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Park Classification
Posted on March 12, 2025Park Classification
An effective and well-structured classification system is essential for the proper management and maintenance of our parks, in order to cater to the diverse needs of our community. The new proposed classification system outlined in the draft PROS 2025 plan requires further study and public engagement to ensure its success. This will allow the public to fully comprehend the system and would foster a sense of ownership and stewardship. […]
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Comparison of 2025 to 2018 PROS Plan
Posted on March 12, 2025Comparison of 2025 to 2018 PROS Plan
The 2025 PROS Plan has the task to build on and make updated improvements from the previous 2018 PROS Plan. Instead the draft 2025 version is a rewritten document that doesn’t reflect back to 2018, eliminates or adds goals not presented for public discussion and doesn’t always align with the current Comprehensive Plan. As stated in the 2018 PROS Plan Preface (p.5) “The PROS Plan is intended to refresh and update”, and as stated in the Purpose section (p. 5), “is an element of the Kitsap County’s Comprehensive Plan.” The current draft PROS Plan poses concerns regarding that lack of progression and connections which are addressed specifically in other sections of this comment. […]
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PROS Plan 2025 – Overview of KEC Comments
Posted on March 12, 2025The 2025 draft PROS (Parks, Recreation, and Open Space) Plan is now available for public review. The public comment period ends in a few days—Sunday, March 16, 2025. You need to use the PROS Plan Public Comment link to submit your comments.
This is the first and only time that the Parks Department has scheduled for you to review this policy document. (It is unusual that there is only one opportunity for public review of a draft of such an important policy document.) The document includes major changes […]
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The Role of Park Stewardship Program in Heritage Parks
Posted on March 12, 2025Stewardship Roles
The park Stewardship Program has operated for decades as community-based groups of concerned citizens organized to maintain and enhance the county’s heritage parks, often acting independently addressing approved park projects. This system worked well with little expense or staff time from Parks and was recognized in the 2018 PROS Plan. Park users frequently express appreciation of steward’s efforts. Over the last four years, this system has been gutted […]
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KEC Letter to Extend Review PROS Plan 2025
Posted on March 8, 2025Dear Board of County Commissioners:
Kitsap Environmental Coalition is requesting a public comment period extension until the end of March for three major reasons.
This is the first time the public is seeing a draft of the 2025 PROS Plan.
The DRAFT released for public review on February 11 is not an update, but a full rewrite of the PROS Plan, with several radical changes from 2018 that require sufficient time for a serious review by the public and important stakeholders. The document is overdue by months, but that should not short circuit reviews of a draft that should have been done at earlier stages of development. […]