CHAPTER 7
7.1 Existing Public Facilities
Illahee is an area of predominately open space and parks, with only four 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 Station
Fire Station #45, North Perry Unit, is located at 3725 Trenton Ave NE and 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 inpatient 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 (KRC), located at 1975 NE Fuson Drive, provides both inpatient 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 six 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-and-Ride Lot
Kitsap Transit Park-and-Ride lot is located at the corner of State Highway 303 and McWilliams Road and offers day use parking for over 100 cars. Kitsap Transit buses service the parking area from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, except Sundays.
Figure 7.1 Existing Parks, Open Space, and Community Facilities
7.2 Public Recreational Facilities
The Illahee community, with its numerous citizens actively involved in preserving and maintaining the areaÕs natural settings and geology, is the site of four large and regionally significant public recreational facilities (Figure 7.1). These include the following:
Rolling Hills Golf Course
Rolling Hills is a full 18-hole privately-owned, beautifully maintained, public golf course. Located on NE McWilliams Road, the course is comprised of 151 acres in a greenbelt area near the headwaters of Illahee Creek and 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 annual average of 40,000 golfers. 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-time and part-time employees, including a full-time professional instructor.
In business since 1972, the course has hosted several statewide tournaments and is a destination for golfers throughout the Northwest. 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
The Illahee Community Dock, located at the foot of Ocean View Drive, is regularly maintained and upgraded under the watchful stewardship of the Port of Illahee commissioners.
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 Port Orchard Bay. 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; however, 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. Illahee 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 such as volleyball and softball fields, horseshoe pits, bird and wildlife viewings, and beachcombing. Water activities include diving, skiing, clamming, crabbing, and fishing, plus a boat ramp, 360-foot dock, and 356 feet of available moorage. 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 trailhead entrances at Thompson Lane, Almira-Fuson Road, and McWilliams Road. The Illahee Forest Preserve is a green space of approximately 600 acres on public and private land featuring mostly pristine forest and primary watershed. The Preserve includes a virtually self-contained watershed that drains into Illahee Creek; a salmon stream that passes through historic Illahee and drains into Port Orchard Bay; a forest and wildlife preserve that contains old growth Douglas fir, western white pine, hemlock, and western red cedar; and interpretive walking and hiking trails.
The Illahee Preserve is a recently acquired Kitsap County Heritage Park that is still in its development stages. The intent of the Preserve is: 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 "Central Park" of Kitsap County.
7.3 Meeting Facilities
One private facility within the Illahee community boundary, the Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, has made itself available for limited public meetings.
Located within relatively close proximity (approximately one mile from the Illahee communityÕs southwestern border) is the Kitsap County Regional Library facility on Sylvan Way in Bremerton. The library has been the host facility for most of the Illahee community meetings.
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Meeting Accommodations |
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Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
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4418 NE Perry Ave. Bremerton WA 98310 Phone: 360-377-4724 |
Available by Appointment Large and Small Meetings
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Kitsap Regional Library |
1301 Sylvan Way Bremerton, WA 98310 Phone: 360-405-9100 |
Available by Appointment Large and Small Meetings
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7.4 Goals and Policies
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/or additions.
Goal 7.2 Provide public facilities to serve the variety of ages and needs in the community.
Policy 7.2-1 Facilitate the planning and construction of a community center within the Illahee community boundary.
Policy 7.2-2 Encourage the inclusion of community support agencies in all new public buildings.
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