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Capital Improvement Plan
Posted on March 12, 2025Capital Improvement Plan
The foundation for the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) is framed around four themes —(a) Conservation and Landscape Resiliency; (b) Connectivity and Trail Development; (c) Access and Safety; and (d) Recreation Facilities and Amenities. However, the prioritization among these themes is not clear nor are the priorities among the long list of possible CIP projects. […]
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PROS Plan Vision
Posted on March 12, 2025PROS Plan Vision
The vision expressed in the Draft PROS Plan is not appropriately connected to the Vision expressed in the 2024 Kitsap County Comprehensive Plan and the public survey data.
Pages 101 and following has the county’s 2024 Comp Plan Vision, however, it is mixed with the vision of the Parks Department staff in a confusing way. Information in these pages gives the impression that the vision for the PROS Plan is being limited by the vision of the Parks Department staff. The vision in the 2024 Comp Plan and responses of the public in Parks data gathering for the PROS Plan development is more appropriate to primarily guide the PROS Plan vision. […]
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Relationship to Existing County Policy Documents
Posted on March 12, 2025Relationship to Existing County Policy Documents
Relationship to Existing Plans: The draft PROS Plan inadequately draws on important existing documents such as the 2024 Comprehensive Plan and the 2018 PROS Plan.
On 2/27 Carmen Smith, Parks planner provided Appendix G and H that were missing from the PROS Plan draft document. Appendix G, Review of Previous Plans, is the one referred to on p. 18 of the plan. Page 18 says “In Appendix X[G], the relevant goals and policies from each of these plans have been recoded and analyzed. […]
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Parks Department Staff Roles
Posted on March 12, 2025Parks Department Staff Roles
The role of the Parks Department staff seemed inappropriately elevated over the public’s involvement and the proper governance structure of the County.
For example:
Table 3-1 (p. 50) lists the Governance groups. It lists Board of County Commissioners and Parks Department Staff as the governance units. The Parks Advisory Board is not included. […]
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Parks Advisory Board
Posted on March 12, 2025Parks Advisory Board
The Parks Advisory Board (PAB) seems to be sidelined throughout the Draft PROS Plan. The PAB needs to be properly included in the development of the PROS Plan and its role presented in the Plan.
The PAB, established through Kitsap County Code (Chapter 10.12), is an important body in the operations and governance of the Parks and Recreation Department. The Parks website says that the PAB “functions as an interface between the community and the county. […]