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CITY COUNCIL 345 6th Street, Suite 600, Bremerton, WA 98337-1873 D (360) 473-5280
AUGUST 1, 2007
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
1. PRE-COUNCIL STUDY SESSION: 5:00 - 5:30 P.M. in COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM 603
A. General Council Business
2. CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 P.M. in CHAMBERS LOCATED ON FIRST FLOOR
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Invocation
3. MAYOR'S REPORT
A. Presentation by the Recreation & Conservation Funding Board (formerly lAC)
4. PUBLIC RECOGNITION & ANNOUNCEMENTS
5. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Claims & Check Register (#AB07-184)
B. Minutes of Meeting - July 18, 2007 (#AB07-185)
C. Minutes of Meeting - July 25,2007 (#AB07-186)
D. Appointment of Greg Wheeler to the Planning Commission (#AB07-187)
E. Real Estate Purchase & Sale Agreement with TIFERET, LLC for the sale of two City-owned
parcels located on Sheldon Boulevard (#AB07-188)
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. Public Hearing and Ordinance No. 5020, amending Section 17.60 of tf:1e Bremerton Municipal
Code (BMC) titled "Flood Plain Management" (#AB07-189)
7. GENERAL BUSINESS
A. Resolution No. 3032, authorizing the placement of the question on the November 6, 2007
ballot regarding an increase in the City's regular property tax levy to fund specified City
programs ("Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative) (#AB07-190)
8. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
9. ADJOURNMENT OF CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING
I Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations provided upon request. Those requiring special accommodations
should contact the City Clerk's Office at (360) 473-5323 by noon on the Monday preceding the Council meeting.
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DATE SUBMITTED:
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AGENDA BILL
CITY OF BREMERTON
CITY COUNCIL
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SUBJECT:
Committee Meeting Date:
COUNCIL MEETING Date:
Department:
Presenter:
Phone:
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August 1, 2007
Financial Services
Cathy Johnson
473-5296
SUMMARY: Consent Agenda item. Approval of checks and electronic fund transfers.
ATTACHMENTS:
FISCAL IMPACTS (Include Budgeted Amount):
APPROVALS:
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR:
CITY ATTORNEY:
FINANCE DIRECTOR:
MAYOR:
COMMITTEE CHAIR
COUNCIL PRESIDENT:
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CONSENT AGENDA ~
GENERAL BUSINESS 0
PUBLIC HEARING 0
RECOMMENDED MOTION: Move to Approve
1) Check #'s 318409 through 318641 and EFT's 7273 through 7279 in the amount of$530,198.44.
2) Retiree Payroll for the pay period ending July 31, 2007 in the amount of$79,446.47.
COUNCIL ACTION: ~rove
o Deny 0 Table
D Continue D No Action
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AGENDA BILL
CITY OF BREMERTON
CITY COUNCIL
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SUBJECT: City Council Meeting Minutes
for meeting of J" vi Y /0/ 2007
Committee Meeting Date:
COUNCIL MEETING Date:
Department:
Presenter:
N/A
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City ouncil .
Will Maupin,
Council President
(360) 473-5280
Phone:
SUMMARY: Attached is a summary of the City Council Meeting held -:r...; Iy I ca" ~oo 7
ATTACHMENTS: Meeting Minutes for :Jvly Ie) -:J....oo7
FISCAL IMPACTS (Include Budgeted Amount): N/A
APPROV ALS:
DEP AR TMENT DIRECTOR:
CITY ATTORNEY:
FINANCE DIRECTOR:
MAYOR:
Council President
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N/A
N/A
COMMITTEE CHAIR
COUNCIL PRESIDENT:
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CONSENT AGENDA ;
GENERAL BUSINESS 0
PUBLIC HEARING 0
RECOMMENDED MOTION: Move to approve the Consent Agenda as presented.
COUNCIL ACTION: D Approve D Deny D Table
D Continue 0 No Action
DIGITAL RECORDING
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
The weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order in the City
Council Chambers, of the NORM DICKS GOVERNMENT CENTER 345 6th Street, Bremerton, Washington,
Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at 5:30 PM, with Council President Will Maupin presiding. Council
members present were Nick Wofford, Carol Arends, Dianne Robinson, Mike Shepherd, Wendy
Priest, Adam Brockus, Cecil McConnell, and Brad Gehring. Also present were City Attorney Roger
Lubovich; and Legislative Assistant Lori Smith.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Council Member Brad GehrinQ followed by the invocation
provided by Council Member Dianne Robinson.
President Maupin announced that a Pre-Council Session to discuss General Council Business was
held prior to the meeting.
MAYOR'S REPORT
Mavor Bozeman began by thanking the Council for leading each meeting with the Pledge of
Allegiance and an Opening Prayer. He then displayed a POWER POINT presentation to provide an
update on the following projects:
· Tunnel project, including the detour route that will be in place for about 10-months;
· 300 new slips at the Port of Bremerton Marina;
· Harborside Condominiums;
· Harborside Fountain Park Vision; including Phase I & II and the Naval Museum;
· Harborside Boardwalk & Urban Trail;
· Bridge to Bridge Trail;
· Tim Ryan's new Retail Building located at 6th & Pacific; and the
· Wireless Internet Cloud in downtown
PUBLIC RECOGNITION & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nick Wofford reminded citizens to attend the next free Concert on the Boardwalk on Friday, July 20
from 6:00 to 8:00 PM to hear the salsa band "Trombanga".
John M. Tavlor, lifetime resident of Bremerton and a Real Estate Consultant, submitted a letter to
express his thoughts to Council Members on how to improve sewer connectivity in the City.
President Maupin thanked Mr. Taylor for expressing his concerns, and stated that most of those in
the City would agree with what he has presented.
CONSENT AGENDA
A. Check Numbers 318092 through 318232; and EFT-7247 through EFT-7258 in the amount of
$810,208.38 (#AB07-168)
B. Minutes of Meeting - July 2,2007 (#AB07-169)
C. Reappointment of Linda Streissguth to the Planning Commission (#AB07 -170)
D. Contract Award for Glenn Jarstad Aquatic Center Pool Tank Renovation (#AB07 -171)
E. Purchase of 12 replacement Mobile Computer Terminal (MCT's) and software for Police vehicles
(#AB07-172)
F. Purchase of a refurbished complete rotating assembly (screw conveyor & bowl) for the existing
Humboldt S3-01 Centrifuge at the Wests ide Wastewater Treatment Plant (#AB07-173)
G. Purchase of 8 Spring City style street lights for Pacific Avenue (#AB07-174)
H. Approval of PSA with HDR/FISHPRO for design of the Brentwood Drive Fish Passage Culvert
Project (#AB07-175)
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
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I. Sole Source Contract with NORTHWIND MARINE of Seattle for refurbishment work on Fire
Department Rescue Boat (#AB07 -176)
J. Ordinance No. 5017, amending Chapter 9.48 of the Bremerton Municipal Code (BMC) relating to
Permits for Public Displays of Fireworks (#AB07 -177)
K. Ordinance No. 5019, approving the Reimbursement Agreement with GEM1 LLC for the West 580
Zone (#AB07-178)
L. Settlement Agreement and Release between the City of Bremerton and Scott Alexander & Daryl
Matheny (#AB07 -179)
M. Budget Adjustment of $13,100 to Parks & Recreation for the purchase of furniture and minor
equipment for use at Harborside Fountain Park (#AB07-180)
There were no comments from the public.
05:49:26 M/S/C/U (Priest/Arends) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented.
GENERAL BUSINESS
6A- ORDINANCE NO. 5018. CREATING A NEW BREMERTON MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER
10.42 REGARDING REGULATING AND USING PHOTO ENFORCEMENT DEVICES (#AB07-182):
Police Chief Craia Roaers explained that the proposed Photo Enforcement Ordinance creates a
new Bremerton Municipal Code (BMC) Chapter 10.42 entitled "Automated Traffic Safety Cameras".
The BMC currently has no guidance relating to the use of photo-enforcement within the City limits.
Lieutenant Pete Fisher displayed a POWER POINT presentation to provide a brief overview of the
benefits of using photo enforcement devices and the details of the proposed ordinance.
The proposed ordinance contains the following sections:
· The RCW that authorizes cities to use photo-enforcement
· Inclusion of the Model Traffic Ordinance
· The purpose of automated traffic safety came~as
· Procedures for issuance of citations
· Disposition of violations.
There were no comments from the public.
Mr. Wofford asked what triggers a photo to be taken. Lt. Fisher stated that they worked with
REDFLEX to determine that the traffic signal must be in the "red light phase" before the camera is
powered; the vehicle must cross the induction at a predetermined set speed (or higher); and behind
the stop bar on the red phase before a photo is taken. It was established that Officers will have the
ability to reject "violations" if all three aspects are not met. He also responded to concerns about the
short lights due to Kitsap Transit and emergency vehicles
Mrs. Arends asked if the current staff level is sufficient to deal with the added responsibilities and
duties of this program. Lt. Fisher replied yes, because the City has a dedicated Traffic Unit.
Ms. Robinson asked what happens at the end of the 5-year term if it is determined this is not a
viable program for the City. Lt. Fisher stated that at the end of the 5-year term, there is an option to
extend the contract for 2-years; eliminate the program, or even search for a new vendor.
Mr. Shepherd stated that most people are pleased that the City is dealing with the safety concerns of
the community and thinks this new program will be very effective.
Ms. Priest asked what level of fine the City was going to start with. Lt. Fisher stated the fine for the
red-light infraction is currently set at $112, and $177 for school zones. However, at the end of July
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the Legislatures approved an increase so an additional $12 will be added to each fine [raising the
fines to $124, and $189 for school zones].
Mr. Brockus asked what actually happens with the streaming videos, how long are they kept, and is
the information subject to the Freedom of Information Act request. Lt. Fisher responded that
REDFLEX WOULD keep a copy of the evidence packet on each violation that results in a citation being
issued for no less than seven years, but for violations that do not result in the issuance of a citation,
REDFLEX will keep the packet for no less than 30-days. He further responded that they would work
with the City Legal Department if a subpoenaed, whether federal or state.
Mr. McConnell asked why these infractions are treated in the same category as parking infractions.
Lt. Fisher summarized that it was specifically tied to laws for violations that occurs when an officer is
not there on the scene. He believes the Legislature wanted to put a program in place to solve some
problems without obligating an officer to Court appearances. This is another tool designed to monitor
intersections and school zones, and hopefully to increase public safety and change driver's behavior.
Lt. Fisher also addressed a question about how many cameras would be used at each intersection.
Mr. Gehrina admitted that he was not supportive of this program when he first heard about it,
however he has now deducted that this is a good program to increase safety. However, he asked
how long drivers would be inconvenienced during installation of the induction loops. Mr. Mecham
responded that the streets would need to be cut up, and he is anticipating it to be about a 5-6 hour
job. Mr. Gehrina stated that once the intersections are determined, can they be changed. Lt. Fisher
answered that language is provided in the contract to allow changes.
Mr. Maupin was also initially against this program, but after hearing all of the facts presented, he
clearly sees the benefits, most importantly, it allows the Officer to be somewhere else. He asked if it
has been a problem in other jurisdictions for people claiming they were not the driver of the vehicle at
the time of the infraction. Lt. Fisher responded that it has been a problem in other jurisdictions,
which is why the City of Lakewood is proposing nomination language in their ordinance. The City has
the obligation to prove the violation by a preponderance of the evidence, so Bremerton has worked to
construct language in this ordinance that would address some of the issues the other cities did not
address before they started their program.
Mr. Brockus read a statement into the record to explain why he can not support this program.
06:23:30 M/S/C (Arends/Shepherd) Move to pass Ordinance No. 5018, creating a new Bremerton
Municipal Code Chapter 10.42 regarding regulating and using photo enforcement devices.
Voted in favor of Motion: McConnell, Priest, Shepherd, Robinson, Arends, Wofford, Gehring, Maupin
Voted opposed to Motion: Brockus
Motion carried: 8- Yes; 1-No
6B - CONTRACT WITH REDFLUX TRAFFIC SYSTEMS FOR PHOTO ENFORCEMENT (#AB07-
183): Mike Mecham, City Engineer, stated that the Public Works & Utilities Department, with the
assistance of the Police Department and the Municipal Court, issued a Request for Proposals for
photo enforcement of signalized intersections and school zones. REDFLUX TRAFFIC SYSTEMS was
most responsive and was selected for Photo Enforcement Services. A POWER POINT presentation
was displayed to provide details of the contact and the benefits to the City.
There were no comments from the public.
06:29:05 M/S/C (Priest/Wofford) Move to approve contract with REDFLUX TRAFFIC SYSTEMS for Photo
Enforcement and authorize the Mayor to finalize and execute the agreement with substantially the
same terms and conditions as presented.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
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Voted in favor of Motion: Priest, Shepherd, Robinson, Arends, Wofford, Gehring, McConnell Maupin
Voted opposed to Motion: Brockus
Motion carried: 8-Yes; 1-No
COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
Mike Shepherd reported on his attendance at the 2007 Summer Safety & Health Fair at Puget
Sound Naval Base (PSNS); and invited all residents to the 8th annual District 5 Picnic to be held
Saturday, July 28 at Evergreen Rotary Park.
Adam Brockus quoted a driving instructor who used to say, "There's no such thing as an orange
light".
With no further business, President Maupin adjourned the Council Meeting at 6:33 PM.
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DATE SUBMITTED: 7/:1..(p /07
BILL # 0 7 - {9 <(?
AGENDA BILL
CITY OF BREMER TON
CITY COUNCIL
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SUBJECT: City Council Meeting Minutes
for meeting of ~v\'1 ;;2.5,2007
Committee Meeting Date:
COUNCIL MEETING Date:
Department:
Presenter:
N/A
A u'u s+ I. .:2.067
City Council'
Will Maupin,
Council President
(360) 473-5280
Phone:
SUMMARY: Attached is a summary of the City Council Meeting held :rvly 2..$, ::2.007
ATTACHMENTS: Meeting Minutes for ~vl y 25) 2007"
FISCAL IMPACTS (Include Budgeted Amount): N/ A
APPROV ALS:
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR:
CITY ATTORNEY:
FINANCE DIRECTOR:
MAYOR:
Council President
N/A
N/A
N/A
COMMITTEE CHAIR
COUNCIL PRESIDENT:
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CONSENT AGENDA '
GENERAL BUSINESS 0
PUBLIC HEARING 0
RECOMMENDED MOTION: Move to approve the Consent Agenda as presented.
COUNCIL ACTION: 0 Approve 0 Deny 0 Table
? 0 Continue 0 No Action
DIGITAL RECORDING
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, July 25,2007
The weekly meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was called to order in the City
Council Chambers, of the NORM DICKS GOVERNMENT CENTER 345 6th Street, Bremerton, Washington,
Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at 5:30 PM, with Council President Will Maupin presiding. Council
members present were Nick Wofford, Carol Arends, Dianne Robinson, Mike Shepherd, Wendy
Priest, Adam Brockus, Cecil McConnell, and Brad Gehring. Also present were City Attorney Roger
Lubovich and Council Assistant Christine Grenier.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Council Member Brad GehrinQ followed by the invocation
provided by Chaplain Bill Martin of Abundant Life Foursquare Church.
President Maupin announced that a Pre-Council Study Session was held from 5:00 to 5:30 PM in
the Council Conference Room to discuss General Council Business; and a 15-Minute Executive
Session to "Evaluate Conduct of Personnel" per RCW 42.30.110 (1) (f).
PUBLIC RECOGNITION & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nick Wofford announced that there will be a follow-up Open House regarding the Wheaton-Riddell
Corridor Sub-Area Plan on July 31st from 5:30 to 7:00 PM in the Meeting Chambers; and attended the
Grand Opening for Woody's, a new Chicago style hotdog establishment located at 6th and Naval
Avenue.
Mike Shepherd invited the public to the Annual District 5 Picnic which will be held this Saturday from
Noon to 2:00 PM at Evergreen Park. There will be a presentation by the Department of Community
Development regarding the Evergreen and Downtown Sub-Area Plans. Hot dogs will be served by
fellow Council Member Cecil McConnell.
Kevin Fitzpatrick and Mike Dawda of Washington State Department of Ecology presented the
"2006 Outstanding Performance Award" to Pat Coxon, Wastewater Treatment Plant Manager and
staff in recognition of improvements made at the Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant and for
achieving 100% compliance with all NPDES permit requirements. Mr. Maupin congratulated staff
for receiving this award.
Roy Runyon recommended that Council Members consider moving street improvement items listed
in Phase 2 of the neighborhood initiative to Phase 1, and hoped that these improvements would also
include traffic calming devices like traffic islands, bulb outs, or speed humps.
CONSENT AGENDA
A. Check Numbers 318233 through 318408; and EFT-7259 through EFT-7272 in the amount of
$790,830.70 for the period ending July 15, 2007; Regular Payroll in the amount of $715,648.32
for the pay period ending July 15, 2007 (#AB07-183)
There were no comments from the public.
05:41 :40 M/S/C/U (Priest/Arends) Move to approve the CONSENT AGENDA as presented.
With no further business, President Maupin adjourned the Council Meeting at 5:42 PM. The Council
reconvened in the Council Conference Room for a STUDY SESSION to hear presentations on
upcoming agenda items.
City Council Reg. Mtg. Minutes
Wednesday, July 25,2007
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Attest:
PAULA JOHNSTON, City Clerk
WILL MAUPIN, City Council President
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Council Assistant
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AGENDA BILL
CITY OF BREMERTON
CITY COUNCIL
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SUBJECT: Appointment to the Planning
Commission.
Committee Meeting Date:
COUNCIL MEETING Date:
Department:
Presenter:
Phone:
7/~'5 /07
August I, 2007
Executive
Mayor Bozeman
473-5266
SUMMARY: Due to the resignation of Judy Friedberg-Nerf there is a vacancy on the Planning
Commission It is recommended Greg Wheeler be appointed to that vacancy.
ATTACHMENTS: Application for appointment available in the Mayor's office.
FISCAL IMP ACTS (Include Budgeted Amount): N/ A
APPROV ALS:
DEP ARTMENT DIRECTOR:
CITY ATTORNEY:
FINANCE DIRECTOR:
MA YOR:
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RECOMMENDED MOTION: Move to confirm the app 'ntment of Greg Wheeler to the Planning
Commission.
COUNCIL ACTION: [gj Approve 0 Deny 0 Table
o Continue 0 No Action
DATE SUBMITTED: July 9, 2007
AGENDA BILL
CITY OF BREMERTON
CITY COUNCIL
BILL # ()7...' 98
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SUBJECT: Real Estate Purchase and Sale
Agreement with Tiferet, LLC for the sale of
two City-owned parcels
Committee Meeting Date: July 25,2007
COUNCIL MEETING Date: August 1, 2007
Department: City Attorney's Office
Presenter: Roger A. Lubovich
Phone: 473-2345
SUMMARY: The City has received an offer from Tiferet, LLC for the purchase oftwo City-owned
parcels on Sheldon Boulevard $126,000. The property was appraised in August 2006 and valued at
$126,000. The proceeds of the sale will be deposited in the Contingency Reserve Fund.
ATT ACHMENTS: Proposed Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement with Earnest Money
Provision
FISCAL IMPACTS (Include Budgeted Amount): The proceeds of the sale, less closing costs, will
be deposited into the Contingency Reserve Fund.
APPROV ALS:
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR:
CITY ATTORNEY:
FINANCE DIRECTOR:
MAYOR:
CONSENT AGENDA ~
GENERAL BUSINESS D
PUBLIC HEARING D
COMMITTEE CHAIR
COUNCIL PRESIDENT:
RECOMMENDED MOTION: Move to approve the Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement
between the City of Bremerton and Tiferet, LLC and authorize the Mayor to finalize and execute the
agreement with substantially the same terms and conditions and to execute any and all documents
necessary to close the transaction.
COUNCIL ACTION: D Approve D Deny D Table
o Continue 0 No Action
RE.\L ESTATE PLRCIIASE A~D SALE AGREE'IEYf
WITH L\R:\EST "O:\EY PROYISION
This agr~ell1el1t controls the terms llf the sale of r~al prop~rty.
(Ph~asc re~ld carefull\' hefore si1!.nin1!..)
This Agreement is ent~red b~tw~en the CITY OF BREMERTON, a \Vashington municipal
corporation ("SelIer"), and TIFERET, LLC., a \Vashington limited liability corporation ("Buyer"),
t()r the sale and purchase of real property as follows:
l. PROPERTY. The property which Buyer agrees to buy and Seller agrees to sell,
consists of two vacant lots located at the SE intersection of McKenzie and Sheldon blvd. in the
vicinity of 1221 Sheldon Blvd., Bremerton, Washington, (the "Property") legally described in
Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. A map indicating the location
of the Property is also attached as Exhibit B, incorporated herein by this reference. The Property to
be conveyed herein as described in Exhibit A is subject to a dedication of right-of-way by Buyer at
closing as described in Exhibit C, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
2. EARNEST MONEY. Received from Buyer, Five Thousand and Noll 00 Dollars
($5,000.00) as earnest money and part payment on the purchase price for the Property.
3. PURCHASE PRICE. The total purchase price for the Property is One Hundred
Twenty Six Thousand Dollars and No/ I 00 Dollars ($126,000.00), including earnest money, payable
on closing.
4. CONTINGENCIES. This agreement is contingent upon:
(a) Acceptance of its terms by the Bremerton City Council.
(b) Buyers review and approval of the title report on the property prior to
Closing.
Should any of these contingencies not be met prior to closing, then this Agreement
shall terminate except neither Buyer nor Seller shall have any further rights, duties or obligations
hereunder, except that the Earnest Money held in eserow shall be immediately returned to Buyer.
5. CONVEYANCE ""D CONDITION OF TITLE. The title to the real propeliy
shalI be convcyed by Seller to Buyer at closing by Statutory Warranty Dt:ed, tJ't:t: and clear of all
lit:ns, t:l1eumbrances llr ddccts t:xct:pt thost: describt:d in Paragraph 6 below.
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6. TITLE I~Sl'RA\'CE. At Closing. Seller shall cause Pacilie YOl'f1l\1esf fii/e
COlli/HillY. \\hose address and telephone number is \)()27 \:Iickleherry R()ad \W Sih erdak
\Vashington 9S)X). (3()() 692-4141). to issue a standard form 0\\ ner's policy of title insurance to
Buyer in an amount equal to the total purchase price of the Property. The cost of this policy shall he
paid from Seller's funds at Closing. Ifan extended coverage owner's policy is requested by Buyer,
then Buyer shall pay the increased costs associated with that policy including the excess premium
over that charged for a standard coverage policy, and the cost of any survey required by the title
insurer. For purposes of this Agreement. the following shall not be deemed encumbrances or ddects:
rights reserved and federal patents or state deeds; building or use restrictions consistent with CUtTent
zoning, and utility and road easements of record. If title cannot be made so insurable prior to the
Closing date called for herein, unless, Buyer elects to waive such defects or encumbrances, this
agreement shall tem1inate.
7. CLOSING COSTS AND PRO-RATIONS. The cost of escrow shall be shared
equally between Buyer and Seller, except those fees which are expressly limited by Federal
Regulation. Seller shall pay for excise tax and revenue stamps as applicable. Taxes for the current
year, rents, interest, Association, Condominium and/or Homeowner's fees, water and other utility
charges, if any, shall be pro-rated as of date of closing unless otherwise agreed.
8. CLOSING OF THE SALE. With the understanding that time is of the essence for
this agreement, this sale shall be closed by September 28, 2007 which shall also be the termination
date of this agreement unless said closing date is extended in writing by mutual abJfeement of the
parties. When notified, the Buyer and Seller will deposit, without delay, in escrow with Pac(fic
Northwest Title Company all instruments and monies required to complete the transaction in
accordance with this abJfeement. Closing, for the purpose of this agreement, is ddined as the date
that all documents are executed and the sale proceeds are available for disbursement to the Seller.
9. POSSESSION. Buyer shall be entitled to possession on closing.
10. SELLER'S REPRESENTATIONS. Seller represents that:
(a) Seller will maintain the property in present or bctter condition until time of
agrccd possession, and
(b) the property is not encumbered by any leases.
11. SELLER'S E~VIRON!\IENTAL REPRESENTATIONS. Seller represents and
Buyer acknowledges that Seller has disclosed the existence ofL:l1\ironmmt conditions (including,
without limitation. a spill, discharge or contamination) that existed as of and/or prior to the closing
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dalC'. the result llf which may require remcdial action pur.suant to any fedcraL statc or lllcallaw llr
may bc thc basis IllI' thc asscrtion of any third party claims. including claims of gO\lTnmcntal
clltitics. Buycr ackno\\kdges that it has pertllrlllcd its due diligenl'l' in\\:stigatilln of the
cn\ irllnmcntalcondition ot'the Property and kno\\ingly <ll'ccpts the propcrty in its currcnt cllndition
\\ ith this knowledge.
12. HOLD HAR:\'ILESS. As pUI1ialconsideration for the purchase of the Property.
Buyer purchases the propel1y and imprO\ements "as is" and agrees to hold harmless the Seller ti'om
any and all damages, claims, losses, liabilities. judgments, demands, tees. ohligations. assessments,
and expenses and costs, which may he imposed upon or incurred by Buyer, or assel1ed against Buyer
hy any other pm1y or pm1ies (including, without limitation, a governmental entity), arising out 01'01'
in connection with any environmental condition existing as of and/or prior to the closing date
whether known or unknown, This provision shall survive closing.
13. DEFAULT AND ATTORNEY'S FEES.
(a) Buyer's Default. If Buyer defaults hereunder, Seller's sole remedy shall be
limited to damages against Buyer in the liquidated amount of the earnest money previously paid the
Buyer. Buyer and Seller intend that said amount constitutes liquidated damages so as to avoid other
costs and expenses to either party in connection with potential litigation on account of Buyers'
default. Buyer and Seller believe said amount to be a fair estimate of actual damages.
(b) Seller's Default. If Seller defaults hereunder, Buyer shall have all the rights
and remedies available at law or in equity.
(c) Attorney's Fees and Costs. In the event ofIitigation to enforce any of the
terms or provisions herein, each party shall pay all its own costs and attorney's fees.
14. NOTICE TO BUYER. This fonn contains provisions for an agreement for the
purchase and sale of real estate. The Seller makes no warranty or representation o.lany kind that
this fonn, or any of its provisions, is intended to meet the factual and legal requirements of a
particular transaction, or that it accurately reflects that laws of the State of Washington at the time
you enter the agreement. This agreement has significant legal and financial consequences. By
signing this agreement, Buyer acknowledges that Buyer has or has had the opp0l1unity to consult
with an attorney regarding Buyers rights and ohligations in this agreement.
15. BROKERS FEES/COMI\HSSIONS. Buyer agrees to indemnity. defend and hold
harmless Scller with respect to any claim by any person or entity claiming through Buyer to be
entitled to a commission with n:sped to the transadion contcmpbted by this agreement.
16. :\i O~-M ERGER. The terms. conditions, and provisions of this Agreement shall not
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hc dccll1cd I11crgcd into the dccd. and shall sun i\c thc ('Iusing and el)ntinuc in full j()rec and crt~ct.
17. \OTICES. All noticcs required or pcnnittL'd to be gi\en hereunder shall lx' in
\\ riting and shall he sent L.S. certified mail. return receipt requested. or by Elcsill1ik transmission
addressed as sd t()(.th bdow:
(a) All notices to be given to Seller shall be addressed as ti.)lIows:
Mayor
City of Bremerton
345 6th Street, Suite 600
Bremelion, Washington 98337-1873
(b) AIl notices to be given to Buyer shaIl be addressed as f()Ilows:
Mark Goldberg
Tiferet, LLC.
1702 North 45lh Street
Seattle, Washington 98103
Either party hereto may, by written notice to the other, designate such other address
for the giving of notices as being necessary. AIl notices shaIl be deemed given on the day such
notice is personally served, or on the date ofthe facsimile transmission, or on the third day foIlowing
the day such notice is mailed in accordance with this paragraph.
18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This agreement, including all incorporated exhibits,
constitutes the fuIl understanding between seller and buyer. There have been no verbal or other
agreements that modify this a1:,Tfeement.
19. BINDING EFFECT AND SURVIVAL. This A1:,Tfeement shall be binding upon
parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors and assigns; and the terms, conditions and
provisions of this Agreement shall survive the closing of this transaction.
20. DATE OF MUTUAL ACCEPTANCE. For the purposes of this Agreement. the
date of mutual acceptance of this Agreement shall be the last date on which the parties to this
Agreement have executed this Agreement as indicated below.
21. EXPIRATION OF OFFER. Buyer shall have until 5:00 p.m. July 31, 2007 to
accept the purchase and sale agreement as written. by delivering a signed copy thereof to the Scller
or the Seller's agent. If Buyer docs not so deliver a signed copy within said period, this agreement
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shall lapse alld all right ufthe parties hereunder shall terminate,
1\ WIT\ESS WHEREOF. the parties hereto hu\e e\.ecutcd this Agreement Oil the date set
Itll'th below,
SELLER:
BLYER:
THE CITY OF BREMERTON
T1FERET. LtC,
By:
Cary Bozeman, Mayor
Dated:
Dated:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By:
Roger A. Lubovich, City Attorney
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That portion of the following described parcel (property of the Purchaser) \vhich lies
northerly and easterly of the following described line:
Commencing at a monument marking the East quarter corner of Section 13, Township 24
North, Range 1 East, \V.M., in the City of Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, being
a point on the centerline of Park Avenue; thence North 0058 '27" East along the centerline
of said Park Avenue 381.47 feet to a monument marking its intersection with 1 ill Street;
thence South 88023'53" East along the centerline of said lill Street 577.05 feet to a
monument marking its intersection with Cogean Avenue; thence North 1010'08" East
along the centerline of said Cogean Avenue 147.37 feet; thence North 88049'52" West
15.00 feet to the west right-of-way line Cogean Avenue and the point of beginning of this
line; thence North 68005 '22" West 26.23 feet to a point on a 198.95 foot radius curve
whose center point bears North 2054'50" East; thence along said curve to the right
through a central angle of 49029'38" for an arc distance of 171.86 feet to the point of
termination of this line.
TOGETHER WITH
That portion of the parcels identified in Exhibit A generally covered by a sidewalk and
identified in Exhibit B as a right-of-way to be dedicated. A more accurate legal
description to be provided later.
DATE SUBMITTED: July 18,2007 BILL # ~
AGENDA BILL
CITY OF BREMERTON fA
CITY COUNCIL t>
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SUBJECT: Public Hearing and Ordinance
No~amending BMC Sectian 17.60
Titled Flaad Plain Management.
Cammittee Meeting Date: June 20, 2007
COUNCIL MEETING Date: August 1, 2007
Department: DCD
Presenter: Nicale Ward
Phane: 473-5279
SUMMARY: The actian befare the Cauncil is to. canduct a public hearing and adapt Ordinance
Na..!9JDunending BMC Sectian 17.60 Flaad Plain Management making it campliant with the
requirements set by Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State Department Of Ecalagy.
The prapased amendments have been reviewed by the Flaodplain Management Specialist at the
Department af Ecalagy and if adapted will bring the City of Bremertan into. campliance with the State
regulations.
ATTACHMENTS:
A. Ordinance No..!iJID
B. Staff Memo. including carrespandance with the State Department afEcalogy.
FISCAL IMPACTS (Include Budgeted Amaunt): None
APPROV ALS:
DEP ARTMENT DIRECTOR:
CITY ATTORNEY:
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FINANCE DIRECTOR:
MAYOR:
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COMMITTEE CHAIR
COUNCIL PRESIDENT:
CONSENT AGENDA 0
GENERAL BUSINESS 0
PUBLIC HEARING
RECOMMENDED MOTION: Mave to. pass Ordinance Na.. to. amend BMC Section 17.60
Floodplain Management.
COUNCIL ACTION: 0 Approve D Deny D Table
D Co.ntinue 0 No. Actio.n
ORDINANCE NO.5~O
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, updating Bremerton Municipal Code
Chapter 17.60 Floodplain Management to comply with National
and State requirements.
WHEREAS, on December 15, 2006 the Department of Ecology sent the City of
Bremerton a letter stating Bremerton Municipal Code Chapter 17.60, floodplain management,
needed to be amended by September of 2007 to avoid suspension from the National Flood
Insurance Program; and
WHEREAS, without the passage of this ordinance by September of 2007 the City
would be suspended from the National Flood Insurance Program; and
WHEREAS, on July 21, 2007, the public was notified by legal advertisement in
the Kitsap Sun of the opportunity to make comments and participate in the public hearing by the
City Council; and
WHEREAS, on August 1,2007 the City Council conducted a public hearing and
considered all testimony prior to their decision; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Subsection 17.60.050 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Definitions" relating to Floodplain Management is hereby amended to add the definition of
"basement" and revise the definition of "development" as follows:
17.60.050 DEFINITIONS.
Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this chapter shall be
interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common usage and to give this chapter
its most reasonable application.
(1) "Appeal" means a request for a review of the City Engineer's interpretation of any
provision of this ordinance or a request for a variance.
(2) "Area of shallow flooding" means a designated AO or AH zone on the Flood
Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The base flood depths range from one (1) to three (3) feet; a clearly
defined channel does not exist; the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate; and
velocity flow may be evident. AO is characterized as sheet flow and AH indicates ponding.
(3) "Area of special flood hazard" means the land in the flood plain within a
community subject to a one (1) percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year.
(4) "Basement" means any area of the building having its floor sub-grade (below
ground level) on all sides.
ill "Base flood" means the flood having a one (1) percent chance of being
cqualledequaleQ or exceeded in any given year.
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(~2) "Development" means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real
estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling,
grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, or storage of equipment or materials located
within the area of special flood hazard.
(61) "Flood" or "Flooding" means a general and temporary condition of partial or
complete inundation of normally dry land areas from:
(a) The overflow of inland or tidal waters and/or
(b) The unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any
source.
(1~) "Flood insurance rate map" means the official map on which the Federal
Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk
premium applicable to the community.
(8-2) "Flood insurance study" means the official report provided by the Federal
Insurance Administration that includes flood profiles, the Flood Boundary Floodway Map, and
the water surface elevation of the base flood.
(9lQ) "Flood plain" means any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from
any source.
(Mil) "Floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent
land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively
increasing the water surface elevation more than one (1) foot.
(H 12) "Lowest floor" means the lowest floor ofthe enclosed area (including basement).
An unfinished or flood resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access
or storage, in an area other than a basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor,
provided that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the
applicable non-elevation design requirements of this chapter found at SI7.60.300(b).
(HU) "Habitable floor" means any floor usable for living purposes, which includes
working, sleeping, eating, cooking or recreation, or a combination thereof. A floor used only for
storage purposes is not a "habitable floor".
(-8-14) "Manufactured home" means a structure, transportable in one (1) or more
sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a
permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities. For flood plain management
purposes the term "manufactured home" also includes park trailer, travel trailers, and other
similar vehicles placed on a site for greater than 180 consecutive days. For insurance purposes
the term "manufactured home" does not include park trailers, travel trailers, and other similar
vehicles.
(+412.) "Manufactured home park or subdivision" means a parcel (or contiguous parcels)
of land divided into two (2) or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.
(~16) "New construction" means structures for which the "start of construction"
commenced on or after the effective date of this ordinance.
(MI7) "Recreational Vehicle" means a vehicle built on a single chassis, that is 400
square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal proiection, designed to be self-
propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck, and is designed primarily not for use as a
permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or
seasonal use.
.Q..8l"Start of construction" includes substantial improvements, and means the date the
building permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction,
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placement or other improvement was within 180 days ofthe permit date. The actual start means
the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slab
or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns or any work beyond the stage of
excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction
does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include the
installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings,
piers, or foundation or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the
property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not
part of the main structure.
(+719) "Structure" means a walled and roofed building including a gas or liquid storage
tank that is principally above ground.
(!-820) "Substantial improvement" means any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a
structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty (50) percent of the market value ofthe
structure:
(a) Before the improvement or repair is started, or
(b) If the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage
occurred. For the purposes of definition "substantial improvement" is considered to occur when
the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences,
whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.
The term does not, however, include either:
(a) Any project for improvement of a structure to comply with existing state
or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which are solely necessary to assure safe
living conditions, or
(b) Any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historic
Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places.
(-1921 ) "Variance" means a grant of relief from the requirements of this chapter which
permits construction in a manner that would otherwise be prohibited by this chapter.
SECTION 2. Subsection 17.60.070 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Basis for Establishing the Areas of Special Flood Hazard" relating to Buildings and
Construction is hereby amended to include language to allow the use of updated maps as
follows:
17.60.070 BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING THE AREAS OF SPECIAL FLOOD
HAZARD.
The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Insurance Administration in a
scientific and engineering report entitled "The Flood Insurance Study for the City of Bremerton"
dated February August 15, 1979, and any revisions thereto, with accompanying tleed-Flood/
insurance Insurance Rate Mmaps, and any revisions thereto, are herebyis adopted by reference
and declared to be a part of this chapter. The flood insurance study is on file at the Bremerton
Department of Community Development, 345 6th Street, Suite 600, Bremerton, W A 98337.
SECTION 3. Subsection 17.60.240 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Anchoring" relating to manufactured/mobile homes in frequently flooded areas is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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17.60.240 ANCHORING.
(a) All new construction and substantial improvements shall be anchored to prevent
flotation, collapse or lateral movement of the structure.
(b) All manufactured/mobile homes shall be anchored to prevent resist flotation,
collapse or lateral movement, and shall be installed using methods and practices that minimize
flood damage. Anchoring methods may include, but are not limited to, use of by providing over-
the-top and frame tiles to ground anchors. Specific requirements shall be that:
(1) Over the top ties be provided at each of the four comers of the mobile home,
'.'lith tV/O additional ties per side at intermediate locations; with mobile homes less than fifty feet
long requiring one additional tie per side;
(2) Frame ties be pro'/ided at each comer of the home with five additional ties per
side at intermediate locations; with mobile homes less than fifty feet long requiring four
additional ties per side;
(3) All components of the anchoring system be capable of carrying a force of four
thousand eight hundred pounds; and
(4) .^illy additions to the mobile home be similarly anchored.
(c) lJl alternative method of anchoring may involye a system designed to \vithstand a
wind force of ninety miles per hour or greater. Certification must be proyidcd to the City
Engineer that this standard has been met.
SECTION 4. Subsection 17.60.310 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Nonresidential Construction" relating to floodproofing certificate language shall be amended to
read as follows:
17.60.310 NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.
New construction and substantial improvement of any commercial, industrial or other
nonresidential structure shall either have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to one
(1) foot or more above the level ofthe base flood elevation, or, together with attendant utility and
sanitary facilities, shall:
(a) Be flood proofed so that below one (1) foot or more above the base flood level the
structure is watertight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water;
(b) Have structural components capable of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic
loads and effects of buoyancy; and
(c) Be certified by a registered professional engineer or architect that the design and
methods of construction are in accordance with accepted standards of practice for meeting
provisions ofthis section based on their development and/or review of the structural design,
specifications and plans. are satisfied. Such certifications shall be provided to the official as set
forth in BMC 17.60.140(3)(B).
(d) Nonresidential structures that are elevated, not floodproofed, must meet the same
standards for space below the lowest floor as described in BMC 17.60.300(b).
(e) Applicants floodproofing nonresidential buildings shall be notified that flood
insurance premiums will be based on rates that are one (1) foot below the floodproofed level
(e.g., a building constructed to the base flood level will be rated as one (1) foot below that level).
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SECTION 5. Subsection 17.60.320 ofthe Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Mobile Homes" relating to the placement of such structures in flood hazard areas is amended to
use more updated language that will better apply to manufactured and mobile homes as follows:
17.60.320 MANUFACTURED/MOBILE HOMES.
(a) All manufactured/mobile homes in the floodplain to be placed or substantially
improved on sites shall be elevated on a permanent foundation such that the lowest floor of the
manufactured/mobile home is elevated one foot or more above the base flood elevation and be
securely anchored to an adequately anchored foundation system to resist flotation, collapse and
lateral movement. mobile homes shall be anchored in accordance with BMC 17.60.240.
(b) For new mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions; for expansions to
existing mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions; for existing mobile home parks and
mobile home subdi'/isions '",here the repair, reconstruction or improvement of the streets, utilities
and pads equals or exceeds fifty (50) percent of';alue of the streets, atilities and pads before the
repair, reconstruction or impro'/ement has commenced; and for mobile homes not placed in a
mobile home subdivision, require that:
(2) }..dequate surface drainage and access for a hauler are provided; and
(3) In the instance of elevation on pilings, that:
i. Lots are large enough to permit steps;
ii. Piling foundations are placed in stable soil no more than ten (10)
feet apart; and
111. Reinforcement is pro'/ided for pilings more than six (6) feet above
days, or;
(2) Be fully licensed and ready for highway use, on wheels or iacking system,
attached to the site only by quick disconnect tyPe utilities and security devices, and have no
permanently attached additions; or
(3) Meet the requirements for manufactured/mobile homes as found in BMC
17.60.320.
SECTION 6. Subsection 17.60.330 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Floodways" in relation to constriction work and encroachments into floodways shall be
amended to read as follows:
17.60.330 FLOODWAYS.
Located within areas of special flood hazard established in 17.60.070 are portions of
Gorst and Parish Creeks which are designated as floodways. Since the floodway is an extremely
hazardous area due to the velocity of floodwaters which carry debris, potential projectiles, and
erosion potential projectiles, and erosion potential, the following provisions apply:
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(~+) Prohibit encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial
improvements and other development unless certification by a registered professional engineer
or architect is provided demonstrating through hydrologic and hydraulic analyses performed in
accordance with standard engineering ?ractice that encroachments shall not result in any increase
in flood levels during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.:.t
(~h) If subsection (~+) of this section is satisfied, all new construction and substantial
improvements shall comply with all applicable flood hazard reduction provisions ofBMC
17.60.230 through 17.60.320;
(4g) Construction or reconstruction of residential structures is prohibited within
designated floodways, except for;
(il) repairs, reconstruction, or improvements to a structure which do not
increase the ground floor area; and
(it2.) repairs, reconstruction or improvements to a structure, the cost of which
does not exceed fifty (50) percent of the market value of the structure either,
(aD before the repair or reconstruction is started or;
(biD if the structure has been damaged, and is being restored before the
damage occurred. Any proiect for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of
state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the
local code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living
conditions, or to structures identified as historic places, may be excluded in the 50 percent.Weffi
done on structures to comply 'tvith existing health, sanitary, or safety codes .hor to structures
identified as historic places shall not be included in the fifty (50) percent determination.
(~3) Manufactured/mobile homes are Pgrohibited in designated floodways. the placement
of any mobile homes.:.;
SECTION 7. Severability. If anyone or more sections, sub-sections, or
sentences of this Ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion ofthis Ordinance and the same shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 8. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten
(10) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council the
day of
,2007
WILL MAUPIN, Council President
Approved this
day of
,2007
CARY BOZEMAN, Mayor
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PAULA JOHNSTON, City Clerk
ROGER A. LUBOVICH, City Attorney
,2007
,2007
PUBLISHED the
EFFECTIVE the
ORDINANCE NO.
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DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
MEMORANDUM
To: Council Planning Committee
From: Nicole Ward, City Planner
Date: July 18, 2007
Subject: Floodplain Management Code Update
The State Department of Ecology (DOE) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) are in the process of updating the National Flood Insurance Program maps for the
State of Washington. Every jurisdiction has been required to update their municipal codes
to reference the newly updated maps. The deadline for this adoption is September 2007.
DOE has requested that while jurisdictions are updating the mapping reference they also
update any other deficiencies in their floodplain management code at the same time.
DOE sent a letter to the City of Bremerton on November 14, 2007 itemizing the areas in
which modification was needed (See Attachment I). Staff drafted an ordinance that
incorporated the required and suggested amendments and sent a copy to the Floodplain
Management Specialist at DOE for review. The attached letter (See Attachment II) confirms
that the proposed amendments sufficiently meet DOE's requirements and are therefore
endorsing the proposed ordinance.
The Planning Committee has reviewed the proposed amendments and suggested this item
be sent directly to a City Council hearing without full Study Session review. A Public
Hearing has been scheduled on August 1 , 2007.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I - Amendment Request Letter from DOE
Attachment II - Endorsement Letter from DOE
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
DEPARTi\i\ENT OF ECOLOGY
;\;ort/h1est RegiofJal Office. 3190 160t.'1 Avenue Sf · BeIfevue, ~\ta5hington 98008-5452 . (-l2 5) 649-7000
November 14, 2007
Michael Mecham, P .E.
Bremerton City Engineer
3027 Olympus Drive
Bremerton, W A 98310
Dear Mr. Mecham:
This follows our meeting on November 29, 2006 to discuss progress in the Bremerton
Flood Map Revision Project. At that meeting, we indicated that the City needed to
amend Chapter 17.60 of the BMC, Floodplain Management, to adopt the new maps that
are being finalized, and to correct other minor deficiencies.
I reviewed the current version of Chapter 17.60 that I took from the City's website. This
. version did contain the one-foot freeboard standard that Andrea Spencer said had been
amended to the flood chapter. At the time FEMA issues revised maps, either FEMA or
Ecology staff do a thorough review of the current measure; if there are any deficiencies at
this time, they must be corrected before the revised maps can become effective. My
review found the following deficiencies (please refer to the enclosed copy of the FEMA-
State Model Ordinance throughout this review):
Definitions. A most important definition that is missing from Chapter 17.60 is the
definition of basement. FEMA's definition is unique, relates directly to the crawlspace
problems that have been prevalent in recent years, and must be amended into
Bremerton's flood chapter. This definition reads: "any area of the building having its
floor sub-grade (below ground level) on all sides." Also, the definition of "development"
must be augmented with the words "or storage of equipment or materials" toward the end
of the definition that is in Chapter 17.60 (see Model Ordinance). The FEMA definition
of Recreational Vehicle must also be added (see Model).
17.60.070, Basis for Establishing the Areas of Special Flood Hazard. This section is
the main reason why Chapter 17.60 needs to be amended, i.e., with the new maps about
to become effective, local jurisdictions have to either adopt the new maps with their
specific dates, or have an automatic adoption clause in this section. It is suggested that
the City adopt the automatic adoption clause because this will apply to any and all future
map changes that might occur. To do this, first, the date should be changed from
February 1979 to August 15, 1979, the official date of your FIRMs and your Regular
program eligibility. The first sentence should read as follows: "The areas of special
J700d ha:;ard identified by thl! Federo[ Insurance Administration in Q scientific and
engineering report entitled "The Flood Insurance Study for the City of Bremer ton. datc(f
AuguSf 15, 1979 and anv revisions thereto, vvith accompanying Flood Insurance Rate
Afaps, and any revisions thereto, are herebJ' adopted by re.!i2n;r:cr; iTnd dec!are:d to he a
purf o.(rhis ordinance. "
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Michael Mecham, P.E.
November 14, 2006
Page 2 of3
17.60.240(b), Anchoring. The anchoring standard for manufactured homes at this
section specifying over-the-top and frame ties as well as the 90 mph wind standard is
from FEMA' s old regulations. The current standard is found at Section 5.1-1 of the
Model Ordinance. The City has the option of retaining the older standard or adopting the
current standard, i.e., a change is optional, not required at this section.
17.60.310(c), Nonresidential Construction. The floodproofing certification standard is
from older regulations that have changed through the years. This section needs to be
amended to read: "Be certified by a registered professional engineer or architect that the
design and methods of construction are in accordance with accepted standards of
practice for meeting provisions of this subsection based on their development and/or
review of the structural design, specifications and plans. Such certifications shall be
provided to the official as set forth in RMe 17.60. 140(3)(SY "
17.60.320, Manufactured (mobile) Homes. The standard here is deficient in that it does
not address existing manufactured home parks and subdivisions, and contains an earlier
FEMA provision that allowed mobile homes to be placed in the floodway in an existing
park or subdivision. This, in particular, is contrary to State law that does not allow any
manufactured homes in the flood way . The best way to change both deficiencies is to use
the wording at Model Ordinance Section 5.2-3 (page 11); you can see that this greatly
simplifies the standard. This addresses the issue of existing parks and subdivisions
(requiring that all manufactured homes be elevated), and also makes it clear that
manufactured homes are not allowed in flood ways.
Recreational Vehicles. There is no section in Chapter 17.60 dealing with RVs. This
was dismissed in an earlier review because the City verbally indicated that they did not
allow RVs in floodplains. To clear this deficiency, the city must either submit a code
citation that disallows RVs in floodplains, or adopt the standard found at Section 5.2-4 of
the Model Ordinance.
17.60.330(1), Floodway Encroachment Standard. Section .330(1) was taken from an
earlier Model Ordinance, which was subsequently updated when the FEMA regulation
changed. This standard can be corrected by insertion of the words "through hydrologic
and hydraulic analyses performed in accordance with standard engineering practice"
between the words "demonstrating" and "that" of the present .330(1).
17.60.880(2), State Floodway Standard. There are several worJlng errors in this
section of Chapter 17.60; e.g., "is startc:d" must be added to "(A) before the repair or
reconstruction," etc. It is suggested that the entire section te rev,ritter: to accurately
ref1ect the standard t~Jund in State law. This car; be done by using "vords Clt Section
Michael Mecham, P.E.
November 14,2006
Page 3 of3
5.4(2) of the Model Ordinance. Also note that wording has been changed in the Model
Ordinance to allow more discretion on the part of the local administrator of the flood
chapter. Changing the word "shall" in the last line to "may" will achieve this objective,
though this change is not mandatory.
It is good to see that the City adopted an amendment in 2006 to require that new
structures be built to one foot above the Base Flood Elevation. This adds a sensible
factor of safety and reduces insurance rates considerably, as we discussed. I would
suggest that the City read through Chapter 17.60 carefully to edit minor word and
transposition errors that I found in reading the Chapter.
The amendments described in this letter should be adopted as soon as possible. As
discussed, if they are not adopted by the effective date of the new maps which is
projected to be September of 2007, the City will be subject to immediate suspension from
the National Flood Insurance Program. Earlier adoption will avoid having to respond to a
series of reminder letters that are part of the process.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (425) 649-7139.
Sincerely,
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Charles L. Steele
Floodplain Management Specialist
cc: Mark Carey, FEMA
Dan Sokol, Ecology
, Andrea Spencer
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June 15,2007
Andrea Spencer, Director
Department of Community Development
345 Sixth Street, Suite 600
Bremerton, W A 98337
Dear Ms. Spencer:
We met on November 29,2006 to discuss Bremerton's involvement in the FEMA Flood Map
Revision Project. At that time, we indicated that the City needed to amend Chapter 17.60 of the
Bremerton Municipal Code, Floodplain Management, in order to retain its eligibility in the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). My letter summarizing the meeting pointed out eight
areas of deficiencies that needed to be corrected in order for us to certify that the City complied
with FEMA and State floodplain management regulations. This'was presented with some
urgency in view ofthe fact that the City was about to receive revised flood maps, and
jurisdictions must have fully compliant floodplain regulations before the revised maps can
become effective.
On June 13,2007, I received an email transmittal of proposed amendments to Chapter 17.60 from
Nicole Ward. After our review, I received a revised draft of the proposed amendments on June
14. Our review of the June 14 draft indicated that the amendments are sufficient to bring
Bremerton's flood Chapter 17.60 into full compliance with NFIP and State floodplain
management regulations. If the amendments are adopted as presented in the June 14 draft, we
will be able to approve them per our requirements in RCW 86.16.041(1), and provide that
certification to FEMA.
Adopting the proposed amendments is very important. If a community does not have compliant
regulations at the time if issuance of revised maps, the only recourse FEMA has is to suspend that
community's eligibility in the NFIP. If that were to happen, flood insurance would no longer be
availahle to any resident ofthe City; in turn, without the availability of flood insurance, any loans
or grants in the City's flood hazard areas that are backed by the Federal Government, such as
through the FDIC, could no longer be made.
I urge the City to adopt the proposed amendments at your earliest convenience. If you have any
questions about this matter, please feel free to call me at (425) 649-7139.
Sincerely,
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Charles L. Steele
Floodplain Management Specialist
cc: Mark Carey, FEMA
Dan Sokol, Ecology
Mike Mecham
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JfS# 07 -1'10
AGENDA BILL
CITY OF BREMERTON
CITY COUNCIL
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SUBJECT: Approval of Resolution No.
~onceming an increase in the City's
regular property tax levy to fund specified
City programs.
Committee Meeting Date:
COUNCIL MEETING Date:
Department:
Presenter:
7/25/2007
811/2007
Financial Services
Laura LyonlWyn
BirkenthallPhil
Williams
473-5722
Phone:
SUMMARY: The next phase of revitalization for the City extends the renewal out to City neighborhoods.
This next six year plan requires additional funds to adequately provide for the operations and maintenance of the
City's existing and future park and recreation facilities, provide additional code enforcement efforts in City
neighborhoods, improve and construct sidewalks, and renovate, improve, and develop identified neighborhood
parks.
In order to provide funding for these proposed programs and activities - a proposition is recommended to be
taken to the voters of the City of Bremerton in the upcoming general election on November 6, 2007 - requesting
approval of a temporary (6-year) regular property tax levy rate lift to $2.12 per thousand dollars of assessed
valuation for collection in 2008 and increase the levy each year thereafter as allowed by RCW 84.55 for each of
the five succeeding years. This levy rate is estimated to be $0.1889 per thousand dollars of assessed value
higher than would otherwise be imposed under the limitations established by RCW 84.55.010. RCW 84.55.050
authorizes the voters of a city to permit the levy of taxes in excess of the levy limitations established in RCW
84.55.010.
The Kitsap County Auditor requires a resolution approved by the City Council authorizing the placement of the
question on the November 6,2007 general election to be submitted no later than August 14,2007. This
resolution authorizes the placement of the question on the ballot and adopts a plan for use of the funds if the levy
lift should be approved by the voters.
A TT ACHMENTS: Resolution, Draft Ballot Measure Summary and Explanatory Recap, Financial Recaps, and
Updated Neighborhood Revitalization Plan Outline and Funding Plan
FISCAL IMP ACTS (Include Budgeted Amount): Addition of a ballot measure for the General Election will
cost the City less than $2,000 (cost quote provided by the County Auditor - Election Division) - the 2007 budget for
election expenses is adequate to cover this cost.
APPROVALS:
DEP ARTMENT DIRECTOR:
CITY ATTORNEY:
FINANCE DIRECTOR:
MA YOR:
COMMITTEE CHAIR
COUNCIL PRESIDENT:
CONSENT AGENDA D
GENERAL BUSINESS M
PUBLIC HEARING D
RECOMMENDED MOTION: Move to approve Resolution No. loJa.. authorizes the
placement ofthe question on the November 6,2007 ballot regarding an increase in the City's
regular property tax levy to fund specified City programs.
COUNCIL ACTION: D Approve D Deny D Table
D Continue D No Action
AMENDED
RESOLUTION NO. 3032
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, relating to the funding of parks
maintenance and operation expenses; implementation of a
community improvement program; improvements to neighborhood
parks and playgrounds; and installation and improvements of
sidewalks; providing for the submission to the qualified electors of
the City on the November 6, 2007 general election a proposition
authorizing the City to impose regular property tax levies in excess
of the limit established in RCW 84.55.010, to provide funds for
these purposes increasing the City's regular property tax levy for
collection in 2008 to $2.12 per thousand dollars of assessed value
and increase the levy each year thereafter as allowed by RCW
84.55 for each of the five succeeding years.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington (the "City")
has determined that the next phase of revitalization for the Citirequires additional funds to
adequately provide for the operations and maintenance ofthe City's existing and future park and
recreation facilities, implement a community improvement program in City neighborhoods,
improve and construct sidewalks, and renovate, improve, and develop identified neighborhood
parks; and
WHEREAS, in order to finance the costs of operations and maintenance and
make improvements as found necessary by the City Council, it is deemed advisable that the City
impose taxes within the limits permitted to cities; and
WHEREAS, RCW 84.55.050 authorizes the voters of a city to permit the levy of
taxes in excess of the levy limitations established in RCW 84.55.010; and
WHEREAS, the Kitsap County Auditor requires a Resolution approved by the
City Council authorizing the placement of the question on the November 6,2007 general
election to be submitted no later than August 14, 2007;
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Nei:.!hborhood Revitalization Plan - Phase 1. Subject to voter
approval as specified herein, the City hereby adopts a six-year plan for funding maintenance and
operations of current and future parks and recreation facilities of the City; implement a
community improvement program in City neighborhoods; improve and construct sidewalks and
renovate, improve, and develop neighborhood parks as follows:
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Levy Lift Resolution
. Maintenance and Overations of Current and Future Parks and Recreation
F aGilities. _(estimated average annual cost of $21 0,000) Fund two additional Parks
Service Specialist positions plus additional temporary seasonal labor, purchase of
two light service trucks, and related supporting supplies and materials expense.
. Imvlement a Communitv Improvement Prozram in Citv Neizhborhoods. (estimated
average annual cost of $1 05,000) Fund the addition of one staff position and
supporting expenses.
. Imvrove and Construct Sidewalks. (estimated annual cost of $50,000) Upgrades
and construction of sidewalks in Bremerton neighborhoods as described in Exhibit
A to this Resolution.
. Renovate, Imvrove. and Develop Neizhborhood Parks. (estimated annual cost of
$400,000) Develop, renovate and improve neighborhood parks as described in
Exhibit A to this Resolution. $200,000 estimated to be provided by the proposed
levy lid lift if voter approved with a City match of $200,000 from Real Estate
Excise Tax revenues providing a total of $400,000 investment per year in
neighborhood parks anticipated.
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SECTION 2. Authorization of Levv. It is hereby found and declared that a need
exists requiring the submission to the qualified electors of the City of the proposition whether the
City shall levy regular property taxes in excess of the limitations established in RCW 84.55.010
for their ratification or rejection at the general election to be held on November 6, 2007 for the
purpose of providing all or a part of the funds necessary to (1) operate and maintain existing and
future parks and recreation facilities of the City; (2) provide additional community improvement
efforts in City neighborhoods; (3) improve and construct sidewalks; and (4) renovate, improve,
and develop neighborhood parks. The Kitsap County Auditor, as ex officio supervisor of
elections in Kitsap County, Washington, is hereby requested to call and conduct such election to
be held within the City on such day and to submit to the qualified electors of the City for their
approval or rejection, a proposition providing for the City to increase its current expense levy to
$2.12 per thousand dollars of assessed value for collection in 2008 and increase the levy each
year thereafter as allowed by RCW 84.55 for each ofthe five succeeding years. This levy rate is
estimated to be $0.1889 per thousand dollars of assessed value higher than would otherwise be
imposed under the limitations established by RCW 84.55.010.
SECTION 3. Election. The Clerk of the City is hereby authorized and directed
to celiify the following proposition to the Kitsap County Auditor, as ex offIcio supervisor of
elections in Kitsap County, Washington, in substantially the following form with such additions,
deletions or modifications as may be required by the City Attorney:
CITY OF BREMERTON
PROPOSITION NO.
LEVY FOR P ARK OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, CODE
ENFORCEMENT, SIDEWALKS, AND RENOVATION,
IMPROVEMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS
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Levy L(ft Resolution
The City Council of the City of Bremerton approved Resolution No. 3032
concerning an increase in the City's regular property tax levy to fund specified
City programs. This proposition provides funding for maintenance and operations
of parks facilities; implementation of a community improvement program;
improving and constructing sidewalks; and renovation, improvement and
development of neighborhood parks. This proposition authorizes the City to
increase its regular property tax levy for collection in 2008 to $2.12 per thousand
dollars of assessed value and increase the levy each year thereafter as allowed by
RCW 84.55 for each of the five succeeding years to fund these programs. Should
this proposition be approved?
yES......................................................D
NO.......................................................D
SECTION 4. Severabilitv. If anyone or more sections, subsections, or
sentences of this Resolution are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Resolution and the same shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect and be in force
immediately upon its passage.
day of
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, this_
,2007.
WILL MAUPIN, Council President
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ATTEST:
ROGER A. LUBOVICH, City Attorney
PAULA JOHNSTON, City Clerk
R:ILegal\LegaIIResolutions\Finance\Levy Lid Lift Resolution 7.31.07 (clean I ).doc
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Levy L~ft Resolution
EXHIBIT A - Resolution No. 3032
If funding is approved, the following projects and expenditures would begin in 2008 and would
occur through the six year period conduding in 2013.
. Maintenance and Ovcrations of Current and Future Parks and Recreation Facilities.
(estimated average annual cost of $210,000) Fund two additional skilled parks maintenance
positions plus additional temporary seasonal labor, purchase of two light service trucks, and
related supporting supplies and materials expense.
. Implement a Community Imvrovement Prozram in Citv Neighborhoods. (estimated average
annual cost of $105,000) Fund the addition of one staff position and supporting expenses.
. Improve and Construct Sidewalks. (estimated annual cost of $50,000) Upgrades and
construction of sidewalks in Bremerton neighborhoods.
. Renovate, Imvrove. and Develop Neizhborhood Parks. (estimated annual cost of $400,000)
Develop, renovate and improve neighborhood parks as described below. $200,000
estimated to be provided by the proposed levy lid lift if voter approved with a City match of
$200,000 from Real Estate Excise Tax revenues providing a total of $400,000 investment per
year in neighborhood parks anticipated. The following proj,ects are planned:
~ Warren Ave Playfield (1017 Warren Ave.)
. Replace 1954 built restroom
. Safety improvements to PeeWee baseball, football & soccer field (Includes moving
light poles outside play zone, energy efficient field lighting, meeting national standards
for illumination level of youth baseball fields)
. Picnic area & landscape improvements
. Playground upgrade
~ Forest Ride Park (110 Summit Ave.)
. Trails & signage
. Playground upgrade
. Replace 1954 restroom
. Remove excess asphalt\create park lawn
~ Kiwanis Park (1701 5th St.)
. Landscaping
. Perimeter path
. Children's playground replacement
. Sport courts improvements
. Renovate Irrigation system to reduce maintenance
. Replace restroom
. Improve Soccer Field
=> Bataan Park (Sylvan & Olympus)
. Landscape improvements
. ADA access
~ 17th & lronsides Pocket Park (subject to verification of structural safety)
. Landscaping
. Benches
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~ Bachmann Park (206 Shore Dr.)
. Renovate view shelter
~ Anderson Cove
. Public Beach Access\Neighborhood park land acquisition
~ Additional Neighborhood Parks Improvements As Funding Levels Permit
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City of Bremerton
Proposition No.
DRAFT
Property Tax Limit Increase
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Official Ballot Title
The City Council of the City of Bremerton approved Resolution No. _ concerning an
increase in the City's regular property tax levy to fund specified City programs. This
proposition provides funding for maintenance and operations of parks facilities;
additional code enforcement in City neighborhoods; improving and constructing
sidewalks; and renovation, improvement and development of neighborhood parks. This
proposition authorizes the City to increase its regular property tax levy for collection in
2008 to $2.12 per thousand dollars of assessed value and increase the levy each year
thereafter as allowed by RCW 84.55 for each of the five succeeding years to fund these
programs. Should this proposition be approved?
Explanatory Statement (Prepared by the Attorney for the City of Bremerton as
prescribed by law)
The City Council of the City of Bremerton approved Resolution No. _ adopting a
six-year neighborhood revitalization plan and providing for the submission to the
qualified electors of the City a proposition authorizing an increase in the regular property
tax levy to fund specified City programs in this plan. This proposition, if approved,
would provide funding for maintenance and operations of current and future parks and
recreation facilities of the City; provide additional code enforcement efforts in City
neighborhoods; improve and construct sidewalks and renovate, improve, and develop
neighborhood parks. To fund these programs this proposition authorizes the City to
increase its regular property tax levy for collection in 2008 from the estimated levy rate
as limited by RCW 84.55.010 of $1.9311 to $2.12 per thousand dollars of assessed value
and increase the levy each year thereafter as allowed by RCW 84.55 for each of the five
succeeding years. This proposed levy rate is estimated to be $0.1889 per thousand
dollars of assessed value higher than would otherwise be imposed under the limitations
established by RCW 84.55.010 providing an estimated additional annual sum of
$565,000 for a period of six years to fund these programs.
Discussion of Proposition
Need for additional funding.
The City of Bremerton is nearing the end of an ag!,'Tessive five- year plan to revitalize
downtown Bremerton. That effort has been successful in stimulating a reshaping of the
downtown core and attracting private investment. A new six-year plan is now proposed
that builds on this success and extends it to all Bremerton Neighborhoods -
"Neighborhoods Now!" plan. The goal is to create and maintain safe, healthy, and active
neighborhoods within the City.
After 20 years of economic stagnation, Bremerton's downtown is coming back and City
parks are filled with families. It began with the City's five-year Downtown
Revitalization Plan and was made possible by effective partnerships forged with citizens,
the business community, and other local government entities and legislative leaders. At
this time, the projects outlined in that plan are either completed or well underway.
Bremerton currently has nearly 4,000 residential lots or condominiums in various stages
of development and several mixed-use or new commercial developments have been
announced. This burgeoning population will need and expect the same range of public
services already enjoyed by current citizens of Bremerton (i.e. police, fire and emergency
medical services, etc.). While growth eventually provides additional revenues to the
City, those revenues lag behind the required additional expenditures necessary to provide
those services. Currently, projected revenue growth is sufficient to cover inflationary
cost increases as they occur and allows for some limited additions in service levels. For
example, in the 2007 annual budget five police staff positions were added. This was
possible due to anticipated on-going revenue growth. Although improving economic
activity in Bremerton has resulted in a recent growth in revenues to fund City services,
the growth in "on-going" revenues (as opposed to one time events) are essentially just
keeping pace with cost increases required to maintain the status quo as well as the
additions necessary to serve the anticipated growing population. In addition, the City's
park system continues to grow; and is scheduled to grow even more with the successful
efforts ofthe City to obtain grant funding to assist in the expansion of Evergreen Park,
development of the upper portion of Harborside Park, and the Blueberry Park
improvement project. These projects along with the proposed upgrades to neighborhood
parks when combined with the current demands of existing City parks will require
additional staffing and supplies in excess of what is currently funded.
The City of Bremerton has been able to utilize the positive financial results of the past
two years (2005 and 2006) to restore the City back to a solid financial condition
(restoring financial reserves to minimum levels and paying down debt obligations) after
several years of negative financial results. The current financial projections indicate that
the City should be able to "tread water" financially despite rising inflation affects and the
impacts of a fast growing City. However, new initiatives such as the Neighborhoods
Now! Plan will require additional funding beyond current sources and projected revenue
!,'Towth. With the help and support of Bremerton citizens, the City can get the job done
and extend the City's revitalization success in downtown Bremerton and bring it home to
our neighborhoods.
How will the funds be spent?
If funding is approved, the following projects and expenditures would begin in 2008 and
would occur annually through the six year period concluding in 2013.
. Maintenance and Operations o(Current and Future Parks and Recreation Facilities.
(estimated average annual cost of $21 0,000) Fund two additional skilled parks
maintenance positions plus additional temporary seasonal labor, purchase of two light
service trucks, and related supporting supplies and materials expense.
. Increase Code Enforcement Efforts in Citv Neizhborhoods. (estimated average
annual cost of $1 05,000) Fund the addition of one Code Enforcement Officer and
supporting expenses including acquisition of a vehicle for the use of this new
enforcement position.
. Improve and Construct Sidewalks. (estimated annual cost of $50,000) Upgrades and
construction of sidewalks in Bremerton neighborhoods as described in Exhibit A to
this Resolution.
. Renovate. Improve. and Develop Neiflhborhood Parks. (estimated annual cost of
$400,000) Develop, renovate and improve neighborhood parks as described in
Exhibit A to this Resolution. $200,000 estimated to be provided by the proposed
levy lid lift if voter approved with a City match of $200,000 from Real Estate Excise
Tax revenues providing a total of $400,000 investment per year in neighborhood
parks anticipated. The following projects are planned:
=:> W arren Ave Playfield (1017 Warren Ave.)
. Replace 1954 built restroom
. Safety improvements to PeeWee baseball, football & soccer field (Includes
moving light poles outside play zone, energy efficient field lighting, meeting
national standards for illumination level of youth baseball fields)
. Picnic area & landscape improvements
. Playground upgrade
=:> Forest Ride Park (1 10 Summit Ave.)
. Trails & signage
. Playground upgrade
. Replace 1954 restroom
. Remove excess asphalt\create park lawn
=:> Kiwanis Park (1701 5th St.)
. Landscaping
. Perimeter path
. Children's playground replacement
. Sport courts improvements
. Renovate Irrigation system to reduce maintenance
. Replace 1954 restroom
. Improve Soccer Field
=> Bataan Park (Sylvan & Olympus)
. Landscape improvements
. ADA access
=:> 17th & Ironsides Pocket Park
. Landscaping
. Benches
=> Bachmann Park (206 Shore Dr.)
. Renovate view shelter
=> Anderson Cove
. Public Beach Access\Neighborhood park land acquisition
=> Additional Neighborhood Parks Improvements As Funding Levels
Permit
What will it cost?
The City of Bremerton is asking for an estimated additional $3,390,000 over the next six
years. The City of Bremerton' s current regular levy rate for collections in 2007 is
$2.103159 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Utilizing estimates of assessed valuation
increases for the City of Bremerton provided by the Kitsap County Assessor's Office, it
is estimated that the City of Bremerton' s regular property tax levy rate would be $1.9311
per $1,000 of assessed valuation for collections in 2008 as subject to the limitations
established by RCW 84.55.010. If approved the new levy rate for 2008 will be $2.12 per
$1,000 of assessed valuation. This new rate will cost the owner of a median valued
home in Bremerton ($190,765 per the Kitsap County Assessor) approximately $3.00 per
month more than the estimated rate for 2008.
City of Bremerton
Proposed Property Tax Rate Increase Impacts
2007 Levv Data for Bremerton (1)
Assessed Valuation for 2007 Levy Collection (in thousands of dollars) S 2,602.388791
Bremerton's Regular Property Tax Levy Rate per $1 ,000 of Assessed Value - 2007 Collection 2.103159
Bremerton's Regular Propelty Tax Amount to be Collected in 2007
(1) Per the Kltsap County Assessm's Office - Statenwnt of ;1,ssessl7lents payable f{) 2007 $ 5,662,522
Estimated 2008 Levy Data for Bremerton Subiect to Limitations perRCW 84.55.010 (2)
Estimated Assessed Valuation for 2008 Levy Collection (in thousands of dollars)
Assessed Valuation for 2007 Levy Collection (in thousands of dollars) $ 2,692,388.791
Estimated Percentage Increase (guidance provided by County Assessor - Jim Avery) X 10%
Estimated Addition to Assessed Value in 2008 Based on Preliminary Data (2) 269,238.879
Added to Assessed Valuation for 2007 Levy Collection 2,692,388.791
Estimated Assessed Valuation for 2008 Levy Collection (in thousands of dollars) $ 2,961,627.670
Estimated Levv Amount for 2008 Levv Collection (subiect to limitations of RCW 84.55.010)
Bremerton's Regular Property Tax Amount to be Collected in 2007 $ 5,662,522
Multipled by 101% - 1% Increase Limit per RCW 84.55.010 X 101%
5,719,147
Estimated 2008 Bremerton Regular Property Tax Levy Rate per $1,000
Assessed Value $ 1.9311
($5.719,147 divided by $2,961,627.670)
(2) Per the Kitsap County Assessor - Emal/ed preliminary assessment data updates at the City's request - 7/12/2007.
Excludes new construction which will add to the tota/levy amount to be coliected at the prior year's levy rate.
Proposed Levv-Lift to,$2,12 per $1;000 of Assessed Value iri 2008, ," " -
-. . --,
Proposed 2008 Levy Rate per $1 ,000 of Assessed Value Subject to Voter Approval $ 2.1200
Less: Estimated 2008 Levy Rate per $1 ,000 of Assessed Value subject to limitations of RCW
84.55.010 1.9311
Net Increase in Levy Rate per $1,000 of Assessed Value Estimated If Approved $ 0.1889
"Typical City of Bremerton Residential Property Impacts"
Typical City of Bremerton Residential Property (median assessed value - thousands of dollars) $ 190.765
Multiplied by the Estimated Net Increase in Levy Rate per $1 ,000 of Assessed Value if Approved X $ 0.1889
Estimated Annual Financial Impact of Proposition if Approved on a Typical Residential Property $ 36.04
Estimated Monthly Financial Impact of Proposition if Approved on a Typical Residential Property $ 3.00
Total Estimated Annual Additional Property Tax Revenue Generated
Estimated Assessed Valuation for 2008 Levy Collection (in thousands of dollars) $ 2,961,627.670
Multiplied by the Estimated Net Increase in Levy Rate per $1,000 of Assessed Value if Approved X $ 0.1889
Calculated Amount Based on Preliminary Data $ 559,451
Rounding Factor and Adjustment for Likely Estimate Variances on New Construction/Assessed
Valuation Changes (3) 5,549
Preliminary Estimate 2008 Total Property Tax Revenue Increase if Proposition Approved $ 565,000
(3) Estimates of Assessed Vaiuatlon changes for 2008 based upon Kltsap County Assessor suggestIOns - EmAlfed
pl/?//ln/nary assessment liata updates at tlw ClIy's request - 7/12/2007. Prell1r1l11ary assAssed value updates d"inollnciude
new constructIOn or cnmmenca{ trendmg - 10% InCIi?flSn was recommendnd to far:tor in these Items Prellf1iilkUY Increases
excluding fhr::Jse Ifems was 8,fJ':b per ti,e Assessol in conSideration of tile potenth11 vallabillty of tlJls estllmtt', the estimat(jd
revenue was rounded up 10 $565,000 fOI purposns of detell7l1/11ng tile reasonable level of addillonnllpvmues exp&cted to be
receIVerf by tile City If tile levy !ifI is approved by tllA voters.
City of Bremerton
Neighborhoods Now!
6-Year Neighborhood Revitalization Plan
Maintenance and Operations of Parks and Recreation Facilities
Fund Two Additional Parks Service Specialist Positions (full cost) $ 135,000
Additional Temporary Seasonal Help 40,000
Purchase of Two 1/2 Ton Trucks for Additional Staff ($50,000 - annual amount over
the 6 year period is approximately $8,500/year) 8,500
Supplies and Small Equipment (Weedeaters, bark, trashbags, fertilizer, top soil, paint
etc.) 26,500
Total Estimated Annual Expenditures for Parks Maintenance and Operations $ 210,000'
Increase Code Enforcement EffQrts.in Citv NeiQhbQrhoods' .'. :"
Fund One Additional Code Enforcement Officer (full cost) $ 88,000
Purchase of One Hybrid Vehicle for Staff Use ($30,000 - annual amount over the 6
year period is approximately $5,000/year) 5,000
Office Supplies and Equipment to Support Additional Staff 2,000
Supplies and Services Required to Conduct Enforcement Efforts/Abatement Expense 10,000
Total Estimated Annual Expenditures for Code Enforcement Additions $ 105,000 .
. Improve and Construct Sidewalks
Materials and Labor Costs to Upgrade and Construct Sidewalks $ 50,QOO"
(as described in the Exhibit to the Resolution)
..Renovate" Irn rove, and Develo., Nei hborhoodParks
Materials, Services, and Labor Costs to Renovate, Improve, and Develop
Neighborhood Parks ($200,000 Funded by Levy Increase - $200,000 From City Real
Estate Excise Tax Revenue Match)
(as described in the Exhibit to the Resolution)
$:'''; ':::400;OOO~;
Summary
Total Annual Amount to be Funded by Levy Lift Proposed $ 565,000
Total Annual Amount to be Funded by City REET Match 200,000
Total Annual Amount Estimated to be Expended for the 6-Year Period $ 765,000
TAX IMPLICATIONS 2007 Data 2008 Estimate 2008 Estimate
RESIDENT PERSPECTIVE Assume $200K A.V. I Assume $220K A.V. Assume $220K A.V.
I City of Bremerton (Status Quo) II City of Bremerton (1% Limit)(1) I City of Bremerton (Lid Lift)(1)
Annual Summary $2,127 , $2,148 $2,189
Monthly $177 $179 $182
Levy Rate Levy Rate Levy Rate
Itemized Per/$1.000 Per/$1.000 Per/$1.000
State General 2.2958 $ 459.16 $ 2.1 080 $ 463.75 $ 2.1080 $ 463.75
Regional Library 0.3077 61.54 0.2825 62.16 0.2825 62.16
Local School 3.3782 675.64 3.1018 682.40 3.1018 682.40
County 0.9625 192.50 0.8838 194.43 0.8838 194.43
Port of Bremerton 0.7687 153.74 0.7058 155.28 0.7058 155.28
PUD 0.0678 13.56 0.0623 13.70 0.0623 13.70
City Regular 2.1032 420.64 1.9311 424.85 2.1200 I 466.40
City Bonds Levy 0.3959 79.18 0.3635 79.97 0.3635 79.97
City EMS 0.3480 69.60 0.3195 70.30 0.3195 70.30
Total General Property Tax Levy 10.6278 2,125.56 9.7583 2,146.82 9.9471 2,188.37
Special Assessments
Noxious Weed 1.00 1.00 1.00
Total Property Tax Payment 10.6278 $ 2,126.56 9.75825273 $ 2,147.82 9.9471327 $ 2,189.37
(1) Assumes property Value increases are 10% in 2008 in total for the whole taxinq District and for this property as well.
: " .' , ..i: : Increase park maintenan<;:e : , . : :
1;".;;~A~ieqts-,',:'~>II.lncrease code enforcement .1 Pave neighborhood streets r, Build the waterfront boardwalk I
(.;.~ i:: . ';.): Upgrade sidewalks ~ ' Provide safe bicyc::le lanE?sj '....Build'bridge to bridge trail loop ~
1~';,. . \':; ",j · Initioter;JeighborhQodl Upgrade sidewalks i. Improve trails & walking paths 1
"t, "EnhancementProgram .
'~Wbterfront acquisitionfor park
devebpment
. Citywide voted'levy, <;:ost of '~, Transportation Be~efit Di?tri.ct'
$36 per year .per overage (increase of $20 on car tabsl ' ., General Fund
:.... FUnd. hlg'''''' ."., , : : household .' :' FR8EdETeraFuln&d'sState Grants : '. Fedeicil& State Grants :
F~deral &. Stat~ Graht~ .... REET Funds
REETFunds ($200,000 match) · Ger:Jeral Fund. Total: $19,245,000
~Totql:$4,590;090. Totol: $15,780;000
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NEIGHBORHOOD REVITAUZAT~ON INITIATIVE
A six year plan to invest $40 million in Bremerton's neighborhoods
FUNDING PLAN
For Phase I
. Propose to seek voter approval for a Levy Lift increasing the levy rate by an additional
$0.1889 per $1,000 of Assessed Valuation. This would impact an average residential
property owner in Bremerton with an additional cost per year of $36.00 (based on
assessor's most recent median home valuation of $190,765 in Bremerton). Using the
Assessor's office current estimates of total assessed valuation in Bremerton for collection in
2008; this provides the City approximately $565,000 in the first year and would then
increase each year thereafter as allowed by RCW 84.55 (1 % increase limit) through the
remaining five years of the levy lid lift.
. Federal & State grants will be pursued. The nature of the programs makes them eligible
for a variety of potential funding assistance. The City of Bremerton has been very
successful in seeking and obtaining grant funding for revitalization programs. However, for
purposes of financial planning there is currently not enough information available to
determine how much funding the City can reasonably expect to receive for these programs.
. The City Administration is proposing that REET Funds in the amount of $200,000 per year
for the five years of the plan be earmarked to "match" the portion of the levy lift that will
fund Neighborhood Revitalization Capital Projects. This leverages the property tax
increase dollars to provide significant improvements to neighborhood parks, playgrounds,
and sidewalks.
Combined, this provides an average estimate of $765,000 per year for the six years of the initiative
- or $4,590,000 total for the six year program.
For Phase II
. It is proposed that the City Council enact a Transportation Benefit District in accordance
with the recently passed legislation - HB 1856 and impose a surcharge on Motor Vehicle
Excise Tax, levied on vehicles in the City. A full scale public outreach program is proposed
to ensure community support for this action. Proposed car tab fee would be $20/per
vehicle and is estimated to provide approximately $800,000 per year in revenues for the
City of Bremerton's local street improvement program.
. The City Administration is proposing that REET Funding be earmarked for the Street Fund
in the amount of $300,000/year for the five years of the plan.
. It is also proposed that the General Fund support of the Street Fund be held steady at the
current adopted 2007 budget level (at a minimum) for the duration of the Neighborhood
Revitalization Plan - which would be $600,000/year.
. Fuel Tax revenues that are currently supporting the Street Fund are expected to remain at
least at the current level of $630,000/year.
. Parking Tax revenues that currently support the Street Fund are expected to remain at
least at the current level of $300,000/year.
. Federal & State grants will be pursued. The nature of the programs makes them eligible
for a variety of potential funding assistance. The City of Bremerton has been very
successful in seeking and obtaining grant funding for revitalization programs. However, for
purposes of financial planning there is currently not enough information available to
determine how much funding the City can reasonably expect to receive for these programs.
Combined, this provides a total of $2,630,000/year of local street and sidewalk funding to cover
Phase II projects - or $15,780,000 total for the six year program.
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NEIGHBORHOOD REVIT AUZA TION INITIATIVE
A six year plan to invest $40 million in Bremerton's neighborhoods
FUNDING PLAN (continued)
For Phase III
The boardwalk design and construction budget (Governmental Portion - excluding the Wastewater Utility
portion) is currently estimated to be roughly $12,745,000 from 2008 through 2010.
In addition, the previously prepared initial estimate for the Port Washington Trail (bridge to bridge trail)
was $6.5 million. The scope will likely be different today than the scope that this estimate was based
upon - due to the subsequent plans related to the Evergreen Park expansion and the Boardwalk Project.
For now, though, this estimate is likely in the right ballpark on what would be needed.
Funding for Phase III will come from a combination of significant Federal and State Grant Funding, City
REET, Public Donations, and probable additional City contributions from the General Fund.
Combined, this provides a total investment of $19,245,000 in the six year period for Phase III
projects.
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Christine Grenier
From: Christine Grenier on behalf of City Council
Sent: Wednesday, August 01,20078:38 AM
To: Adam Brockus; Brad Gehring; Carol Arends; Dianne Robinson; Mike Shepherd; Nick Wofford;
Wendy Priest; Will Maupin
Cc: The Mayor; Wyn Birkenthal; Phil Williams; Laura Lyon
Subject: FW: Citizen Comment - Neighborhood Now Initiative
FYI
From: Bill [mailto:meizbilly@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:24 AM
To: City Council
Subject: Levy Lid & $30 car tab tax
Elected representatives,
Count this voter as being opposed to a lift of the levy lid for parks. Additionally, I will vote
against any council member who votes to raise the car tab tax without a vote of the people.
Thank you,
William Hurney
2428 Snyder Ave
Bremerton, W A
360-373-3523
8/1/2007
Christine Grenier
Cc:
Subject:
Christine Grenier on behalf of City Council
Wednesday, August 01,20078:35 AM
Adam Brockus; Brad Gehring; Carol Arends; Dianne Robinson; Mike Shepherd; Nick
Wofford; Wendy Priest; Will Maupin
The Mayor; Wyn Birkenthal; Phil Williams; Laura Lyon
FW: Citizen Comment - Neighborhood Now Initiative
From:
Sent:
To:
FYI
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Eichhorn [mailto:dennispeichhorn@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 6:53 AM
To: City Council
Cc: janerebelowski@earthlink.net
Subject: Manette View Park
Dear City Council Members;
As a resident of Manette and an employee of the City of Bremerton I constantly hear from
my neighbors and citizens throughout the city about the lack of neighborhood parks. We
are not all interested in getting in a vehicle to bring our children & grandchildren to a
park. Learning how to ride a bike, play basketball, sit and talk with your neighbors in a
commonly owned park bench should be available within a 10 minute walk of one's home. The
site at 17th & Ironsides has outstanding views and has the potential to be a great common
area for such activities. We also have many civic minded residents who are willing to
volunteer our labor and fund raising skills to help this site meet its potential. There
is also much to be said for having pockets of open space in the city. It seems the focus
is on using public funds to enhance parks adjacent to properties that benefit future
residents and developers. Please consider helping all the true neighborhood parks such as
17th/ Ironsides, Kiwanas Park, Battaan Park, etc become the neighborhood parks they could
be. I am disinclined to support an increase in taxes if true neighborhood parks are not
included. Thank you for your consideration
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Lori Smith
From: Lori Smith on behalf of City Council
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 9:05 AM
To: Adam Brockus; Brad Gehring; Carol Arends; Dianne Robinson; Mike Shepherd; Nick Wofford;
Wendy Priest; Will Maupin
Cc: The Mayor; Wyn Birkenthal; Phil Williams; Laura Lyon
Subject: FW: Citizen Comment - Neighborhood Now Initiative
FYI...
From: DC [mailto:paradyne64@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:27 AM
To: City Council
Subject: Park Levy
Mr. Adam Brockus,
I posted the below response to your blog entry at the Kitsap Sun concerning the proposed park levy
vote. In 5 years alone my property taxes have gone up $700. In other words I am paying $700 more a
year now than I was 5 years ago with no end in sight to increases. That is with the 1 % increase lid, I
hate to think what will happen if that goes away. Everyone wants to get their share but no one seems to
care about the big picture, how much the property owner is already paying overall. I did not buy my
house as an investment to sell (which would be real hard now anyway, with all the houses for sale in
East Bremerton), I purchased my house to retire in.
The Mayor seems to only care about his two block downtown area, they have their free wi-fi and nice
new park and soon a boardwalk. Has he even been to East Bremerton lately? Right now I feel East
Bremerton should be annexed to the County.
Honestly, I do feel that a park levy should affect everyone in the county and be used to maintain all the
parks, do not just single out the people who live in Bremerton to maintain the Bremerton parks only.
Sorry I a bit off subject of the proposed park levy, please remember, yearly retirement pay increases in
no way keep up with yearly property tax increases.
Thank you for taking the time to read this,
Don in East Bremerton
Adam,
Are these parks for the use of people who live in Bremerton only? NO, they are PUBLIC parks.
So why must the people of Bremerton be taxed to fix up parks that anyone can use?
Why can't you get with county/other cities and come up with a fair plan to increase the taxes of
everyone to maintain all the parks in the county?
After what the Port of Bremerton did, taxes are out of controL
7/31/2007
Lori Smith
Cc:
Subject:
Lori Smith on behalf of City Council
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 2:55 PM
Adam Brockus; Brad Gehring; Carol Arends; Dianne Robinson; Mike Shepherd; Nick Wofford;
Wendy Priest; Will Maupin
The Mayor; Wyn Birkenthal; Phil Williams; Laura Lyon
FW: Citizen Comment - Neighborhoods Now!
From:
Sent:
To:
FYI...
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim McDonald [mailto:mazama90@msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31,20072:51 PM
To: City Council
Subject: neighborhood improvement-please forward to all council members and cc to Mayor
Dear City Council members,
As a Neighborhood Block Watch captain and a co-chairperson of the Neighborhood Block Watch
Captains group, I was ecstatic to read about the
proposed "Neighborhoods Now" program. PLEASE support this proposal,
including the ability of the city to enforce its own nuisance ordinances without requiring a citizen to
complain!!!! My experience has been that residents are either unaware of the process to complain
(each nuisance type has a different and sometimes obscure contact point), frustrated by the length
of time or apparent lack of improvement when they do call, or assume the city standard allows these
behaviors.
Proposals such as this are critical in the process to improve Bremerton's livability. A clean, quiet,
and safe community serves its current citizens and attracts new home ownership.
Sincerely,
Judy McDonald
mazama90@msn.com
373-3599
cc: Mayor Bozeman
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Lori Smith
From: Lori Smith on behalf of City Council
Sent: Friday, July 27, 20073:44 PM
To: Adam Brockus; Brad Gehring; Carol Arends; Dianne Robinson; Mike Shepherd; Nick Wofford;
Wendy Priest; Will Maupin
Cc: Christine Grenier
Subject: FW: Neighborhood Now Info
FYI... The following information is being provided by Phil Williams.
(Please do not reply to this e-mail... This issue will be on the Council Agenda for discussion
and comment on August 1...)
Thanks, Lori
From: Phil Williams
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 3:36 PM
To: City Council
Cc: The Mayor; Andrea Spencer; Laura Lyon; Wyn Birkenthal
Subject:
I wanted to follow up on a couple of comments from Wednesday night's Neighborhoods Now discussion.
In checking with Jim Avery, Kitsap County Assessor, I confirmed with him the median single-family home price in
the City of Bremerton was $172,420 in 2006. This would have been the basis for that hypothetical homeowner's
taxes in 2007. For the 2008 tax year, the first year of this program if approved by the voters, Mr. Avery
recommended the City increase estimated values by 10% based on their recent trending data. That would
suggest the median single-family home in Bremerton would be assessed at $190,765 in 2007. This would then
be the basis of that homeowner's tax bill for 2008. At 18.89 cents per $1,000 of assessed value this would add
$36.04 to that tax bill or $3.00 per month. Mr. Avery recommended we use the phrase 'Typical home" rather than
mean, average, median or other statistical references. The assessor's office has adopted this convention on their
public information documents and correspondence. I corrected the presentation to reflect this change. Mr. Avery
did say the difference between average and median home prices was less than $5,000.
The question was asked about the percentage increase that a $0.1889 levy addition represented. It would be
9.782% of the assessor's estimated Bremerton specific levy rate for 2008 of $1.9311 per $1,000.
A question was asked about how the levied amount would change over the six-year period. According to Mr.
Avery and assuming the levy lift generated the expected $565,000 additional it is expected to raise in 2008 it
would raise that amount plus 1 % in 2009, or $570,650. 2010 would be $576,366, 2011 would be $582,120, 2012
would yield $587,941, and 2013 would provide $593,820. This would be a total of $3,475,898. This assume that
property values continue to increase in Bremerton by at least 1 % each year. Should that trend not continue the
results would change from these expectations.
Laura will be back on Monday and I'm sure she can do a better job answering any additional detailed questions
about how the levy process is expected to work.
7/27/2007
<.
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Christine Grenier
Cc:
Subject:
Christine Grenier on behalf of City Council
Wednesday, August 01,20074:33 PM
Adam Brockus; Brad Gehring; Carol Arends; Dianne Robinson; Mike Shepherd; Nick
Wofford; Wendy Priest; Will Maupin
The Mayor; Wyn Birkenthal; Phil Williams; Laura Lyon
FW: Citizen Comment - Neighborhoods Now Initiative
From:
Sent:
To:
FYI
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Wall [mailto:joerwall@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:20 PM
To: manetteneighborhoodcoalition@gmail.com
Cc: brockusformanette@gmail.com; City Council
Subject: RE: Fwd: For Distribution to All: Your attendence is needed at the Wednesday
Council Meeting 5:30pm
Jennifer & Adam, City Council
I can't make the meeting, I've got visiting family and an doing my annual cooking ritual.
Thanks for pushing to get the 17th street park on the parks levy. I'll be glad to pay
additional property taxes for this worthy cause. It is a rare chance to get a choice
piece of view property into the city's parks system.
For those who are interested in filling it in as a park, perhaps all that dirt coming out
of downtown for the tunnel project needs a home. Usually the person getting rid of fill
dirt has to pay to dump it, in this case the city could take that fill dirt from itself,
or charge to take it if disposal is included in a contract already signed. usual cost to
dump fill dirt is about $3-5 yd.
I happen to like the lid because kids use it, and the top of it could be park-ified just
like the park that was built atop the old police station parking lot on Washington St
downtown. Those cherry trees at that park (gift from sister city in Japan?) seem to need
a new home soon- if the city is giving up that garage.
Thanks
Joe Wall
>From: "jennifer balliet" <manetteneighborhoodcoalition@gmail.com>
>Subject: Fwd: For Distribution to All: Your attendence is needed at the
>Wednesday Council Meeting 5:30pm
>Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:22:21 ~0700
>
>Dear Neighbors,
>1 am forwarding this message from Adam Brockus about tomorrow night's
>City Council Meeting.
>-Jennifer
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Adam Brockus <brockusformanette@gmail.com>
>Date: Jul 31, 2007 4:56 PM
>Subject: For Distribution to All: Your attendence is needed at the
>Wednesday Council Meeting 5:30pm
>
>Jennifer, please send this out priority! to everyone as soon as you can.
>
>To the Manette Neighbors,
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>
>1 have heard a reputable source that there is a backlash by other
>councilpersons about having the E 17th & Ironsides Ave. Reservoir Lid
>conversion into a park as part of the Open Spaces Plan and the
>Neighborhoods Now! Initiative.
>
>Having the "Ironsides View Park" or "Manette View Park" on the plan and
>the Initiative will mean more funding and grants will be available to
>the project and less will have to come directly from us homeowners.
>Also, it will cement having the Park in the city's plans so that
>hopefully we will have less developers thinking that they can take it
>someday.
>
>It sounds like the councilmembers are saying that the city spending any
>money on the Ironsides View Park is a bait & switch from the petition
>in December and that putting any new park in would increase
>the future parks budget. I say the Neighborhoods Now! Initiative (if
>it passes) will foot a good part of the bill ($235,000 at least) by
>paying for the transfer of the reservoir from the Water Utility to
>Parks and the neighborhood will still participate in paying for
>transforming it into a low-maintenance viewpark to be used by all of
>the citizens of Bremerton. Note that we do not have any park that
>looks over towards the east to see the Boats and the Sunset come
>through Rich Passage. (Bachman Park being on the water)
>
>Please plan to attend and speak for having the Ironsides View Park at
>the City Council Meeting at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, August 1. You can
>speak for up to 3 minutes. See the Presentation for the Levy Lift on
>the November ballot. If you can't be there, then you can send an
>email to: City.Council@ci.bremerton.wa.us If you would be more or
>less inclined to vote for the Lift if the park isn't on the ballot, be
>sure to say so.
>
>This is the time we need to hear your voices to make Ironsides View
>Park a reality. We did great to get the petition signed in November.
>By speaking tomorrow, you can keep on making it happen.
>
>--
>Adam C. Brockus, PE
>Bremerton City Councilman, District 3
>brockusformanette@gmail.com
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Speech for 8/1/07 City Council Meeting
Name, MNC
I am speaking in support of keeping the 17th and Ironsides property in the
Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative language.
Attended study session,
Concerned about comments
Mayor, Phil and Wyn indicated grassroots efforts
I am here to tell you there is large grassroots effort in support of park
Manette citizens in support, stand up.
Gather 169 signatures
Recent surveys indicate continued strong support of park
willing to work for it.
park clean up in July.
enhancement grant process with MBA
helped raise almost $5,000
landscape architect, donating her time, conceptual drawing based on surveys
comments made during study session last week
park 3 blocks away.
pleased Mayor included us in the initiative.
item is in the initiative is because the Mayor listened to the citizens.
thank the Mayor for turning attention to the Bremerton neighborhoods,
it's what's needed right now.
In closing
urge you to please keep the Ironsides Park language in the initiative.
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Bremerton Area
Chamber of Commerce
Helping businesses
achieve success
since 1907
Bremerton Area
Chamber of Commerce
286 Fourth Street
P.O. Box 229
Bremerton WA 98337
Phone: (360) 479-3579
Fax: (360) 479-1033
www.BremertonChamber.org
August I, 2007
Bremerton City Council
345 Sixth Street
Bremerton W A 98337
Dear Council Members,
The Board of Directors of the Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce
encourages you to vote in favor of placing the proposed parks levy on the
November ballot so that the voters of Bremerton can show their support of
our parks.
Every year, thousands of people enjoy Bremerton's beautiful and unique
parks. Parks enhance our community by providing attractive and
convenient venues for citizens, visitors and potential residents to e~oy
recreational activities.
The enthusiasm for downtown redevelopment has been remarkable. We
believe it's time to spread that enthusiasm throughout Bremerton. Parks will
help our city become an even more appealing place for people to live and
work and, as a result, be good for business and continued city-wide
revitalization.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
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Phase 1
1) Improved Maintenance of Existing and Future Parks & Recreational Facilities
Estimated annual allotment from levy lift - $210,000. Fund two additional Parks
Service Specialists and additional seasonal labor, two light service trucks, and
purchase of additional supplies and materials. These new resources will provide
much needed supporl to increase the level of maintenance in our existing, recently
completed, or anticipated future parks and recreational facilities.
2) Renovate, Improve, and Develop Neighborhood Parks
Estimated annual allotment from levy lift - $200,000 to be matched with $200,000 from
existing Real Estate Excise Tax revenue. This $400,000 annual program will build the
levy-supporled park improvements depicted on this exhibit over the next six years.
This project list was developed with community involvement during the Parks
Comprehensive Planning process. Parks capital funds were decreased by at least
$150,000 (2007 dollars) when cerlain parking lots were eliminated downtown. Also,
approx. $175,000 in Parks capital was committed to bond repayment at the Gold
Mountain Golf Complex.
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Neighborhoods Now!
A six-year plan to invest $40 million in Bremerton's neighborhoods
Phase 1 (Cant.)
3) Community Improvement Program
Enhance Neighborhood Clean-Up Efforts
Estimated annual allotment from levy lift - $105,000. Fund the addition of one full-time
employee (doubling our current level of effort) and support services to proactively
address neighborhood issues like junk cars, trash accumulation, graffiti, and other
frequent neighborhood quality of life issues.
4) Improve and Construct New Neighborhood Sidewalks
Estimated annual allotment from levy lift - $50,000. The City currently is spending
$100,000 annually to improve existing sidewalks and add new ones. The proposed
levy lift would increase that level of effort by 50%. The project list for the sidewalk
program comes from the City's on-going Non-Motorized Transporiation Plan process
which involved extensive public outreach.
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Neighborhoods Now!
A six-year plan to invest $40 million in Bremerton's neighborhoods
Phase I
Funding:
· Total over six years - $4,590,000
· Total new money from proposed levy lid lift - $3,390,000
· Total from existing REET revenue stream - $1,200,000
Levy Lift:
· Current regular levy for Bremerton - $2.103159 per $1,000
· Based on Assessor estimates 2008 would be - $1.9311 per $1,000
· Proposal would adjust the regular levy to - $2.12 per $1,000 ($0.1889 increase)
· $36/year for the typical home in Bremerton (est. 2008 value $190,765)
Neighborhoods Now!
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Phase 1 (Cant.) Parks Operations and Maintenance Improvements
· Boardwalk and Evergreen Park Expansion
· Need to Actively Manage Urban Forest (NAD, East Park, Forest Ridge)
· Harborside Park Phases I and II
· Pro-Active Maintenance at Sheridan, Jarstad Pool and Sr. Center
· Addition of the Gateway Expansion
· Service and Safety during high use weekends
· Flower Program up to 180 baskets and 14 Flower Beds
· Skate Park (security, graffiti, restroom cleaning)
Neighborhoods Now!
A six-year plan to invest $40 million in Bremerton's neighborhoods
Parks Renovation and Improvement Projects from Parks
Comprehensive Plan
(l) Warren Ave Playfield (1017 Warren Ave.)
-Replace 1954 built restroom
-Safety improvements to PeeWee baseball, football &
soccer field (Includes moving light poles outside play
zone, energy efficient field lighting, meeting national
standards for illumination level of youth baseball fields)
-Picnic area & landscape improvements
-Playground upgrade
(l) Kiwanis Park (1701 5th St.)
-Street tree planting
-Children's playground replacement
-Sport courts improvements
-Renovate Irrigation system to reduce maintenance
-Replace 1954 restroom
-Improve Soccer Field
(l) Forest Ridge Park (110 Summit Ave.)
-Trails & signage
-Playground upgrade
-Replace 1954 restroom
-Remove excess asphalt/create park lawn
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A six-year plan to invest $40 million in Bremerton's neighborhoods
(L) Bataan Park (Sylvan & Olympus)
-Landscape improvements
-ADA access
(L) 17th & Ironsides Pocket Park
-Landscaping
-Benches
(L) Bachmann Park (206 Shore Dr.)
-Renovate view shelter
(L) Anderson Cove
-Public Beach Access
-Neighborhood park land acquisition
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Neighborhoods Now!
A six-year plan to invest $40 million in Bremerton's neighborhoods
(L) Lions Park (408 Lebo Blvd.)
-Expand trails
-Picnic shelter
-Boat launch & beach improvements
-Sports field lighting
-Irrigation repair
(NL) Evergreen Park (1400 Park Ave.)
-Expand park & parking
-Grass amphitheatre,
-Boardwalk plaza landing
-Beach expansion & restoration
(NL) Sheridan Park (680 Lebo Blvd)
-Building demolition
-Landscaping, trails
CITY OF
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Neighborhoods Now!
A six-year plan to invest $40 million in Bremerton's neighborhoods
(NL) Kitsap Lake Park (1978 Price Rd.)
-Picnic shelter
-Play area
-Park pathway
-Screen park from residential area
with plantings
(NL) East Park (adjacent to Jarstad Pool)
(Wheaton & Ash)
-Landscape improvements
-Install Irrigation to lawn
-Shade Tree Planting
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-Restroom, playground, trail, community
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shelter, parking
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Phase 1 (Cont.) New Neighborhood Sidewalks
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neighborhood sidewalks and replace those needing major repair
-Matched by $100,000 in existing sidewalk funding (2007)
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Phase 11- Preservation of Neighborhood Streets
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- Assumed $450klyear residential street preservation
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From: HELEN MILLER [helegeor@prodigy.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11 :05 AM
To: City Council
Subject: Re: August 1 COUNCIL MEETING
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Lori Smith
PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE BREMERTON CITY COUNCIL 1 AUGUST, 2007
by George Miller, PO Box 788, Brernerton .
TO THE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS OF THE BREMERTON CITY COUNCIL:
ST ATE, COUNTY AND CITY ARE COMING AFTER OUR MONEY. THEY HAVE A LARGE
VOCABULARY FOR THE PROCESS OF SEP ARA TING US FROM FINANCIAL SECURITY -
BUT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO TAXES AND FEES.
SOME OF THESE BUREAUCRACIES HAVE MISMANAGED THEIR RESOURCES - AND
THEY'RE NOW IN A FINANCIAL BIND - AND GUESS WHO'S GOING TO BAIL THEM OUT?
US OF COURSE. THE TAX PAYER.
FOR EXAMPLE - YOUR CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA BILL -190, SEEKS APPROVAL TO
PLACE A PROPOSITION ON THE NOV 6, 2007 BALLOT ASKING BREMERTON VOTERS TO
APPROVE A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF STATUTORY LIMITS
IMPOSED BY RCW 84.55.010. RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE COUNTY IS PREPARING A
SIMILAR END RUN.
I GOTT A WONDER HOW MANY POLITICIANS AND LIBERAL THINKERS THERE ARE IN
THIS COMMUNITY - WANTING TO SPEND OUR MONEY FOR THEIR PET PROJECTS -
COMP ARED TO HOW MANY TAX PAYING PROPERTY OWNERS THERE ARE. CONSIDER
THAT CLOSE TO 50% OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY DON'T PAY ANY INCOME TAX,
AND LESS THAN 40% PAY PROPERTY TAXES; BUT THEY ALL GET TO VOTE ON HOW
THE REST OF US ARE TAXED. THEY ALSO GET TO VOTE ON COMPLEX THINGS LIKE
NUCLEAR ENERGY, WMD PROLIFERATION, ABORTION AND MEDICAL RESEARCH TOO.
THIS YEAR IS SHAPING UP LOCALLY TO BE A BANNER YEAR FOR TAX AND FEE
INCREASES. PAST LIMITS AND REDUCTIONS ARE BEING SWEPT AWAY; AND EVEN
STATUTORY LIMITS WON THROUGH INITIATIVE ACTIONS ARE BEING TRAMPLED BY
THOSE POLITICOS EVER HUNGRY FOR MORE MONEY.
IF THE FOLKS WHO PUT OUT THE VOTER INFORMATION P AMPHLETS WANTED TO BE
F AIR TO US VOTER TAX P AYERS OF THIS CITY / COUNTY THEY WOULD INFORM US OF
THE TOTAL TAX AND FEE INCREASES THAT WE WILL BE F ACING IN THE COMING
YEAR. SUCH AS:
VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS ARE GOING UP $20.00 PER VEHICLE - AND THE BOSSES IN
OLYMPIA HAVE DECREED THAT THE INCREASE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE
ACTION IS REPEALED. THE VOTER INITIATIVE THAT GAVE US $30.00 CAR TAGS HAS
BEEN SIDE SWIPED IN OLYMPIA - MY 30 DOLLAR TAGS ARE NOW 51 DOLLARS- SET TO
GO UP TO 71 DOLLARS... AH YES - THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED
- AND TURNED INTO A ROADSIDE CASUALTY BY THE POLITICIANS.
8/1/2007
Page 2 of2
SALES TAX: KIT SAP ALREADY HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE ST ATE. BUT
YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHEN THIS TAX WILL ALSO BE INCREASED.
SCHOOLS ARE ONCE AGAIN WANTING UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO OUR WALLETS -
THEIR CURRENT DREAM IS TO DO AWAY WITH THE "SUPER MAJORITY" - AND LET
SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE CARRY THEIR DAY FOR INCREASING OUR TAX BURDEN;
WITHOUT BOTHERING TO SHOW US THAT THEY ARE EARNING THE FUNDS PRESENTLY
RECEIVED - SUCH AS BY PRODUCING SUPERIOR GRADES, DECREASING DROPOUT
NUMBERS, CREATING BETTER TEACHER TO ADMINISTRATOR RATIOS, ETC. I HAVEN'T
LOOKED IT UP YET, BUT I WOULD GUESS IF THEIR PITCH FAILS IN NOVEMBER, WE'LL
BE HAVING ANOTHER 'EMERGENCY' SCHOOL LEVY BY JANUARY, AND AGAIN IN
MARCH ..... AND THE KIDS WILL BE COMING HOME, WELL REHEARSED BY THE
TEACHERS, ALL TEARS AND WHIMPERS ABOUT ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT WILL
HAPPEN IF MOMMY AND DADDY DON'T COUGH UP THE BUCKS. WONDER WHAT PART
OF "GIVE US RESULTS BEFORE WE GIVE YOU MORE MONEY" IS SO DIFFICULT FOR
TENURED EDUCATORS TO UNDERSTAND?
THE PORT COMMISSION RECENTLY HEAPED TAXES ON US TO PAY FOR
"IMPROVEMENTS" BENEFITTING ONLY A SELECTED SEGMENT OF OUR SOCIETY. THE
PUBLIC HAD NO SAY - UNTIL THE COMMISSIONERS COME UP FOR ELECTION - AND
THEY'RE HOPING THAT OUR MEMORY IS SHORT.
PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING UP: THE ASSESSORS APPARENTLY AREN'T EVEN
BOTHERING TO DRIVE BY OUR PROPERTY TO RE ESTABLISH WHAT THEY LAUGHINGLY
CALL THE FAIR MARKET VALUE - THEY DO THIS PRECISE DETERMINATION WORKING
FROM THEIR DESKS. THEY MAY TAKE THE SALE PRICE OF A SINGLE PROPERTY IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD (BOUGHT BY SOME LESS THAN GENIUS WHO IS WILLING TO
PAY RIDICULOUS PRICES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO REDUCE HIS / HER CAPITAL
GAINS TAX ON THE PROFIT HE / SHE MADE SELLING THEIR SEATTLE / BELLEVUE, OR
CALIFORNIA PROPERTY) . AND THEN THROUGH THE MIRACLE OF HIGHER
MATHEMATICS THEY DETERMINE THE VALUE OF OUR PLACE - P ARTL Y ON THE BASIS
OF HOW GREAT A VIEW OUR PROPERTY HAS. SUCH OPINIONS OF VALUE ARE THEN THE
BASIS FOR OUR NEW T AXES. THAT LITTLE COTTAGE OUR NEIGHBOR HAS
COMFORTABL Y LIVED IN THE PAST THIRTY YEARS IS NOW SEEN BY THE IMAGINATIVE
ASSESSOR AS A WONDERFUL SITE FOR A MULTI F AMIL Y LUXURY APARTMENT
COMPLEX _ (THAT'S KNOWN IN THE TRADE AS ESTABLISHING THE HIGHEST AND BEST
USE) AND HE IS ABOUT TO BE TAXED ON THAT DREAM VALUATION. FOR THIS
"ENLIGHTENED PUBLIC SERVICE" BY THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE - WE PAY $2 MILLION A
YEAR.
ISN'T IT TIME THAT OUR POLITICIANS AND REPRESENT A TIVES STARTED TO RESPECT
THE LIMITS OF THE TAX P AYERS? AS SMALL BUSINESS IS DRIVEN OUT OF TOWN BY
CRIPPLING TAX LOADS - THAT "DEFICIT" IS SHIFTED TO THE SHOULDERS OF THE
CITIZEN PROPERTY OWNER / TAX PAYER POLITICIANS COULD EXERCISE A LITTLE
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RESTRAINT - TO CAP OUR TAX LOADS AT A LEVEL THAT
WILL NOT FORCE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE EMPLOYMENT OUT OF STATE; AND
FORCE OUR SENIOR CITIZENS OUT OF THEIR HOMES? YOUR PARENTS - WHO BUILT
THIS COMMUNITY DESERVE A BETTER FATE THAN THAT.
GM
8/1/2007