HomeMy WebLinkAbout9-28-11 Presentation - Boat Launch ReportDeschutes River Boat Launch and
Day Use Facility
Site Review Report
Deschutes County Commissioners
Work Session 9/28/2011
A Better Site -What Is Needed!
Safe access to the river
for:
• Kids and families inflating
boats, not crossing busy
roads, safe and good launch
and retrieval ramps
Restrooms
• Changing facilities
• Adequate parking
• Play ground
• Picnic areas
Two-hour float times
between put in and take
out sites.
• Public facilities vs. private
sites.
• Interpretive programs
• Facilities open in 2012-13
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Review Process
• October 29, 2009 • Process:
- Stakeholders meet -Meet with each
stakeholder to review- Review sites
plans, options, advantages - Select Jerry Hubbard & and disadvantages of sites.David Ogden to coordinate
- Transparent process study
- I nvo Ive aII i nte rested • Reported February 2010 partiesto small group
• Final Report July 27, 2011
• Commissioners Work
Session 9/28/11
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Sites Reviewed
Starting from Upstream to Benham Site
• DRRHS Elsinore -Private -developed
• DRRHS Milky Way -Private -basic ramp
.. DRRHS Lunar -Private -undeveloped
• Harper Bridge -Public -basic ramp
.. SROA -Private -basic ramp
e Brynwood LLC -proposed public facility & real estate
development
• USFS Property off Spring River Road
• Spring River Owners Assn.-Private -basic ramp, dock
• USFS Besson Day Use site and boat ramp -developed
• Sunriver Resort Marina -SROA site
• USFS Benham Falls Day Use Site and boat ramp -developed
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Solutions Long and Short Term
Long Term Option • Short Term Options
Brynwood Public Day Use
Site
• Improvement Ideas
DRRH Private Sites
review deed wording for
right to use as public
sites
,. Purchase site near
Harper Bridge
Recommendations Long Term:
Brynwood Site
• Owner and permit agencies to create a public
use boat facility and support facilities.
• Real estate development -not part of this
study.
• Coordinate site plans with scenic bike paths,
connections to SR bike paths, neighborhood
bike use to get to Three Rivers School.
• Improve bike access to Harper Bridge ped/bike
lane -south side of bridge
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Brynwood LLC Proposed Facility
Plan is conceptual
Boat Launch -Positives
• Owner financed
• Public use
• Close to Harper Bridge .5
mile
8 Launch for motor craft
Launch for
inflatable's/kayaks
.. Traffic kept out of
neighborhood
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Boat Launch -Negatives
• Federal/State/County reg's
• Wetland area
• Permit time -hearings
• Construction time
• Tied to real estate
development?
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Site Issues -All Sites
• Things To Consider:
-Cost to maintain and keep public site clean
-User fee -daily or annual like US Forest Service
-Hours and open & close, gates?
-Can the public boat site be transferred to a
nonprofit allowing grants?
-Public input on the plan
-Permit timelines -long process
-Real estate development
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Long Term Options
• DRRH Sites - 3 Private sites
-Two used; one not known to public
-Issues:
• DRRH owners concerns
• No Home Owner Association
• No Organized way of communicating with owners
3,000 lot owners
• Deed Restrictions -vote on changes?
• Deed wording -public use
• Voting -Majority?
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Short Term Ideas
• Harper Bridge Bike/Ped Improve Access
-Add south bike/ped walk -capital project
• Harper Bridge Improvements
-Grading -Gravel-Asphalt -Signage
• Short Term Issues:
-SROA Property Line -North side of Bridge
-Fence could move 20 feet reducing parking
• Fence line there since late 1970's
• Require SROA to leave fence as is
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Short Term Ideas
• USFS Bison Day Use Site -quick improvements
-2013
-Increase floater boat use of Besson site by:
• Signage from Harper Road to Besson Day Use Site
• Grade/gravel access roads to Besson
• Picnic and parking -minor upgrades/expansion
• Signage -float times, safety, etc.
• Donations to a 501 c 3 for helping USFS on changes
-Fund raising
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Harper Bridge Site
• Consider closing site after public facility
opens:
-Dangerous site
-Heavy vehicle traffic
-Kids and families crossing the road
-45 mph traffic
-Public input
-SROA property line -north side of bridge
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Action Items
• Action - County to review DRRH deeds on
public use of boat sites
• Action - SROA Fence -County to require
fence to remain as is until new boat site is
completed
• Action -Implement short term ideas
• Action - County to purchase land for a boat
facility near Harper Bridge.
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Background Information -Sites
Reviewed
• DRRH sites
• Harper Bridge Site
• SROA Site
• USFS Spring River Road Site
• Spring River HOA Site
• USFS Besson Site
• SR Marina/SROA
• SR Take Out Site -Circle 7
• USFS Benham Falls Site
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Elsinore Site -Positives
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site after hours
" + 3.1 hour float to Besson ramp
• + 4.1 hour float to Circle 7 ramp
" + 5.6 hour float to Benham
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Elsinore Site -Negatives
• Owned by DRRH
• Need lot owners vote to
change use/open to public
• Not 501 (C) 3 for fund . . raising
• 1.5 miles from Harper
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• Noise impact
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• Concrete ramp -one boat
• Dock -poor condition
• Good space to pull in for
unloading
• Parking for cars & trailers
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Negatives
• Private DRRH #9
• Parking for 3 cars wi trailers
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Lunar Site -Positives
• Close to Harper Bridge .S
miles
• Traffic kept out of
neighborhood
• Close to Sunriver; local store
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• Possible connection to
Boondocks sewer system
Lunar Site -Negatives
• Undeveloped
• Some wetlands
• Close to one home
• Current entry road shared
with home owner
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Harper Bridge Site
• Positives:
-Close to Sunriver
-Known site
-Good float times to Sunriver Marina & Northern
takeouts
Harper Bridge Site
• Negatives:
-Heavy use in summer
-River current makes launch/retrieval hard
-Kids playing next to road, crossing road w/heavy
traffic
-No restroom or other facilities
-Extensive wetlands present
-Poor parking
-SROA property line -fence could move reducing
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Positives
• Beautiful site with views of
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• Next to Deschutes & Spring
Rivers
• Close to Harper Bridge
• Close to Boondocks, store
and cafes
Negatives
• USFS rules on change of use
-Process -Approvals -Time
• Undeveloped
• Funding
• Staffing
• Traffic signals -egress
• Impact of Elk herds that use
the site
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• Private boat ramp • Spring River is shallow
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• Small dock
• Gravel ramp
• Picnic table
• Parking for 2-3 cars
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USFS Besson Day Use Site
Existing Boat Launch -Pos.
• Concrete ramp -one boat
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• Restroom
• Picnic tables
• Parking for 10 cars & 4-5
cars w/trailers
Negatives
• 3.5 miles from Harper
Bridge
• 2.1 miles of Gravel/dirt road
• USFS roads poor condition
• Swift current at take out
• 3.1 hour float from Elsinore
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Positives
• Rental of canoes & kayaks
• Rafts & Stand up paddle
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• Hola -Dining
• Parking for cars/trailers
• Marina shop
Negatives
• Private -Resort guests
• Limited SROA owners and
guests and 97707 residents
• Use agreement expires in
2013
• No dock
• Narrow gravel ramp
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Positives Negatives
• Used by commercial firms • Access to Forest Service
as take out point for river road from Circle 7
floats
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Positives
• Concrete ramp one boat
• Picnic area w/fire pits
• Restrooms
• Parking for cars and 5 cars
w/trailers
• Paved access road from
Hwy97
Negatives
• Motor craft -up river trips
ok
• Inflatable's/kayaks -up
river against current
• No down river due to falls
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