PORT ORCHARD — Kitsap County commissioners will hold a public hearing Monday, Nov. 23, on a $25.9 million six-year plan for stormwater projects, the work paid for in part by the stormwater fee increases commissioners approved in October.
The largest items in the 2027-2032 plan are $7.4 million to reline aging pipes countywide with cured-in-place pipe, $6.3 million in 2027 for a regional stormwater facility at Bucklin Hill and Tracyton in Silverdale, $4.4 million for Tracyton Green Streets and $3.4 million for a regional treatment facility at Kola Kole Park in Kingston, which would treat runoff from about 30 acres of downtown Kingston.
The county says the Bucklin Hill project would serve the watershed it ranks as its top stormwater priority and add community amenities. The plan also includes replacing aging pipes in the Spirit Ridge neighborhood and a stormwater retrofit in the Bell Park/Virginia area.
The plan counts on about $11.9 million in state Department of Ecology and other grants and $13.9 million in stormwater fees. It labels some of the grant money, including $5.38 million for Bucklin Hill/Tracyton and $2.86 million for Kola Kole, as “speculative.”
Commissioners meet at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23, in the Commissioners’ Chambers of the Kitsap County Administration Building, 619 Division St., Port Orchard. The agenda says the public can also take part by phone at 253-215-8782 or on Zoom, but the posted agenda did not yet include the webinar ID or Zoom link. Speakers at public hearings get three minutes. Written comments sent to tlhoesch@kitsap.gov by 4:30 p.m. the day before the meeting become part of the record, according to the agenda.
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