Illahee is an area of predominately open
space and parks and as a result there are only four other public buildings or
sites in the area. The buildings
and sites are noted on Figure 7.1 and are described as follows:
Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue Fire
Stations
Fire Station # 45, North Perry Unit, is located
at 3725 Trenton Ave NE. Station
#45 contains one engine and one aid vehicle. Station #45 is used as a career
training facility by Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue in addition to servicing
the fire and rescue needs of the Illahee area.
Kitsap
Mental Health Services
Kitsap
Mental Health Services (KMHS), located at 5455 Almira Drive NE, is a private,
not-for-profit community mental health center that provides both mental health
and behavioral health care services to children, families, adults and seniors
in Kitsap County. Through comprehensive in-patient and outpatient
programs, individualized and tailored care is provided to those individuals
affected by mental illness. The facility houses a 15 bed residential unit
for adults and a 10 bed residential adolescent treatment unit.
Kitsap Recovery Center
Kitsap Recovery Center,
located at 1975 NE Fuson Drive, provides both in-patient and outpatient
substance abuse treatment services. KRC is state-approved and utilizes
the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) treatment criteria. The
facility houses 37 inpatient treatment beds and 6 detoxification beds.
Employees include treatment staff, administrative support staff and two private
consultants contracted to provide medical and dietary advice and assistance.
Kitsap Transit Park
& Ride
Kitsap Transit Park and
Ride lot is located at the corner of State Highway 303 and McWilliams Road and
offers day use parking for 100 (?) cars.
Kitsap Transit buses service the parking area from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
daily, except Sundays (?).
The
Illahee Community, because of its natural setting and geology, coupled by the
efforts of many groups and individuals to preserve and maintain the area, is
the site of four large and regionally significant public recreational facilities,
see Figure 7.2. These include the
following:
Rolling
Hills Golf Course
Rolling
Hills is a full 18 hole privately owned, beautifully maintained, public golf
course. It is located on NE
McWilliams Road, comprised of 151 acres on the northern boundary of the Illahee
Preserve, with the most westerly 40 acres leased from Kitsap County. Rolling Hills is a popular course,
currently attracting an average of 40,000 players per year. On the course grounds are a retail
clubhouse, two practice greens, a driving range, and a restaurant with banquet
facilities. Employment figures are
seasonal, with approximately 35 full and part time employees, including a full
time professional instructor.
The course
has hosted several statewide tournaments and is a destination for golfers
throughout the Northwest. The
course opened for business in 1972.
Rolling Hills is in a greenbelt area near the headwaters of Illahee
Creek and is bounded to the south by the Illahee Preserve. The course is frequented by deer,
geese, and other wildlife, and has vistas of Mount Rainier. It is an open space area and recreational
asset serving the general public of Kitsap County, Washington State, and the
Pacific Northwest.
Illahee
Community Dock
Located at the foot of Ocean
View Blvd, improvements have been on-going for nearly 90 years. These
improvements to the Illahee dock and surrounding infrastructure include the
installation of new ramps, state of the art wiring and lighting systems,
floats, protective railings, piling replacements and landscaping. The fishing pier extends 300 feet into
Puget Sound. Recently constructed
concrete steps provide community access to the beach. Boats can moor at the pier for up to
three days. There are currently no
utility hookups at the pier, though a portable restroom is available within 300
feet.
Illahee State Park
Illahee State
Park is a 75-acre marine camping park with 1,785 feet of saltwater frontage on
Port Orchard Bay. It is located approximately 1.5 miles east of Trenton Avenue
on Sylvan Way. The State Park was acquired
in seven parcels between 1934 and 1954. The park has
plenty of parking space and facilities for a number of outdoor activities and
access to a variety of water sports. The park
provides three kitchen shelters with electricity plus 90 additional unsheltered
picnic sites. The park has 24 tent
spaces, one utility space, one dump station, four restrooms (two ADA accessible)
and two showers.
Illahee Preserve
The Illahee
Preserve is located in the East Bremerton-Illahee area with trail head
entrances at Thompson Lane, Almira-Fuson Road and at McWilliams Road. The
Illahee Forest Preserve is a green space of approximately 600 acres of public
and private land of mostly pristine forest and primary watershed. The Preserve
includes a virtually
self-contained
watershed which drains into Illahee Creek, a salmon stream which passes through
historic Illahee and drains into Port Orchard Bay, a forest and wildlife
preserve which contains old growth Douglas fir, western white pine, hemlock,
and western red cedar, and interpretive walking and hiking trails.
The Illahee
Preserve is a relatively recently acquired Kitsap County Heritage Park that is
still in its development stages.
The intent of the Preserve are: to establish and develop a premiere
nature preserve and park for the education and enjoyment of this and future
generations; to preserve to the greatest extent possible the natural character
of Illahee forest lands and the Illahee Creek watershed, including vegetation
and wildlife habitat; to provide limited appropriate active and passive
recreational opportunities while maintaining sensitivity to the natural
character of the area; and to solicit the support and help of local residents,
organizations, schools, businesses, government agencies and Native American
nations to work together to carry out the vision and plans for the
Preserve. The goal of the Preserve
is to become known as the ÒCentral ParkÓ of Kitsap County.
One private facility within the Illahee Community boundary,
the Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, has made itself available for
limited public meetings.
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Facility |
Location |
Meeting Accommodations |
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Kitsap
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship |
4418 N.E.
Perry Ave. Bremerton
WA 98310 Phone:
360-377-4724 |
Available
by Appointment Large and
small meetings |
Goal 7-1 Maintain
current public facilities and add new facilities when determined by the
community.
Policy 7-1 Coordinate with the
Illahee Community on any development plans for public facility improvements and
additions.
Goal 7-2 Provide
facilities to serve the variety of ages and needs in the community.
Policy
7-2 Facilitate
the planning and construction of a community center within the Illahee
Community boundary.
Policy
7-3 Encourage the
inclusion of community support agencies in all new public buildings.
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