District 1 - North County
District 2 - South County
District 3 - Central County
Bainbridge Island
Bremerton
Poulsbo
Port Orchard
Staff:
Executive Director
|
Patrick
Hatchel
Teresa
Osinski, Chair
Rick Smith
Anne
Blair, Treasurer
Roy
Runyon, Vice-Chair
Open
Dee Coppola
W. Michael Walton
|
At the
January Board
meeting, an
election of
Officers took
place and a
replacement
Vice-Chair and
Treasurer were
elected,
following the
resignation of
Jan Harrison as
Vice-Chair and
Jim Heins as
Treasurer. The new
officers are
indicated above
and we wish to
welcome Roy
Runyon as Vice-Chair;
and Anne Blair
as Treasurer, to
their new roles
on the Board.
We wish
to thank
outgoing
Vice-Chair
Jan Harrison for
her
short but
outstanding
service and
a hearty
thank you to
Jim Heins
for his
eight years
of service
to the PFD
Board and to
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
Teresa
Osinski, 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.
