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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION AMENDING Sec.64
of County Boating Ordinance RESOLUTION NUMBER 90- 47 -CC
to include Sec.64A regarding
specific bodies of water
other than lakes in Grant
County.
WHEREAS, the Grant County Commissioners have a desire
to keep the citizens of Grant County safe from boats that utilize the
water off Crescent Bar; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Crescent Bar have complained
that the boaters drive "loud, hot boats or skidoos around the marina
not abiding the "No Wake" signs", and
WHEREAS, the following ordinance is needed to regulate the
health and safety of the citizens who utilize the Cresent Bar Marina,
NOW THEREFORE, the Grant County Boating Ordinance is amended
as follows:
(a) CRESCENT BAR MARINA: It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to operate a vessel at a speed in excess of
minimum wake speed in any area marked by buoys or flags
as a speed restricted area. Water ski tournaments
approved by the Sheriff under Section 38 are exempt
from this section.
DONE THIS 12th DAY OF June '19 90
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rk of the Board
Chairman
Commissioner
Constituting the Board of County Commissioners
of Grant County, Washington
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GRANT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
FELIX RAMON, SHERIFF P.O. BOX 37 PHONE: 7S4-201 1
EPHRATA, WASHINGTON
98823
October 10, 1989
File No. A2209
W4211
Prosecuting Attorneys Office
Grant County Courthouse
Ephrata, Washington 98823
Dear Sir,
OCT 1^ lggg
GRANT COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Please find enclosed information concerning the proposed new section to
Grant County Boating Ordinance 6.08.
We are submitting this for your review and codification.
Sincerely
FEL9Z�AMON
Grant County Sheriff
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Thursday. April 12, 1990 'Phe Quincy Valley Post -Register,
To THE EDITOR
Crescent Bar. has
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Letter to�the Editor•, t t:' s 1�r�' h'`
ether spring is upon us and we'are all getting geared
LLx _ p : for the nice weather. Spring "and summer are ' my
{a- favorite times of the year but ; that is slowly changing
because of living where I live.
I have lived down at Crescent Bar for the last 10 years
and each year it has gotten worse until now it has gotten to
be so chaotic and obnoxious that it makes me want to move
somewhere elsel
But why should 1. leave and why shouldn't we as
residents of Quincy start putting our foot down? We have
let all the "Seattle" people come in and use our one and on-
ly place of recreation. -
I'm not blaming all Seattle people for the mess Crescent
Bar is in, but the.ones who come. over every 'week -end are
the ones to blame. They drive their loud, hot boats or
-skidoos around themarina not abiding the "No Wake"
signs and they dump their beer. bottles or pop cans in the
water and all over the beaches. What used to be nice,
quiet, sandy beaches are now full of litter, especially
broken glass where you don't dare go barefoot anymore. .
t It is really sad to see Crescent Bar become so littered
and have people not care of the environment because they
don't live there and all it is to them is a "party place" 1
I think we as a community should have some say in what.
happens down at Crescent Bar. I realize half of the island is
private and you can't get in unless you own a lot, but the
other half is open to the public, which means us.
Why are we letting the "Seattle-ites" take control of this,,,
area? We need to lay a few rules so people will obey them'
and most of important, we need constant policing down
there. With all the drunk boat drivers and skidoos ru 9:
behind the bgat iyaak�es,I'm surpr sed ,no one has rr�vi
or is that a+¢hat,,we rek►%lt grfoe;e y�ae ;?
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I 'need -suggestions of resources•, from ani .W has:
.already tried to get something done or anydy who would .
like to help me, get things going befo other ,summer
comes .with a bunch of ,'•wild party ani who Just don't
care!
tJane $tetner
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CHIEF DEPUTY WM. WIESTER
SGT. F. HOWARD
PROPOSED NEW SECTION TO GRANT COUNTY BOATING ORDINANCE 6.08
FOR MANY -MANY YEARS, THE AREA BEHIND (EAST OF) CRESCENT BAR ON THE
WATER HAS BEEN USED BY RESIDENTS OF AND VISATORS TO THE FACILITIES ON THE
BAR (CONDO'S, GOLF COURSE, LIVING/CAMPING AREA). DURING SGT. MORLAN'S (RET.)
BOAT PATROL YEARS AND MINE SINCE HIS RETIREMENT, NOT A TRIP TO CRESCENT BAR
WITH A PATROL BOAT OCCURRED WITH OUT BEING CONTACTED BY MANY PERSONS REQUESTING
THAT WE ENFORCE THE NO WAKE SPEED LIMIT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BAR. THE CON-
CESSIONARE HAS POSTED SIGNS TO THAT EFFECT THERE HOWEVER THERE IS NO ORDINANCE
OR STATUTE TO THAT EFFECT LEAVING US WITH NOTHING.TO ENFORCE. THE PUBLIC
WAS AT ALL TIMES SO INFORMED AND WE SUGGESTED THAT THEY CONTACT THE CRESCENT
BAR MANAGERS AND REQUEST THAT THEY CONTACT THE QUINCY PORT ADMINISTRATORS AND
BRING SUCH AN ORDINANCE INTO BEING. THIS APPARENTLY WAS NEVER DONE.
WE HAVE RECENTLY RUN OUT OF HANDOUT COPIES OF THE BOATING ORDINANCE AND
A REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE TO THE GRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO RE -PRINT PAMPHLET
AS WE HAND OUT MANY DURING THE YEAR. THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO PETITION THE
COMMISSIONERS TO BRING A NO WAKE ORDINANCE AT CRESCENT BAR INTO BEING.
THE SUGGESTED NEW SECTION AS FOLLOWS:
THE SPEED LIMIT UPON THAT BODY OF WATER LAYING ON THE EAST AND NORTH SIDES
OF CRESCENT BAR SHALL BE 5 M.P.H./NO WAKE. THE BODY OF WATER EXTENDS FROM
THE SOUTHERN TIP OF CRESCENT BAR NORTHWARD ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE BAR
THEN AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BAR INCLUDING THE AREA OF THE MARINA AND
BOAT LAUNCH AND EXTENDS WESTWARD OUT UNDER THE COUNTY ROAD BRIDGE FOR
50 YARDS DIRECTLY WESTWARD TO THE MOUTH OF THE CHANNEL.
EXCEPTION: WATER SKI TOURNAMENTS APPROVED BY SHERIFF UNDER SECTION 38 ARE
EXEMPT FROM THIS SECTION.
ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION WILL CAUSE AN INCREASED BURDEN ON OUR BOAT
PATROLS HOWEVER THIS PARTICULAR AREA NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE
AND THIS SECTION WILL GIVE THE PATROLS READY ACCESS TO STOPPING A LARGE
NUMBER OF BOATS TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS SECTION
WILL INCREASE BOATING SAFETY IN THE AREA DESCRIBED.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO COMMISSIONER CHANDLER AND HE IS IN FAVOR OF THE SECTION,
ALSO H IS WORKING ON ARRANGING THE PRINTING OF THE PAMPHLET.
SGT. HOWARD.
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