent of Revenue Collected by Source

9.2% Discover Pass Sales 32.1%

Camping Related Sources 28.6%

14.0% 32.1% Cabins/Yurts/Other Lodging 4.5%

License Renewal Donations 11.6% 11.6%11.6% Other 14.0%

4.5%4.5% 28.6%28.6% Litter Tax 9.2%

APPENDIX 3 PARKS RENEWAL AND STEWARDSHIP ACCOUNT EARNED REVENUE – PERCENTAGE OVER OR UNDER ESTIMATE – BY QUARTER CUMULATIVE As of March 31, 2018 Sept 2017 Dec 2017 Mar 2018 Variance Variance Variance Discover Pass 16.2% 6.0% 7.5%

Camping 4.7% 5.2% 5.5%

Other Lodging 4.4% 4.8% 3.0%

Donations -8.4% 2.7% 6.1%

Other 17.3% 9.9% 4.7%

Totals 8.4% 5.9% 6.0%

$107.2M $107.8M $108.6M Initial June 2017 Forecast Nov 2017 Forecast Feb 2018 Forecast

Item: E-7: Proposed 2019 Regular Meeting Schedule for the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission – Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This item asks the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to review the suggested meeting dates and locations for their regular 2019 meeting schedule and to suggested changes to Commission Travel Policy 25-12-9. This item advances the Commission’s strategic goal: “Demonstrating that all Washingtonians benefit from their state parks”.

SIGNIFICANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Commission meetings are conducted in different geographic locations across the state to enable citizens to address their suggestions and concerns to the Commission. It is the Commission’s intent to be visible and responsive to issues in different areas motivated by weather, population, location and types of recreational and natural resource issues. It is also the Commissioners intent to comply with direction from the Governor, the Legislature and the public to be fiscally prudent and responsible. Commission meetings typically consist of a three/four day schedule consisting of a work session on Wednesday, a regular Commission meeting on Thursday and if scheduled park tours on Tuesday and/or Friday.

SUPPORTING INFORMATION: Appendix 1: Previous Meeting Dates and Locations. Appendix 2: Potential meeting dates & locations for 2019 Appendix 3: Suggestions for modifications to Commission Travel Policy 25-12-9

Author/Contact(s): Becki Ellison, Executive Assistant [email protected] (360) 902-8502 Reviewer(s): Jessica Logan, SEPA Review: Pursuant to WAC 197-11-704, staff has determined that this Commission agenda item is a report and therefore is not subject to State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review. Chris Leeper, Fiscal Review: Report only, no impact at this time. Michael Young, Assistant Attorney General: Report only, no review necessary. Approved for Transmittal to Commission

______Donald Hoch, Director

APPENDIX 1 PREVIOUS MEETING DATES AND LOCATIONS

2005 2006 January Olympia January Hoodsport March Lake Quinalt March Cle Elum April LaConner May Cama Beach June Colville June Spokane August Whidbey Island August Chelan October Grand Coulee October San Juan November Tacoma November Bellingham

2007 2008 January Fort Worden January Silverdale March Castle Rock March Lakewood April Quincy April Cama Beach June Pullman June Okanogan August Westport August Cama Beach September Republic September Yakima November Bellingham November Vancouver

2009 2010 January Ocean Shores January Olympia February Olympia March Lakewood March Port Angeles May Montesano May Olympia June Walla Walla April Ellensburg July Olympia June Wenatchee September Olympia August Pasco November Olympia October Spokane December Olympia

2011 2012 January Olympia February Olympia March Olympia March Fort Worden May Spokane May Yakima August Wenatchee August Wenatchee September Olympia June Olympia October Pasco October Vancouver November Cama Beach

2013 2014 January Ocean Shores January Olympia March Olympia March Chehalis April Olympia May Winthrop May Pasco July Bellingham June Spokane September Ilwaco August Anacortes November Spokane September Chelan December Olympia November Gig Harbor

2015 2016 January Olympia January Lynwood March DuPont March Olympia May Cle Elum May Moses Lake July Poulsbo July Clarkston September Spokane September Sequim November Stevenson November Yakima December Gold Bar December Fort Worden

2017 2018 January Kenmore January Montesano January Olympia (2) March Monroe May Leavenworth May Spokane July Walla Walla July Vancouver September Spokane September Okanogan November Westport November Auburn December Sea Tac December Cama Beach

APPENDIX 2 2019 Meeting Dates and Locations for

Month Date Requested Suggested Notes/Tours Notes Other notes Suggested Date Locations Changes Legislative January 23-24 Olympia Meetings

Tacoma Area Tacoma Metro Possible work session March 20-21 Belfair Parks with Tacoma Metro Parks Belfair/Twanoh May 15-16 Goldendale Area Maryhill, Possible topic with Goldendale, Oregon parks Observatory July 17-18 Anacortes San Juan Island parks September 18-19 Tri-Cities Sacajawea Hanford Tour? November 20-21 Chelan Rocky Reach Trail Wenatchee Lake Chelan, Alta Lake December 4-5 Seattle Area Commission 1 full day + Planning Session ½ day

• Other Locations –Ocean Shores, Long Beach, Bremerton, Spokane

Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

APPENDIX 3 Commission Policy 25-12-09 A. PURPOSE The Commission and its staff follow the rules in the adopted Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission Travel Manual, which is based on and consistent with state law and the Office of Financial Management (OFM) travel regulations. Because the Commission is responsible for the operation of 117 state parks 124 developed state parks, additional undeveloped properties located throughout the state, several statewide recreation programs, and Washington’s coastal seashore conservation area.

It is the Commission’s goal to hold Commission meetings in various locations around the State in order to better understand local needs and ongoing or emerging issues, to facilitate stakeholder interactions and to enable outreach with local officials and community leaders, and to provide opportunities for Commission members to tour parks and other properties and to meet with parks staff. The criteria used to select meeting venues and to plan tour itineraries shall accomplish the Commission objective of maximizing efficiency and cost effectiveness in working towards its goals. The Commission’s intent is to be visible and responsive to issues in different areas motivated by weather, population, location and types of recreational, historical, cultural and natural resource issues.

B. DEFINITIONS 1. Official Commission business means business related to the statutory functions of the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission including, but not limited to, meetings on policy issues, conferences and association meetings, luncheons or dinners related to park commission business, park visits/tours, ribbon cuttings and dedications, tours of potential park sites or disposals of park lands, required attendance at work sessions and Commission meetings and travel to and from any official business. 2. Commission tour(s) are scheduled in advance and are conducted with a State Parks staff member for the purpose of conducting official Commission business. 3. Commissioner Park Visit means visiting park land or potential park land and does not include a majority of Commissioners for the purpose of conducting official Commission business. 4. Reimbursable Expenses for Commission business means official Commission business in excess of three hours.

C. POLICY 1. Criteria for Selection of Commission Meeting Locations and Tours: a. The area must have sufficient lodging available at state per diem rates. b. In order to minimize the use of public resources the Commission will seek to hold meetings at times and locations where lower off-season or reduced rates may be available. c. It important to give the public access to the commission, so meeting around the state is desirable. But, it also is necessary to reduce costs, reduce travel times, and ensure good availability of meeting space. d. Commission tours will be planned in conjunction with Commission meetings whenever possible to save taxpayer money. The Commission Vice Chairperson Secretary will work with the Director or Executive Assistant to the Director to

plan and approve Commission tours. It may be necessary to schedule tours at times other than a Commission meeting at various locations, but scheduling will be done to maximize attendance and minimize cost. e. Commission tours are open public meetings. Tour itineraries with approximate times will be made available to the public. and the public may be provided transportation during the tour if state vehicles are used and there is available space in the scheduled vehicle (seat belts must be worn by each individual), on a first come first serve basis. No additional vehicles will be added to accommodate the public. The public will need to provide their own transportation while attending park tours. f. Commissioners who are touring or visiting parks on their own, outside of the tour planned by the Executive Assistant, must get approval from the Commission Vice-Chair Chair if asking for lodging, stipend or travel reimbursement.

4. Staff Attendance at Commission meetings: a. The Commission wants to make informed decisions in the best interest of the State and it desires that appropriate staff be available for discussions and presentations at Commission meetings. b. Staff attendance is at the discretion of the Director.

5. Commissioner Reimbursement: a. Please see Travel Policy 10.70

6. Director’s Travel: a. The Commission authorizes the Finance Director Chief Financial Officer or designee to approve the Director’s travel vouchers for the Commission. b. Any exemption to the Washington State Parks Travel Manual granted to The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission Agency Director must be approved in writing by the Commission Chairperson in advance of the travel. c. It is the Commission’s desire that the Director use a state vehicle whenever possible. If it is not economical or most advantageous to the state for the Director to take a state vehicle, the Commission authorizes the Director to use his/her personal vehicle and to be reimbursed for that use at the rate established by the State Administrative and Accounting Manual (SAAM).