(Terri Porter is new KCAC secretary. The notes below were culled from minutes she took at the KCAC meeting June 7. KCAC will not meet in July. The next meeting will be Aug. 2. )

Port of Kingston Commissioner Pete DeBoer gave a presentation to the Kingston Citizen Advisory Council June 7. DeBoer started with historical information about the port dating back to 1919. The Port of Kingston is lucrative, with $6.1 million in assets, $4 million being land, buildings, and contingency funds. It banks about $40,000 monthly with most cash flow secured from marina tenants.

The port recently passed a Washington state audit (done about every three years) and did very well with an A+ rating.

DeBoer shared the Port of Kingston Master Plan 2006 which lays out plans within the port for the next 10 years. The most pressing goal in the next five years is the replacement of aging fuel tanks, projected to take place the end of 2007. Soil studies were done in the port to help determine the feasibility of proposed underground parking. The port’s master plan is scheduled for release this month, followed by a 30-day period for written public comment.

Commissioners DeBoer, Marc Bissonnette and Thomas Coultas are currently trying to negotiate with Washington State Ferries to renew the lease of the ferry dock land, a lease WSF has refused to renew since 1993.

The Port of Kingston is comprised of land from Jefferson Point to Miller Bay Road to Eglon. More information on the port is available at www.portofkingston.org.

County reports

The Village Green Task Force met June 26, created at the direction of Kitsap County Commissioner Chris Endresen who asked that representatives from interested parties participate including the Rotary, Kiwanis, Friends of the Library and the Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce.

Endresen supported a letter of concern sent May 26 by Walt Elliot on behalf of the Kingston Ferry Advisory Committee about the “Washington State Ferries Draft Long-Range Strategic Plan 2006-2030.” Endresen endorsed recommendations outlined in the letter.

Philip Fletcher, Kitsap County senior planner who oversees the North End, discussed e-mail he received from Richard and Sue Duffin about their community on Rash Road and their concerns about logging that was done there. Those concerns were passed onto the county attorney’s office.

In other business, Elliott voiced his concerns that developers of the White Horse golf course and housing development haven’t updated the Indianola and Kingston communities on water monitoring and a public trail that are required by the county. Elliot made a motion that KCAC strongly support the Indianola community in requesting to be updated on community development especially in regards to environmental monitoring, the White Horse trail’s bonding status and when the trail will be completed. The motion passed unanimously. A letter will be sent to Jim Bolger, DCD Interim Director.