District 1 - North County
District 2 - South County
District 3 - Central County
Bainbridge Island
Bremerton
Poulsbo
Port Orchard
Staff:
Executive Director
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Jim Heins
Teresa
Osinski
Rick Smith
Anne
Blair
Roy
Runyon
Jan
Harrison
Dee Coppola
W. Michael Walton
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At the
July Board
meeting, an
election of
Officers will take
place and a new
slate of
Officers will be
elected.
We wish
to thank
outgoing
Chair Emily
Parsons,
outgoing
Treasurer
Walt Draper and
Board Member
Brent
Stenman, for
their
outstanding service to
the PFD
Board and
the
Community.
Also see
County
website info
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http://www.kitsapgov.com/boards/kpfd.htm
Look for
a new
message from
our new
Chairperson
??? Chair, KPFD Board of Directors
KPFD Guiding Principles for Projects & Facilities:
Economic development:
Ability to generate revenue by bringing regional and small national conferences (vendors, participants and guests) and sports tournaments (organizers, participants, families and fans) and all the attendant media coverage into Kitsap County.
Efficient use of public and private money:
Both the Kitsap Conference Center and Kitsap Fairgrounds & Event Center
-Used state sales tax rebate managed by the KPFD to produce capital investment funding from bond sales.
-Garner multiple funding sources from inside and outside Kitsap County, including
• $1.5 million in federal and state grants for the tournament quality lighting for the Kitsap Pavilion, new baseball fields at Kitsap Fairgrounds and the fountains on the public plazas at Bremerton Harborside
• $18 million from City of Bremerton
• $1million matching funds from Kitsap County.
-Spur private investment in Kitsap County. To date these investments include:
• nearly $20 million from Opus Development Corporation for the Kitsap Conference Center and public plazas at Bremerton Harborside
• $30,000 in-kind contribution from RainStorm for the rainwater/underground recycling system in the Fairgrounds parking lot.
Innovation:
The newest construction technologies in parking lot construction are being used at both projects, resulting in
• water recycling and operating cost savings (approximately 40% or $50,000 a year) and avoidance of runoff problems at the Fairgrounds
• safety and earthquake damage prevention through rebar and tension-framing in the Conference Center underground parking structure.
Multiple-use:
Both the Kitsap Conference Center and the Kitsap Fairgrounds & Event Center feature multi-use facilities:
• At the Fairgrounds and Event Center, baseball fields have soccer fields in the outfields and share parking, lavatory and concession facilities among four fields.
• The Pavilion houses basketball, wrestling, volleyball, tennis badminton or community events with removable sports equipment and bleachers, as well as permanently lined sports flooring.
• The Conference Center meeting spaces are appropriate for conferences and meetings, weddings and community receptions, and commercial and cultural exhibits.
