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KITSAP COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT 2018 BUDGET 2017 ACCOMPLISHMENTS & INITIATIVES PLANNING RESOURCE & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ➢ Established standards for Trail Plans ➢ Established Standards for Trail Signage ➢ Performed Variable Density Thinning at Newberry Hill ➢ Implemented Emergency Trail Marking System in Heritage Heritage Park and Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park Parks ➢ Removed Diseased Trees at South Kitsap Regional Park ➢ Began 2018 revision to the County Parks, Recreation & Open ➢ Creating Wicks Lake Park Community Partnership Space Plan (PROS) ➢ Updated Emergency Plan for Fair & Stampede ➢ Forming Olympic View Community Partnership ➢ Formalized Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park Stewardship Group ➢ Drafted Forest Stewardship Plan for the Ecological ➢ Acquired 47 acres Olympic View property Restoration of Coulter Creek Heritage Park ➢ Underplanted 9,000 tree seedlings BUSINESS ➢ Conducted Permit Processing LEAN review GRANT AWARDS ➢ Updated facility rental brochures $44,272 WA Department of Agriculture – Fair ➢ Implemented On-Line Permit Reservation System $ 3,000 Duck Bucks – 3 AEDs at Fairgrounds ➢ Contracted with Special Olympics -Village Greens Golf $11,000 Disney/NRPA Trail Grant – SKRP Course as “home” course ➢ 2,900 hours of labor ($60,000) contributed by DNR Urban ➢ Village Greens Golf Course site for First Tee of South Puget Forestry Restoration Program Sound youth clinics ➢ Creating non-profit Park Foundation under Kitsap Community Foundation umbrella
KITSAP COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT 2018 BUDGET 2017 PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS PROJECTS ➢ Installed new floor at Island Lake Community Building ➢ Constructed Storage Building at Presidents’ Hall ➢ Constructed New Restrooms ➢ PA system upgraded at Gordon Field ▪ Point No Point Lighthouse Park ➢ Constructing of Lobe Press Box ▪ South Kitsap Regional Park ▪ Anderson Hill Fields ➢ Site work and ADA parking at Fairgrounds Tennis Courts ▪ Re-opened Restrooms at Fairgrounds Tennis Courts ➢ Constructed/Replaced New Roofs ▪ Picnic Shelter - Island Lake Park. ➢ Trail Construction ▪ Maintenance Shop – Wildcat Lake Park ▪ Port Gamble Beaver Pond re-route trail, ▪ Gazebo – Silverdale Waterfront Park Boardwalk/Trail Bridge ➢ Constructed/Facilitated New Picnic Shelters ▪ Port Gamble Forest Trailhead Parking ▪ Illahee Preserve Heritage Park ▪ Perimeter trail at South Kitsap Regional Park ▪ Wildcat Lake Park ▪ Port Gamble Forest Shoreline Bluff Trail/Shoreline ➢ Completed Board Range of Forestry Projects Access Trail ▪ Multi-use Trail Turnpike at Banner Forest ▪ Forest Restoration Thinning of 320 acres at Newberry ▪ Constructed Howe Farm Beaver Pond Boardwalk Hill Heritage Park and Port Gamble Forest Heritage ▪ NRPA/Disney trail at South Kitsap Regional Park Park ▪ New and improved trails at South Kitsap Regional Park ▪ Addressed Laminated Root Rot and incorporated variable density thinning at South Kitsap Regional ➢ Constructed new skatepark plaza at South Kitsap Regional Park. Lessened the spread of diseases on 70 acres Park forested parklands ➢ Completed Boand Family Equestrian Arena ▪ Landscape View shed Thinning at Howe Farm
KITSAP COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT 2018 BUDGET CHALLENGES INCREASING PARK INVENTORY ▪ Park System Acreage has grown 56% during past 10 years ▪ 40% during past 5 years ▪ Anticipate additional 17% by end of 2017 FUNDING ▪ Increase difference between 2007 Budget and 2018 Budget is 2.5% ▪ Due to tight funding, the budget does not allow for allocations for vandalism and hazardous tree work in parks. ▪ Past 20 months, $21,400 paid for emergency tree work ▪ Vandalism ▪ 2015 = $12,460 includes 40 staff hours ▪ 2016 = $12,109 includes 53 staff hours ▪ 2017 = $ 5,982 includes 53 staff hours RESOURCES ▪ Increased administrative time required to maintain financially self-sustaining Fair & Stampede. ▪ Volunteers are major component of the Department’s backbone, however, reported volunteer hours have not proportionately increased with park acreage ▪ Additional resources are required to retain, attract, and train volunteers. ▪ Additional resources are required to develop opportunities for Eco-Tourism, including private/non-profit partnerships ▪ Aging revenue producing facilities are less flexible in accommodating changing trends ▪ Recovery from 6 years of deferred maintenance has been extremely slow and resource consuming
Kitsap County Parks “think outside” NEWBERRY HILL HERITAGE PARK
KITSAP COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT 2018 BUDGET PARK ACREAGE COMPARISON 2000-September 2016 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2000 2006 2012 September 2016 (1,891 AC ) (5,692 AC ) (6,342 AC ) (7,486 AC )
KITSAP COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT 2018 BUDGET PARK ACREAGE COMPARISON September 2016 – December 2016 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2000 2006 2012 September December 2016 2016 (1,891 AC ) (5,692 AC ) (6,342 AC ) (8,842 AC ) (7,486 AC )
KITSAP COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT 2018 BUDGET PARK ACREAGE COMPARISON 2000-Present 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2000 2006 2012 September 2016 Today (1,891 AC ) (5,692 AC ) (6,342 AC ) (7,486 AC ) (8,889 AC )
KITSAP COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT 2018 BUDGET PARK ACREAGE COMPARISON 2000- Anticipated January 2018 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2000 2006 2012 2016 Today January 2018 (1,891 AC ) (5,692 AC ) (6,342 AC ) (7,448 AC ) (8,889 AC ) (10,400 AC )
Kitsap County Parks “think outside”
KITSAP COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT 2018 BUDGET VOLUNTEER HOURS – PARK PROJECTS 25,000 20,000 18,000 17,620 16,759 16,314 16,000 15,241 14,155 15,000 13,540 12,512 10,000 7,547 5,000 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 NATIONAL AVERAGE COUNTY PARK AGENCIES
KITSAP COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT 2018 BUDGET VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES Anderson Landing - Reroute of a large washed out trail Newberry Hill • Reroute of Rodie Hill Trail • Anna Smith - Reroute trail and build steps to the beach Worked on restoration thinning of southern portion of park Bandix Dog Park -Volunteers are paying for and replacing the fence for the dog park North Kitsap - Working on a Land Classification Plan Banner Forest Point No Point - Seven classes participated in the School • Replace old boardwalk on Omega Trail with a new Outreach Program. The volunteer docents go into the puncheon classroom and teach about the history of lighthouses, • With the 2016/2017 winter storms, every trail was followed by a class field trip to the lighthouse for a tour and to impassible. Volunteers worked for two months to learn about the natural history of Point No Point Park. reopen trails. Volunteers from other parks even joined the effort as Banner Forest was the hardest hit with the Port Gamble wind and snow storms. • • Reroute of portions of Banner Slough Completed the Shoreline Trail • Completed construction of Beaver Pond Bridge • Chico Salmon Park - Installed a new park sign Volunteers worked with Fortera to raised 3.2 Million for land acquisition Guillemot Cove • Relocation of Stump House Trail and a new bridge • Relocation of trail around the old nest house site Port Gamble, Illahee, Banner, Newberry Hill, and Hansville Greenway volunteers are working on mapping their parks, Hansville Greenway - Reestablished Outback Trail after OPG collecting GPS coordinate information, and installing Emergency Marker signs in their parks. logging operation Illahee Preserve - Built a picnic shelter with funds donated by the East Bremerton Rotary Club
KITSAP COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT 2018 BUDGET PARTNERS • Kitsap Public Facilities District – Lobe Field Improvements • REI – Distributed Park Survey Post Cards with Labor Day Sale transactions • Central Kitsap School District – Tennis Court Resurface, ILA Facility Maintenance & Operation • Kitsap Tri-Babes – Wildcat Lake Picnic Shelter and Park Closing Services • Key Pen Park District – Shared Maintenance of Horseshoe Lake Park • Kitsap Community Foundation – Boand Family Grant Recipient leading to Boand Arena Construction and Donation • Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance – Trail work at Port Gamble Forest and Banner Forest Heritage Parks • Kitsap Bank – Title Sponsor of Kitsap County Fair & Stampede • South Kitsap Skatepark Association - $107,000 donation to match RCO Funds to Construct Plaza • Washington Conservation Corps – Clearing and Forestry Projects • North Kitsap Trails Association and REI – Trail construction projects • Great Peninsula Conservancy – Projects at Banner Forest and Port Gamble Forest Heritage Parks • Kitsap County Public Works – Easement issues and training opportunities • Washington Trails Association – Park trail clearing and maintenance • Kitsap County Top Hands – Professional Services for Kitsap County Rodeo • US Lighthouse Society – Point No Point Duplex rental, site improvements • US Navy – Adopted Anna Smith Park, provided Fair Admissions and Security Services • Washington Youth Academy – Various Projects at Multiple Park Sites
“ Kitsap County Parks “think outside” ANDERSON POINT PARK
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