“Committed to providing quality of life enhancing · $11,000 Disney/NRPA Trail Grant –SKRP 2,900 hours of labor ($60,000) contributed by DNR Urban Forestry Restoration Program

“Committed to providing quality of life enhancing

opportunities through the management of natural

areas and specialized facilities, fostering community

stewardship, and offering an outstanding

service - oriented environment.”

KITSAP COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT 2018 BUDGET

2017 ACCOMPLISHMENTS & INITIATIVES

PLANNING

➢ Established standards for Trail Plans

➢ Established Standards for Trail Signage

➢ Implemented Emergency Trail Marking System in Heritage

Parks

➢ Began 2018 revision to the County Parks, Recreation & Open

Space Plan (PROS)

➢ Updated Emergency Plan for Fair & Stampede

➢ Drafted Forest Stewardship Plan for the Ecological

Restoration of Coulter Creek Heritage Park

BUSINESS

➢ Conducted Permit Processing LEAN review

➢ Updated facility rental brochures

➢ Implemented On-Line Permit Reservation System

➢ Contracted with Special Olympics -Village Greens Golf

Course as “home” course

➢ Village Greens Golf Course site for First Tee of South Puget

Sound youth clinics

➢ Creating non-profit Park Foundation under Kitsap Community

Foundation umbrella

RESOURCE & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

➢ Performed Variable Density Thinning at Newberry Hill

Heritage Park and Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park

➢ Removed Diseased Trees at South Kitsap Regional Park

➢ Creating Wicks Lake Park Community Partnership

➢ Forming Olympic View Community Partnership

➢ Formalized Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park Stewardship

Group

➢ Acquired 47 acres Olympic View property

➢ Underplanted 9,000 tree seedlings

GRANT AWARDS

$44,272 WA Department of Agriculture – Fair

$ 3,000 Duck Bucks – 3 AEDs at Fairgrounds

$11,000 Disney/NRPA Trail Grant – SKRP

➢ 2,900 hours of labor ($60,000) contributed by DNR Urban

Forestry Restoration Program


2017 PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PROJECTS

➢ Constructed Storage Building at Presidents’ Hall

➢ PA system upgraded at Gordon Field

➢ Constructing of Lobe Press Box

➢ Site work and ADA parking at Fairgrounds Tennis Courts

➢ Constructed/Replaced New Roofs

▪ Picnic Shelter - Island Lake Park.

▪ Maintenance Shop – Wildcat Lake Park

▪ Gazebo – Silverdale Waterfront Park

➢ Constructed/Facilitated New Picnic Shelters

▪ Illahee Preserve Heritage Park

▪ Wildcat Lake Park

➢ Completed Board Range of Forestry Projects

▪ Forest Restoration Thinning of 320 acres at Newberry

Hill Heritage Park and Port Gamble Forest Heritage

Park

▪ Addressed Laminated Root Rot and incorporated

variable density thinning at South Kitsap Regional

Park. Lessened the spread of diseases on 70 acres

forested parklands

▪ Landscape View shed Thinning at Howe Farm

➢ Installed new floor at Island Lake Community Building

➢ Constructed New Restrooms

▪ Point No Point Lighthouse Park

▪ South Kitsap Regional Park

▪ Anderson Hill Fields

▪ Re-opened Restrooms at Fairgrounds Tennis Courts

➢ Trail Construction

▪ Port Gamble Beaver Pond re-route trail,

Boardwalk/Trail Bridge

▪ Port Gamble Forest Trailhead Parking

▪ Perimeter trail at South Kitsap Regional Park

▪ Port Gamble Forest Shoreline Bluff Trail/Shoreline

Access Trail

▪ Multi-use Trail Turnpike at Banner Forest

▪ Constructed Howe Farm Beaver Pond Boardwalk

▪ NRPA/Disney trail at South Kitsap Regional Park

▪ New and improved trails at South Kitsap Regional Park

➢ Constructed new skatepark plaza at South Kitsap Regional

Park

➢ Completed Boand Family Equestrian Arena


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

2000-September 2016


PARK ACREAGE COMPARISON

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

2000 2006 2012 September 2016(1,891 AC) (5,692 AC) (6,342 AC) (7,486 AC)

September 2016 – December 2016



0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

2000 2006 2012 September2016

December2016

(1,891 AC) (5,692 AC) (6,342 AC) (7,486 AC) (8,842 AC)

2000-Present



0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

2000 2006 2012 September 2016 Today(1,891 AC) (5,692 AC) (6,342 AC) (7,486 AC) (8,889 AC)

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

2000 2006 2012 2016 Today January 2018

2000- Anticipated January 2018



(6,342 AC) (7,448 AC) (10,400 AC)(1,891 AC) (5,692 AC) (8,889 AC)

Kitsap County Parks “think outside”

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

7,547

17,620

16,314

12,512

15,24114,155

18,000

16,759

13,540

16,000


VOLUNTEER HOURS – PARK PROJECTS

NATIONAL AVERAGE COUNTY PARK AGENCIES


VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Anderson Landing - Reroute of a large washed out trail

Anna Smith - Reroute trail and build steps to the beach

Bandix Dog Park -Volunteers are paying for and replacing the

fence for the dog park

Banner Forest

• Replace old boardwalk on Omega Trail with a new

puncheon

• With the 2016/2017 winter storms, every trail was

impassible. Volunteers worked for two months to

reopen trails. Volunteers from other parks even joined

the effort as Banner Forest was the hardest hit with the

wind and snow storms.

• Reroute of portions of Banner Slough

Chico Salmon Park - Installed a new park sign

Guillemot Cove

• Relocation of Stump House Trail and a new bridge

• Relocation of trail around the old nest house site

Hansville Greenway - Reestablished Outback Trail after OPG

logging operation

Illahee Preserve - Built a picnic shelter with funds donated by

the East Bremerton Rotary Club

Newberry Hill

• Reroute of Rodie Hill Trail

• Worked on restoration thinning of southern portion of

park

North Kitsap - Working on a Land Classification Plan

Point No Point - Seven classes participated in the School

Outreach Program. The volunteer docents go into the

classroom and teach about the history of lighthouses,

followed by a class field trip to the lighthouse for a tour and to

learn about the natural history of Point No Point Park.

Port Gamble

• Completed the Shoreline Trail

• Completed construction of Beaver Pond Bridge

• Volunteers worked with Fortera to raised 3.2 Million for

land acquisition

Port Gamble, Illahee, Banner, Newberry Hill, and Hansville

Greenway volunteers are working on mapping their parks,

collecting GPS coordinate information, and installing

Emergency Marker signs in their parks.


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

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Kitsap County Parks “think outside”ANDERSON POINT PARK


2018 WORK PLAN - Draft

Safe and Healthy Communities

▪ Continue GPS Internal Road and Trail Identification program

to facilitate Emergency/Fire Response in Heritage Parks

▪ Standardize park signs and trail markings

▪ Submit Grant Applications to Support Facility Development

and Safety Improvements

Inclusive Government

▪ Park Advisory Board to Developing Community Needs

Assessment for 2018 PROS’ Plan

▪ Establish a Parks Issue Forum with Stewardship Groups

▪ Establish a South Kitsap Regional Park Stewardship Group

Thriving Local Economy

▪ Plan for Grant Opportunities for the Port Gamble Bike Park

▪ Seek Additional Funding Opportunities for the Marketing of

the County Fair & Rodeo

▪ Develop Marketing Strategies for Fairgrounds Facilities

▪ Develop opportunities for Eco-Tourism, including

private/non-profit partnerships

Protected Natural Resources and Systems

▪ Continue Variable Density Thinning at Parks having adopted

Forest Stewardship Plans. Formally establish the financially

self-sustaining Forest Stewardship Program.

▪ Complete restoration thinning of 200 acres at Coulter Creek

Heritage Park

▪ Begin Development of a Forest Stewardship Plan for Banner

Forest Heritage Park

▪ Develop partnerships to expand cultural/agricultural use of

Howe Farm Management Plan

▪ Continue to replace nonconforming and failing road culverts

that block fish passage

Effective and Efficient County Services

▪ Review Fair & Rodeo Vendor/Concessionaire Processes

▪ Continue Strategic Review of Park Parcel Inventory and

Identify Partnership Opportunities with School Districts

▪ Develop Business Plans and Review Sustainability for

Revenue Producing Facilities

▪ Coordinate with Public Works and NK Heritage Park stewards

on the proposed Sound to Olympics Trail connection


THINGS WE NEED TO DO

➢ Improve marketing and expanded use of electronic media

➢ Offer expanded opportunities for community feedback via surveys, park meetings, etc.

➢ Develop a formal 5 -Year Strategic Business Plan for the Parks Department

➢ Create Enterprise opportunities for existing operations and services

➢ Evaluate Fairgrounds buildings and structures. Outline site Master Plan.

➢ Incorporate technology to facilitate better communication with field staff and improve data collection

➢ Develop strategies to attract private investments to construct, operate, and manage new eco-tourism opportunities

➢ Develop responses and actions to comments and data provided as part of the 2018 revision on the County’s Parks,

Recreation & Open Space Plan

➢ Develop 10 & 20 year Capital Facilities Plan

➢ Establish a Park Stewardship Issues Committee


THINGS WE NEED TO DO

➢ Improve marketing and expanded use of electronic media

➢ Offer expanded opportunities for community feedback via surveys, park meetings, etc.

➢ Develop a formal 5 -Year Strategic Business Plan for the Parks Department

➢ Create Enterprise opportunities for existing operations and services

➢ Evaluate Fairgrounds buildings and structures. Outline site Master Plan.

➢ Incorporate technology to facilitate better communication with field staff and improve data collection

➢ Develop strategies to attract private investments to construct, operate, and manage new eco-tourism opportunities

➢ Develop responses and actions to comments and data provided as part of the 2018 revision on the County’s Parks,

Recreation & Open Space Plan

➢ Develop 10 & 20 year Capital Facilities Plan

➢ Establish a Park Stewardship Issues Committee



2017 – 2018 BUDGET SUMMARY COMPARISON

EXPENDITURES 2017 2018 % Change

S & W and BENEFITS 3,037,389 3,195,045 5.2%

OPERATING EXPENSES 1,123,147 1,175,977 4.7%

INTERFUND CHARGES 338,889 400,027 18.0%

TOTALS 4,499,425 4,771,049 6.0%

REVENUE 2017 2018 % Change

PROGRAM & FACILITY USE 1,209,200 1,255,200 3.8%

OTHER SOURCES 372,576 508,729 36.5 %

1,581,776 1,763,929 11.5%


MAJOR 2018 BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS

EXPENDITURES $144,612

Personnel

• 1 FTE Park Maintenance Position (approved and filled 2017) $58,852

• Full Year Funding Assistant Director Position (partial funding in 2017) $ 6,705

• Position Reclassification (approved October 2017) $ 7,461

• Additional Extra Help – Fairgrounds $15,600

Operating

• Training and Education $21,500

• Expanded Turf Management and Building Repairs $24,500

• Park Resources and Fairgrounds

REVENUE $162,108

• Facility Rental Fees (Buildings & Shelters) $45,000

• Athletic Field Fees $10,000

• Equipment Rentals $10,000

• Forestry Inter-fund $ 7,108

• Conservation Futures $90,000


REVENUE/FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS

Revenue Development – 2017/2018

• Extended County Fair & Stampede parking at an adjacent facility to generate additional revenue

• Adjusted various fees recover service provision costs

• Revised Fee Schedule allowances to respond to unique rental requests

• Anticipate shifting a portion of an FTE from the General Fund to a Special Fund

• Utilizing increased capacity in Conservation Futures, created by legislative action, to fund a

maintenance position that has been unfilled since 2009.

• Creation of a Kitsap County Park Foundation, under Kitsap Community Foundation’s umbrella, to

create new opportunities for grants and donations

• Broadened partnership with US Lighthouse Society, making the Maggs House available for vacation

rentals.

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Kitsap County Parks “think outside”BANNER FOREST HERITAGE PARK


Parks Department Organization

EVENT OPERATIONS PARK RESOURCES ADMINISTRATIVE PARK PLANNER COMMUNITY FORESTER

Division Supt (1) Division Supt (1) DIVISION 1 1

Special Revenue Fund

EVENT SPECIALIST MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIAIST PROJECT COORDINATOR

1 NORTH 1 1

7 Maintenance Workers

OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALST FISCAL SUPPORT TECHNICIAN

2 - Permits/Etix/Concession MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR 1

SOUTH

EVENT CENTER MAINTENANCE 7 Maintenance Workers OFFICE SUPPORT ASSISTANT

Maintenance Worker - Event 1 - Parks Permits

STEWARDSHIP COORDINATOR

EVENT CENTER MAINTENANCE 1 OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALST

1 Supervisor 1 - Contracts/Adv Bd

5 Maintenance Workers

SHARED DAS SUPPORT

VILLAGE GREENS GC 1 (2/3 share)

2 Golf Shop Attendants

Special Revenue Fund FAIR & RODEO

Contract

DIRECTOR

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR


EFFICIENCIES

•Stewardship groups help manage and maintain more than 60% of park acreage. Projected 16,000 reported volunteer

hours dedicated to park projects, and approximately 20,000 volunteer hours dedicated to Fair & Stampede

•ILA with CK School District for renovation of Fairgrounds tennis courts, maintenance and operation

•Continued contract services to maximize staff resources and limit expenditures for:

•Event support exhibit support services and rentals

•Professional Property Management services contracted to manage park rental properties

•Fair & Stampede Management Services

•Refuse and cleaning services during County Fair & Stampede

•Developing ILA with Central Kitsap School District for Lobe Field Complex upgrades

•Individual park videos being created for electronic media marketing via Park Board Communications Committee

•Cooperatively funded athletic field improvements at Lobe Field Complex with Kitsap Public Facilities District

•Draft agreement with community non-profit to maintain and operate the recently donated Boand Equestrian Arena

•Received more than $92,000 in donated materials, labor, and services to the Kitsap County Fair & Stampede

•Fair & Rodeo Sponsorship; $207,000. Professional Rodeo Services paid through program sponsorships

• MOA with Key Peninsula Metropolitan Park District for shared maintenance of Horseshoe Lake Park

•Community organizations provide prompt graffiti removal at South Kitsap Regional Park Skatepark, and Fairgrounds

National Recreation & Park Association - 2016 Metric Report


EFFECTIVENESS RATIOS

Functional Area Comparison (average of 430 agencies responding per category)

KITSAP

COUNTY

Lower

Quartile Median

Upper

Quartile

Operating Expenditures per Capita $18.02 $44 $82 $169

Revenue per Capita $6.50 $8 $25 $60

Revenue to Operating Expenditure 35.2% 17.1% 32.1% 53.1%

Operating Expenditures per Acre $537 $3,205 $8,146 $19,188

Park Acres per 1,000 Residents 34.1 5.1 10.6 18.4

FTE’s per 10,000 Population 1.4 4 8.6 16.4

National Recreation & Park Association – 2016 Metric Report


EFFECTIVENESS RATIOS

Functional Area Comparison KITSAP

COUNTY

2018

Washington

Median

KITSAP

COUNTY

2007

Operating Expenditures per Capita $18.02 $107 $19.55

Revenue per Capita $6.50 $49 $5.75

Revenue to Operating Expenditure 35.2% 39.8% 29.4%

Operating Expenditures per Acre $537 $9,673 $820

Park Acres per 1,000 Residents 34.1 20.2 23.9

FTE’s per 10,000 Population 1.4 12.7 1.82

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Kitsap County Parks “think outside”BUCK LAKE PARK


ADMINISTRATION

QUALITY

INDICATORS2018

Proposed 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Revenue Per Capita $6.50 $6.06 $5.97 $6.66 $6.31 $6.49

Efficiency Net

Expended Less

Revenue

(ICMA avg $38.61)

($11.52) ($11.18) ($11.19) ($10.21) ($7.83) ($7.73)

WORKLOAD

INDICATORS2018

Proposed 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Number of Facility

Use Permits Issued1,250 1,290 1,370 1,378 1,300 1,327

P&R FTE / 1000

(ICMA avg 0.49).15 .14 .14 .13 .12 .12

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Kitsap County Parks “think outside”SALSBURY POINT PARK


PARK RESOURCES

QUALITY

INDICATORS2018

Anticipated 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Acres Parkland

Per 1000

Population (NRPA Median 10.1

ICMA 14)

40.3 34.1 32.7 28.5 26.7 24

Formal

Stewardship

Groups20 18 17 17 17 17

WORKLOAD

INDICATORS2018

Anticipated 2017 2016 2015 2014 2012

Acres Parkland

Maintained/FTE (NRPA Median 95.3)

647 571 507 490 480 529

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Kitsap County Parks “think outside”LOBE FIELD #1 FAIRGROUNDS


OPERATIONS / EVENTS CENTER

QUALITY

INDICATORS2018

Anticipated 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Number of Major

Sporting Events40 33 45 43 45 42

WORKLOAD

INDICATORS2018

Anticipated 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Number of Indoor

Facility Use Hours19,000 19,500 19,500 20,150 21,188 24,700

Number of Athletic

Events2,150 2,500 2,200 2,023 1,893 2,201



FAIR & STAMPEDE

QUALITY

INDICATORS

2018

Anticipated 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Sponsorship

Dollars$207,000 $214,915 $230,000 $186,180 $195,775 $202,151

Gate Receipts $215,000 $218,089 $232,479 $204,708 $236,927 $224,233

WORKLOAD

INDICATORS2018

Anticipated 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Fair Attendance

(All)78,000 75,105 75,000 69,600 78,455 79,567

Number of

Vendors220 220 220 236 235 234

FAIR & RODEO


PROGRAM SUMMARY

Fair & Stampede

99.6% Cost Recovery

Expenses

Revenue

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Kitsap County Parks “think outside”HOWE FARM PARK


PLANNING

QUALITY

INDICATORS2018

Anticipated 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Grants

Prepared5 1 3 0 2 0

WORKLOAD

INDICATORS2018

Anticipated 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Park Plans 3 1 2 0 0 0

Manage New

Grant Awards

$1.8

million$11,000 $600,000 $0 $260,000 $870,000

Variable Density Thinning


FOREST STEWARDSHIP

Stagnant 40 year old Forest – March 2017

Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park

Five Months Later – August 2017

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“think outside”

Documents

“Committed to providing quality of life enhancing · $11,000 Disney/NRPA Trail Grant –SKRP 2,900 hours of labor ($60,000) contributed by DNR Urban Forestry Restoration Program