• Planning Commission Hearing 3.5 – Voice Your Comments

    Don’t miss this important opportunity to make your public comment about the Comprehensive Plan. The County Planning Commission makes recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners about the Comprehensive Plan. The Planning Commission has a public hearing scheduled on Tuesday March 5th at 5:30pm. […]

  • Comment to Planners: Better Transportation Planning

    Reclassifying rural property that encourages sprawl instead of focusing on growth in Urban Growth Areas will prevent Kitsap County from successfully enacting Comprehensive Plan policies and strategies for transportation and the new climate goals. Urban Growth Areas provide opportunities for multimodal transportation, focusing on routes that move people efficiently through centralized areas.

  • Comment to Planners: Tree Retention & Farm Support

    I support Comp Plan Alternative 2 with focused growth in Urban Growth Areas. Plus, I encourage the adoption of tree retention. We need to build the health of rural and open spaces in Kitsap through the adoption of Net Ecological Gain and support our local farms, especially our small farmers who are struggling.

  • Comment to Planners: Raydient Rezone

    Over the almost 40 years of living in Kitsap, I’ve seen the damaging result of poorly planned growth and suburban sprawl; it has been sad, frustrating, and disappointing. I want to call your attention to a specific rezone request in the Comprehensive Plan – the 400 acres requested by Jon Rose for Raydient Corporation.

  • Comment to Planners: Riparian Management Zones

    In contrast to current stream buffers in the prior CAO, Best Available Science calls for a broader perspective on what riparian management zones can do to protect streams, the salmon that rely upon them, and other wildlife that use these corridors. Site Potential Tree Height protects the natural environment we rely upon.