Critical Time to Speak Up - June 23

KEC • June 21, 2025

Critical Time to Speak Up - Monday, June 23

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Keep Kitsap GREEN

Reminder Update!

Help Protect Rural Kitsap From Overdevelopment

Attend the Public Hearing on Monday, June 23, 10 am

Make sure your voice is heard - 3-minute comment limit

Simply say: "I support the Board of Commissioners' decision to remove residential rezones from the Year of the Rural land use planning."

On June 9, the county commissioners made a preliminary decision to turn down 14 requests to rezone rural portions of Kitsap County for higher-density residential development. Including 400 acres adjacent to the Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park . Developers are pushing the commissioners to reverse that decision.
Fact: recreational use does NOT require a rezone, and that is a separate issue.

June 23 is our final opportunity to make comments .

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87036792517

By phone: dial 1-253-215-8782;

Webinar ID: 870 3679 2517

In Person:
KC Administration Bldg,
619 Division Street,
Port Orchard, WA 98366

Zoom - Monday, June 23, 10am

“Raise Your Hand” to comment in the Public Hearing B comment period.

You can also comment on these issues important to rural land use policy:

We do not need more residential development in rural areas. Rezoning for residential development goes against our county’s Comprehensive Plan, Washington’s Growth Management Act, and the Puget Sound Regional Council.
Rezoning rural land for residential development also goes against what our residents want. According to the February 2025 KITSAP RURAL AND RESOURCE LANDS COMMUNITY SURVEY :
- 87% of respondents believe maintaining Kitsap County’s rural look and feel is important.
- 82% support policies to protect rural open spaces , agricultural land, and scenic areas.
- 71% prefer concentrating growth in existing towns and urban growth areas. They support growth where infrastructure already exists, not in rural landscapes where it could erode character.

There are already several major subdivisions in the pipeline – including 1,000+ new homes planned for North Kitsap County.
Protecting existing rural zoning helps support agricultural activities and protects the right to farm.
If we carve up Kitsap’s rural land now, future generations won’t have a choice.

ATTEND AND SPEAK UP AT THE PUBLIC HEARING - keep kitsap green!
JUNE 23, 10 AM , 3-MINUTE LIMIT :

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87036792517 .
By phone: dial 1-253-215-8782; Webinar ID: 870 3679 2517

In Person: Kitsap County Administration Bldg, 619 Division Street, Port Orchard, WA 98366

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Keep Kitsap GREEN

KITSAP ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION

Critical Time to Speak Up - June 23

Reminder Update!

Help Protect Rural Kitsap From Overdevelopment

June 23 is our final opportunity to make comments .

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87036792517

By phone: dial 1-253-215-8782;

Webinar ID: 870 3679 2517

In Person:
KC Administration Bldg,
619 Division Street,
Port Orchard, WA 98366

You can also comment on these issues important to rural land use policy:

We do not need more residential development in rural areas. Rezoning for residential development goes against our county’s Comprehensive Plan, Washington’s Growth Management Act, and the Puget Sound Regional Council.

Rezoning rural land for residential development also goes against what our residents want. According to the February 2025 KITSAP RURAL AND RESOURCE LANDS COMMUNITY SURVEY :

87% of respondents believe maintaining Kitsap County’s rural look and feel is important.

82% support policies to protect rural open spaces , agricultural land, and scenic areas.

71% prefer concentrating growth in existing towns and urban growth areas. They support growth where infrastructure already exists, not in rural landscapes where it could erode character.

ATTEND AND SPEAK UP AT THE PUBLIC HEARING - keep kitsap green!
JUNE 23, 10 AM , 3-MINUTE LIMIT :

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87036792517 .
By phone: dial 1-253-215-8782; Webinar ID: 870 3679 2517

In Person: Kitsap County Administration Bldg, 619 Division Street, Port Orchard, WA 98366

KECP: Green Mountain Summit | 12.7.2025

Year of the Rural - Public Hearing | 11.10.2025

KECP: From the National to the Neighborhood | 11.16.2025

Keep Kitsap GREEN

KITSAP ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION

Critical Time to Speak Up - June 23

Reminder Update!

Help Protect Rural Kitsap From Overdevelopment

June 23 is our final opportunity to make comments .

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87036792517

By phone: dial 1-253-215-8782;

Webinar ID: 870 3679 2517

In Person: KC Administration Bldg,619 Division Street,Port Orchard, WA 98366

You can also comment on these issues important to rural land use policy:

We do not need more residential development in rural areas. Rezoning for residential development goes against our county’s Comprehensive Plan, Washington’s Growth Management Act, and the Puget Sound Regional Council.

Rezoning rural land for residential development also goes against what our residents want. According to the February 2025 KITSAP RURAL AND RESOURCE LANDS COMMUNITY SURVEY :

87% of respondents believe maintaining Kitsap County’s rural look and feel is important.

82% support policies to protect rural open spaces , agricultural land, and scenic areas.

71% prefer concentrating growth in existing towns and urban growth areas. They support growth where infrastructure already exists, not in rural landscapes where it could erode character.

ATTEND AND SPEAK UP AT THE PUBLIC HEARING - keep kitsap green! JUNE 23, 10 AM , 3-MINUTE LIMIT :

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87036792517 . By phone: dial 1-253-215-8782; Webinar ID: 870 3679 2517

In Person: Kitsap County Administration Bldg, 619 Division Street, Port Orchard, WA 98366

KECP: Green Mountain Summit | 12.7.2025

Year of the Rural - Public Hearing | 11.10.2025

KECP: From the National to the Neighborhood | 11.16.2025

In Person:
KC Administration Bldg,
619 Division Street,
Port Orchard, WA 98366

ATTEND AND SPEAK UP AT THE PUBLIC HEARING - keep kitsap green!
JUNE 23, 10 AM , 3-MINUTE LIMIT :

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87036792517 .
By phone: dial 1-253-215-8782; Webinar ID: 870 3679 2517