WSR 97-13-010

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS

INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE

FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION

[Memorandum--June 5, 1997]

The Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation (IAC) will meet Thursday and Friday, July 17-18, 1997, in Yakima. A tour of IAC-assisted sites is scheduled for Thursday morning followed by a workshop at 2:30 p.m. in the Youth Barn at the Yakima County Youth Activities Park. The meeting will continue on Friday, July 18th in the Gardenview Room at the Yakima Area Arboretum and Botanical Garden beginning at 8:30 a.m.

The workshop will focus on architecture and engineering fees and administrative costs reimbursement rules. Regular agenda items include a proposed WAC rule making pertaining to IAC-assisted projects, distribution of funds in the Washington wildlife and recreation and the state boating facilities programs and an update of the 1997 process for the national recreational trails program. Additional discussion items include the 1997 legislation creating a new watershed grant program and a public lands study, and legislative, election, and budget updates.

If you plan to participate or have materials for committee review, please submit information to IAC no later than June 26, 1997. This will allow for distribution to committee members in a timely fashion.