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From Yakima Bikes and Walks! <yakima.bikes @gmail corn>
Sent. Tuesday, August 30, 2016 12 18 AM
To City Council
Cc Beehler, Randy; Claar Tee, Sonya, Moore, Cliff; Claar Tee, Sonya
Subject: 2017 -2018 Legislative and Administrative Priorities
Dear City Council Members
Yakima Bikes and Walks (YBAW) offers three comments for consideration at your August 30 meeting
concerning 2017 -2018 State and Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities
1 YBAW heartily endorses adding "Safe Routes to School funding" to the City's actively pursue list. Over
past years, Yakima has been successful in utilizing this program to improve pedestrian enviromnents in the
City, and many more improvements are still needed.
2 Please consider also adding the "WSDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Grant program" to the City's
priorities Similarly to Safe Routes to School, this grant program could help to fund infrastructure
improvements for bicycling and walking in Yakima, including to implement the City's future Bicycle Master
Plan.
3 Finally, for the boost to Central Washington tourism that it would provide, we ask you to consider adding
"support for the cross -state John Wayne Pioneer Trail" This trail (currently only half - built) will run from
North Bend to Tekoa (at the Idaho border) It follows an abandoned railroad corridor purchased by the state in
the 1980's and passes through Ellensburg and the Yakima Training Center There is currently a push by many
local governments to support the trail's construction following the 2016 legislature's direction to the State Parks
Department to develop a trail management plan for the trail's undeveloped eastern half. As of August 29, the
following 30 cities have passed resolutions of support for the John Wayne Pioneer Trail
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• RITZVILLE
• TEKOA
• PULLMAN
• SPOKANE
• CLE ELUM
• SOUTH CLE ELUM
• ROYAL CITY
• ROSALIA
• GARFIELD
• OAKSDALE
• GIG HARBOR
• KITTITAS
• WARDEN
• EGEWOOD
• GRANITE FALLS
• ROCKFORD
• MOSES LAKE
• LIND
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• LATAH
• BUCKLEY
• BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
• PALOUSE
• ELLENSBURG
• COLFAX
• FAIRFIELD
• ROSYLN
• CHENEY
• OMAK
• PORT TOWNSEND
• SEQUIM
Thanks for this opportunity to provide our input. The mission of Yakima Bikes and Walks is "to create a safer
and friendlier community in which to bicycle and walk."
- -Phil Hoge
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