KINGSTON CITIZEN ADVISORY COUNCIL AGENDA

December 2, 2009
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

MEETING LOCATION:
North Kitsap Fire & Rescue Headquarters on Miller Bay Road

7:00 INTRODUCTORY ITEMS

Opening Comments
Introductions
Review/Approve Minutes
Correspondence

7:15 FEATURED SPEAKER –

Kitsap Humane Society Executive Director Sean Compton
Presentation, Open Comment and Question Period

7:50 COUNTY REPORT

8:00 OLD BUSINESS

KCAC Bylaws: review changes, discussion, possible vote

8:15 KCAC SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS

Parks & Open Space Committee – Walt Elliott
WSF Committee – Walt Elliott
Roads – Annie Humiston
Communication Committee
Downtown Kingston Master Plan – Alex Thomsen, Rick Lanning

8:30 COMMUNITY REPORTS

Kiwanis – Alex Thomsen
Kingston Garden Club/Downtown Kingston Association – Nancy
Martin
Rotary Club – Clint Boxman
Friends of the Library – Jan Richards
Schools Update – Chris Case
Chamber Of Commerce – Tom Waggoner
Carpenter Lake/Creek – Steve Heacock
Kingston Stakeholders – Rick Lanning
Kingston Farmer’s Market – Liz Henden

8:45 NEW BUSINESS

8:50 OPEN COMMENT PERIOD/GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

9:00 ADJOURN

*** Next Meeting, Wednesday, January 6, 2010 ***

 KINGSTON CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL
Meeting Minutes
November 4, 2009

Present
Greg Platz, Co-Chair, School Parent
Denise Lietz, Co-Chair, Member At Large
Steve Heacock, Carpenter Lake/Creek
Walt Elliott, Parks Trails & Open Space and WSF Advisory subcommittees
Liz Henden, Farmers Market
Alex Thomsen, Kingston Kiwanis
Rick Lanning, Kingston Stakeholders
Annie Humiston, At Large, Roads Subcommittee
Jan Richards, Friends of the Kingston Library

Excused
Tom Waggoner, Kingston Chamber of Commerce
Nancy Martin, Kingston Garden Club and Downtown Business Association
Betsy Cooper, Member At Large
Chris Case, North Kitsap School District
Naomi Maasberg, Member At Large
Clint Boxman, Kingston-North Kitsap Rotary

Non-voting member
Dave Wetter, Village Green (awaiting county approval of appointment)

Kitsap County Representative

Pete Sullivan, Associate Planner, Department of Community Development

Meeting called to order at 7 p.m.

Minutes
The November minutes were approved as submitted, MSP.

Correspondence
Co-Chair Denise Lietz said she received from Larry Keeton, the Kitsap County
Community Development director, a request for participation in the Complete
Count Committee. The group would assist the county in identifying hard-to-locate
residents and residences to be counted in the 2010 census. The first meeting is
Dec. 10. Lietz asked the members in attendance if anyone was interested in
joining the committee. Upon getting no immediate takers, she said she would
solicit the entire KCAC membership via email.

Featured Speaker:
Kitsap Humane Society Executive Director Sean Compton
Compton came to Kitsap County from Pittsburgh, PA. He took over the executive
director position in mid May 2009. He said his specialty is reversing and
improving faltering operations. Compton noted that the Kitsap Humane Society
was facing significant challenges with management and staff in 2007-2008.
The good news, Compton said, is that things in Kitsap aren’t as bad as he
has seen in other similar situations. “I have great faith this organization will
succeed, in fact, it has done well to turn itself around and save more lives.
Fortunately, most of the cleanup is done. I completely trust my volunteers and
management staff. Certainly we face great challenges, especially in this
economy, but we have restructured and are making good progress.“
The Kitsap Humane Society has 30 employees and 500 active volunteers
with an operating budget of $2 million. Compton said one of his goals is to have
more of the operations paid for with donations so the agency does not have to
rely so heavily on county funding. Currently, about half of the operating budget is
supplied through municipal contracts. Compton said he intends to have the
agency’s animal activity and financial information posted online to further
“complete transparency.”
KCAC member Liz Hendon praised Compton saying, “I’m glad the
Humane Society is getting more honest. Some dealings in the past with the
agency have been very poor.”
Compton underscored the importance of outreaching to local communities
and restoring those relationships.
He talked about the need for containment of a dog pack menacing
Hansville’s Shorewoods neighborhood through community partnership. He said
many reports of two black Labradors and one German shepherd attacking some
livestock and bothering pedestrians have come into the agency since August.
KCAC members suggested Compton get in touch with the Greater Hansville
Area Advisory Council and the homeowners’ associations of Shorewoods and
nearby Driftwood Keys. Compton said he would like the organization to be able
to respond quicker to calls about such incidents, but there are just four officers
patrolling the entire county who are required to respond to calls involving
immediate danger.
Co-Chair Greg Platz asked what is the best way for a citizen to register an
animal problem, such as the dog pack. Compton advised to call the agency
directly during regular business hours or, if it is a dangerous situation, to call 911.
Compton said his practice is to be responsive to the needs of Kitsap
County residents and their animals and to provide immediate contact in the
interest of accountability and transparency. His office phone number is 360-692-
6977, ext. 7115, and his email is executivedirector@kitsap-humane.org.
Lietz reminded everyone that as they donate to food banks, people should
remember that families who need food need pet food too.

County report
Pete Sullivan, associate planner, Department of Community Development,
discussed the need to submit a 2010 KCAC work plan and the county
commissioners’ rejection of the Kingston Downtown Master Plan.
 Sullivan asked if KCAC would be able to submit a work plan to the county
by January. Lietz first wanted confirmation that Kingston matters, specifically the
downtown master plan, were not being “left behind” by the county. Sullivan
assured her and the rest of the council that Kingston’s downtown plan continues
to be important to the county. Lietz and Platz said they could draft a work plan
and bring it to the council for approval to submit to the county, hopefully by the
January KCAC meeting.
Platz said he would send an email to council members asking them to
estimate their number of volunteer hours for the year, which will be included in
the work plan.

Old Business
KCAC changing bylaws: Revised bylaws that add the Village Green Foundation
and the Downtown Kingston Association as voting members and revoke the
seats for the Downtown Revitalization Committee (which has disbanded) and the
S’Klallam Port Gamble Tribe (which has shown no interest and not attended
meetings for more than a year) were approved. A non-voting seat on the council
will be dedicated to a Kingston High School or Spectrum Community School
student under the new rules. Council approved the new bylaws. (See document
attached at end of minutes.) They will now be forwarded to the Kitsap County
Board of Commissioners for adoption.

Subcommittee Reports
Parks & Open Space – Walt Elliott stated there will be a meeting of the North
Kitsap Trails Association at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Kingston Community
Center. The footprint of the Village Green will be discussed at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at
the North Kitsap Fire Station. See attached written report.

WSF Committee – Elliott said the pressing issue for Kingston is the proposed
ferry reservation system. A feasibility report is due Dec. 15. He said KCAC
should review and provide input about the report. Council members agreed.
Elliott said he would talk to local state representatives to see if they would be
available to attend a January meeting. See attached written report.

Roads – Annie Humiston said she is working with the Chamber of Commerce
roads committee and reviewing speed signs that could be used downtown. She
reported that three landscape companies have committed to empty the new trash
downtown trash compactors and that one more company is still needed to share
the load. The county, she said, has been working on the drainage situation on
West Kingston Road below the Village Green.
Downtown Master Plan – “What happened?” asked the council in regard to the
county’s rejection of the plan KCAC and community members worked on for a
year to acclaim from the Kitsap County Planning Commission.
Sullivan said it did not meet Commissioner Steve Bauer’s expectations.
He said Bauer thought the document was “a great start” but needed more details,
especially regarding code changes and financing.
“The commissioners,“ Sullivan said, “are not comfortable adopting the plan
until it’s the most complete plan we can do. We need to go back to the work we
did and write a more complete argument for what we’ve proposed.“
He said his department was going to pursue some grants for funding and
that involving the Public Works Department more might “help us spell out the
details of this plan.“ He cited code changes as being one example so that county
commissioners understand the consequences of the changes.
“What part did we miss for 12 months that was loved by us and Planning
Commission and then rejected by the commissioners?“ asked Rick Lanning, who
was one of the leaders on the master plan committee. “A lot of the financial stuff
we won’t know until it comes to pass. Have the commissioners defined exactly
what they want that would be acceptable?”
“We need to get that from Bauer in January,“ said Sullivan.
Several council members noted that KCAC has never before been asked
to include financial information in their projects. They said that the direction
KCAC received at the start of the downtown-planning project a year ago was for
it to be a vision of what Kingston wants to be and could be, not how everything
would be paid for.
“We need specifics if we are going to work efficiently,“ said Elliott, noting
that most of the work on the master plan was accomplished by volunteers who
dedicated their time to the project because they care about Kingston and
because the county does not have the financial resources to commit to such a
process.
“This has happened to us two years in a row now (first with the Sub-Area
Master Plan and now the Downtown Master Plan), which is extremely
frustrating,“ said Platz. “The commissioner is going to wear out his volunteers,
the people who are trying to assist the county in its work. We need a firm
meeting, maybe in January, and Commissioner Bauer needs to be here to
commit to what he wants.“
“The commissioner owes us a sit down so we can be clear going forward,”
said nominated KCAC member Dave Wetter, who served on the downtown
committee as an interested citizen.
“We need to know what the commissioner wants and what he will settle for
to get this plan on track,“ echoed Elliott.
Sullivan said he would relay the council’s comments to Bauer and his staff
liaison Rebecca Pirtle and see about setting up a January meeting.

Community Reports
Kiwanis – Alex Thomsen said the group had a successful food drive. Pictures
with Santa would be available on Dec. 12 at the chamber office.
Friends of Library – Jan Richards reported that there would be a book sale on
Jan. 23.

Stakeholders – Lanning said the group recently held a “meet and greet” with
local politicians at Cleo’s Landing to chat about such things as the port, Village
Green, and other future projects in Kingston.

New Business
Platz announced the resignation (effective in February) of KCAC secretary Mary
Kulish. He asked members to contact him with suggestions for a replacement.

Village Green – Wetter reminded the council that the Village Green Foundation
has launched a petition drive to put the formation of a Metropolitan Park District
on the Aug. 17, 2010 ballot. He said the MPD’s purpose would be to provide
financing for maintenance and operation of the replacement multi-purpose
community center, library, Boys & Girls Club, and senior center at the Village
Green Community Park. Other funds are being sought for the facility’s
construction.
The MPD would generate additional property taxes of about 15 cents per
$1000 of assessed valuation -- about $50 a year for the average home value.
He passed around a petition for people to sign if they so chose.

KHS – Alexis Richardson, a Kingston High School 10th grader, said students
erected a holiday giving tree for children in need and are planning a dance for
Feb. 2.

Meeting adjourned at 9 p.m.

(Approved KCAC bylaw revision)

KINGSTON CITIZEN ADVISORY COUNCIL

Purpose And Structure Of The

Kingston Citizen Advisory Council
The Kingston Citizen Advisory Council has been formed to provide a forum for
community discussion on the many issues and interests found in the community.
It is hoped that the formation of this council will foster enhanced communication
between the residents of the Kingston area and Kitsap County government, as
well as coordinate efforts of the many council and community residents currently
at work on improving the Kingston community. It is intended that the council will
include representatives of the broad interests found in Kingston, who will work
together in a proactive approach toward addressing the interests and concerns of
the community.

Mission Statement:
The Mission of the Kingston Citizen Advisory Council (KCAC) is to:
• Actively facilitate communication among the Kingston Community,
• Mutually develop and promote a sense of community vision and pride,
• Communicate to the County and other government entities the desires
and concerns of the Kingston community,
• Bring to the Kingston community issues and projects of the County and
other government entities, and
• Provide feedback and recommendations to the County and other
government entities regarding the community's response and concerns.

KCAC General Structure

Membership
Membership will be limited to 17. Five seats will be "at large" appointments or
representatives of community organizations yet to be identified. Twelve seats
will be representatives of the following community organizations or demographic
groups:
• Carpenter Lake Stewardship Committee / Trails Committee
• Farmers Market Board
• Village Green Foundation
• Kingston Stakeholders
• Chamber of Commerce
• North Kitsap School District
• School Parent
• Rotary Club
• Kiwanis Club
• Garden Club
• Friends of the Library
• Downtown Kingston Association
The County Commissioners will officially approve all members for membership.

Non-Voting Membership

A non-voting seat on KCAC will be available for an interested Kingston High

School or Spectrum Community School student. This representative will be
chosen by the KCAC Co-chairs and will serve from September to August.

Staff
The Commissioner will direct a County staff person to attend KCAC meetings
and be a resource and a liaison to the council. The staff person will also provide
a quarterly update of County activities that relate to the Kingston community.

Terms Of Service
Member appointments will be for three-year terms. The County staff person
serves at the pleasure of the County Commissioner and will not be subject to a
term.

Officers
KCAC leadership will be shared by two co-chairs to be elected by a simple
majority to serve one-year terms (August through July). Responsibilities to be
shared between the co-chairs will include: a) meeting supervision; b) agenda
coordination & preparation; c) subcommittee coordination; d) press and
community spokespersons. A co-chair vacancy occurring mid-term will be filled
for the balance of the term.

Subcommittees
Subcommittees will be formed as needed to address specific topics. Community
at-large participation in subcommittee work will be actively encouraged. At least
one KCAC member will serve on each subcommittee. Each subcommittee will
elect its own chairperson who will be responsible for reporting to the KCAC
membership.

Attendance
Active, ongoing participation of the membership is critical to KCAC success.
Each member is responsible to regularly attend and actively participate in KCAC
meetings. Two unexcused absences in a twelve-month period can be cause for
membership termination.

Meetings
KCAC will meet monthly (currently designated as the first Wednesday of each
month at 7:00 PM). Additionally, a minimum of one community town meeting will
be scheduled each year; format and content of these meetings to be determined
by the KCAC membership. Special meetings may be called at the discretion of
the co-chairs.

By-Law Amendment
KCAC will review these by-laws every three years. If at that time, or at any other
time, the KCAC determines that the by-laws require amendment, it will vote on
the amendments at a regularly scheduled meeting. The co-chairs will provide the
by-law amendments, as approved by the KCAC, to the Commissioner, along with
a recommendation that the Board of Commissioners adopt the amended by-laws.
 KCAC MEETING FORMAT

1. The KCAC will meet monthly (currently designated as the first Wednesday
of each month at 7:00 PM). All meetings will be open to the public and
announced in the Kingston Community News and posted on community
bulletin boards.

2. Meetings will be scheduled for a maximum of two hours and will start and
stop on time.

3. The co-chairs will conduct the meeting.

4. An agenda will be printed and distributed at each meeting. When

appropriate, the agenda may be distributed in advance of the meeting
along with related meeting materials.

5. Each agenda topic will be allocated a specific time frame. Where

applicable, each agenda item will allow time for public comment.

6. A designated time for general public comment will be scheduled at each

monthly meeting.

7. Minutes will be taken at each meeting and distributed to the membership

prior to the next meeting.

SAMPLE AGENDA ATTACHED

 KCAC SAMPLE AGENDA

KINGSTON CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL

Meeting Date, 2006
7:00PM
{meeting location}

I. OPENING ITEMS 7:00- 7:15

A. Opening comments & explanation of ground rules by co-chair
B. Introduction of KCAC members
C. Introduction of guests (as appropriate)
D. Review & approval of minutes
E. Review of old business
F. Review of correspondence

II. MEETING CORE 7:15- 8:45

This section of the meeting may include one or more of the following:
* Staff or guest presentations
* Open forum discussions on specific topics
* Subcommittee reports

When appropriate, time for public comment will be allocated to each core agenda
item.

III. OPEN AGENDA/PUBLIC COMMENT 8:45 -9:00

IV. ADJOURNMENT
 KCAC GENERAL GROUND RULES

1. The meeting co-chairs will conduct the meeting according to the specific
topics and timing as outlined in the agenda. Robert's Rules of Order will
be followed as required. Meetings will start and stop on time.

2. The co-chairs will be the only official spokespersons for KCAC.

3. Comments and/or questions from individual audience members may be

limited to five minutes or less at the discretion of the meeting chair. Issues
that warrant more time for discussion will be scheduled for future agendas.

4. Meetings may be conducted without a quorum present. However, a

quorum will be required for formal recommendations and/or position
statements, which will be taken by vote and duly noted for the record by
the meeting chair. A quorum will consist of greater than 50 percent of the
non-vacant membership seats (for example, if there are three vacant
seats and 14 non-vacant seats, a quorum is eight members).

5. The co-chairs in coordination will prepare meeting agendas with the

County staff representative.

6. Requests from the community for future agenda time may be made to the
KCAC by a verbal request during a KCAC meeting or in writing.

7. During regular meetings, Council members will be seated together.

Designated seating will be made available for guests and the general
public.

8. Members will assist to set-up and put away meeting room furniture.
 ADOPTION

Bylaws are in full force and effect when approved by the Board of County
Commissioners

BYLAWS APPROVAL

Dated this ___ day of _________ 2010

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

KITSAP COUNTY, WASHINGTON

__________________________________
STEVE BAUER, Commissioner, District 1

__________________________________
CHARLOTTE GARRIDO, Commissioner, District 2

__________________________________
JOSH BROWN, Commissioner, District 3
 Parks and Trails for KCAC December 2 09
The Parks/Trails subcommittee has not had its December meeting yet. We meet
Monday 12/7, 7-9 PM at the Kingston Community Center. Following are known updates
since the last KCAC meeting:
NK Trails Association is meeting frequently. If you’d like to attend a working meeting
of the plan-writing committee, Kingston’s Parks/Trails subcommittee is sponsoring the
next meeting: Monday December 14, 5:30-8:30 PM, at the Kingston Community
Center.
WH trail update: Nothing new since last month. Still waiting to hear about the matter
of the bonding for the trail.
Heritage Park update
• The parking lot is open, with a couple of amenities still needed:
o One more ecology block, cable to connect the blocks, delivery/installation
of a kiosk and entrance sign
o Signage: Parks Department has provided No Motorized Vehicles signage.
We’re still waiting for a formalized MOU/MOA.
o Fantastic work party the Saturday before Thanksgiving – two doazen
adults and kids turned out. A trail straight back from the Miller Bay Road
entrance has been cleared and prepped, and wood chips are being spread
there to encourage use of that route. Dave DeBruyn helped a group of
Kitsap Youth in Action youth to continue the assault on the Scotch broom.
• We still need help with the dirt-bike issue. We’ll post “No Motorized Vehicles”
signs but need some advice on enforcement. Dirt bikes are having a negative
effect on the trails and it’s not occasional use.
• There’s no plan to submit RCO grants for park development, only for acquisition
of the options parcel.
Village Green
• Meeting to review the schematic design: Tuesday, Dec 8, 6:30-8:30 PM, NK
Fire Station, Miller Bay Rd.
• RCO grants should be obtainable for this project, considering the hundreds of
hours of volunteer and other in-kind contributions that are claimable.
• MOA with County is still in process.
• MPD petition campaign is launched! We’ll be working on it until about February.

Ferry Advisory Committee Report:

Kingston-Edmonds Reservations Study:
The feasibility report on a Kingston-Edmonds reservations system is due out on
Dec. 15th. We will send out copies by e-mail when they are available. .A
reservation system for authorization by the Legislature after its session starts on
Jan 11th. KCAC will review the report’s recommendations at our Jan 6th meeting
and we may want to make recommendations to our legislators regarding its
implementation.
Possible Schedule Change:
Earlier this year WSF proposed a schedule change for Kingston because a
USCG ruling on worker time off. WSF and their bargaining units have agreed on
work rule changes that eliminate this need for a schedule change. WSF however
is again considering the change to improve on-time performance by reducing the
number of runs. The FAC is looking into the necessity of a schedule if the
schedule change to address this.

Fuel Surcharge:
Later this month WSF will present their proposal on how a fuel surcharge would
work should the legislature direct it. The FAC will brief the KCAC when the
proposal has been released.