KINGSTON CITIZEN ADVISORY COUNCIL AGENDA

April 6, 2011
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
MEETING LOCATION:
North Kitsap Fire Station on Miller Bay Road

7:00 INTRODUCTORY ITEMS

Opening Comments
Introductions
Review/Approve Minutes
Correspondence
Old Business – Open Position – secretary & New Roster

7:10 GREETINGS FROM OUR NEW COMMISSIONER – Rob Gelder

7:20 SPECIAL PRESENTATION – Transportation Improvement Projects

Jim Rogers

7:40 COUNTY REPORT

8:00 KCAC SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS

Downtown Kingston Master Plan
Parks & Open Space Committee – Walt Elliott
WSF Committee – Walt Elliott

8:15 COMMUNITY REPORTS

Kingston Farmer’s Market – Clint Dudley
Schools Update – Rick Jones
Carpenter Lake/Creek – Steve Heacock
Kingston Garden Club – Mary Ann Harris
Village Green Foundation – Dave Wetter
Chamber Of Commerce – Tom Waggoner
Kiwanis – Ken Hanson
Downtown Kingston Association – Nancy Martin
Rotary – Clint Boxman
Friends of the Library – Jan Richards
Kingston Stakeholders – Dan Martin or Siri Reinbold

8:45 NEW BUSINESS

8:50 OPEN COMMENT PERIOD/GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

9:00 ADJOURN

*** Next Meeting, Wednesday, May 4, 2011 ***

TOPIC: SoundRunner Ferry
 KINGSTON CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL
Meeting Summary
April 6, 2011

Present
Naomi Maasberg, Co-Chair, Member at Large
Clint Boxman, Kingston-North Kitsap Rotary
Mary Ann Harris, Kingston Garden Club
Walt Elliott, Member at Large
Steve Heacock, Carpenter Lake/Creek
Ken Hanson, Kingston Kiwanis
Betsy Cooper, Member At Large
Nancy Martin, Downtown Business Association
Dan Martin, Kingston Stakeholders
Clint Dudley, Kingston Farmers Market
Annie Humiston, At Large, Roads Subcommittee
Rick Jones, North Kitsap School District
Kari Golden, School Parent
Jan Richards, Friends of the Kingston Library
Tom Waggoner, Kingston Chamber of Commerce

Excused
Siri Reinbold, Kingston Stakeholders
Denise Lietz, Co-Chair, Member At Large
Dave Wetter, Village Green

Not Present

Kitsap County Representatives

Rob Gelder
Rebecca Pirtle
Jim Rogers

Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m.

Introductions were made.

One item was added to the agenda: lighted signs at the Methodist Church on Shorty
Campbell Road.
Naomi noted the members will be responsible for printing out the meeting items that are
sent in advance, and that they want to have in hand. The co-chairs will print only a few
extra copies to bring to the meeting.

Minutes
MSC to approve the March minutes.

Correspondence
Naomi noted that the letter from last month’s proceedings was sent to the Port
Commissioners.
Old Business:
Open positions:
A recording secretary is still needed.
The revised roster was circulated for corrections.

Special presentations:
New North End Commissioner Rob Gelder brought his greetings and noted that he is
honored to be working for and with us. He thanked all of us for our work on the
Community Council. He looks forward to working with all of us and is open to contacts
from us.

Jim Rogers from Kitsap County Public Works presented the Priorities for County funding
for roads projects – known as the Transportation Improvement Projects List – or TIP.
April is the time to get new ideas to Public Works regarding road improvements we feel
are important. The TIP List is for a 6-year plan, and rotates forward each year. Projects
are carried over from year-to-year, but are re-evaluated each year. The projects we sent
in last year are still on the list. In 2010 there were 60 projects and 15 were selected.

Jim explained the scoring and noted the period for public suggestions and comments
regarding projects has been extended to May 15. He distributed forms and noted that
ideas can be submitted online at www.kitsapgov.com/pw/tipplan.htm.

The list from past years and the map is at www.kitsapgov.com/pw/sixyear_tip.htm.

Members are encouraged to look at the list and see if we want to add any projects this
year. We will have a chance to do that in May. It was noted that individuals can suggest
projects as well, and it does not carry any more weight to have a project endorsed by a
group such as KCAC; projects are evaluated on the basis of their own merit.

Kitsap County Report

Rebecca Pirtle reported that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a new
explosive wharf at Bangor has been released; it is 900 pages long, but can be viewed at
www.nbkeis.com/ehw. The public hearing in our area is on Tuesday, April 19, 6-9 pm, at
North Kitsap High School.

The Point No Point Lighthouse is being refurbished this summer, so there may be days
the lighthouse is closed to tourists, although the park will remain open.

The County is working diligently on funding for the “options” property acquisition for the
North Kitsap Heritage Park. This includes some funding from the proceeds of the sale of
the old city hall building in Poulsbo. They are applying for grants and are close to having
the full funding.

Washington Blvd. has been sliding away, but repairs are being made so that delivery
trucks can get to the homes. One house has been tagged as uninhabitable.

Subcommittee Reports:

Downtown Kingston Master Plan –

No Report

Parks & Open Space – Walt Elliott

Cascade Land Conservancy: They are asking for a letter of support for a grant to
purchase 200 acres of waterfront property on both sides of the road along the west side
of Gamble Bay. The sub-committee has prepared a letter of support. It was MSC that
KCAC would endorse this letter and sign on, as well. Naomi will forward the letter.

Heritage Park: Considerable trail clearing has been done. Trail signs will be going up
this month to help hikers find their way in the trails network. These signs will be similar
to those in the Hansville Greenway at Buck Lake Park. Progress continues on getting
the permits necessary for a short bridge to cross the wetlands from the parking lot to the
Blue trail.

White Horse Trail: Trail paving has been completed. Official opening may have to wait
until there is an agreement between Port Madison Enterprises and the County.

Bicycle Event: A major bicycle event is being planned for July 23 to begin and end in
Kingston’s Village Green Park. It’s a ride to Hurricane Ridge and at least two shorter
routes. http://www.echelongranfondo.org/seattle/

WSF Committee – Walt Elliott

WSF proposes to change the Kingston Saturday night schedule (copies were
distributed). This would add a 10PM Kingston and a 10:45PM Edmonds sailings. It
would also eliminate our late night sailings, after 11:05 at Kingston and 11:45 at
Edmonds. Please email wsfplanning@wsdot.wa.gov with your preference.

MSC that KCAC supports the “old” version of the schedule, which included sailings after
midnight. Naomi will convey that preference to WSF.
Boat Loading:
The WSF website has color coded tables that show you what the expected boat
loading will be for ferry sailings. Go to the Kingston Edmonds ferry schedule and click
on “Typical travel conditions”.

Legislation: Funding – Alternative ferry funding legislation proposals are for either: The
current 2 ½% per year fare hikes with some major service cuts on most routes (other
than Kingston an Edmonds) OR A 7 ½% fare hike this year and 2 ½% next year with
less system service cuts.

Surcharges: It appears that there will not be a fuel surcharge but we may likely have a
25¢ per ticket surcharge for new ferry construction.

Community Reports

Kingston Farmers Market: Clint Dudley

The 2011 Market season will open May 7.

Friends of Library: Jan Reynolds

The book sale in March was very successful; they raised $1500.

Schools: Rick Jones/Kari Golden

Rick reported they are still focused on the budget. At this point, they are anticipating
reduction in staff and larger class sizes next year.
Kari is getting contacts set up with the Kingston area schools to have regular updates
for KCAC. She reported the Gordon Elementary Auction is on April 30 at Pt. Gamble.

Carpenter Lake/Creek: Steve Heacock

The Carpenter Lake sign at the head of the trail, which was constructed with student
tiles, has been destroyed by vandals. We are exploring a replacement.

Construction Bids have been received for the Stillwaters Fish Passage (S. Kingston
Bridge). Construction is slated to start on June 27 and will take until January. He noted
that there will be 2 lanes open at all times during construction. Arness Park will remain
open, as the staging area for the contractor will be on Norman Road. Staff from Public
Works and possibly the contractor will be at the June 1 meeting of KCAC.

It was noted that the contractor’s sanicans will not be available to the public, so we will
have to have other sanicans for Arness Park.

The Community Party for Groundbreaking is scheduled for Thursday, June 23 at 4 pm.

Garden Club: Mary Ann Harris

The plant sale is scheduled for April 30, 9 am – 2 pm, at the Community Center. Mary
Ann brought the quilt to raffle, which is gorgeous, and sold tickets for $1 each.

Village Green: Dave Wetter

Nick Jewett was present to report for Dave.
We poured some sparkling cider to toast the accomplishment of the Village Green
getting into the capital budgets of both the House and the Senate in Olympia for the
amount of $1.029 million. Nick stressed that this is capital money and it is not taking
money away from the general funds, such as schools and health care, nor the
transportation funds budget. All of our representatives are very supportive.

Pre-construction architectural and engineering work has begun at the site. A public
meeting to review the most recent version of the master site plan will be held
Wednesday, April 27 at 6:30 pm at the Fire Station.

Chamber of Commerce: Tom Waggoner

Membership continues to grow.

Kiwanis: Ken Hanson

The Kiwanis are raffling off the red Mustang. Tickets are $5. The Annual Toy Drive has
just begun. Judy Osborne is the contact.

The Boys & Girls Club is considering an additional summer program and they will be
supporting that.

They are considering holding one evening meeting each month.

Downtown Kingston Association: Nancy Martin

Kites over Kingston is planned at the Mike Wallace Park on April 9, from 11 – 3pm. The
sponsor is the Kingston office of Windermere. Kites will be available if you do not have
one.

Concerts on the Cove – They are raising the funds now for the scheduled 8 free
summer concerts, from July 9 through August 27, at 7 pm at the Marina.

Rotary: Clint Boxman

Rotary is paying for trail sign posts at Heritage Park, which will be installed on April 9.

The golf tournament is on June 24th and 4-somes of golfers and business sponsors are
needed. Get information at www.knkrotarygolf.com.

Two $1000 scholarships will be available to Kingston High School students. Applications
will be taken starting in May.

Stakeholders: Dan Martin

Dan described the very interesting speaker at one of their recent meetings, Karen
Schmidt. She spoke about how the state got into the ferry business. She also explained
the importance of Seattle and Tacoma Ports to distribution throughout the U.S. The
Panama Canal expansion is having a huge economic impact on our area.

New Business

Annie brought a concern from residents around the Methodist church on Shorty
Campbell Road. The lighted sign and cross at the church appear to be very bright for a
residential area. The neighbors are thinking that the sign and cross might be brighter
than they should have been allowed to be by permit. It was pointed out that they can
contact the County Code Compliance staff through 337-5777 to have that checked. It
was also suggested that they should just talk to the church about it to see if the sign
and/or cross could be turned off at night.

General Announcements & Comments

Naomi noted the flyers on the tables for EcoFest on April 30th at Stillwaters, and for
other events at Stillwaters.

Walt asked the County staff to keep the Parks committee abreast of issues related to
the furnace and electrical system at the Community Center, which has been a problem
lately.

It was noted that SoundRunner will be our speakers next month and it was suggested
that we ask the Port to attend if they would like to. That seemed to be agreeable to
everyone.

Next meeting: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 –

Program: SoundRunner Update

The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 pm.

Meeting Notes taken by Betsy Cooper & Naomi Maasberg.

 Ferries, Parks and Trails 3/2/11
Parks and Trails
Comments are for our 2/7 meeting; our March meeting is 3/7.
Heritage Park Stewardship committee will hold work days from 9-12 every second Saturday. Normally
everyone will meet at the Miller Bay Rd entrance. The HP Stewardship committee requests that if people
want to establish new trails, they should route the ideas through our Parks, Trails, and Open Space
committee. Plans are underway for signposts with plastic signage marking trails and distances between
posts. We are helping with an informal survey of park usage.
North Kitsap Trails Association continues work on a trails plan that will include a map showing connections
between routes.
The Trail Mix column for the Community News is generating interest in local trails.

Ferries
Reminder: Boats from Clinton will be coming to Edmonds instead of Mukilteo Friday through Sunday on
March 18-20, 25-27 and April 1-3. There will be separate traffic and holding lanes for the Clinton traffic. In
Edmonds, expect more back-up on SR 104 and confusion but the normal boat waits.

Speak to Legislators: Sen. Rockefeller, Rep. Appleton and Rep. Rolfes will be hosting a town meeting on
Saturday March 12th POULSBO LIBRARY 1:30-3PM. This is held once during the legislative session and is
an opportunity for you to ask questions and make comments about legislation. From the Ferry perspective
our concerns are:
• The Governor’s proposal for a system-wide cutback of service, taking a boat off-line and
raising fares 10% this year. This will affect tens of thousands of riders.

• We totally oppose the budget’s proposal for an up 20% surcharge to cover deficits in ferry fuel
budget. With a 115% farebox recovery rate Kingston-Edmonds has no “deficit”. As there has also been no
public transparency or participation in this surcharge scheme we think that is will be a bad one for riders.

• While we support the 25¢ per ticket charge to build two 144-car ferries that is based on the
Legislature finding the rest of the funding to build them this decade.

Legislation that’s still in play:

Labor Reforms: SB 5405 and 5408: HB 1511 and 1515Addresses cost issues identified by several studies of
WSF and also the Waste in the Water” series. Puts collective bargaining under the state’s Public
Employment Relations Commission
Management Reforms: SB 5406 and HB 1515. Sets performance targets for WSF management which if not
achieved will lead to management outsourcing in 2013.
Ferry Construction funding : SB 5742: Puts a 25¢ per ticket surcharge to build two 144-car ferries this
decade (covers about 15% of cost). Starting 2013 eliminates the sales tax WSF pays on fuel
HB 1352 & SB 5698: (may be dead) Eliminates the Oregon resident exemption from Washington sales tax
except in the border counties. 80% of revenue goes to ferries.
Ferry Appropriations : HB 1175 and SB 5176: Still a rough draft the action will heat up after financial
projections in mid March. Here’s where fares, service cuts, surcharges etc. will be decided