M I N U T E S KITSAP COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS April 24, 2000 The Board of Commissioners met on the above-stated date. Present were Chair Tim Botkin, Commissioner Chris Endresen, Commissioner Charlotte Garrido, County Administrator Malcolm Fleming, Clerk of the Board, Holly Anderson and Deputy Clerk of the Board, Opal Robertson. ITEMS SET FOR TIME CERTAIN: 10:00) Meeting Called to Order with Pledge of Allegiance. 10:00) A Presentation of Employee Service Awards. Congratulations and Certificates of Appreciation were presented to the following employees for their years of dedicated service: Dolores Gilmore, Auditor's Office; Dayle Crane, District Court; Athena Abad and Linda Malcolm; Prosecutor's Office; Molly Foster, Lori Allen, Kim Bjorkquist, Alan Rue, Nancy Brotzel and Judy Dicksion, Public Works Department. 10:00) B Public hearing to consider a Supplemental Appropriation increasing the budget of the General Fund by $119,825 in order to appropriate both the revenues and expenditures associated with carryover of a grant from the State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED). Discussion was held, comments called for and hearing no objections a motion was made by Commissioner Endresen and seconded by Commissioner Garrido that the Board approve and the supplemental in the amount of $119,825; further that an Order be executed to stipulating. Motion carried unanimously. 5:30) Public hearing at the City of Bremerton City Council Chambers, 239 4th Street, Bremerton, WA as a joint Kitsap County Commissioners/City of Bremerton Council public hearing to consider the Planning Commission's recommendation on the Sub-Area Plan for the Port Blakely Joint Planning Area and proposed amendments to both the Kitsap County Comprehensive Plan and the Kitsap County Zoning Ordinance necessary to implement the provision of the plan. Carol Arends, Chair of the Bremerton City Council, opened the City Council meeting with introductions of the Bremerton City Council and Kitsap County Board members. Tim Botkin, Chair, opened the Board of County Commissioners public hearing. Those in attendance were County Commissioner Chair Tim Botkins, Commissioner Charlotte Garrido, Commissioner Chris Endresen, City Council Chair Carol Arends, Council Member Jim Reed, Council Member David Farr, Council Member Ed Rollman, Council Member Conrad Esser, Council Member Cecil McConnell, County Administrator, Malcolm Fleming, Clerk of the Board, Holly Anderson and Deputy Clerk of the Board, Opal Robertson. Chair Botkin said that the County and City were convening this joint public hearing for review of the Port Blakely draft sub-area plan and hoped that there would be more meetings of this type as the two entities discover the commonalities of working together cooperatively. Richard Sepler, Kitsap County Consultant, said that due to comments received at previous Planning Commission public hearings and discussions with the State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development asked that this hearing be continued until June. He said that the request for continuation was with full support of the proponent. Sepler gave an overview of the proposed project stating that government entities would be considering the Port Blakely Sub-Area Plan as well reviewing and potentially approving Port Blakely's plan at some future date. Relative to the current status of the subject property, Sepler said that it was located within the unincorporated areas of Kitsap County and that the planning process addressed the transition from the unincorporated areas outside of the urban growth area into potentially the Bremerton urban growth area. If this transpires, he said that the City of Bremerton would subsequently annex the area, develop and approve master plan documents and agreements that would govern uses on the proposed site. Continuing on, Sepler said that the joint approval process used for this project focused on two joint hearings by both City and County Planning Commissions. He said that both of the Planning Commissions had received testimony, commented on the plan, made revisions as necessary followed by recommendations to adopt the plan submitted to both the City and County. He said that the public meeting tonight was an opportunity to seek comments from community members regarding the plan and any efforts to help perfect the plan prior to review and action. Sepler further said that when adoption occurred, it would be by separate vote of each government entity. He said the driving element contained in the sub-area plan was jobs and that a predominant effort had been put into this project in order to insure that that occurred which would create economic opportunities for the City and the County. He also said that an approach had been developed in cooperation between the City, County and the proponent that was for mixed use which incorporated many of the new research ideas as well as potential tenants developed for the smart growth concept. He said that the proposed project would contain up to 2,250,000 square feet of industrial and business park uses, homes for approximately 3,000 people, using the current City of Bremerton population allocation as a means for accommodating that residential expansion, commercial and service uses would be sized to meet the needs of residents and workers and open space and trails that would integrate all of the uses together. He believed that mixed uses was appropriate because it would be unique in the region and have synergy of both community and strategies that would result in a blend of uses that would be more effective in persuading potential employers to locate at the site. He said that adding a housing proponent provided unique advantages of trip reduction and blending. Sepler said that some of the "red flags" included environment, impacts to the salmon, water quality of Kitsap Lake, access to the site, traffic, quality jobs, residential housing, ensuring a quality community, assuring that the project lived up to its billing and project completion. He said that there was a need for a capital facilities plan to address water, sewer and how wastewater would be accommodated. He also said that the roads would require a partnership and a blend of funding via a cooperative approach via a three-party agreement between the County, the City and the proponent. He believed that the plan was thoughtfully developed and reminded the County Board and City Council that this was just the first step in the process. John Adams, Port Blakely Communities, said that the sub-area plan had evolved significantly since its beginning in May of 1998. He said that changes primarily related to the environmental issues, transportation and the mixed-use concept. Relative to the potential impacts on the salmon, the lake and the environment, Adams said that the task force which included the Suquamish Tribe and a University of WA Fisheries consultant, suggested that the project would be better if the boundaries were moved in order to avoid impacts to Dickerson Creek. He said that the boundaries were adjusted as a result of that discussion and that they had agreed that an environmental impact statement would need to be done for the project once the sub-area plan project was included. Adams also said that they had learned more about the "Build a Better Kitsap Program" and agreed to participate in that program. He believed that in looking for a business location, employers were looking for more than just a land use designation of one use on the site. He said that they were looking for a site where their employees could live, walk, use trails, enjoy recreational features and be located in close proximity to their jobs. Adams said that they were also concerned about services such as child-care, coffee shops, etc, as well as transportation. He encouraged public participation on this project. Ken Olsen, Planner for Port Blakely gave a slide presentation and said that the site was approximately 400 acres located just west of the City of Bremerton. He believed that employers wanted to locate in communities that had a high quality of life and that they were interested in participating to keep that quality of life within the kinds of development that they created. Olsen said that these types of communities were being created in other areas and were being linked together with public open space and trail systems. He also said that they had looked at the site thoroughly and would continue to do so in subsequent planning phases as they moved forward from this point. Olsen said that Port Blakely had identified the boundary for the project, identified other natural and environmentally sensitive systems that were on the site and had incorporated them into the planning of this project. He believed that it took commitment for these types of projects in that they took a lot of time, energy and money. He said that Port Blakely was willing to commit to creating economic opportunities and jobs in support of the concern expressed in the Kitsap County and the City of Bremerton economic development goals and were included in their comprehensive plans. He said that Port Blakely would be introducing employment centers into the landscape in a very sensitive way, would pay attention to the range of employment types, would provide a small amount of light manufacturing space and would commit to developing an environmentally sensitive project consistent with Kitsap County's quality of life and would participate in the "Build a Better Kitsap Program." Olsen further said that Port Blakely had the experience and the understanding to work with the land and with the builders to insure that the concerns for the environment were a consistent thread throughout the development. He said that Port Blakely would also commit to getting the most advanced communications technology installed on site that included fiber optics and cable. Olsen said that the opportunity existed in the Bremerton/Kitsap County area to legally achieve a new form of economic location in the Puget Sound and that it was appropriate at this time to move the project forward in order to get to the next level. Finally, he encouraged anyone interested to visit existing Port Blakely developments in Dupont and Issaquah. Commissioner Garrido questioned whether the new ideas relative to "Build a Better Kitsap" would be included in an addendum or would a list be made available. Andy Kendig, Associated Earth Sciences, said that relative to the aquatic habitat, there were no fish bearing waters immediately on the site and that there were two ways in which the site was working quite well. Relative to Dickerson Creek and from a technical perspective, the site wasn't just re-arranged and pulled back from creek to gain distance but also that fish could not come up the creek past the Poulsbo area that was downstream from the project. When measuring the water quality of the creek and based on its origins, he noted it to be very pristine, very nice water. He said that the boundary cooperated fairly well with the groundwater divide in the area. Kendig further said that two-thirds of the site was mainly shallow bedrock, that the northern one-third of the site had high infiltration potential and that the northeastern tip of the site had excellent infiltration potential. Relative to Kitsap Lake, Kendig said that there were some mixed-shape growth problems particularly around the southern end and that Port Blakely was not interested in exacerbating those problems or exacerbating the water level fluctuation problem in the lake. He said that relative to residential and commercial, there seemed to be an excellent potential for infiltration and in both categories, Port Blakely would get as much mileage as possible and to the extent that infiltration could be done, Port Blakely would ameliorate any problems that might arise. He said that a more favorable routing for the project was after treatment and after detention of water to Kitsap Lake and prior to getting into Kitsap Lake or Chico Creek. Wayne Streutker was concerned about the eleven possible accesses/egresses proposed for the site. He was also concerned about the traffic from Camp McKean, parking and traffic on Kitsap Lake road. He submitted written testimony together with photographs for illustration purposes. John Freeburg was concerned about urban sprawl, urban decay and impacts on the salmon. He believed that the sub-area plan was incompatible with the goals of the Growth Management Act. He also suggested that the Board should institute some type of method in which individuals could express themselves on complicated issues such as sub-area plans, comprehensive plan issues and growth management issues other than a 3-5 minute speaking slot at a public meeting before Board. Terry Ryon was concerned about how this project would affect the Kitsap Lake neighborhood and about the traffic that would be generated. Warren Olson polled the audience to see who supported land for jobs and believed that the need for this type of project in Kitsap County was critical. He felt that it was time to move forward and meet the need for jobs in Kitsap County. Larry Johnson believed that Port Blakely had a stellar reputation and was glad that they were interested in Kitsap County. He believed that this type of development would help defer property taxes because Port Blakely carried the burden for taxes as far as their property taxes went. He supported the project. Richard Brown addressed the Board and Council with concerns about the population allocation for Bremerton and believed that it needed diversity in order to get a better tax base. He supported this project. Art Castle said that in 1995, the Homebuilders Association in cooperation with Kitsap County entered into an agreement developed in 1996 and launched in 1997 which was an environmentally friendly building program known as "Build a Better Kitsap Program." He said that Port Blakely was a strong environmental partner in using best management practices and environmentally friendly techniques. Carlos Montgomery was concerned about an industrial area for the City of Bremerton and said that this project was a step in that process. He supported the project. Dick Brandenburg, Port of Bremerton, endorsed Port Blakely and all of the work that they had done in the past. He said that it was an outstanding development organization. Tom Donnelly was concerned about jobs, wages and salaries provided by this project and the impact on schools. Jeff Post addressed the Board and Council with concerns about the drainage plans for the project and about the quality and level of Kitsap Lake. He believed that the development was needed and would be beneficial to the County. Post believed that written citizens comments should be considered by the governmental entities when discussing the plan. He further said that the map attached to the proposed ordinance that was mailed out had incorrect zoning designation. Vivian Henderson addressed the Board and Council with concerns about a need for housing and said that she supported the project. Bob Murphy said that as a small business owner he supported the project. Matt Ryan was concerned about sufficient rights-of-way in the area and said that he supported the project. Doug Quinlan was concerned about continued hiking in the Port Blakely area but heard that the open space proposed could address this issue. The following individuals had signed in as being present but declined to speak on the proposed project: Verna Rae Oraker, Adria Lugo, Betty Hjalseth, Bob Lingenbrink, Pete McMartin, Jessica Kennedy, Irujord Bruser, Diana T. Bailey, Brent Mardden, Anna Chollar and Jack Stanfill. Bruce Freeland, Department of Community Development, summarized the following points that should be addressed relative to this proposal: 1) an alternative south access; 2) documentation about the commitment to "Build A Better Kitsap Program"; 3) school impacts; 4) additional documentation of community services; 5) deadline for receiving written citizens comments; 6) whether the project would impact the lake level; and 7) correction of the ordinance map attachment. Jim Reed, Council Member, said that relative to the lake level issue, the last two years the City of Bremerton has been working with the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife to deal with control of the lake level. He encouraged the audience to visit the Dupont site and said that it was very well done and did not believe that anyone would object to the site abutting their neighborhood. Council Member Reed said that relative to the access road, in the draft, Option No.11 could have some negative impacts on the neighborhood and that the southern access should be reviewed. Commissioner Endresen agreed that concerns brought forward by citizens needed to be addressed clearly so that they would know that their concerns had been heard and asked staff to itemize those concerns. She was also concerned about how the 675 home threshold was determined, how the 2400 trips per hour in the evening peak was determined as a threshold for the second access and she requested a reference on what current roadway in Kitsap County carried 3000 peak evening trips. Discussion was held between the Board, Council and staff regarding receiving new, written comments, a possible public format to discuss road accesses and variations and continuation of the public hearing to June 5th. Chair Botkin said that any additional comments should be submitted in writing to either the County or City staff by the end of business day, Monday, May 1, 2000. David Farr, Council Member, said that on review of the Planning Commission's recommendations, he noted that many of the items presented tonight were the same concerns that were raised before the Joint Planning Commissions and that none of them appeared to be new. He said that on reviewing the six items that were summarized on the list, there seemed to be only two that were of significance that had not received an answer. He believed that at the continuation hearing, the Board and Council could begin the meeting with the answers to the concerns that were raised tonight. A motion was made by Chair Botkin and seconded by Commissioner Endresen that the Board continue this public hearing to June 5, 2000 at the hour 5:30 PM at the City of Bremerton Council Chambers. Motion carried unanimously. A motion was made by Chair Arends and seconded by Council Member Farr that the Council continue this public hearing to June 5, 2000 at the hour 5:30 PM at the City of Bremerton Council Chambers. Motion carried unanimously. OTHER BUSINESS AND CONSENT ITEMS: 1) MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: A motion was made by Commissioner Garrido and seconded by Commissioner Endresen that the Board: A. Approve Minutes of April 17, 2000. B. Approve Warrant Nos. 2856399 through 2857886 including manual warrant no. 2856396 in the amount of $3,030.077.93 C. Set date of public hearing for May 15, 2000 at the hour of 10:00 AM to consider an application filed by Annapolis Water District for a franchise for a period of twenty- five (25) years, to construct, operate and maintain water pipelines for a water system, in under, along and over the public roads and highways in Kitsap County, Washington. Motion carried unanimously. 2) PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT/PLATS : A. A motion was made by Commissioner Garrido and seconded by Commissioner Endresen that the Board approve the final plat approval for Illahee North, Division, II. Motion carried unanimously. B. A motion was made by Commissioner Garrido and seconded by Commissioner Endresen that the Board adopt Resolution No. 075- 2000* thereby approving the Final Planned Unit Development for Illahee North, Division, II. Motion carried unanimously. 3) PERSONNEL & HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT: A. A motion was made by Commissioner Garrido and seconded by Commissioner Endresen that the Board approve and execute the Lease agreement between Kitsap County and Olympic College (KC-170-00) in the amount of $187,843.44 for office space at the Career Development Center in Bremerton for the period of March 1, 2000 through December 31, 2004. Motion carried unanimously. 4) PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE: A. Discussion was held, comments called for and hearing no objection, a motion was made by Commissioner Garrido and seconded by Commissioner Endresen that the Board approve and execute the contract amendment between Kitsap County and The City of Port Orchard (KC-175-00) in the amount of $50,435 per year to provide legal services for prosecution of municipal criminal complaints and civil infractions other related services. Motion carried unanimously. 5) DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS: A. A motion was made by Commissioner Garrido and seconded by Commissioner Endresen that the Board approve and execute the contract amendment between Kitsap County and Washington State Department of Transportation (KC-469- 98B) increasing the contract amount by $493,789 for a new total of $1,532,809 for consultant services for the Lindvog Road Extension; for Chair's signature. Motion carried unanimously. B. A motion was made by Commissioner Garrido and seconded by Commissioner Endresen that the Board approve and execute the contract amendment between Kitsap County and Entranco, Inc (KC-236-98B) increasing the contract amount by $15,041.50 for a new total of $90,000 for additional engineering services on two projects located in the Hansville area. Motion carried unanimously. C. A motion was made by Commissioner Garrido and seconded by Commissioner Endresen that the Board approve and execute the contract amendment between Kitsap County and Stan Palmer Construction (KC-543-99A) increasing the contract amount by $84,657.84 for a new contract total of $2,838,347.80 for the construction of Pump Station No. 24. Motion carried unanimously. 6) DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES: A. Discussion was held, comments called for and hearing no objection, a motion was made by Commissioner Endresen and seconded by Commissioner Garrido that the Board approve and execute the contract between Kitsap County and KMD Architects (KC-510-99) in the amount of $1,380,262 for architectural services for the adult correctional facility expansion project. Motion carried unanimously. B. A motion was made by Commissioner Endresen and seconded by Commissioner Garrido that the Board approve and execute the contract between Kitsap County and Drake Construction (KC-011-00) in the amount of $707,764 plus Reimbursables for project management services for the Jail Expansion Project. Motion carried unanimously. 7) OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: (Please limit comments to 3 - 5 minutes) 8) COMMISSIONERS/ELECTED OFFICIALS/DEPARTMENT HEADS: A. Discussion was held, comments called for and hearing no objection, a motion was made by Chair Botkin and seconded by Commissioner Garrido that the Board adopt Resolution No. 076-2000* thereby recommending that Kitsap County support the efforts of the Central Kitsap Community Council to develop projects and support organizations in the community that enhance a sense of community for the citizens of Central Kitsap County and to specifically support the Silverdale Chamber of Commerce in its efforts to sponsor a "Summer Splendor" Garden Tour of Central Kitsap County. Motion carried unanimously. B. Budget Presentation by the Assessor's Office (CONTINUED TO MAY 15, 2000). C. Recess to an executive session on Monday, April 24, 2000 at the hour of 10:30 AM to discuss litigation matters. The executive session began at 10:30 AM and ended at 10:40 AM. D. Recess to an executive session on Monday, April 24, 2000 at the hour of 2:00 PM to discuss personnel issues. Public meeting adjourned. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS KITSAP COUNTY WASHINGTON TIM BOTKIN, CHAIR CHRIS ENDRESEN, COMMISSIONER CHARLOTTE GARRIDO, COMMISSIONER ATTEST: HOLLY ANDERSON DATE APPROVED CLERK OF THE BOARD * See Resolution Journal Volume No. 53 ** See Ordinance Journal Volume No. 8 SPECIAL MEETINGS ATTENDED BY THE BOARD: 04/24/00 12:00 PM Lunch-State Historic Preservation Officer-Bainbridge Is 04/24/00 10:30 AM Executive Session-BCC Conf Room 04/24/00 2:00 PM Executive Session-BCC Conf Room 04/25/00 11:00 AM Women of Achievement Lunch-Olympic Lodge 04/26/00 9:00 AM Work Study Session- Public Works Bldg. 3rd Floor 04/27/00 8:00 AM "Take Your Daughter To Work Day" 04/29/00 3:00 PM Blakely Harbor Park Dedication-Bainbridge Is THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL BE HELD ON MAY 1, 2000. NOTE: KITSAP COUNTY DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY. INDIVIDUALS WHO REQUIRE ACCOMMODATIONS SHOULD CONTACT THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE AT (360) 337-4428 OR TDD (360) 337-7275 OR 1-800-816- 2782. (PLEASE PROVIDE TWO WEEKS NOTICE FOR INTERPRETER SERVICES). UPCOMING TIMED AGENDA ITEMS: (PLEASE NOTE: These dates and times are tentative and subject to change) MAY 1, 2000: MAY 8, 2000: MAY 15, 2000: 10:00) Public hearing to consider an application filed by Annapolis Water District for a franchise for a period of twenty-five (25) years, to construct, operate and maintain water pipelines for a water system, in under, along and over the public roads and highways in Kitsap County, Washington. MAY 22, 2000: 10:00) "Car Seat" presentation by Sheriff Steve Boyer. KITSAP COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MINUTES, APRIL 24, 2000 Page 101 Page 91