06/02/1997 - Work Study - MinutesPort Orchard, Washington
June 2, 1997
The Port Orchard City Council and Kitsap County Sewer District No. 5 Commission were called
to order for a Joint Study Session at 7:30 PM at Port Orchard City Hall; 216 Prospect Street.
Elected officials present: Port Orchard City Council members John Clauson, Rick Wyatt, Don
Morrison, Robert Geiger, Carolyn Powers, Warren Van Zee and Jack Grable. Sewer District No.
5 Commissioners Bill Huntington and Jim Hart.
Staff present: Sewer District #5 General Manager Dick Fitzwater, City Engineer Curles, and City
Clerk Parks.
City Engineer Curles announced the purpose of this Study Session is to receive an informal
presentation and the final recommendation of the Gorst/South Kitsap Industrial Area Sewer
Feasibility Study.
Project Manager George Mason (Kitsap Co. Dept of Public Works) and Richard Dunlap
(Parametrix) reviewed the Feasibility Study process; highlighting the service areas and six
alterative solutions to handle wastewater from these areas. (Exhibit "A" - Gorst/South Kitsap
Industrial Area Sewer Feasibility Study Briefing Paper)
Mr. Mason and Mr. Dunlap outlined the six alternatives as follows:
(1) All flows directed to the Bremerton Wastewater Treatment Plant.
(2) All flows directed to the Joint Facility.
(3) Split flow concept; Gorst and Northwest Corporate Campus wastewater to the Bremerton
Wastewater Treatment Plant and all of the industrial area wastewater flow to the Joint
Facility.
(4) Split flow concept; all Gorst wastewater directed to the Bremerton Wastewater Treatment
Plant and all of the Industrial area and Northwest Corporate Campus wastewater flow to
the Joint Facility.
(5) All flow to the Joint Facility, Gorst via Northwest Corporate Campus.
(6) Combined flow/split treatment concept;wastewaterfrom Gorst and South Kitsap Industrial
Area would be directed to the Gorst Pump Station, flows generated in the Business Park
would be directed to Northwest Corporation Campus Pump Station. The flows from the
pump stations could be split allowing the flow to be directed to either existing treatment
facility.
The Consultants reported that Alternative No. 6 is the recommended preferred plan because it
would allow the most efficient use of both the Bremerton Wastewater Facility and the City of Port
Orchard/Kitsap County Sewer District No. 5 Joint Facility infrastructure.
Councilman Clauson proposed variable of Alternative No. 3 which would incorporate an intertie
line between Northwest Corporate Campus and the wastewater main/pump station on Old Clifton
Road. This would allow flows to be directed to either wastewater facility at a significant project
cost reduction.
Project Manager George Mason requested a letter of concurrence from the City and the Sewer
District stating their preference and any conditions necessary to meet concurrence.
Mayor Protem Powers thanks Mr. Mason and Mr. Dunlap their presentation and adjourned
meeting at 9:07 P.M.
Pa ricia Parks, City Clerk
Carolyn PowEls, Mayor Pro-tem
June 2, 1997
BRIEFING PAPER
GORST/SOUTH KITSAP EXh 'b -t "A"
INDUSTRIAL AREA SEWER
FEASIBILITY STUDY
BACKGROUND
The Gorst Community was declared a "Health Hazard Area" by the Washington State Department
of Health because of the results of the sanitary sewer survey conducted by the Bremerton/Kitsap
County Health District. The findings of the study confirmed the fact that human sewage is surfacing
in the area and that there is a significant risk of disease transmission to the residents of Gorst through
contact with this sewage. The Proposed Comprehensive Land -Use Plan of Kitsap County identifies
a significant Industrial Area at the Portof Bremerton and on some of the surrounding lands. The
Property owned partially by the City of Bremerton and by the Northwest Corporate Campus is
annexed to the -City of Bremerton and has -an agreement for sewer services with the City of Port
Orchard.
These three conditions led to the formation of a partnership between Kitsap County, the City of
Bremerton, the City of Port Orchard, Sewer District 5, the Port of Bremerton, the business owners
of Gorst, the Olympic View Landfill and the industrial land owners around the Port of Bremerton
Airport. These partners shared the cost and the process of determining the most feasible means of
sewering Gorst and the Industrial lands. It was incumbent on the partners to work together to find
a solution that would benefit the whole community and at the same time provide benefit to each of
the partners. This was and is the guiding statement for the partners.
SERVICE AREA
The partners, with the assistance of an outside environmental consultant retained by the partners,
developed a plan to evaluate
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several options to provide
wastewater service to the area.
The service area is divided into
three distinct areas as shown
below which total over 4,000
acres of land, a potential
population equivalent of
approximately 20,000 people by
the year 2020.
The service area includes the
Gorst Health Hazard Area,
Northwest Corporate Campus
(NWCC) business park and the
South Kitsap Industrial Area.
Ultimately wastewater flows are
projected to reach about 2.5
million gallons per day.
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BRIEFING PAPER
CITY OF BREMERTON
• Provides an alternative that allows for time to remove
stormwater from the sanitary system to free up capacity.
• Provides time to address current and proposed capacity
needs for commercial, residential and industrial
development within the Cities urban area
• Expands customer base which helps contain rate increases
and provides cash for expansions or rehabilitation of the
system.
• Provides a long term increase in reliability of service for
operations and for emergency conditions.
• Provides a job base alternative to the Federal Government.
INDUSTRIAL LAND OWNERS
• Provides an opportunity for these land owners to develop
their land as it is currently proposed to be zoned.
• Provides an opportunity for recovery of sunk costs in
infrastructure.
OLYMPIC VIEW LANDFILL
• Provides a long term, permanent leachate conveyance
system for superior in cost and reliability than current
"truck haul" system.
• Reduces significantly the risk of environmental damage to
groundwater and the Union River due to leachate
overflows.
• Provides long term financing option for major capital
outlay.
PARTNER RECOMMENDATIONS
CITY OF PORT ORCHARD/SEWER DISTRICT 5
• Expands the customer base thus keeping the individual
costs to a minimum.
• Provides cash for upgrading and expansion of existing
infiastructure which is scheduled at present.
• Provides a job base alternative to the Federal Government.
• Has a definite limit to the quantity of wastewater that the
plant will see thus allowing for good planning of facilities
to serve customers within the existing urban area
• Provides a long term tie to another treatment plant thus
providing reliability and flexibility in operation and a
higher degree of security and protection during
emergencies.
PORT OF BREMERTON
Fulfillment of one of its primary missions (economic
development) will be enhanced by allowing the Port to
attract a wide variety of customers/tenants with constraints
on sewage needs.
• The project is phased in gradually to develop on a time line
which allows for other parts of the infrastructure to
develop as needed.
• The overall system provides for the maximum flexibility to
address the uncertainties associated with commercial and
industrial development.
Based on the information presented in the technical report and the partnering workshops conducted
throughout the course of the study, the "Partners" have reached collective consensus and offer the
following recommendations:
• We propose that the Gorst/South Kitsap Sewer project be implemented with Kitsap
County acting as lead agency.
• Acting as lead agency the County should coordinate/manage formation of a Utility
Local Improvement District (ULID) and negotiate agreements with treatment
providers for service.
• We propose that the treatment providers provide service without precondition of
annexation.
• We propose that conditions of service be similar to those currently existing between
the City of Bremerton/Navy Yazd City and City of Poulsbo/Kitsap County and the
U.S. Navy (Subase)/Kitsap County.
• In conclusion, we the members of the Gorst Partnership request that the governing
bodies of each of the members provide a letter of support for the concept presented
in Alternative 6 as developed and recommended in the "Gorst/South Kitsap Sewer
Feasibility Study" of April 1997.
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