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Alright. We're gonna call this meeting to order, and we're gonna start with the pledge of allegiance. So if you can all stand, face the flag. I pledge allegiance

to the flag of The United States Of America

I love that part.

Item 2A, resolution appointing Fred Borgman to the Veterans Advisory Board to complete a three year term ending 12/31/2028.

Mister chair, I move approval of the resolution appointing Fred Borgman to their Veterans Advisory Board to complete a three year term ending 12/31/2028.

Alright. Do I have we have a motion and a second. Any discussion?

Yes. The mission of the Veterans Advisory Board is to advise the board of county commissioners on the needs of local indigent veterans, resources available to local indigent veterans, and programs that benefit the needs of local veterans and their families. And they do so much more than advising us. They're very active in the community. And I think there's even a stand down coming up in the next week. It was Saturday. It was Saturday. I was out of town. So thank you. Did you guys go?

I went.

Yeah. Very nicely organized, essentially a resource day for veterans to learn more about what resources are available in the community that the Veterans Advisory Board organizes. So Fred Borgman is before us today for appointment. He's a long time veteran himself. He had a thirty four year military career and retired as a navy commander, former enlisted member.

He stayed highly engaged with numerous veterans groups and even spent twenty years as the office manager for the National Organization of the United States Submarine Veterans Inc. He's also an active member of the Fleet Reserve Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, and Military Officers Association of America. His other community interests include serving on his church's finance board and as their financial auditor. So he brings amazing strengths to this group and is a we're fortunate that he has volunteered to step into this position.

Great. Great. Mr. Borgman, are you

here by chance? Mr. Cochran, are you here?

Steve, would you like to say anything?

Good morning, commissioners and everybody else. My name is Steve Corcoran. I am the county representative for the Veterans Advisory Board. I've known mister Borgman since 2004 as a fellow submariner. He's very active. And as I have openings on this board, I go to the various veteran service organizations, and I advertise we need openings. And the last two appointees were submariners. So Fred is very knowledgeable. I look forward to working with him. He's gonna bring much to this board, and I appreciate your support.

And on that Cava stand on this weekend, we had approximately 115 registered veterans that we provided services to and their family members.

Incredible. And thank you. And that's due to your leadership and your team's leadership, making sure that all that all that information gets out to the public. So and I think we've increased over last year. I know we talked about getting some numbers on that, but if we're reaching one, it's worth it. So nice job.

Thank you, commissioners. Okay.

Okay. Well, we have a motion and a second. All those in favor say aye.

Aye. All

those opposed? Motion carries. Welcome aboard, mister mister, Borgman. Your experience is going to be, needed and accepted with joy. Okay.

Item three a resolution designating May 2026 as Kitsap County Building Safety Month.

I'm happy to make that motion. I move to designate May 2026 as Kitsap County Building Safety Month. Second.

Okay. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Looks like we have mister Lyman here. How you doing, sir?

I'm great.

Thank you. Good to see you. You. Okay.

I'm here today to share the resolution with

you. Perfect.

And now it's on. Right?

Yep. Okay.

Now we can hear you.

It's the red light that always gets me, but not that I don't like red, but it's a red light.

Being the fire marshal and all.

Yes. So today, thank you very much. My name is David Lyonham. I get to be the County Fire Marshal and Building Official, and I want to thank the Board for designating May to be Building Safety Month. We have a number of activities that we do every year in May. This is an effort that's part of a nationwide effort that is supported by a nonprofit organization of the International Code Council. The International Code Council drafts and promulgates the codes that are adopted across 49 states and some of the nation's

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you have before you, and there's one error that I need to bring your attention. This resolution is is pretty lengthy. It comes to us from the ICC. And the first whereas for you is printed twice. So I'll get that removed to make sure that you have the correct copy before you.

We have some activities in support of this. We're going to be at the Home and Garden or the Peninsula Home and Remodel Expo this weekend. We have a workshop there where we're going to be introducing, talking a little bit about our preapproved ADU plans that we have available. There's a lot of questions about that, that we have. We're going to be at the Connect and Discover event on May 5 here, where we have opportunity to have people who are interested in careers in fire protection and building inspection.

And then we're going to be on May 16, we're going be down at the Port Orchard Farmers Market, and we'll have some opportunity to interact with people and have some quizzes and such that we can test their knowledge a little bit and see what they know about that. So without further question, I'll jump right into reading this for you. Whereas Kitsap County is committed to recognizing that our growth and strength depends on the safety and essential role of our homes, buildings and infrastructure play, both in everyday life and when disasters strike and whereas our confidence in the resilience of these buildings that make up our community is achieved through the devotion of vigilant guardians, building safety and fire prevention officials, architects, engineers, builders, tradespeople, design professionals, laborers, plumbers, and others in the construction industry who work year round to ensure the safe construction of buildings. And whereas these guardians are dedicated members of the International Code Council, a nonprofit that brings together local, state, territorial, tribal and federal officials who are experts in the built environment to create and implement the highest quality codes and standards to protect us in the buildings where we live, learn, work and play.

And whereas these modern codes and standards include safeguards to protect the public from hazards such as hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, wildland fires, floods and earthquakes. And whereas Building Safety Month is sponsored by the International Code Council to remind the public about the critical role of our communities, largely unknown protectors of public safety, our code officials, who assure us of safe, sustainable and affordable buildings that are essential to our prosperity. And whereas Built to Last, the theme for Building Safety Month twenty twenty six, encourages us to raise awareness about building safety on a personal, local and global scale. And whereas each year in observance of Building Safety Month, people all over the world are asked to consider the commitment to improve building safety, resilience and economic investment at the home and in the community and to acknowledge the essential service provided to all of us by local, state and federal building departments, fire prevention bureaus and agencies protected in lives and property. Finally, whereas the suspension of investigation fees for anyone who submits a permit application during Kitsap County Building Safety Month, which is the entire month of May, May 1 to the thirty first, will lead to voluntary compliance and increased safety of building permits in Kitsap County.

Thank you. Any questions about that? It is rather lengthy.

No. No. All important. I mean it's your job to make sure a code, DCD code, everything that goes with that including the fire and public safety is appreciated and needed. So I know it's hard sometimes it's very difficult. We hear about it all the time with different aspects of the process and system, but it's at the end of the day, it's for everybody's safety. Thank you. Thank you for presenting. David,

are you going to be displaying this somewhere? Will it be at your booth at the

Home and Garden Fair, but we'll participate in the other ones that are there. Are a lot of questions and a lot of interest in having ADUs, and I think that's going to be a really great program for us this weekend.

But what are you going to do with the resolution?

With the resolution, we'll displace it. It'll be on the lobby downstairs, I'm sorry, Within the Department of Community Development. I misunderstood your question. Thank you.

Okay. Any more discussion? No? All right. All those in favor,

say aye. Aye. All opposed? Alright. Resolution carries. Thank you, David. Item

three b, resolution recognizing and honoring May 2026 as Asian American, native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in Kitsap County.

Good morning, commissioners and members of the public.

Good morning.

Our Kimberly Williams is out sick today, so I'm filling in for her reading this proclamation.

Thank you.

And we have a number of members of the voices of Pacific Island nations with us today in the audience.

Great. Great.

Whereas the tens of thousands of Asian Americans and thousands of native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders make up nearly 10% of Washington's population and a significant portion of our beloved community here in Kitsap County, bringing resources and contributions that are innumerable and priceless. And whereas during Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and all year long, we celebrate the long standing presence of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander families here in Kitsap County dating back to the 1800s as well as the diversity of thought, talent and culture. And whereas these communities faced adversity here in their new home of Kitsap County and across the country as targets of violence, xenophobic policies, housing restrictions and more, Yet their resilience would prove greater than any obstacle they faced. They would survive and overcome again and again. And whereas it is imperative that we as friends and neighbors of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities, not only pause to celebrate and commemorate, but that we support these communities by understanding the issues facing them, listening to how we might be part of the solutions, and then following through with those solutions.

And whereas we gratefully recognize the innumerable offerings made by generations of Asian Americans, native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders from diverse backgrounds as service people, educators, artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, activists and leaders shaping Kitsap County and this country. Let us learn from their culture, their commitment, and their resilience. And now, therefore, be it resolved, the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners does hereby proclaim May as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and recognizes the many valuable contributions made by these peoples, communities to Kitsap County and to The United States. Thank you.

Great. Thank you, Kirsten. Thank you very much. We're going to start. Do I have a motion?

I move to adopt resolution the resolution recognizing and honoring May 2026 as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in Kitsap County. Second.

All right. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor, say aye.

Aye. Those

opposed? Motion carries. All right. Thank you very much. I think what we want to do is invite everybody. We have some guests in the audience. We'll invite you up. Can we get a picture? Do you guys mind?

Do they have anything?

Oh, do

you guys I'm sorry.

I skipped a thank you, Commissioner. Would you like to say anything?

All right.

Okay.

I get excited about the picture. Say hi.

First of all, thank you for the opportunity, commissioners and Kitsap community. This is a very honor opportunity for the young generation of Pacific Islanders to be here and to be recognized because their voice is our future. So thank you thank you to the community. Thank you for everybody for inviting us and be part of this ceremony. Thank you.

Great. Thank you. Okay. Yes, ma'am.

Item three c, resolution proclaiming May 2026 as ALS awareness month in Kitsaponi. Alright.

Hi. Good morning.

Good morning.

My name is Kelsey Stasi. I'm here in support of this simple but powerful action to help shine a light on ALS, honor those impacted, and show that our community is not alone. I'll go ahead with the proclamation. Bear with me. There's a lot of whereas.

Yeah. Whereas amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive, fatal, neurodegenerative disease which in which a person's brain loses connection with their muscles, slowly reducing a person's ability to walk, talk, and eat, and eventually breathe. And whereas thousands of new amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, cases are reported every year, and estimates show that every ninety minutes someone is diagnosed with ALS, and every ninety minutes someone passes away from ALS. And whereas on average patients diagnosed with ALS survive only two to five years from the time of diagnosis. And whereas the exact causes of ALS are unknown and there is no known cure for ALS.

And whereas people who have served in the military are more likely to develop ALS and die from the disease than those with no history of military service. And whereas securing access to new therapies, durable medical equipment and communication technologies is of vital importance to people living with ALS. And whereas clinical trials play a pivotal role in evaluating new treatments, enhancing quality of life and fostering assistive technologies to those living with ALS And whereas the ALS Association is the largest philanthropic funder of ALS research globally and has committed more than $154,000,000 to support more than five fifty projects across The United States and 18 other countries, and whereas the ALS Association is committed to making ALS livable and curing it for everyone everywhere, and whereas Amyos amyotrophic lateral sclerosis awareness month provides an opportunity to increase public awareness of dire circumstances of people living with ALS, acknowledge the terrible impact of this disease that it has on those individuals and their families and support research to eradicate this disease. Therefore, the commissioners do hereby proclaim the month of May 2026 as ALS awareness month and call upon all Americans to join in supporting ALS research, advocating for increased funding and standing in solidarity with those affected by this relentless disease.

Thank you.

Great. Thank you. What was your name again?

I'm sorry. I'm Kelsey Stasi.

Kelsey. Yes. Thank you very much for reading that. Thank you. Do we have a motion?

Sure. I'm happy to make the the motion. I move to recognize May 2026 as ALS awareness month in Kitsap County.

K. Second.

K. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor? Oh. Discussion.

Oh,

I'm sorry. Yes. Any discussion?

Yes. I actually, I just wanted to ask Kelsey if she did you have anybody you wanted to honor today?

Hello?

Yes. Thank you. I would like to honor, a friend, Chris Curtis. I I met him in 2018. He was diagnosed in 2014 with ALS, and he passed away in December 2020 from the disease. And it was was hard to watch the progression of the disease over time. He was a phenomenal individual. He admitted that he had a lot of privileges that many people didn't have. He was a lawyer, and he loved to race cars. He would race trucks.

He would do the, the dirt racing. I don't remember the the name of it, but he was very passionate about racing cars. And, he wanted to make it so that anybody with ALS would have the same privileges that he had in terms of the clinical care that he received, the respite care that he received, and that his his caregiver, his wife, Ellen Curtis, received. And he was just a a very inspiring individual. It was it was amazing to see the grace and humor in which he and his wife, Ellen, maintained throughout the progression of the disease, and it was hard when he when he succumbed to it.

But he I I think of him very often, and he's one of the people that I admire for his his tenacity and just the way he chose to face the disease and take on life regardless. Thank you for that question.

You sharing. We know a little bit about Chris.

Of course.

So thank you for that. And his memory doesn't

One of many people, unfortunately, who are amazing people, but are unfortunate to have the disease.

I actually on this subject, I wasn't going bring this up, but since we're sharing about Chris, I had a friend of mine named Jack, we were in the Marines together. And his whole dream was to run the LA Marathon. And he came down with ALS and we all got together as a unit and he was in his wheelchair and we pushed him all 26 and a half miles.

Wow.

And it was something that he wanted to do and

That's amazing.

Amazing.

Yeah. And I'm sorry. Yeah. Thank you for sharing that. I'm I'm sorry about your your phone.

No. No. We're sharing. Right?

Yeah.

You know, Chris and Jack, they're up there.

Yes.

Alright.

Just moving. Just keeping going.

And my cousin, Brian.

And your cousin, Brian.

It's it's amazing how it's considered it's classified a rare disease, but every almost every person I talk to has a connection somewhere. And that's why I think it's so important to honor those individuals and the memories of those who have passed away

from it.

All right. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Okay.

We and a second. Have a

All those in favor say aye.

Aye. All those opposed? Okay. Motion carries. Thank you.

Item three d, resolution supporting the twenty twenty six water festival.

Okay.

Hi there. Thank you, Graham. Sorry. I've got some slides I wanna show.

Hopefully, you're gonna show us some slides of happy children loving life.

Yeah. And I will

Yes. Just wanna say thank you, Kelsey,

and thank you for all for supporting that. I, my aunt also is somebody who suffered from ALS, and so that meant a lot to me just to get to watch that as well here. Hopefully, you can hear me.

And honoring the work being done to find a cure.

Absolutely. Alright. Good morning. My name is Zach. I'm the youth education for our county stormwater division.

And if if you all have been in your roles for a while, might be used to Pat Kirschbaum, who was in this role for thirty years and built up a lot of these programs. And so I'm just so grateful to get to have taken over some of this stuff and get to work on these programs. It's just been seriously the honor of a lifetime to get to serve Kitsap County and the youth in our community and through Watershed and Fisheries education. Since I started in this role back in August, I've been able to serve over 3,000 students through Watershed and Fisheries education, and I'm really excited to get to talk to you today about our water festival event that we've got coming up here on May 12. We've got 1,100 students currently registered to participate.

We're going be at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. It's all third and fourth grade students from every district in Kitsap County. And as you can tell from some of our photos here, it's a lot of fun. Of course, having 1,100 students out there doesn't happen on our own. We have a great team that gets to support us in putting on this event, including the public utility district, the health district, the Silverdale Water District, City of Bremerton Public Works and utilities, Parametrics and the City of Bainbridge Island.

We've also got over 50 volunteers currently signed up to come and help us out with this day. So just a great thing for our community. Really brings everybody together to do watershed and fisheries education for students, kind of talking about the importance of water as a resource, why, you know, the reasons why we need to conserve water and then showing them how their actions can have an impact on water, both negative and positive. And so it'd be great day out there. I'd like to also personally invite all of you who wanna maybe wanna stop by and and hang out with us here on at the fairgrounds.

It's going to be a fun day. We got lots of fun activities. The Navy divers are going to be out there showing off their scuba skills in the big tank that they get set up over there. We're going to have a lot of us here from public works are going to be doing different presentations and things like that. So while the students are there, they get to do two thirty minute presentations where they do a hands on activity or lesson. They also go to a more like assembly style show or activity. This year, we've got a magician who does some like tricks with water and so we're looking forward to that. Yeah. We have 24 classroom presenters, 18 exhibitors signed up. We had over 50 volunteers. So really looking forward again. Yeah. We're gonna be able to serve over 1,100 Kitsap County students on this day. So it's gonna be busy day. We got a lot of work getting ready for it.

These are some of our pictures of the fish printing that is always a big hit. We paint the fish and print them on the paper there. So really looking forward to this event. Thank you for the support with that. I'm just gonna read our resolution that we've got here.

So this is for our Kids at Water Festival. Again, it's gonna be on May 12. So whereas clean, abundant fresh water is the most precious resource on our planet and whereas children are our future leaders and a precious resource to our community and whereas education to protect and preserve our water resources benefits all generations and whereas volunteers, presenters, and exhibitors assisting with the twenty twenty six Kitsap Water Festival represent diverse interest in communities yet are united in their commitment to clean water And whereas Kitsap County has committed to regard water as a resource and not a waste stream, let it be resolved that the County Board of Commissioners encourages each attendee of this year's water festival to make the event the beginning of a lifetime of learning about the water and natural resources and becoming a good steward of our environment. Thank you to all the students, parents, teachers, presenters, exhibitors, volunteers and sponsors who have made and continue to make Water Festival a successful informative day. And that's just one piece I want to mention.

This event has been running since 1994 and so it's over 26,000 students have gone to participate in this event. It's really become a staple of science education in our community. There are students who came at 10 years old in 1994 who are now in their 40s. So it's pretty fun to think about just kind of the ripple effect that some of these events have. Thank you very much for your support.

Great. Thank you very much, Zach. Looks like it. When is what's the date on that again?

This is the water festival. It's Tuesday, May 12 from 10AM to 1PM. Would love to have you out there. Please let me know if you'd like to attend. We can make sure that you're on our list. Just with a lot of students out there, we've kind of there'll be some people at the entrance just letting people in and so let us know if you want to be there that day, but we would love to have you come and check it out.

Great. Thank you very much. Any discussion?

Discussion, it's an amazing day. I love going out there and my sons all all went through and I think it's something that students look forward to because when they hear about it and so they're really excited to participate and they learn so much. It's just a really great day. So thank you. I know how how much work must go into that with all the volunteers and the planning and the coordination of moving the students around each of the stations. Thank you so much.

Okay, we have a motion. I'll move to support the to approve the resolution supporting the twenty twenty six water festival. Second.

Alright. We have a motion to second. I guess I should say any discussion now, right? But we have that. Thank you very much. All those in favor say aye.

Aye. All those opposed? Good motion carries.

Well, thank you again. Appreciate your time.

Thank you. Good job. Alright.

Item three e, resolution designated 05/03/2026 through 05/09/2026 as National Correctional Officers and Employees Week.

Okay. Looks like we have our undersheriff. How are you, sir?

Just fine. Thank you. Alright. Thank you for the opportunity this morning to read this resolution, designating May 2026 as Kitsap County Corrections Officers Week. Okay.

And the resolution reads, whereas National Corrections Officers and Employees Week was first proclaimed on 05/05/1984 by president Ronald Reagan when he same signed the proclamation 5187 creating National Corrections Officers Week to recognize the men and women who work in jails, prisons, and community corrections across the country. And whereas National Corrections Officers and Employees Week became the official name that the first week in May when in 1986, the US Senate officially changed the name from National Corrections Officers or to National Corrections Officers Week. And whereas National Corrections Officers and Employees Week has been designated as the week of 05/03/2026 through 05/09/2026 by the US Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. And whereas National Corrections Officer Employees honors the work week honors the work of correctional officers and correction personnel for their service and honor, respect, and integrity. And whereas National Correction Correctional Officers and Employees Week raises awareness of the duties, hazards, and sacrifices made by corrections workers.

And whereas National Correctional Officers and Employees Week in Kitsap County recognizes the employees of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office Jail for their role in safeguarding the citizens of Kitsap County by providing safe, secure, and humane incarceration offenders within our county. And whereas Kitsap County Sheriff John Geezy wishes to acknowledge and recognize the efforts of the Kitsap County corrections officers and employees by designating May 3 through 05/09/2026 National Correctional Officers and Employees Week. And now therefore be it resolved that the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners duly convened and acting in its capacity as the governing body of Kitsap County does hereby proclaim the week of 05/03/2026 through 05/09/2026 as National Correctional Officer Employees Week. All Kitsap County citizens are encouraged to pay tribute to the many correctional officers and employees of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office jail for their vital work or for the vital public service they provide.

Great. Thank you. That's, you know, being on a couple tours of the jail, that's a hard job. And, everyone that I talked to always had positive things to say, and they were standing tall, really taking pride in their work. So I appreciate that personally.

Thank you. They are the unsung heroes because people see the deputies driving around in their cars in uniform in public, but nobody sees the correctional officers and they have a really hard job.

Yeah. Alright. Do have a motion?

Sure. I move to designate May 2026 as National Correctional Officers and Employees Week.

Alright. Second.

Alright. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor, say

aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.

Thank you.

Alright. Thank you. Thank you for recognizing them.

Well, and we have to mention, and for chief SAP that we have an awesome jail.

Yes. Do. Yes.

We really appreciate all the work that she does and all of the employees. Thank you.

Thank you. Thanks. Okay.

He's the

next one as well. You're doing it. Okay. Three f, resolution designating 05/15/2026 through 05/21/2026 as National Police Week.

I'll just Yeah. Start

Thank you. So the resolution reads, it's designating May 2026 as National Police Week. Whereas National Police Week was first proclaimed in 1962 by John F. Kennedy when he signed a proclamation that designated May 15 as Peace Officer Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week to honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. And whereas the National Police Week Memorial Service began in 1982 as a gathering in Senate Park of approximately 120 survivors and supporters of law enforcement.

Decades later, the event commonly known as National Police Week has grown into a series of events that attracts thousands of survivors and law enforcement officers to our nation's capital each year. And whereas National Police Week honors law enforcement personnel who have paid the ultimate price in serving their citizens. And whereas National Police Week raises awareness of the duties, hazards and sacrifices made by law enforcement officers. And whereas National Police Week in Kitsap County recognizes employees of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office for their role in safeguarding the citizens of the county by providing safe, secure and humane law enforcement services to the citizens of our communities. Whereas, Kitsap County Sheriff John Giese wishes to acknowledge and recognize the efforts of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office employees by designating May 15 through 05/21/2026 National Police Week.

And now therefore be it resolved by the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners duly convened in acting in its capacity as the governed body of Kitsap County does hereby proclaim the week of 05/15/2026 through May 2026 as National Police Week. All Kitsap citizens are encouraged to pay tribute to the many law enforcement personnel and employees of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office for the vital role they the vital public service they provide.

Yeah. A lot, but all all absolutely important. So thank you, Ross. Appreciate Alright. Do we have a motion?

I move to adopt the resolution designating May 15 through May 21 as National Police Week.

Okay.

Second.

Okay. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion?

Well, again, thank you for all the work that our sheriffs did and law enforcement across Kitsap County, because we're recognizing everyone and that you put yourself in danger every day to protect us. So thank you.

Thank you.

Appreciate

it. Yes. I have to I have to say that, you know, when we're in bed and we're enjoying our our evenings and there's always somebody on the road, always somebody in the jail, always somebody making sure that when we call 911, there's someone available to respond to that. And those individuals may not know what they're getting into when they respond to that. So just that anxiety alone, let alone the professionalism to deal with whatever problems that come up and then go home to their families hopefully at the end of the night is a priority. Appreciate everything that your office and department does as well as our correction officers as well. It's an underappreciated profession, I promise, as you all know.

Thank you.

Thank you. All Okay. All those in favor?

Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.

Thank you. And I have one more I'd like to invite the commissioners and the public on May 15 at 03:00 at Miller Woodlawn. It's Kitsap County's memorial service law enforcement memorial. They do it every year. They'll have the honor guard there. They'll have some speakers, and we just we honor all the officers from across Kitsap County who lost their lives.

Great. We're at May 15 at Woodlawn. Yes. Okay. Thank you very much. Alright.

Item number four, administrators comments.

Just a quick note that we are sadly saying goodbye to our longtime clerk to the board, Dana Daniels. This is her last County Commissioner's meeting. And so I just want to thank her so much for her years of dedicated service to the Board, the folks in Kitsap County and also the residents of Kitsap County and helping make clear and transparent government and do it in a very orderly fashion. I just wanted to thank her for that. Otherwise, no further comments.

Great. Dana, can you stand up, please?

Aw. Sorry, Dana.

I have to say thirty plus years of service to to our community and our neighbors. It's it's been it's been a pleasure to know you and work with you and work you're gonna be missed.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you. Okay.

This is an opportunity for the public to address the board on regular business agenda, including consent agenda.

Okay. I don't have anybody signed up for the consent agenda.

And I'll give it a second for everyone online. And no one is raising their hand.

Okay.

Alright. I need a motion to approve the consent agenda. I move to approve the consent agenda. Second.

Okay. All those in favor?

Aye. Aye. Opposed?

Okay. Senate agenda approved. Item

eight a, is strange for me to say, but with appreciation to the outgoing clerk of the board, Dana Daniels, the board of county commissioners designates Marina Linneville as interim clerk of the board beginning 05/04/2026 and ending upon the appointment of a permanent clerk of the board.

Mr. Chair, so moved. Second.

Okay. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion?

I feel like we already said, we just said thank you to Dana, but thank you Dana, we're going to miss you a lot. And congratulations Marina, we know you can fill the shoes. Absolutely.

Marina, would you like to stand up please?

Okay. Alright. So everybody sees you and knows you are know who you are.

So okay. So we have motion and a second. We have a little discussion. Anything? Good.

Well, and this is an this is interim. So, Marina, thank you for stepping up.

Yes, absolutely. I have no reservations. I think she can Dana has been a great mentor and a great leader to her and I think we've had a discussion. So I think absolutely, it's the right person. Okay. Okay, all those in favor?

Aye. Opposed? Okay, motion carries. Welcome. Thank you.

She'll do great.

You, Dana

for everything. You. She keeps for everybody's awareness, Dana keeps us on track. She's the one that really orchestrates all of this for us. It's appreciated.

I think they can tell.

Yes. Absolutely. Okay.

14 a contract with Garland DBS for the gel roof replacement.

There we go. All right. Good morning, and happy Monday, commissioners and residents of Kitsap County. My name is Jessie Sampion, and I am a project manager with the Public Works Department, Capital Facilities Division. Before you is a recommendation to award a contract to Garland VBS Incorporated for the restoration and replacement of the low slope roofing system and masonry repairs of the Kitsap County Jail located across the street here at this Port Orchard campus.

Please allow me to tell you a little bit more about this project. A little background. The Kitsap County Jail is actually comprised of an original structure that was was first built in the mid nineteen seventies. It was then further expanded once in the 1980s, mid 1980s, and then again in 2001. At this time, the roof has reached the end of its service life, with the youngest sections being about 25 years old.

And while patches and maintenance hasn't occurred, it is no longer providing reliable protection. Ongoing leaks are causing damage to the building structure, insulation, and interior spaces. And as you can even see from some of these photos, there are some Kitsap County employees who have over the last six months, they've had some long standing water features in their office and hallways. And these are actually I don't know if you guys have recently or sometime in the last six months walked between Bullard and the sheriff's office and noticed the hoses coming down. Well, these these two pictures, that's what those hoses are connected to.

Yes. Just for your awareness. Alright. Moving on. So by replacing the roof, we actually will help protect the facility's value and extend its overall lifespan while ensuring all occupant safety by preventing further water intrusion and structural issues.

Brief overview of this project. So the design and construction includes this contract contingency and management is approximately $2,500,000 Please note, as we will see on the next slide, the cost covers the majority of the roof replacement and repairs of the roof. And an additional project next year will also be required to kind of do the final aspects of it. The project is anticipated to begin mid May, so next month, very soon, real excited, and end early August twenty twenty six. All work will be completed per manufacturer specification and reviewed by the Garland engineering and on-site manufacturing representative.

The contractor will provide a three year workmanship warranty, and Garland will provide a thirty year system warranty. Also, just helping providing further savings for the county. Alright. So nice. Oh, lovely overview of it. Lots of color. So what will this project provide? Great question, commissioners. This project will provide.

Can I ask a question?

Yeah. What will this provide?

Oh, wonderful. Perfect. The area in blue on this map is a full replacement of the roofing system. So installing a new ketone ethylene ester or KEE membrane roofing system, which is a type of a high performance roofing system for flat or low slope commercial roof, along with some new insulation assembly to help bring the area up to code. For the green area, that's those masonry repairs, that's we're gonna be repairing some different masonry and concrete repairs, ceiling and waterproofing of the brick and exposed rebar.

So right, that's actually in the section between the nineteen eighties expansion and the 2001 additional expansion. Yes, it's quite a map. And then finally that orange area and that again, this is, that's the newest section from 2001 that's going to be a restoration of the existing built up roofing system using a Liquitec coating and reinforcement. Now what to expect? So construction will be occurring again starting mid May, so in a couple of weeks from now, Monday through Friday, 8AM, 04:30PM.

So the public and staff, the employees here at Kitsap County will likely notice some intermittent construction noises during their day to day as they walk outside and a minor traffic increase because obviously we'll be having additional folks here on campus parking. The roof access for the contractor will be done via an exterior modular staircase located behind the Ballard Building adjacent to the Sheriff's Building. So no access in the jail will be required. There'll be limited impact also to the paid employee parking with some minor usage of the Bollard Parking lot. Alright.

And with that, that concludes my presentation. Thank you so much for your time and consideration for awarding this contract for the jail roof replacement. Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

Great. Thank you. Yes. Commissioner?

One quick question. It sounds like it's gonna be a little noisy in the courtroom part of the courthouse.

So this will it won't be over the courthouse portion.

Oh.

It's just if I'll go back. So the courthouse oh. Oh, yes. You can see my mouse. Slowly, it shows up. So, yes, so the courthouse portion is gonna be or is it where the courthouse main stuff is going on? It's more over in this area on the peaked roof section, which fun fact, that's actually from 1930. That's the 1937 original courthouse is where the peaked roof is. I've done a little too much research on this building.

I guess, Michael, so it'll be noisy for somebody. What are what's

When you're as you're walking outside, know, obviously, there's just gonna be that construction noise. It's not gonna be high level like jackhammering. It's it's just gonna be, you know, noticeably, it's maybe slightly slightly more noisy than normal.

How for how long? Until, like, early August. So June to August? So for the summer?

Yes. Yes. Mid May through through early August.

Yes. I just want to say that being on tour and seeing all the what were they water?

Water features.

Water

features. We kind of make light of it, but it's very serious.

Exactly.

This expense is needed and unfortunately in the big picture of the courthouse complex, this is a band Yes. And it's but it's a required band aid for our work environment, for the public comes in and visits and does what they need to do. So thank you for all the work on this. Glad we're able to get at least this piece of it done right now.

Yes.

And keep people dry.

Exactly. That's that's the goal.

That's it. Okay. Do I have a motion?

Sure. I move to approve the contract with Garland DBS Inc. PCDash212Dash26 for the jail roof replacement not to exceed $2,475,963 from the jail and juvenile sales tax fund.

Do I have second? Second.

Alright. Any discussion? Further discussion? Alright. All those in favor? Aye.

Aye.

Closed? Motion carries. Thank you very much.

Item 14 b, contract with Sound Pacific Construction LLC, for the Lund Avenue and Chase Road roundabout project in Commissioner District 2.

Okay. Anthony, how are you?

I am well. Thank you. I need to figure out how to make the black boxes disappear. Good morning, commissioners. My name is Anthony Burgess.

I am the capital program manager of our Kitsap County Public Works Roads Division. This morning, we're very excited to present the contract with Sound Pacific for the Lund And Chase Roundabout project in Port Orchard. I was before you a few weeks ago. I had a shorter counterpart with me at the time, but we presented the first of our four projects on this corridor. That was for the Harris To Chase segment in red.

Due to permitting, funding and all the other fun hoops we jumped through, We have two projects moving forward for construction this summer. The second being the Chase Roundabout, which is in the blue highlighted color. This project will provide a roundabout at the park entrance, which is very exciting, includes six to 10 foot wide sidewalks, delineated bike lanes, and an overall multimodal improvement to the area. This also includes some refreshment and inclusion of work on behalf of the parks department. So we'll be adding a gate and refreshing that entrance.

This will also include the required stormwater system improvements and landscaping. Overall, we have a total funding package that we had secured of just shy of $4,300,000 That includes everything for construction management, contingency, etcetera. And our bid amount came in very favorably, a pattern I am happy to say is becoming a repetitious thing, of just over $2,000,000 So this is it's a good price for what we put out. We are expecting to have typical construction challenges along the way, so we'll aim to control that cost as much as we can. This project does have state TIB funds, allocated REIT funding and our required match from local road funds.

Our schedule for the project, I have before you the contract execution. Construction start at this point is looking closer to June, and we're hoping to get it started as quickly as possible. We are working through one final property acquisition that

needs to

be ironed out before we get too ahead of our skis. And then this project is an eighty working day project. We hope to have it complete in October. For outreach, we've coordinated heavily with the city of Port Orchard, Kitsap Transit as well as South Kitsap School District. As I mentioned in our last presentation for the Harris to Chase segment, we had a bit of a wrinkle with all of our utility relocation.

We've since smoothed that over and have contacts for bus routing for kids. A lot of families live in this area. We need to do our part to make sure that they have consistency and can plan accordingly. We've also used the GovDelivery tools as well as a mass mailing of postcards. In addition to this, we know that there's a lot of work going on in the Port Orchard area between our projects, washtop projects, and next year to be determined, there may be a Port Orchard project as well.

It's something that we're going to start communicating with those stakeholders so that we are as up to date as we can be. At the end of the day, it's going to be very busy this summer. And so we're going to be asking for patience and understanding as we try to complete this work. Any questions?

I have just a question. If you go back to the funding slide. So since it was a favorable bid, where money comes in first, TIB money and then that would reduce the local fund and then we save the REIT? How does that work?

When we have match, we have a proportional requirement to pay that match with each reimbursement. So the majority of the funding will come from the state funds, but we will have to supplement that with our local funding as well. Whether or not that comes out of the REIT funding or the local road fund, that's where we can balance that. That local road fund can be a mix of traffic impact fees as well as other colors of funding. So So it's all part of the balance. But be rest assured, we're going to stretch it as far as we can.

Thank you.

I might have asked this question before, Anthony. We have the utilities relocation on the other roundabout going in. Is there going to be a yes, the I can't read it from here. What does it say? The red where we have all that construction going on right now, I think they just finished up. Are we going to have that at the Chase location as well?

So relocation work of the gas main and water main, which was the heavy disruption earlier this year, has been completed, I believe, for the entire corridor.

Okay.

There may be a couple parts and pieces outstanding, but the goal was to have it done all at once. That way, the contractors or utility owners only had be ramping up anyway, and we're we don't want to require utility to repay the lane only for us to rip up the lane. So those repair widths will be a little bit smaller than the areas in yellow, orange and green on the screen.

Okay. Thank you. It's gonna be busy through there.

It is. It is. Alright.

Do I have a motion?

I move to approve the contract with South Pacific Construction LLC KC-two zero seven-twenty six for the Lund Avenue and Chase Road roundabout project CRP2629 in Commissioner District 2 for fiscal with a fiscal impact of $2,082,861

All right.

Second.

Okay, we have a motion second. All those in favor say aye.

Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.

Thank you.

Congratulations. Let's keep it under budget.

14 c contract with Miles Resources LLC for the improvement of Perry Avenue to construct pedestrian and bicycle facilities, grind and overlay the travel lanes, install stormwater improvements, and other work from Northeast Stone Way to Sheridan Road Intersection.

Good morning, commissioners.

Good morning.

And the residents of Kitsap County, I am here today to present to recommend the award of a construction contract to Miles Construction for the Perry Stone Sheridan non motorized improvement project for $2,342,307.5 My name is Teresa Smith. I'm the engineering roads design manager with the Public Works Department. The county opened bids on 04/02/2026. We received five bids with a difference of less than 6% between the two lowest bids. So Anthony mentioned that it's been a really good bidding environment right now, so we're taking advantage of that.

The county reviews and evaluates all bids based on the requirements provided in the bidding documents. Malus Resources provided the lowest responsive bid and was deemed responsible under the terms of the contract. So as usual, I'd like to tell you a little bit about a project. So I will share my screen if you don't mind. You saw the end.

Alright. So this project is located in Central Kitsap in Commissioner District 3. The project is ranked number two in the twenty twenty six, two thousand and thirty one six year transportation improvement program. So it's pretty high up there. Perry Avenue within the project limits is a mixed zone of commercial and urban low residential.

So it's pretty built out environment. The Bremerton City Limits is located on the southern half of the intersection at Stone Way and Magnuson Way. So it's a little odd. It's like the only street that's county in this section. So you could see on the screen that Mountain View Middle School is on the south leg of the limits.

The project is starts at Stone Way, Magnuson Way, and ends at Sheridan Road. Perry is classified as a paved urban minor arterial. The traffic counts collected in 2023 identified the annual average daily traffic of 4,702 vehicles a day, that's a lot of vehicles, and is projected to increase to 6,622 vehicles by 2046. That's a lot of traffic in just one lane each direction. Within the project limits, there's a little over a third of a mile, there are three side streets and a lot of driveways.

We designed 31 driveway access with little or no access control. So you can just imagine with the kids, well, you don't have to imagine, I have pictures coming up. So within the project limits, Perry Avenue is designated with a school speed zone of 25 miles an hour in support of the Mountain View Middle School located on the south side of the intersection. So these are some pictures I took of kids walking home from school. So you can tell from this is the beginning of the project.

From the school, there's droves of them that are walking on sometimes paved, sometimes gravel shoulders with no delineation at all between where I mean, an edge line where the vehicles travel. So there's a couple more. There are utilities right at the edge of those shoulders that they go around. Cars that are parked sometimes off the shoulder so that they have room to walk, but most of the time they're parked on top of the shoulder. So this project, so the view that you see there is basically just an aerial view and then we show this is like a slide map that I'll show you later.

It's on our project page so that people can slide it and see what's existing now and what they'll see in the future. It helps tell us the story. So the project will add raised sidewalks, bike lanes on both sides of Perry Avenue for the entire length of the project limits. And the goal of the project is sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself. So and it will also install like typical of our roadway improvement projects, we also install storm water system to collect the storm water and discharge to existing outflows in a new buyer retention facility.

So the buyer retention facility will help manage stormwater runoff, which right now just sheets across the street and into private property sometimes. And it'll also adjust water quality. So it's an engineered soil. So by the time it connects to the storm water system, it's clean. Not drinkable, but it's clean.

The goal of the project is to provide the public with opportunities to make choices among alternative modes of travel and to emphasize moving people rather than vehicles. Let's talk about money. So the estimated project cost is $3,350,000 that includes design, right of way and construction. We received funding in May 2023, Public Works applied for funding through the Safe Routes to School program administered by the Washington Department of Transportation. And we were awarded funding for all phases of the project.

Now there is no match for this type of funding. Even though I show that there's a little bit of local road fund, that's if our design right of way construction including the contingency and management go beyond the $3,200,000 funding. And as you see in front of you, the contract is 2,300,000 so we will manage our money well. That means all right of way acquisitions and temporary construction easements were paid out of the Safe Routes to School funding. Yeah.

It's a good deal. So we're expecting the funding to cover most, if not all, of the cost for this project. Let's talk about project schedule. So relocation started in March 2025. We've had some successful partnership with our utility partners. They pay for the utility relocation. The project doesn't pay for that because they're in the right of way. And we want to restore the right of way back to the public. So if they're in the way of our road project, they have to move at their expense. But we work really closely with them.

We try not to have them move unless they really have to. North Perry Water had an aging asbestos lined water main here. And so they took that opportunity to install a new water main and abate the old one. So that was really good. We also work we're working with Comcast Astound.

Cascade Natural Gas has completed their relocation as well. Lumen and Puget Sound Energy and the City of Bremerton to move out of the way as well. So the reason we do that in advance of the project is we want to make sure that we minimize delays and costs once we have the road construction once we have the contractor on board for the road construction, and that helps a lot with that. So the public has been very generous and patient, especially the residents because they've been living with construction since March. So upon the Board's approval to award the construction contract, Mouse Resources is prepared to begin road construction in mid May with the storm system and the sidewalk construction completed before school starts September.

So I'm excited to see the kids walking on sidewalks and biking on bike lanes by then. Paving might not be completed until about October or November, but at least the non motorized elements will be done before school starts. That's the intent anyways. Public outreach. So as usual, we are sending out postcard mailings to probably over 1,000 residents in this area. So they're not just on along the project limits, but outside of it, at least a half a mile radius. The postcards include what the project will do and what to expect. This is a one lane each direction most likely operation, typical seven to six p. M. Work hours.

But the contractor will also make sure that the ones directly impacted are updated with where they're working at the time. This is the mailing limits. As you could tell, we tend to go very big on these. We have already dropped off copies of the mailer and also this flyer. Our outreach went door to door for all of the residents along that route.

We've been working with all the residents all the way up from the beginning for rights of entry to tell them about the project, also to work with them on if we need right away from them or temporary construction easements to rebuild their driveway to connect back to the new road. So we've done a lot of outreach. We will leave postcards. There's a commercial area here with dentists and other clients. So we'll we've left this flyer and postcards with them so that they can give it to their customers.

We've also left copies of this to the school. And we are working with the district as well to put any notifications on their newsletters. We want to make sure that a lot of people know because this is one of those roads parallel to 303 to Wheaton Way. So you can't catch them all, but that's why we also have the road report to share all that. We also will send out notification to police enforcement, emergency services, post office waste management, the school district for their buses and Kitsap Transit and other service providers to make sure that there are no interruptions to services.

So we'll as soon as we have a preconstruction meeting and know the exact date, we'll notify all of them so they're aware of any impacts to their services. So the other thing that I wanted to show you is the public works page. So this is the public works page. If anybody I know that was a quick it's a very quick presentation, but if you go to the public works page, it'll tell you the same information I provided, like where it is. I'm not sharing, am I?

I apologize, let me share. So this is the public works page. There we go. If you scroll down, it will tell you anticipated construction. We'll update that once we have the exact dates. It will tell you an update. This was the North Perry relocation that was happening for a while. Project background. Here's the slide map, I really like this. So we used this when we were working with each of the residents, so they could see the impact to their property.

This here, if you see my little cursor, is a vacant parcel that we purchased. That's where we are building the buyer retention facility to treat all the water. So this is kind of a neat thing to do. And then again, the funding and then we also have a link to the design plans and the traffic study. So pretty transparent. And then of course, my contact information. And on that note, do you have any questions?

Great. Anything?

I do. Okay. First I love to after school projects are my favorite and this is going to be so impactful for the neighbors and for the students. So I'm just wondering as in past, if you're going to be able to work with the school at all to get put know, you've done like, I know when we had the preschool, but I think there's a huge opportunity for students to learn about construction management and storm water and all of that. Is there going to be an educational piece that we can include in this project?

We absolutely can. We did that for, you recall we did that for National STEM School.

Yes.

We hosted, I can't remember who which group it was, but we have host the contractor helped us host some students. And we had to sit down in an office, and they show them, you know, what they do on the contract contractor side, and they also gave them a tour. So absolutely, we'll reach out to this is a middle school, so it's a good for it. We'll reach out with their outreach folks and see if there's any interest.

Thank you. And it seems

like with storm water as well, with the Biotent retention pond.

Absolutely. That's a good one to do after we finish constructing it. Absolutely.

I have the storm water retention question, but your colleagues left from storm water.

They'll be maintaining it.

Yeah, was going to ask since it is in, it's going to be along sidewalk and in an existing neighborhood. Do you have plans to make it lovely bird habitat kind of thing as opposed to just having a big fence around it? It

won't be one of those imprisoned storm water that you see like you saw in Walmart where it's there's like fenced all the way around. We will have a fence alongside the back of the sidewalk just for fall protection, but it will be open. We are limited on the type of plants that we plant so that it's sustainable and it's native. But there are opportunities to talk about what kind of different plants. It's not going to be it's intended to not be full.

It's intended to only pull maybe 18 inches. It's intended to filter down. So I mean, I think it's nature tends to just take over. But it's definitely not just going to be grass. There'll be a lot of native plants that will be planted on it.

So you said it's not going to be like what you see at Walmart?

Right. It's not an imprisoned pond. We don't do those anymore. We like to make them kind of that's why we needed to buy the extra property so that we can have gentle slopes that if anyone ever finds themselves And in it, they can get back in order to do that, you need the real estate. So it won't be an imprisoned pond. We don't do those anymore.

Okay. Do we have a motion?

Sure. I move to approve the contract with Miles Resources LLC, KCDash362Dash25 for the improvement of Perry Avenue to construct pedestrian and bicycle facilities, grind and overlay the travel lanes, install storm water improvements, and other work from Northeast Stone Way to Sheridan Road Intersection. Second. Right.

Any discussion? Further discussion?

All right.

Everyone's going be jealous. They're going to want to extend this project all the way down Perry.

That's what Bremerton wants. I said, you guys get paid to pay for it this time. Thank you.

Okay. Thank you. Okay. All those in favor say aye.

Aye. Those opposed?

Motion carries. Congratulations. It's gonna be a great project.

14 d, contract amendment with Hoffman Construction Company of Washington, establishing maximum allowable construction costs and authorizing construction phase services for the Central Kitsap Treatment Plant solids and liquid hauled waste upgrades project in Commissioner District 1.

Okay. Thank you. We have Mr. Nick Martin here to present, looks like.

Good morning, commissioners.

Good morning.

My name is Nick Martin. I am the division manager here at the Sewer Utility, and I'm here to talk to you today about the solids and liquid hauled waste construction. Finally, a couple of years in the making here. So our project location again is at the CKTP, the Central Kitsap Treatment Plant, Alpha Brownsville Highway. This project entails us building two new digesters, a digester control building, odor control system, new fog and septic receiving stations.

This is most of this is all to replace equipment and facilities that are pushing 50 years old now. The project has been ongoing now for a couple of years through the design process. We've got HDR on board as the designer. Almost two years ago, we hired Hoffman as the GCCM to finish the design process. GCCM stands for General Contractor Construction Manager.

This is an alternative delivery process. This allows us to have the contractor on board to finish up the design in an effort to limit change orders in the future and design a project that can be built. So upon approval of this amendment, the intent would be to give them a notice of proceed before the end of the month here. Hoffman has quite a bit of work on this list that they will self perform, including all the concrete, which is you can imagine with two one point two million gallon digesters, there's quite a bit of concrete on this project. I think all in total, there's 103 pores.

So we'll be using quite a bit out there. They'll also have oversight of all the subcontractors. We had 12 bid packages go out through this process to put this MAC together. So there's quite a bit of quite a bit of subcontractors on board as well. This is a three d rendering of what it would look like once they're all done.

I think all three of you have been out to the plant. The digesters that are there are pretty big as it is, but these particular digesters will stick out of the ground another 25 feet from the ones that are there currently. This allows us to get away from some of the issues we've had with those older digesters around groundwater and some of the other problems we've had. Access, once you were to take them down, access is only you're only accessible through the top. The new ones have some hatches on the side. So when I'm not here ten, twenty years from now, they need to access it. It should be a lot easier this time around. Questions?

I know that since I've been here, this has been the topic of conversation. And it's something that we all have in common that is in our best interest to make sure we maintain. So thank you for all your hard work on this.

I appreciate it. Yes, it's interesting. It's one of those things where it's a huge milestone, but it's like climbing a mountain where you're only a third of the way up. And if you look down, you're like, man, went a really long ways. But if you look up, you're you've got a lot lot longer to go. So

Okay. Alright. Do I have a motion?

I will move that we adopt the contract amendment with Hoffman Construction Company establishing maximum allowable construction cost and authorizing construction phase services for the Central Kitsap Treatment Plant solids and liquid hauled waste upgrades project. Second.

We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion?

Bill, the one thing I'd like to say is thank you, Nick, for your relentless pursuit of grants and creative funding mechanisms to keep the rates affordable for

Thank you. Rate payers.

Yeah. We we've been trying we've successfully to date landed about 50,000,000 of that $1.49. We're not done yet. So as they come up, we're we're attempting. We're going for DCCA again this year. We were successful two years ago when it was up, and they just cut the funding. So hopefully this year they'll keep it and we'll be successful.

Great. Great.

Thank

you. And that's the defense department funding?

Yeah. It's a defense community is it community collaboration? Anyway, it DCCA is the money that is used to back up to the DCIP funding, which we already received. So the original intent behind it was that smaller communities would have maybe they don't have the money to pay out of pocket to match the DCIP grant, defense community infrastructure pilot program grant money. So this was allowing them to have money to match it. They've since released it to anybody. So because we've already been successful in the federal ring here, we have all the BABA requirements. We're going after every dollar that we can we can secure.

And that's that's the partnership with naval base Kitsap specifically. Right? Correct. They they're the ones that apply for that for the community?

No. No. We we apply for it. But because this because we treat all of the waste that comes from both Banger and Keyport, we're in a town that Navy people live in. It's what that those grants were set up for.

Great. Thank you for clarifying that. Yep. That's important. That partnership, that collaboration is key because it is an impact on the community. So thank you.

And Nick, I probably should have asked this in our work study, but does this amount include any of the purple the reuse funding for purple pipe.

Oh, no.

No. This has nothing to with the recycled Yep.

Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you, Nick. Alright. All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Motion carries. All right. Congratulations.

One step closer.

One step closer.

And don't ever look up, right?

Public hearings. Public hearing A, resolution to update community development fees for building and construction fees, Title 14 and land use and development fees, Title 21. Okay.

So what we're gonna do right now for a, for the building and construction fees. We're gonna open the public hearing. Supposed to have a gavel but I use my knuckles on that one. And we will get started. Our director, director Weisham. Hi. How are you, sir?

Good. Thanks, commissioner. How

are you? Very well. Thank you.

Alright. Good morning, commissioners. I am Rafe Weisham. I am the director of community development, and I am here to present two different resolutions this morning that are very related. And the first one is DCD's midyear fee schedule update.

So a little bit of background. DCD transitioned to a special revenue fund in 2008, and we update our Title 14, which is our building and construction fees based on International Code Council ICC published guidance. And then we also update our Title 21 fees, our development fees land use and development fees, which are updated based on detailed fee analysis. Fee updates to the the DCD fee schedule updates require a public hearing before the Board of County Commissioners for any proposed changes, which is why I'm here in front of you today. So just a quick summary of the updates, and I'll go into a little bit more detail on following slides.

But for Title 14, we're proposing to update the building valuation, so BVD twice annually, effective May 1 and November 1, based on the February and August publications compiled by the ICC and that first one will go into effect on November 1. And then add approved fees for the preapproved ADU plants in the rural zones. So you guys have already approved those fees. We're just adding them to the schedule. And then for Title 21, we'd be updating a few fees resulting from an internal audit we did of our fee table and realized we had missed a few things over the years.

So currently, we update our BVD. BVD is updated once annually on January 1 based on February's ICC publication. So for example, in February '25, ICC came out with their building valuation determination and in January 1, we incorporated those fees. The purpose of that BBD is to it's reflecting changing cost estimates and then we're proposing to adjust that to twice annually. And I'll go into a couple of slides and graphs to kind of show what that means for applicants and the fees that they would be paying.

So if you look at how we currently do it, ICC building valuation, is history. So you see in January '3, we took February ICC determinations. So on the bottom you see the dates and then on the left side is the cost. So in January 23, we had $150.87 per square foot for those I'm sorry, not per square foot. That was just the building fee that would be a lot of those per square foot.

But we that was our square foot actually, I guess it is I'll get back to you on that one. It's not square that's the construction cost, sorry, that's not what we charge, just to be clear. Okay, so that went up to $167 in January 24. You see it dips a little in January 25 and then it goes back up in January 26. This is what that chart would look like if we actually updated it in what we're proposing, which is May 1 and November 1.

So what you can see if you just if I go back a slide and look at the difference, it's a more gradual increase over time. And if you play this out, we every year, we try to match we want to match our projected revenue with our projected costs. And to do that, we also include another thing besides BBD, which is our permit fee multiplier. And if you look at this graph, it's really not a slope because it's not going up over the year, right? It'd be a flat line from the first point of $150.87 up to the second point of $160.37 So on January 1, it jumps from that 150.87 up to 167.37.

So it's not a slope. And what that means is at the end of the year when we figure out our revenue for the future year, we apply a permit fee And And about we'll are making up for that cost that the person next may be saved in December '23. So what this slide does is and I went the wrong way, but what this slide does is it really evens out those costs amongst applicants. Does a better job of spreading that out so maybe you're not trying to time bringing in your permits right before the end of the year, and it it just spreads it out over all the applicants. Okay.

So that's Title 14. For Title 21, we have four updates that we need to we'd like to we're proposing to include, and these are improving the clarity and transparency of our fee schedule. The first one is back in 2005, when we adopted the Critical Areas Ordinance, there was a reasonable use exception fee that we never incorporated into our fee table. So that fee of $4,350 for the permit plus a $650 hearing fee is now proposed to be added in. Additionally, when we contracted with a new hearing examiner, we added flood hazard variance hearing examiner fee of $1,350, which is now incorporated in there.

Our current schedule has a category that says all other SDAPs including minor grading. The only other SDAP is minor grading, so we're just clarifying that to just call it SDAP minor grading. And then as previously brief, we're adding that preapproved ADU plan in the rural zone, that thousand dollar cost for those plans into that table. And that's all I have on the fee schedule update. Any questions?

Okay. Any questions? No? Okay. At this time, public hearing is open. And is there I don't have anybody signed up here in the room. Is there anybody online?

I'll give it a second.

Okay.

And no one is raising their hand.

Okay. Alright. We're gonna go ahead and close Alpha A and we'll move on to B. No.

The board needs to decide decision if you're going to approve it today or continue it or.

Okay. Thank you. Do have a motion?

Do we want to hear Item B first? It's a question for Rafe.

Okay. Yes, absolutely.

Is Item B attached to Item A?

Item B is related in the sense that we have to update our policy if you approve the BBD updates for to incorporate them May and November. We then brief B would be to include that language in our

Let's hear b.

In our fee policy. Sorry.

Thank you. Let's hear I propose we hear b and then we can take a and b separately. Does that we do that? Is that allowable?

Can we do that?

Can we take action on

We have to take action on A, right?

On A first, right?

Right. Okay. You could make a motion to postpone it to go back to it after B. We could do that. Okay.

I move that we postpone decision on item A and to after we hear the details and comment on item B. Second.

Okay. Second a motion. All in

favor? Aye.

Opposed? Okay. We are going to hold off. We'll come back to it. Alright. And now I'm going to open the public hearing.

Commissioner, can I read it into the record? Yes, Yes. Thank you. Public hearing b, resolution to update community development fee policies.

Okay. Now I'm gonna open the public hearing. Rafe, welcome back.

Thanks. I'm still Rafe Weissham. I'm still, I think, the Director of Community Development. And I'm here to brief you on the resolution to update DCD's fee policies. So the background is really the same.

We established the fee policies in 2008 as we transitioned from the general fund to a special revenue fund. And when we make changes to these, we have to brief them in front of you all, so that's why I'm here today. This is really recapping what we talked about in the last brief is that currently we update the BVD once a year, and we're proposing that to change that to twice annually, both November and or sorry, May 1 and November 1 based on the ICC, BBDs that come out in February and August respectfully. So the February table would come out and we would implement that May 1, then the August numbers would come out and we would implement those November 1. And that's all I have for the fee policies.

Any questions?

I'm sorry. I don't have anybody on signed up for fee policies in the room. Do I have anybody online?

Give it a second. Okay.

And no one is raising their hand.

Okay. Alright. Do I have

a You're gonna close the public

We're gonna go ahead close the public hearing. Okay. Question.

I I did. I just for a direct question. Have you briefed this then with like the Home Builders Association? Or have you since we haven't heard from anyone else from the public, has this been publicized so people like, we would have heard feedback if there was concerns.

Yes. I shared this with KBA about three or four weeks ago, and then I sat down with their leadership at my monthly meeting a couple weeks ago, and they didn't have any comments on it.

Okay. They're probably appreciative of flattening the curve like this spike.

I would think so, yeah.

Okay. Cleaning up the second.

Follow-up question for you, Director Wysham. Is there a plan for so the fees are going up twice a year, but they're going up slower. Not ideally, ideally they're going up if our property values are going up, right? Because it's based on the or is it based it's based on construction costs.

It's based on construction costs, yeah.

So they're if they're going up twice a year, are you able to have a like do you have a notification in red that says new fee schedule will be presented on May 1. You know, it's so people coming in have a heads up.

Yeah. We we'll we'll have to present the updates of the b b d to you. So that'll be all public as we as we update those every six months now. And this one won't we were not gonna update on May 1, the one that just came out in February. So we're gonna wait to give time to do outreach, but this is what we're gonna do. So November 1 will be the first time that we incorporate this. And I want to just add that by flat it it is gonna raise. So all in in of or January 27, all of '27 would have the same rate. Now we're gonna have a little bit of of step ups throughout the year. So it is going to increase revenue, which all that means though is we will have a lower permit fee multiplier at the end of the year.

So we'll be able to reduce our permit fee multiplier because we brought in more revenue, all to equal out or kind of level out the costs across all applicants who come in for permits.

So do you anticipate evening out the workload for staff then as well? Like, have were you seeing permits coming in, like, I got a lot to save money. Do you know what mean? Like, is it will this even out the workload?

I would say no. I I a majority of our permits come in around March, April, May. So Okay. I don't we don't really don't see a big rush at the December to try to beat that increase. So I I don't really see a change in a whole lot, maybe a little bit. I don't think it's really on the forefront of many people's mind though when they come into permit.

Okay. All right.

A motion?

I think we make a motion on item B and then item A. Go back to A. I move to approve the resolution to update community development fee policies. Second.

Okay. All those in favor?

Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.

Okay.

Back to A.

And let's go back to A. Need a motion.

I move to approve the resolution updating community development fees for building and construction fees and land use and development fees.

A second.

Okay. All those in favor, aye.

Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.

Alright. Thank you. Thanks for the for the navigation on that. Yes.

Thank you, commissioners.

Thank you, director.

Public hearing c resolution amending the 2026 annual budget.

Welcome, Chris.

Morning, commissioners. Christopher Carlson, county budget manager for the record. Today, I am presenting our first quarter budget amendment. The county uses quarterly system to amend our budgets. And typical first quarter budget amendment, you see a lot of maybe requests that bled over from the prior year's budget process, things that are approved later because we're talking about our budget process in September, but then things happen between September and December.

But this budget amendment has none of that. This is the smallest budget amendment I've seen in the last eleven years. This is very housekeeping ask. I'll go over it just really quickly. In summary though, it reduces spending authority in the general fund by just under $265,000 and then increases spending authority across many other funds outside of the general fund by $500,000 So we had a planned expense for detective space construction improvements within the general fund and that was incorporated in our adopted budget.

And since just as I described earlier, decisions are made much later after the budget adoption or budget planning cycle where the changes for the detective space funding are gonna be spent a little different than we originally planned. And so we gotta move the spending authority around from what was preapproved to a different lease type option for the detectives. So it's utilizing the same bucket of money just putting it in a different account category. Previously, the board last year improved an incorporation study for the area of Kingston, and it's just a professional services contract. And so no money was spent on it, so we're just reappropriating that from fund balance.

And then emergency management has a desire to do an inventory management audit. They have some vacancy savings, and they're going to use the available within their existing available funding, but we're just putting that in a different bucket as well. One of the biggest reasons the spending authority is decreasing in the general fund is our jail medical contract billing adjustment. We, through coordination with the sheriff's office, are are are reducing the spending on this because the part of this bill that we're going to from the our medical contract provider is going to be spent with grant dollars. So the expense doesn't need to happen in the general fund, it's going to happen in the special revenue fund for the sheriff's office.

So we're reducing that total spend. And then we did get a slightly slightly more than anticipated from the state for indigent defense. And so we're increasing that amount by $100,000 In total, the county receives about $380,000 for 2026. For indigent defense for total program budget though of Indigent Defense is about $5,600,000 Outside funds, I thought you like that one. There's the parks maintenance fund needs to procure some software, just a one time cost.

There's a pre approved or previously approved in a prior year, an ILA matching funds for a study that the Noxious Weed Fund is doing. So that's just utilizing existing funds within their cash balance. And then you see the other side of the detective space funding, the decreases happening in the general fund and increase happening or decreases in other funds because we're changing around how that money is the existing money is being spent. And lastly, community development, the natural resources side has a need to adjust some of their grant billing and planning for new grants and contracts that they've procured since the adoption of the budget. So just some housekeeping there for community development as well.

I'm happy to answer any questions.

I have

a question about the 400,000 from the jail medical. Is that ongoing?

So the 400,000, what is being done with that? The jail got a one time tranche of funds from the for our Medicaid dollars for a startup program where the jail is going to be billing medical costs to Medicaid for incarcerated individuals. So part of this expense that the provider is billing us for, we're going to use we're gonna spend down that startup funds from the Medicaid that we got from Medicaid. And then the idea is once they've got this billing system set up and are successful in billing Medicaid for these expenses, that onetime pot of money that they are allowing us for startup will be replaced with recurring billing to Medicaid.

Okay. So we did budget for that then?

Yes. Yes. Yes.

I thought it was like another rabbit and out of the hat.

No. Yeah. Office. I was kind I got

a little adrenaline rush.

So that's separate from the opioid settlement?

Separate from opioid funds. Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah.

Okay.

I think they got about 2,100,000 in total that could be used for the startup of the Medicaid billing program.

Okay.

Questions? Okay. Alright. Well, we are going to Yep.

We're gonna

now open the public hearing. It's now open. I do not have anybody signed up for it in person here. Is there anybody online?

Give it a second. And

no one is raising their hand.

Okay.

Public hearing is now closed. Okay.

I'd like to make a motion to approve the resolution amending the 2026 annual budget. Second.

Okay. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. Discussion. Oh, I'm sorry. Discussion.

One just one minor point of discussion. Chris, could you please say what you said in your intro that this is the smallest budget amendment you've seen in eleven years?

This is the smallest budget amendment I've seen in eleven years. It is decreasing our spending authority in the general What

did you

say again? I'm sorry, I didn't hear you.

I want the Van Cleves to hear that. That,

you know, I got to say that that that is a testament to your department, Amber, your guys' department and the fact that you guys are really kinda spreading this out kinda like what we saw in DCD kinda some housekeeping trying to figure out how we could level this out and make sure it is our sense of dollars and cents are accounted for and we're efficiently moving this money as necessary. Good job. It's good. Let's keep it up.

And we're still doing the county is still doing good things.

Services, yes, absolutely. Okay. All right.

Now we can vote.

Now we can vote. All All those in favor?

Aye.

Opposed? Motion carries.

Thank you.

Congratulations, Chris. Thank you.

Thanks, Chris. This is an opportunity for the public to address the board on general interests.

Okay. I have a few people signed up for public comment. Public comment will be limited to two minutes. And then if we have anybody online, if we can get them spooled up and ready to go. I want to just remind everybody if we can just come up here in a professional manner. We're not going to call names and we're not going to point out individuals and show respect that would be appreciated. So first person on the list will be Mr. Corich.

Ed Corish from Port Orchard. I just wanted to give you guys a quick update on our KRC's STAP status. The club has met with Soundview consultants, which we've met with numerous times before over the last many years. And a site visit has been scheduled for May 12. Prior to that, next Wednesday, there will be a follow-up meeting to discuss the details of the site visit and the subsequent time line for the site plan development.

It will be it'll take some time to get through all this. A surveyor and a biologist will work together to collect all the necessary data during the site visit, and then Soundview will then put that together to create the wetlands delineation layout for the inclusion in the site plan development. I plan to return periodically just to provide you with status updates on that. And I want to thank the commissioners for being patient with the club as we fund this and move forward in the progress to progress the actions associated with the SDAP. And then I also want to thank Dana for the many years of service keeping the commissioners on track as demonstrated today. That's all I've got.

Mr. Quartz, thank you very much. That's an uplifting update. So I'm glad to

hear that

things are starting to move forward. Thank you. Okay. Mister Mark Slagle? Slagle? Did I say that correctly? For UGA's zoning? No?

Okay.

Mister Van Cleef? Sir?

May I approach? Absolutely.

All right. Thank you very much.

Morning, commissioners. Al Van Cleave, Olalla, Uptown Olalla. Been a resident for twenty plus years. We recently made a new friend. The information I just gave you is a handout that ends up on people's doorsteps. Keep in mind we just as a county awarded this group a humanitarian award and this is what concerns me. I'm going to read this. Queer trans youth meetups, ages eight to 17, every fourth Saturday, six to nine four p six to nine p. M. Adults discouraged.