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Appendix 8 <br />LAKE ACCESS TASK FORCE <br />ACCESS SITE EVALUATION CRITERIA <br />These evaluation criteria should be used in selecting potential new access sites for fishing craft and <br />small recreation boats. The standard are not expected to be perfectly achieved. Each should be <br />seriously considered and graded. Other evaluation criteria may be considered on a site -specific basis. <br />1. Relationship to residential areas -- Positive and negative impacts of the site on adjacent <br />residential areas, such as distance between a site and nearby homes, screening the site from <br />homes, noise, traffic, etc. <br />2. Accessibility to primary highways -- Potential sites near.major highways (State Highways 7 and <br />101, County Roads 19 and 15 are examples) to reduce traffic impact on residential streets. <br />Safety on site, on water and egress to both. <br />3. Public use precedent -- Sites which are already in public ownership or in commercial or <br />industrial use, or isolated from other residential areas, and where public facilities or services <br />have been provided and accepted, have the least neighborhood impact. <br />4. Intensity of boating use near a potential access site -- Sections of the lake where there is intense <br />boating, or crowding in channels, should be downgraded. <br />5. Cost -- Property acquisition, development and maintenance costs. <br />6. Physical development constraints -- positive and negative features on land and in the water and <br />changes possible to make the potential site usable. <br />7. Visual impacts -- Positive and negative visual impressions as seen from land and water. <br />8. Multiple use opportunities for the site -- Sites that provide shore fishing, pier fishing, picnic <br />areas, toilets, etc., along with boat access are preferred. <br />9. Site size -- Larger sites with off-street parking are preferred. <br />10. Environmental considerations -- dredging, fill, run-off control, wetlands preservation, etc. <br />Footnotes: <br />1. Sites shall not be excluded because there is limited access for large boats. <br />2. Sites will be preferred that provide equitable distribution. <br />3. Sellers must be willing, city must cooperate and other agencies must approve. <br />Adopted: March 18, 1993 <br />Page 25 <br />277 <br />