PEAK PUTTERS

Request for Feedback

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The Discovery Pass is heading for a bit of rework.. Can't solve all the issues at once but would love feedback on some options that will be proposed and how they could impact us.

Transferability is by far the number one concern with many folks.

1)Current proposal on the table is to have 1st pass be $30.00, 2nd pass be $15.00 so an incremental approach.

2)Another idea was to have first pass be $30.00 and option to buy a super pass for additional 30.00 with unlimited transferability.

3)Have one pass, with additional space for multi vehicles, up to 2 vehicles.

Volunteer hours was also a huge topic but one that we ran out of time to discuss but feedback is being asked by the user groups to provide options on how to manage.

My 2 cents: I see a program that will evolve much like our “We Did itâ€

I like the idea of two cars per discover Pass, and the biggest !! Issue I have with the discover Pass, is that only 2.50 of each discover pass sold actually goes to the DNR , and the vast majority of the remainder goes the same place that the Nova money did

Found this on WTA site. Yup, I find the Eco sites quite handy

Discover Pass Bill Passes House
Posted by Lauren Braden at Feb 28, 2012 01:15 PM

The Discover Pass bill that would allow for transferability between two vehicles, HB 2372, has passed the state House of Representatives.

Good news - we just received word from the halls of Olympia that engrossed substitute House Bill 2373 has passed the House, 54-44.

The next step for HB 2373? It'll now move on to the Senate, where it may be heard in policy and fiscal committees but more likely will form the vehicle for a House/Senate compromise. A similar, but less detailed bill, passed the state Senate on January 27.

Here's what's in the bill:
Adds two-vehicle transferability.
Creates an up to $50 Family Discover Pass that is transferable among any vehicles registered in a household between any vehicle.
Does not allow WDFW to charge vendor fees when people buy a Discover Pass from the WILD site.
Exempts possessor of a daily Sno-Park permit from requiring a Discover Pass or Day-use permit at designated Sno-Parks.
Allows Discover Pass purchaser to designate a start date, making the Pass giftable.
Allows for Iron Rangers (unstaffed pay stations) on State Parks.
Requires free access days at State Parks and suggests they be timed with National Park Service free days.
Codifies that the DNR, the WDFW, and State Parks must designate free 15-minute short-term parking.
Adds to the types of vehicles for which the owners are given the opportunity to donate to state parks upon vehicle registration (heavy trucks, single-axle trailers, RVs and ORVs).
Creates a $10 state parks support fee on recreational vehicle registrations until July 1, 2015, to be used to pay for State Parks sites that serve ORV users.
Allows tsunami cleanup to count as volunteer hours towards a free Discover Pass.
Requires the agencies to develop proposals for finding consistent state recreational policies where inconsistencies exist and to report findings to the Legislature. Refers to inconsistent management of Discover Pass and Volunteer component.
We're hearing that two amendments also made it into the version that passed.
These would:

Provide a free Discover Pass to Disabled Veterans who have a lifetime veteran's disability pass from the state parks and
recreation commission.
Requite that hotel-motel tax revenue from State Park lodging go to State Parks.

I wonder if the lack of funds that go to DNR causes a lack of enforcement on their part.

Just a thought, but since sales are so low, you'd think that they couldn't even hardly pay for all of the signs that they had to put up.