City Council - Regular Meeting

It is already June 22nd. This is our 10 o'clock regular meeting and we're going to get started. Meeting is called to order and let's start with the Pledge of Allegiance on this great day.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

Okay.

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Great. Thank you, Marina. All right. Well... We're going to start out with the resolution 9926. I'm going to go ahead and read that resolution and it looks like Acting Sheriff Sapp is present and she will be saying a few words afterwards. Resolution 99-2026, appointing Penelope Sapp to serve as acting Kitsap County Sheriff until the interim successor is appointed, whereas Sheriff John Giese will retire from his position prior to the end of his elected term, Whereas when such vacancy occurs, the county legislative authority is constitutionally required to appoint a person who is from the same county and the same political party as the vacated elected person and who is one of three persons nominated by the county central committee of that same political party. Whereas the Kitsap County Democratic Committee has commenced the process providing a list of three qualified potential candidates. Whereas, until such time as the Board of County Commissioners appoints an interim successor, the Board is authorized under RCW 36.16.115 to appoint an acting official who is an employee and currently serving as a deputy or assistant to the elected official to perform all necessary duties to continue normal office operations. And whereas the board wishes to designate Penelope Sapp as acting sheriff to ensure and document that Penelope Sapp is invested with the authority to perform all necessary duties to continue normal office operations of the Office of the County Sheriff until such time as a successor is appointed. Now, therefore, the Board of County Commissioners resolve as follows. Penelope Sapp is now hereby appointed as acting sheriff, effective upon Sheriff Giese's retirement, to fill the Kitsap County Sheriff vacancy and to hold such position until the Board of County Commissioners completes the constitutional process for filling the vacancy of an elected official and appoints a successor who will serve the balance of Sheriff Giese's unexpired term. This was adopted June 15th, 2026. It was signed by myself, Chair, Commissioner Walters, and Commissioner Rolfes. Congratulations, Sheriff. Okay. Hold one second. All those in favor say aye.

We haven't moved it yet.

Oh, I'm sorry. Okay.

And it's already approved. I move to affirm Resolution 99-2026 appointing Penelope Sapp to serve as acting Kitsap County Sheriff until an interim successor is appointed. Second. Second.

Okay, any discussion?

Yes, just to highlight that this appointment is effective upon the retirement of Sheriff Giese, not today.

Just so people know. And we're very appreciative of Chief Stapp stepping up in this way. Now we can vote.

Yeah, sorry. We had already done this. I saw Penny, and I wanted to have an opportunity to speak. So, okay. All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? MOTION CARRIES. NOW, ACTING SHERIFF SETH.

GOOD MORNING. FIRST, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE. I'M NOT WEARING MY UNIFORM TODAY BECAUSE MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS GRADUATING FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I WANT TO GO, BUT NOT IN UNIFORM. SECOND, I WANT TO SAY WOW. I couldn't believe when I got the call last Monday. It does put my mind at ease because I know you have a difficult process ahead of you. This was unexpected. And we were worried about the stability of our agency when we were going through this process. I'm confident, and you all know that I work many, many hours, that I will keep this agency running smoothly. So the staff that are doing the hard work will remain unscathed by this little shakeup, so to speak. And I want all the members and community of Kitsap County to know that they can have their faith in me while we go through this process. Yes, and thank you. Thank you for this extraordinary honor, and I'm just honored. Thank you.

Great. Thank you, Sheriff.

Okay.

Item 3A, resolution commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America.

Oh, just that.

What's that? Just that. Yeah, just that.

So I, before we have a discussion, so I move to approve the resolution commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. Second.

Okay, any discussion?

Sure, let me read the proclamation first. All right. Whereas July 4th, 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the declaration of independence in 1776 and the founding of the United States of America. And whereas the Washington state legislature established the semi-quincentennial committee in 2022 to coordinate and provide guidance for Washington's official observance of the 250th anniversary and appointed the Washington state historical society as the administrating agency for all America's 250 planning. And whereas the Washington State Historical Society has a mission to partner with our communities to explore how history connects us all and has a directive to assist and encourage cultural and historical organizations and efforts throughout the state. And whereas preserving, studying, celebrating, and appreciating our shared history helps strengthen communities as we work together toward the ideals of liberty and equality embedded in the Declaration of Independence. And whereas the 250th anniversary provides an opportunity to celebrate and recognize the significant contributions Washingtonians have made to local, state, and national history. And whereas Kitsap County was founded in 1857 and has contributed proudly and significantly to the history of the United States of America and the state of Washington for more than 169 years. And whereas we recognize and celebrate the lands and waters where we live, work, and play, which are now known as Kitsap County. We have been home since the time immemorial to the Coast Salish peoples, including the Suquamish tribe and the Port Gamble Scallion tribe, and whose cultures traditions and stewardship continue to enrich and strengthen our communities whereas the natural beauty of kitsap county from its 216 miles of marine shorelines and many miles of lakes and streams to its vibrant forests to the majestic views of the cascades and olympic mountains has shaped the region's culture and economy and remains central to the county's future And whereas a rich tapestry of families from diverse backgrounds over generations have helped build the communities of Bainbridge Island, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Poulsbo, Silverdale, Kingston, and the many areas that together form the vibrant identity of Kitsap County. And whereas our community members contribute to the strength and vitality of the United States through military service, civic engagement, innovation, volunteerism, commerce, and public service. And whereas the 250th anniversary presents an opportunity to celebrate local history, preserve cultural traditions, encourage civic engagement, and inspire future generations to carry forward the values of freedom and democracy. And whereas Kitsap County will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America with other regional governing bodies, organizations, and community groups, Now, therefore, be it resolved, the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners do hereby proclaim recognition of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America will engage in commemorative activities during the United States' semi-quincentennial year of 2026 and call upon all its residents to reflect upon the significance of this commemoration and the role our community and its diverse people have played in the history and development of the United States of America.

Just listen, that's beautiful. Any discussion?

I do wonder if Katie could Commissioner Walters could speak to the wall because that reflects a lot of work throughout the state to identify, you know, we were in a state 250 years ago. So what are the major factors? that we've contributed in Kitsap County towards American history and American culture.

Do you want to speak to that? Yeah, sure. Thank you. Washington State, along with Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, I can't remember, there's several states put together the moments that made us display. And so there's also a sister moments that made us display at the Kitsap History Museum in downtown Bremerton, as well as just several states. And I know there's also Spokane, just across the state. So we picked several that there's a group of BOARDS THAT ARE ALL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT THEN THERE'S SOME THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT TO WASHINGTON STATE AS WELL. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NUCLEAR LANDSCAPE AND WILDERNESS PROTECTION, THE JAPANESE INCARCERATION, AS WELL AS OUR SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND NATIONS, THE TRIBAL NATIONS AND RESILIENCE. So it's all kind of pieces together, and you see the dates below, how Washington State history interacts with our national history. And so we also have, on the moments that made you sign, there's a QR code that you can add your own story to the history, and I want to share a little bit, too. We've decorated, so thank you, staff, for helping decorate for this commemoration. As you leave, the chambers today, there's a big banner of the Declaration of the United States that have signatures on it. Well, that's from our bicentennial when residents from across Kitsap County signed the, so maybe some of you signed it back in the day, but that is also hanging and it's, just a huge part of our history. So also we have out on the other side of the wall, we have a copy of the Declaration of Independence. And then we also have, we're going to get the original, but we have a copy of a student, Madeline's artwork, and the theme was Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. And so she was part of America's 250, was part of America's Field Trip. She got a second place across the nation. She was a second place winner. And so we have her artwork out there as well. And so there's all different ways that we're commemorating. It's going to be a very patriotic summer. We kind of kick things off, literally blast things off with the Bridge Blast this weekend on Saturday, 10-15 off of the Manette Bridge. And there'll be celebrations all day. There'll be festivals along the boardwalk. And then the Bremerton fan zone for the World Cup, the July 1st match, there's going to be Americana celebration down on Quincy Square in collaboration with America's 250th as well as the Kitsap History Museum. They'll be putting on the celebration down there. So there's going to be kind of barbecue vibes, and the Chamber's going to be passing out hot dogs. So that's July 1st from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. I plan on popping over for lunch. And then there's also going to be a public reading of the Declaration of Independence presented by the John Paul Jones chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution on July 3rd at the Paulsville Waterfront Park at 3 p.m. There will also be just a patriotic event going on at the waterfront there as well. And then of course our tradition of having the Grand Old Forth parade and festivities with Bainbridge Island as well as the Kingston Forth parade. So those will be going on the 4th of July. And then also our Kitsap Fair and Stampede this year is going to be 250th themed with a special America 250 apple pie contest. So there's just, there's all different ways that our community is celebrating this milestone. And just, I don't know if you were part of any of the events with the USA, with the men's team and the chants of USA. It's just like this whole momentum of patriotism. It's really been fun. So we have a full summer of events ahead. And I just, encourage everyone to continue to helping us celebrate the semi-quincentennial.

Great.

And I think Keisha's here. We were thinking, have everyone got their flags? We passed out flags. We were going to do a picture in front of the moments after we vote, the moments that made us display so that we can share with our community some of the other ways that we're all celebrating.

Does anyone want to vote? OK. All right. Well, let's vote. All those in favor, say aye. all those opposed to say no nay motion carries all right if we can all move down there we'll get a picture taken yeah everyone can join us All right. Well, thank you for joining us in that picture. I have to, both Commissioner Rolfes and myself, want to thank Commissioner Walters on all her work on this. She was the spearhead on this. She and a few staff members put up all the signage and whatnot. And it was, I came in this morning and the declaration there signed on the banister was put up. So I thank everybody for that. But Commissioner Walters, thank you for spearheading this. BEAUTIFUL TIME.

CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING? I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE BANNER FROM 1976 OUT THERE. WE FOUND THAT BECAUSE SOMEBODY THAT USED TO WORK FOR THE COUNTY IN 1976 WAS PART OF, LIKE, BRINGING IT TO THE FAIR AND GETTING PEOPLE TO SIGN IT. AND HE WROTE TO US AND SAID, HEY, THERE WAS A BANNER. YOU GUYS SHOULD FIND IT FOR THE 250TH. AND HAD WE NOT KNOWN THAT THERE WAS THAT BANNER, We wouldn't have noticed that we found it. So it's pretty awesome that we were able to pull that out of the archives.

Absolutely. Okay.

Item 3B, Resolution Recognizing and Honoring July 2026 as Parks and Recreation Month in Kitsap County.

All right.

Chuck? Thank you very much for having us here today. We'll continue some celebrations. I appreciate it. I'm Chuck Cozzetto. I'm here representing Parks today. It's my honor. Thank you to the commissioners for receiving this proclamation. Thank you to the community for being here. We really appreciate it. So we'll continue the celebrations. I'm going to see if I can quickly play a highlight video for you about our parks, giving you both a grounds view and a bird's eye perspective of who we are, what we do, and what we provide to the community. And then I'll follow up with the proclamation shortly after. Let me share my screen. Can you see that OK?

There we go.

Thank you.

So as you can see there, from treetop canopies to communities, that's who Kitsap County is for the parks. We just really enjoy what we do, the work we do, and the community that comes out and enjoys their time and spends their time with us. So thank you again to the commissioners and the community for your support. We hope to continue all the good things in the future. So that being said, I'll go ahead and read this proclamation, I think, right?

Okay.

Whereas parks and recreation are an integral part of communities through this country, including Kitsap County, and whereas our parks and national lands, recreational trails, and community facilities are vitally important to establishing and maintaining the quality of life in Kitsap County, ensuring the health and well-being of residents, promoting environmental stewardship and contributing to the economic vitality of the region. And whereas parks and park services build healthy and active communities, support mental health and physical health of all ages and foster social and cultural connections. And whereas Kitsap County Parks spans over 11,000 acres of primarily developed or partially developed park lands, along with nearly 140 miles of trail segments within its parks systems, offering diverse opportunities for recreation, education, and reflection. Whereas July is recognized nationally as Parks and Recreation Month, providing the opportunity to acknowledge the dedicated efforts of park staff, volunteers, and community partners who maintain and enhance these cherished spaces. Whereas, in recognition of National Parks and Recreation Month, Kitsap County will host a community volunteer work party on July 11th of this year from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Fairgrounds and Events Center. We encourage the public to participate in stewardship and care for these cherished community spaces. Whereas, it is fitting that we set aside time to honor and recognize the vital role parks play and recreation enhance the lives of all Kitsap County residents. Now, therefore, the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners, oh, do I read this part? Yeah, sorry. Now, therefore, the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners hereby proclaims July 2026 as Parks and Recreation Month in Kitsap County and encourages all residents to enjoy, support, and celebrate their local parks, trails, and recreational resources throughout the month and well beyond. Thank you for the opportunity. Great, Chuck.

Thank you for that. Okay. Do we have a motion?

I move to approve the resolution recognizing and honoring July 2026 as Parks and Recreation Month in Kitsap County. Second.

Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any discussion?

I do have some.

First of all, Chuck, both Commissioner Root and I were like, hey, where's our favorite park? You didn't hit them all in that video, but that awesome video. Awesome video.

Videos are also available online if you'd like to look at them.

Can you come back up to the microphone? Because I want to ask you another question.

Yeah, I was just going to mention the videos are also online. I know that was a little, there was some lag there, but you can view them on YouTube if you like. Pick out your favorite park. Maybe we'll come visit it and get some more footage of it. But yeah, you can check it out. The highlight reels there and just the images of Wicks Lake even, I think, kind of captured a lot of what the community is about in the area.

Yeah, and then you have photos online and videos that people can use for their own purposes too, right?

Definitely, we're happy to share. Yeah, whatever you need. There's some really, really stunning aerial photos and ground footage that we'd be more than willing to help the community participate in.

Yeah, I think we have one of the best county park systems in the whole state.

I'm pretty sure we do.

I'm not just saying that. We have the biggest parks, the most beautiful parks. You guys do a great job.

And I have to say, a small and mighty staff that's maintaining the 11,000 acres of parks that we have. I commend our staff, so thank you so much. Because it is really, our parks are what really... set us aside and it's like why we love to live here so thank you yeah our staff is absolutely amazing

I have one more question. Tell us on July 11th, what are people doing at the fairgrounds, and are there hot dogs involved?

I would love to get some hot dogs involved. So I'll make it whatever happened. We need to. But yeah, you can show up to the fairgrounds on that date, and we'll have information available online as well. You can check social media or the website. You show up, have a great time. We encourage families to come out. these work parties that are more community engagement opportunities so people understand what we do, who we are, what that looks like as a county and a park system. This one's in preparation for the Kitsap County Fair and Stampede, or the Kitsap Fair and Stampede coming up here this summer. So we're getting the fairgrounds ready and it's a big open space where you can bring some kids, they can run around, hang out, and maybe we can get some work done at the same time.

But what kind of work? Are you painting buildings or weeding landscape?

Weeding landscape primarily, maybe laying down some beauty bark, just going through. And we'll have staff on site to guide and direct. So if you want to bring your own gloves, that's great. We have gloves, tools available, all those things. So we'll have kind of a checklist of things to go through and fit everybody's need, if that makes sense.

Great, thank you. And I'd be remiss not to put the shout out for Banner Forest and all the work that's being done there by our stewardship, or the beginning of our stewardship. So I appreciate all the liaison work that's going on there. And I think I will mention point no point on all the work that's been there for the past, really, eight years or nine years. It's all beautiful. Also South Kitsap Regional Park. There, I put the plug out. You got them all. Well, there's so many parks.

You can't put them all in that quick video.

Nope.

Newberry Hill Heritage Park, Dolomite Cove. It's like I'll hit all of ours.

Yeah, the highlight reel would be 28 minutes long.

Yeah. Well, you know, it's important, though, that we try to do as much as possible because we pay for it. And so it's important that we show the hard work that's being done to maintain those parks. So I know you had a little clip, and that's good. And we'll go online, and we can put some additional stuff on there.

Yeah, and also check out our Discover Kids app walks. Those are opportunities to get out there and maybe learn a little bit more about what we do and what's going on in the parks without necessarily getting your hands dirty, and then maybe you can contribute once we really end, if you think that's great.

Okay, thank you. Thanks, Chuck. Okay, let's vote. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Okay, motion carries. Thank you, Chuck. All right.

County Administrator's comments.

Good morning, Board. I was wondering if you all might entertain a request from me to remove item 14D from the agenda for further discussion. I'm happy to speak to that or explain why if you'd like, or we can address it further in the Rhodes Fund budget briefing this afternoon at 2. Rhodes did send some additional information at 9.04 to your inboxes, so there's a Word document there. If you're able to review it in time, we could certainly close out the item and pass this as a walk-on later if you wanted that. The request for today is if you wouldn't mind removing that for now.

So that would be a motion when we get to the consent agenda?

Motion to remove that item.

Okay. That's it. Thank you. Appreciate it, Tori. All right. Now opportunity for the public to address. Go ahead. Please go ahead. Sorry.

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

Okay. I don't have anybody signed up for the consent agenda. Is there anybody that like to make comments on the agenda? Doesn't look like it. Anybody online?

No one online.

Okay. All right. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda?

I make a motion to approve the consent agenda with the exception of removing item 14D from the consent agenda. I second that. Okay. Wait, that is not, is that right? Yep, it is 14D. 14D.

Okay.

Okay, we have a motion and a second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay, motion carries. Senate agenda adopted. We'll re-approach 14D this afternoon. Thank you, Tori.

Item 16A, public hearing, continuation of a public hearing to consider the comprehensive plan remand order ordinance amending the comprehensive plan.

Okay. This is a public hearing, so now I will open it for deliberations and decision only. Public hearing is now open. Good morning, director Washington and Garrett. Good to see you guys.

Good morning, commissioners.

For the record, I'm Garrett Ballou, long-range planner here at DCD, and I'm joined this morning by our director, Ray Weisham. And we are here for the comprehensive plan remand, specifically deliberations and adoption this morning. I've got a brief presentation up on the screen that I'm sharing the timeline of what we have so far with this project, the Comprehensive Plan remand, also recapping the content of that amendment and also providing a bit of additional information for the Board to consider as we move forward with this process. So turning back the clock to December of 2024, that's when Kitsap County adopted our 2024 comprehensive plan. Then in January and February of 2025, that plan was appealed. The State Growth Management Hearings Board then issued a decision in order to for the county to remand the comprehensive plan and make some adjustments and changes to certain aspects. In August of 2025, the PSRC issued a conditional certification report, also identifying a couple of items for us to address with the plan. And then in November 19th of last year, the hearings board extended our compliance deadline to June 30th, 2026. And that's where we stand today, June 30th being next week. And THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU FOR ADOPTION. SO A BRIEF SLIDE GOING OVER THE ADJUSTMENTS AND THE AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THERE WERE A COUPLE OF GROUPS OF CHANGES. ONE WAS THE REQUESTS FROM THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BOARD, THE OTHER FROM THE PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL, PSRC. AND SO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BOARD REQUESTS INVOLVED HOUSING CAPACITY WITH OUR LAND CAPACITY ANALYSIS in the comprehensive plan. And so we made some adjustments to our roads and rights of way allocation in all UGAs. We also added some goals, policies, and strategies to the comprehensive plan addressing multimodal emergency evacuation routes and wildfire risk concerns. And those are through proposed text amendments, which are in the draft ordinance as well. For the Puget Sound Regional Council we addressed their employment conditions with additional adjustments to land capacity analysis and those roads and rights of way adjustments impacted that aspect as well. There were some UGA specific adjustments made as well and so those concerns were really addressed through using that land capacity analysis and working through those requests that way. We also addressed air quality standards and emission reduction with proposed text amendments to our transportation element. So that was another piece to this. We had the more technical land capacity analysis adjustments, as well as some additional goals, policies, and strategies, and text amendments within certain chapters of the comprehensive plan. OK. And I had mentioned at the beginning of this presentation that we had some additional information to share. And so the Department of Commerce reviewed our amendments and got back to us May 18th with their comments on that, essentially. May 18th, if we turn back the clock on that, was the public hearing. Had the public hearing. Later that day, we received some comments from the Department of Commerce, and I've got them up on the screen here. But essentially, in consideration of a recent 2025 court case, Futurize versus the City of Mercer Island, Commerce has recommended that the county identify the number of housing units likely to require subsidies and or incentives to be affordable at the designated income levels, and the amount of funding and or incentive needed for those units. Given the timing of this comment and this recommendation from Commerce and our compliance deadline with the Growth Management Hearings Board being June 30th, we didn't have the time and the capacity to implement this within this particular comprehensive plan update. And so the recommendation was not within that scope of the remand order and was received at a time that didn't allow us an opportunity for sufficient analysis, public review, the public process, and implementation prior to this June 30th deadline here. So that being said we provided a staff recommendation which is in the memo that is before you today commissioners and also in the packet for this meeting with some recommended language to potentially amend the ordinance and include in a new section explaining that this comment has been received the county has acknowledged this comment and will evaluate in a future evaluation here. So The draft work plan is included in the meeting materials which discusses, based on the information and the comment from the Department of Commerce, the steps to evaluate the subsidies and the incentives and the gap analysis there. And so our staff recommendation, excuse me, our staff recommended ordinance language is outlined in the second page of that memo. Okay. So our next steps here today, we have the adoption on June 22nd. Within 10 days of that, we'll be sending compliance report to the Department of Commerce. We'll also be sending that information out to the hearings board and the Puget Sound Regional Council. And then July and August, that's our timeline, what we're looking at for the plan to actually be updated with all of these amendments. And that is the end of the recap on the slides. But I will go back up to the staff recommendation slide. And that language, again, is within the memo on that second page. If the board has any questions.

OK. Thank you, Garrett. Thank you for that recap. All right.

Do I have a question? Yes. So thank you for the update on this. And I know we had discussed this at work study. Could you remind me then the timeline for meeting the new, the affordable housing funding gap analysis work? Will that be part of next year's work plan then? Or will it be further out as the next comprehensive plan update?

So we don't have a specific timeline on that. We have begun taking a look at that, and the work plan outlines the steps needed to really evaluate that and identify where that could be placed within the comprehensive plan. But at this time, we do not have a date set for that.

Yeah, I think that the I think the recommendation is that this is a brand new requirement from the Department of Commerce. And if they're going to require it, we'd like to ask them to provide the staff support to carry it out. So I appreciate the language changes that you made so that we're not committing to doing it without Department of Commerce fulfilling their role. Funding. Funding. Funding.

Funding.

And as we're, as we say on that subject for everybody that's listening is that we've had a lot of unfunded and underfunded mandates that are coming down. So as a board of commissioners, we are, we are paying close, close attention to this and making sure that, uh, you know, we're all working together as a, as a collaborative government to make things happen. So with funding, all right. Okay.

Well, I'll make a motion to adopt the ordinance, and then I'll make another motion to amend it, and then we'll vote on the amendment and then vote on the ordinance.

Do we need to close the public hearing first, though, and then come out of public hearing? Yep, so close the public hearing and then that.

Okay. Okay. I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. Ouch. A little bit more discussion. All right. Okay. YES, SIR. THIS IS FOR DELIBERATIONS AND DECISION ONLY. YES, SIR. WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN TESTIMONY, SIR.

This public hearing was only for deliberation and decision only. The public comment period was open on June 8, I believe is when the original public hearing was.

OK. Thank you. Marina?

I move the board enact an ordinance amending the comprehensive plan remand order amending the comprehensive plan. Second.

Okay, we have a motion and a second. All those in favor? No, discussion. This is the second time today that my procedural mishaps. Okay, discussion.

I'd like to propose an amendment to that motion, and the language for that has been provided to us in a memo. So I make a motion to renumber subsequent sections and add new Section 5 as follows. Section 5. affordable housing funding and incentives work plan. The county received review comments from the Washington State Department of Commerce on the proposed comp plan amendments May 18th, 2026. Commerce noted the county's amendments show sufficient land capacity for the county's housing needs at all income levels, which was the remand issue from the growth board. Additionally, commerce provided a recommendation based on another growth board matter that the county worked to identify the number of housing units likely to require subsidies and or incentives in order to be affordable to households at the designated income levels and also the level of funding and or incentives necessary to facilitate the development of such units. The recommendation was received at a time that did not allow sufficient opportunity for analysis, public review and implementation prior to the June 30th, 2026 compliance deadline. The county has developed a draft work plan to evaluate the Department of Commerce's recommendation. I second that amendment.

Okay.

We need to vote on the amendment, and then we vote on the full.

Got it. Okay. All those in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Okay, motion carries. So we do the amendment.

So that was the amendment. Yep. Now we do the full.

Okay.

If there's any discussion on the full.

Okay, any discussion on the full remand? All right vote here so all those in favor say aye aye opposed motion carries

Item 16B, continuation of a public hearing to consider an ordinance adopting the new boundary line adjustment and property aggregation code in Chapter 16.64, Title 16, and amending Kitsap County Code Title 16, Title 17, and Title 21 for internal consistency and clarity.

Okay. I'm going to now open the public hearing. for deliberation and discussion only. Decision only, excuse me.

Okay. Well, good morning again, Commissioners. For the record, Garrett Bellew, Department of Community Development, Long Range Planner, and I'm joined by Rafe Weisham today. Apologies, the presentation seems to be loading up on the screen. Just give it one more minute here. Okay. All right, so this is for the continuation of deliberations and decision on the proposed boundary line adjustment ordinance. So we have, again, similar to the remand, we've got some slides going over the high-level overview of the entire project, beginning with the schedule here. So we had the public hearing on... June 8th, followed by deliberations June 17th, which takes us to deliberations and decision today, June 22nd. And we would be targeting a potential implementation of January 1st, 2027, which is a change to the draft ordinance to make sure that we have that January 1, 2027 in there. The previous draft said three months from adoption, but if we're in an implementation window, we would like to make sure that we have ample time to develop the materials and really flesh out what this process would look like if that should play out. So that's a change I wanted to point out up front between the previous draft of the ordinance and this current draft you see before you today. So the purpose of a boundary line adjustment ordinance and boundary line adjustment code is to establish a clear and consistent review process before these boundary line adjustments are recorded at the auditor's office. And so the proposed code identifies two methods to review these depending on the complexity of the proposed adjustment. And that would be the permit review route and the over-the-counter free review option for certain boundary line adjustments. And so the purpose of these boundary line adjustments being reviewed is to inform property owners of potential issues that could occur with their proposals before they get to a position down the line where things are more difficult. And so we don't want to have these land use consequences show up when folks are coming in for their development permits. We'd really like to catch these before boundary line adjustment has already occurred where there may be some potential issues with zoning, health district requirements, access, and plaque conditions and so forth. And so we don't want folks to be creating, unknowingly creating illegal or unbuildable parcels with boundary line adjustments and a review process would provide the opportunity for these to be vetted by the county before these issues would arise. So we've got a couple of slides detailing the permit approach for boundary line adjustments that are more complex between more than a couple of parcels, more than one line or one corner being adjusted. And so these would be type one ministerial permits, our most straightforward and simplest permit type that's for the RCW. And so We have a couple of provisions within this, so one of which is that boundary line adjustments that are showed to be tied to the closing of a sale would be pulled up to the top of the list for priority review within a week so that we can make sure that that boundary line adjustment is not holding anything up for purposes of a sale. And something else with this, it's all type one ministerial permits, but pointing out here that these would require no public notice, no SEPA or public hearings. So it's a more straightforward permit type. And applications for boundary line adjustments would be reviewed for compliance with zoning regulation, area and dimensional criteria, any applicable plat conditions if the parcels are within a plat, and also health district requirements. So on-site septic components and well locations, setbacks for those, that's something that the health district will be reviewing for on these. Notably, this would not include review for critical areas. This review would occur at a future development stage. So when you actually know where the potential structures would be located, where they may be close to those setbacks, that's something that's going to be reviewed later on. And because of that, applicants would acknowledge via signature on a boundary line adjustment cover sheet, which would be required at the auditor's office. that approval of the boundary line adjustment would be subject to the limitations in Section 16-64090 of the draft code, which is up on the screen there. So that covers the basics of that permitting option, and of course we also have this over-the-counter option, which has been added in the most recent draft for the public hearing. So if a boundary line adjustment meets certain criteria outlined in 1664020A, a property owner can elect to meet with a DCD planner in person, and those would be free appointments where they would bring their materials, take a look at them over the counter with one of the reviewers, also coordinate that at the same time where health district will be there likely virtually within that same time period so with both planners at the same time taking a look at this making sure that there wouldn't be any issues and so this would apply to those simpler boundary line adjustments detailed in the code but overall these would be two parcels only moving one line or one property corner simple reviews maybe you're moving a fence line over to align with where your shed is or something along those lines this would be targeting those simpler adjustments So under this approach, if approvable, the DCD reviewer at the counter would stamp the cover sheet, and that would be required for recording up at the auditor's office. All right, so outreach and input as we drafted this code and shaped it into what you see before you in the draft ordinance. The original project lead met with various jurisdictions that have these boundary line adjustment ordinances and codes in place to identify what would work for Kitsap County, what wouldn't work for Kitsap County, and DCD staff initially And throughout the process, we're closely with our county surveyor over at Public Works to get his input on what this code would look like and also provide that experience from somebody who has worked as a surveyor. We also met with plenty of Kitsap County surveyors throughout this process and received their feedback and shaped the draft code based on that. We met with the Puget Sound Chapter of the Land Surveyors Association of Washington and got perspectives from that group as well. We also met with the Kitsap County Association of Realtors and shared our draft code with them, as well as that provision about the sale and the fast-track review for that. Individual surveyors, as I mentioned, throughout the county, as well as Pacific Northwest Title for a title perspective as well. Okay. And last week we met with the board for deliberations on this topic and you'll see in the packet in before you is deliberations matrix. The first page is proposed adjustments made from the public hearing through the deliberations and you'll see Several of these changes were approved during the deliberations by the board, and those are reflected in the draft ordinance. So that first page, there's three changes there that have been added. The second page, you'll notice on item number four, that has the intent of this provision to accommodate the movement of nonconformities across parcels via BLA without a resultant increase to the total amount or degree of nonconformities. Per the board's recommendation, that section has been reshuffled, so to speak. So that sentence now front loads that point one to make it clear to potential applicants or a boundary line adjustment. Folks that are doing a boundary line adjustment, that that is at the forefront of that section. The next change is on page three of the deliberations table, adding and and or to provide some clarity in item number seven there. And we also have item... Garrett, can you forward it to the... Do we have the... Oh, yes. We're not...

Thank you.

Hey, Gary, can you go over number three, please? Yes.

Item number three on the deliberations matrix here. I can make this bigger, too, for those folks. Looking at?

The online version is correct.

Item number three here. We solved it. We solved it. Okay. Thank you very much. So item number three is we discussed this in the deliberations last week. Just a change to that wording in 1664020A2 from additional corners to new corners to provide some clarity there. And that was a staff recommendation approved by the board in the deliberations last week on the 17th. And this was the item for which I had explained before putting it up on the screen, apologies for that, where the intent of this provision, this red line section here per the board's direction was moved to the beginning of that section of code to make that clear. We've got item number five here clarifying that any adjustment to an easement shall be documented and recorded separately from the boundary line adjustment, which is now reflected in the draft ordinance. In 1664.110, an addition that the section does not apply to tax aggregations. And then in 16.64020A, that addition of these two words, and and or, to provide additional clarity that all of these three criteria need to be met for that over the counter review. We're also discussing deliberations regarding the 65-day maximum review timeline for Type 1 ministerial permits. Again, that 65-day review is taken from RCW. And there was interest in documentation or discussion of a shorter maximum time frame for these boundary line adjustments. We are going to be updating Title 21, which is a section of our code that includes this information regarding timelines and permitting information, the more detailed information on our process. We recommend that an update to this Title 21 in the future stating that the boundary line adjustments are going to be holding to an internal policy regarding a timeline that's different from the 65-day timeline required by the state because that 65 days is Overall requirement for type 1 ministerial permits. It may not be the most accurate for these simpler boundary line adjustment permits and so happy to discuss that recommendation there If there are any questions I Appreciate you guys putting that language in there for us.

I would like to suggest we I pass that as policy before we pass the ordinance, just to be clear that it's our goal that this be part of it. I'm sorry, I was not speaking into my microphone. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE MAKE A POLICY MOTION PRIOR TO ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE TO CLARIFY THAT THE INTENT IS THAT THIS NOT BE A LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS.

OKAY. IS THAT INCORPORATED ALREADY AS PART OF OUR DELIBERATION MATRIX OR DO WE WANT TO DO WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE SINCE THIS IS PART OF THE DELIBERATION MATRIX WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE EACH OF THESE SEPARATELY RIGHT?

Correct.

But you would like to do that one separately, just to make emphasis on it?

I guess my assumption was that we would be moving the ordinance today, not the deliberations matrix. I think that's part of it.

That is correct. I wanted to go through the changes made since the deliberations, which is these last three here. I recapped the first piece just because I realized I wasn't sharing those up on the screen.

We can do either or. We can continue deliberations and continue this, or we can vote on the BLA ordinance amendment now. I see. Okay. Garrett, is that all you had?

There's one final piece on this deliberations matrix showing that we discussed in deliberations last week a update, if this were to be implemented, that six months from the effective date of the ordinance, there would be an update with DCD staff and the board to discuss the implementation of this, the effectiveness of the code provisions. And so that has been written into the ordinance as a new section 10. and subsequent sections have been renumbered. And then the last change was just the January 1st effective date language being changed. So that is the deliberations table with those changes incorporated in the draft ordinance which you see before you.

Okay, thank you. Number nine, written within six months of the following event. This was added, I don't remember having a discussion about this piece. Number nine?

It was discussed in deliberations, the desire to have a check-in and have this, there was a motion, I believe, to include this language. Okay, okay, thank you, thank you.

Okay. Well, this is either going to be a continued discussion or if we want a motion.

I'll make a motion to adopt the new boundary line adjustment and property aggregation code in Chapter 16.64. and amending Kitsap County Code Title 16, Title 17, and Title 21 for internal consistency and clarity as dated June 22nd in our meeting packet. I second that.

Okay, we have a motion and a second. Do we have any discussion?

I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE STAFF WORK BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST VERSION YOU GAVE US. SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU LISTENED TO OUR CONCERNS AND OUR STAKEHOLDER CONCERNS AND MADE REVISIONS BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK. SO THANK YOU. And I really appreciate all the community engagement on this. Thank you. I do believe that the version that we have now, it reduces the likelihood of disputes or unexpected issues later in the land development process and provides greater clarity for future property transactions, so a level of consumer protection, which I am very appreciative of. And so, again, I appreciate the work that staff and stakeholders have done in refining this code, and I think it The end result is a thoughtful and balanced improvement of our development code.

Anything? No, I don't have anything to add.

Okay. I want to thank DCD and all your staff and all the time that's taken on this. And I know that this is a lot of times when... We receive comment or complaint or ridicule from our constituents and from our taxpayers. We take it very seriously and we dig in and we try to figure out how to solve problems and how to help them and help others to get to a point where somebody could say we did something. That is our job as government. That is our job to make sure that we are protecting people and protecting their properties in this case. Personally, I don't agree with this BLA. I don't agree with continuing to regulate private property and asking permission to do things. I believe that private property and private businesses, though, are a fundamental piece of freedom and liberty. I think that's what drives our economy. That's what drives our life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. This is very passionate for me, so I apologize that if I get a little... Private property to me is private property. It's not government property. It's not your property. It's not somebody else's property. It's your property. It's private property. And to protect the individual rights and free enterprise and not to regulate us, essentially into submission. The more code, the more regulation, the more taxes, the more fees, We end up giving up all of our rights to a governance, and that's not right. We have a civil process, we have procedures, we have remedies that exist for property owners to address such problems as this code is trying to address. That is the private property owner's responsibility to make sure that's correct. Can we do things administratively within the county, between our auditor, between our Department of Community Development? Absolutely. We can figure out ways that will not increase costs to the property owner, not increase regulation to the property owner, and not subject them to this cost of delay in doing things. Housing, we are 1,400 homes short annually here in Kitsap County alone, according to the statistics. For us to keep adding and adding and adding these layering effects of code and fees, it just slows that process down. It just says, wait a minute. At some point, we have to stop. Again, I appreciate DCD's work. They've worked tirelessly, and they've done a really good job presenting it. They've done their job, and now it's up to us. So I'm against this. BLA should not pass, in my opinion. And I'm voting on the private property owner and lesser regulation. So there it is.

We need a close public hearing.

Okay. OK, now we're going to close public hearing. Closed. I mean, you go to vote right?

I guess we should we have closed public hearing before we made the motion probably OK, but do we need to?

Do we need to redo that? Let's redo the motion. Yeah. Okay. Okay. So we need to close bug carrying. That's on me today. I am food bar in this whole thing. So, um, I apologize for that. That is on me 100%. Um, and it will be corrected. Um, okay. So let's go ahead and reintroduce the motion.

All right, I'll reintroduce the motion. I move to adopt a new boundary line adjustment and property aggregation code in Chapter 16.64, Title 16, and amending Kitsap County Code Title 16, Title 17, and Title 21 for internal consistency and clarity as dated June 22nd in our agenda packet. Second.

Okay, we have a motion and a second. We've had discussion. Any further discussion?

Yeah, I guess following your remarks, I want to... say that Commissioner Walters captured a lot of my thoughts, but I also want to say that I also value private property rights. I value the ability for people to know that the property that they're purchasing was legally subdivided and legally entitled to be built on. And I've been in this office for two and a half years and have, I can remember at least one situation in North Kitsap where the person inherited a piece of property that was not developable and died before we could get the situation rectified. And so I know that the illegal, not illegal, but the creation of non-legal lots impacts people far down the road. This ordinance is not going to stop that from happening because boundary line adjustments have been happening in this county for decades, creating lots that may or may not be buildable. And unknowing purchasers, unsuspecting purchasers have to come in here and deal with that legally, which costs them thousands of dollars. So it's a kind of a which property owner are we protecting? I think that. Well, I know that every jurisdiction in our county has boundary line adjustment rules. We're the only county, as far as I understand, that doesn't have them. And I don't think that there is any weakness shown in aligning our land division codes to be similar to the rest of the state of Washington.

Okay. And I will co-tail on that. I think, Commissioner Raffles, your point is, I looked at this, I studied this, and it just kept coming back to the same piece of this in my heart and what I believe in and what I stand up for. And it is just as much as the private property owner that's purchasing property than it is the seller to do the same. So the seller to correct any inconsistencies and the private property owner to do their homework before they spend their hard-earned treasure on it. And that's a private matter. I don't think the government should be involved in that at all. But that's, again, my opinion. And so, okay. Going to a vote unless there's any other discussion. Okay. All those in favor, say aye.

Aye. Aye.

Those opposed? Oppose? The chair opposes. And the motion carries for the BLA ordinance. Two to one. Okay.

This is the opportunity for the public to address the board on general interests.

Okay. I have three signed up. And the first person... This one, we get two minutes to address the board. Number one is going to be Al Van Cleef.

You guys ready? You ready over there? Commissioners, Al Van Cleef from Alala. I'm here today with the translucent people of Kitsap County. In our last commissioner's hearing, I've listened to the first 10 minutes of the meeting elevate certain groups in our culture above others. I'm speaking as an individual whose family has been on this continent since 1650 in a little place called New Amsterdam. So there's a little bit of legacy here. The translucent people of Kitsap County have been here since the beginning of time. Never seen, never heard. Never recognized. Can you imagine what a tragedy that is not to be acknowledged? Sounds a little silly, doesn't it? But what we're doing by elevating certain individuals above all other in the culture, think about the 350 years my family sacrificed. We don't want accolades. What we want is our inalienable rights. We want you, the government, to stay out of the way. So I'm picking a group. I could say there's 137,223.5 translucent people in Kitsap County. The .5 would be me because I'm transitioning to being translucent. Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? We're all Americans here. And what I'm saying to you is inspired in my heart through William Wilberforce. Do you guys recognize that name? That's part of my faith background. We need, Morgan Freeman once was asked, how do we avoid racism and discrimination? He goes, don't talk about it. Don't emphasize it. So it's bothering me that we elevate These few. Thank you, Mr. Beckley.

Okay, next person on the list is Pete Brady.

Good morning, Pete Brady, Bamber John. The school of Salamanca, Spain. John Adams, our second president, is known to have cited the work of one of that school's 16th century scholastics, Juan de Mariana, on the subject of political economy. Mariana, in his 1609 treatise on the alteration of money, wrote, the private goods of citizens are not at the disposal of the king. and then said, the King is not empowered to levy taxes on unwilling subjects. This says that no government at any level may impose a tax without the voter's consent. This is an article from four and a half years ago in which the county imposed a 110% sales tax without voter approval for affordable housing purposes pursuant to House Bill 1590. The tax was unjust. I SUBMIT THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO MAKE RESTITUTION TO ITS CITIZENS AND REPEAL THAT UNJUST SALES TAX. WHAT I JUST SAID I PREPARED BEFORE HEARING ABOUT HOUSE BILL 2015'S COUNCILMATIC SALES TAX AT LAST THURSDAY'S SPECIAL MEETING, ANOTHER WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL TAX. THAT IS NOT DEMOCRACY THAT IS SO INDISCRIMINATELY BANDIED ABOUT THESE DAYS. This book by Alejandro Safin on the economic thought of the Spanish scholastics is a favorite of mine. I'll end with two quotes from it. First, the scholastic Pedro Fernandez Navarrete, the origin of poverty is high taxes. And again from Mariana, it is known that when kings, think any form of government, expand their power beyond their boundaries, Their rule degenerates into tyranny. Thank you. Two minutes. Good job. Thanks, Pete.

Appreciate that. Okay. Next would be Jack Stanfield. Now we can address the question.

Yes, sir. Good morning. After hearing this, my stuff is kind of calm. Okay. I will quote one line from the movie Cool Handbook. What we have here is a failure to communicate. With that being said, you have a copy of this that I gave to you, and I'm asking some questions on there, so I won't go into that. What I'm truly concerned about is life and death and safety of your families and your children. So the transportation element is in really, really sorry shape here under the GMA. This is from 2018. The intersection of State Route 3 northbound ramp at Loxahegans Boulevard had the highest collision rate of the study area. Southbound ramps at Loxahegans Boulevard also operate at an LOS of F. So what's going on here? Our good neighbor up on the hill with the gravel mines To avoid his trucks being counted in this road that they've been approved to use, he sent them down on Westkiss, South Lake, and North Lake Way illegally and dangerous. Now, it's right here. I expect more from some ladies. I expect more from you. Hell, you're a veteran, and you've led scouts And you saved Bainbridge Island, I'm sure, a time or two. But what you have here is you're willfully setting up people to get killed. And if you don't care about that, I've got nothing else for you, brother. Oh, we care.

Absolutely. Thank you. Yes, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, now I had three signed up. Anyone else would like to address the board that didn't sign up? Okay. Sir, in the white shirt, Dick.

For the record, Richard Brown, after 57 years as a realtor in Kitsap County, I'm terribly disappointed in Ms. Walters. No one spoke in favor of the boundary line adjustment, but that didn't matter to the liberal Democrats on this commission. It doesn't matter what the public has to say about what we want in our property rights, you ignore it. I'm pretty upset about this in that this was the fifth time we went to turn this thing down. You don't have any land developed because there's not enough urban growth area, and yet you expect young people to find a place to live. $2,000 a month now. You need to go to the state county commissioner's organization and tell them you're not going to take any longer unfunded mandates. If you don't do that, then Kitsap, what it wants, comes second. The other thing is that there's not enough urban growth area in Kitsap County to provide services to the public. You have a Navy Yard in the old days that we promised the federal government that we will provide housing for the Navy hard workers and the Navy. You can no longer do that. Until you increase the urban growth boundaries, we're dead meat. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Brown.

Okay, sir.

Thank you, Commissioners. I'm Gary Welch from District 2 of the county. I would like to ask you to clarify the situation on this boundary alignment. At the last meeting, Commissioner Walters, you indicated that you wanted to send it back to the Planning Commission. Commissioner Root I was somewhat surprised that you didn't just take the opportunity to do so, since you're so opposed to this, and simply say, yeah, let's do that. You would add a two to one vote at that point, and it would have been sent back. Can you, Mr. Root, address why you did that? And Commissioner Walters, I would like to give you the opportunity to clarify what you heard that changed your mind. I didn't hear anything that made a substantial difference to what was being objected to in the original. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Walsh. I'll follow up. Okay, sir.

For the record, my name is Frank Leach. I'm in Silverdale and Poulsbo landowner. I've been dealing with real estate here in Kitsap County for about 48 years as a real estate broker. I kind of find it unconscionable that we have pushed this BLA forward. I've been very involved with land use with the county. The GMA is the largest, unfunded, unmandated brokerage law passed in Washington state to date. If you don't know how that works, Google it. It's right there. Booth Gardner came and apologized to the Kitsap County Association of Realtors for signing that into law. We've been involved with a lot of stuff. We're here from the Association of Realtors, and I don't speak for them, but I was on their land use policy committee and we were involved in the rural lands. We've got hundreds and hundreds of hours. We're here to assist in bringing things forward that work for the public. Realtors touch virtually every aspect of our citizenry and we feel like we're sort of locked out on this. Yes, we met with DCD, but that was more of them just making a presentation to us. I don't know when the Planning Commission sends something forward and they're not unanimous how that can be a positive note. And furthermore, the BLA has been changed so dramatically from the time that the Planning Commission saw it. Why wasn't that sent back so that the citizens could make their voices known? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Leach. Anyone else? Okay.

And no one's raising their hand online.

Okay, thank you. All right. Moving on.

Board of Commissioner's comments.

Anybody like to address?

I feel like we did a lot with the 250th celebration of our nation's founding earlier today, but I do want to Thank Mr. Van Cleve for bringing forward Mr. William Wilberforce as a pivotal hero in the world's history. He was a British abolitionist and a politician, and his life's mission was to abolish the slave trade while promoting Christian virtue. And so I think it's kind of nice to recognize him as we also acknowledge that last week was Juneteenth and the weekend prior to that were community celebrations and I think reflections on our history, some of the bad parts of our history and then what makes America great when we fix our bad things. And so I just want to thank the community. I wasn't present over the weekend. My daughter was getting married during Juneteenth, but I want to thank the commissioners for participating in that and for the county and taking a leadership role in the Juneteenth celebrations that went on around the county.

I just want to mention about the success of our recent fan zones in Bremerton. We're now in week two of the World Cup and we're seeing positive celebrations and there's three more opportunities this week to participate in the Bremerton fan zone on Wednesday between 11 and 5 p.m. THE THEME IS KIND OF AN OUT OF SCHOOL PARTY FOR KIDS SO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EXTENDED KIDS ZONE. IT'S KIND OF A KIDS DAY. AND THAT'S 11 A.M. AND THE MATCH KICKOFF IS AT 3, SO THAT'S KIND OF FUN. AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME INTERACTIVE GAMES WITH SOME YOUTH SOCCER ACTIVITIES. AND THEN ON THURSDAY, THE 25TH, THERE'S AN EVENING ONE. AGAIN, USA PLAYS. AND THE FAN ZONE, WHEN U.S. PLAYS, THAT'S WHEN THE CROWDS COME OUT. Just so you know. The ones that are non-USA matches aren't as big. But the USA Turkey March Party in Quincy Square is 5 p.m. And then the kickoff is at 7. And so that's going to be more of a high-energy night downtown. And they'll have a DJ to kick it off. And then the match on the screen at 7 p.m. And let's see. Then the next night is another evening game on Friday the 26th. And that's going to be another late night level up gaming experience. So they're going to have some interactive gaming for immersive tech forward evening. And that's the Egypt I Ran game. So there's going to be a visual reality area, a gaming lounge. So each evening is themed. But again, I want to really thank Jessica Combs with the Downtown Bremerton Association for all of their work organizing these fun watch parties. They're mostly for locals, so it's our way to celebrate here. But then also I want to thank, again, Kitsap Transit for all they're doing for getting the fans there to the downtown watch parties. So that's what's coming up this week. And then there will be a couple more, another one on July 6th as well. Hopefully the men will be back in Seattle. So it's been really a lot of fun, and I want to Thank the Department of Emergency Management, our local law enforcement as well, because they're keeping our community safe during all of this, and especially the fan zone. So there's a big presence. So feel safe and welcome to come and join our fan zone. They're a lot of fun.

Great. Thanks, Mr. Walters. Took some wind out of my sail. I was going to absolutely talk a little bit about security in the fan zone. All the celebration went off great. Everyone had a great time. Everyone I talked to, everything I see on social media is all positive. And a lot of that has to do with the behind the scenes of everybody that's organizing, anyone that's picking up the trash to making sure traffic is covered, and then the basic security of the fan zone. Our regional DEM, to your point, Commissioner Walters, and all the law enforcement agencies that kind of came together to make sure that they work in mutual aid so people can have a good time without worrying. They're working long hours. There's a lot of security concerns in the world right now, so they have briefings constantly on what's going on, in other World Cup events. They're receiving that intelligence so that way they can apply it here and maybe thwart any wrongdoers that are trying to do something. So I just wanted to say, I think I speak for the board, keep up the hard work. This is a successful event and let's keep it that way. I also want to thank Kitsap County Sheriff's Office and the deputies that are on the road all day long. They're grinding and responding to calls and doing the hard work. And their patience while we work out the appointment process for the acting sheriffs, which we did today, and then therefore the interim sheriff that we will soon be voting on here in about a month and a half. APPROXIMATELY. WORKING WITH UNCERTAINTY, WORKING WITH SOME QUESTIONS IS ALWAYS A HARD THING TO DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE. BUT I JUST WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE BOARD IS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS IN A PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE MANNER, AND WE HAVE YOUR BACK. THIS WILL BE DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

And then Tori, I wanted to address Mr. Welsh's question about the planning commission and our next steps with that because we did address it in our work study.

Sure. So a couple of things. The board had deliberations on this on June 17th, and that video is available, so we're going to figure out how to be able to share that. But it was a very in-depth discussion of what they had in front of them and how they wanted to move forward. So I think watching that would let you see the progress of the discussion. Two next steps for the Planning Commission came out of that. One is a presentation to them in August to explain the impact of their feedback and help close the loop to show that the original proposal that they saw is not where it ended up, but it in fact included the feedback that they had given. The other piece was a specific request from the Board for a thank you letter from the Board to the Planning Commission to also explain how their feedback made it a much better proposal. And so we're working on that. It looks like the July briefing is booked for the Planning Commission, but that update to them that you requested will be in August. And then the thank you letter, it looks like it can walk on any time, so you should see that in the next week or two. I just wanted to close the loop on that because that was a direction out of the deliberations, and so we'll look for a way to be able to share that briefing video so that anybody can see it.

Great. Tori, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Okay. Anything else? Okay. Manager? Manager?