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    The proposed project will transform the municipal dock and transient marina at Waterfront Park into a multi-purpose Waterfront Recreation Center. The project will be good for the environment; it will replace aging creosote-impregnated wood pilings. The proposal is for a project costing $1. Million and we have backed it up with a commitment from Bainbridge Island Rowing to raise up to an additional $50,000 if the project exceeds $2 million.

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    The proposed project will transform the municipal dock and transient marina at Waterfront Park into a multi-purpose Waterfront Recreation Center. The project will be good for the environment; it will replace aging creosote-impregnated wood pilings. The proposal is for a project costing $1. Million and we have backed it up with a commitment from Bainbridge Island Rowing to raise up to an additional $50,000 if the project exceeds $2 million.

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    Friends of Waterfront Park 567 Stetson Place Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 November 20, 2010 Brenda Bauer, Interim City Manager City of Bainbridge Island Attn: Roz. Lassoff, City Clerk 280 Madison Avenue Bainbridge Island, Washington 98110 Dear Ms. Bauer: We are pleased to submit the attached proposal in response to the City’s November 8, 2010 Request for Descriptions of Viable, Financial and Operationally Feasible Waterfront Projects. The proposed project will transform the aging municipal dock and transient marina at Waterfront Park into a multi-purpose Waterfront Recreation Center. The Waterfront Recreation Center will serve the diverse Bainbridge Island boating community, improve waterfront access for all residents, provide more space and enhanced amenities for visiting boats and tour boats, and allow historical vessels to visit. The Waterfront Recreation Center will help our economy. Visitors will be attracted to Winslow from the visiting boats and tour boats, resulting in more jobs and success for our local busin: S. The project will be good for the environment. It will replace aging cteosote- impregnated wood pilings that are visibly leaking creosote into the water with non-polluting steel piling. The new floats, unlike the current ones, will provide light transmission important for fish habitat. The project will help the City. In these pressing budget times, it is important to know that this project can be completed within the available state capital funds, will increase operating revenue to the city, and will result in lower long-term repair and replacement costs. The Friends of Waterfront Park is an informal group of Island residents that includes former and present members of the Harbor Commission and representatives of Park user groups, including the Bainbridge Island Park and Recreation District and Bainbridge Island Rowing. Volunteers with expertise in engineering, project management, permitting, and financial management have helped provide information for this proposal. We believe our proposal meets the City’s criteria: «The project is feasible, The project can be constructed well within the $2 million anticipated to be received from Washington State Ferries. Our proposal is for a project costing $1.9 million and we have backed it up with a commitment from Bainbridge Island Rowing to raise up to an additional $50,000 if the project exceeds $2 million. © The project has benefits to the community. The reason so many people volunteered their time to prepare this proposal in the two weeks allowed is because of the benefits to boaters and the community at large. * The project has economic benefit. The project is an economic benefit to the Island ~ it will bring visitors and encourage community use of Waterfront Park. © The project entails no financial burden to the City. The project will increase operating income and, with new floats and pilings, result in a facility with a much longer life and much lower long-term maintenance costs. ‘© The project is credible, The individuals who have prepared this proposal have the technical expertise to make a viable proposal and a passion for the project. And we know the community ~ and that the design concept we have developed will morph, change, and improve as the community works together to make the Waterfront Park Recreation Center meet its full potential. Please feel free to contact any of the following people if you have questions about this submittal. Me. 206-619-2317 206-669-2409 206-850-4689 A WATERFRONT RECREATION CENTER FOR WATERFRONT PARK ‘Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010, Table of Contents CURRENT SITUATION & PROBLEM STATEMENT THE VISION SPECIFIC PROJECT COMPONENTS New Main Float New Moorage Floats. New Low-Level Float. Information Kiosk... Short-term parking stalls. USER GROUPS AND PROJECT SPECIFICS... Non-Motorized Boat Users... Trallerable Boats Visiting Boats Park Users. Designed for Expansion BUDGET. 10 Administr 10 Direct Construction 10 Other Costs.. TIMELINE Permitting... Construction... Mitigation... ONGOING OVERSIGHT AND MAINTENANCE. FINANCIAL PLAN. SUPPORT FROM ORGANIZATIONS & YACHT CLUBS..... ‘TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE... ATTACHMENTS. 7D | Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 CURRENT SITUATION & PROBLEM STATEMENT The municipal dock and transient marina at Waterfront Park is poorly designed, old, and deteriorating. Increasingly, it fails to serve a growing Bainbridge Island boating community, visiting boaters, and the community at large. ‘Aerial view of Waterfront Park 2006 (city dock, center) The current dock and floats were builtin 1986 for launching trailerable boats and for day-use transient moorage. Over the last twenty-five years, the dock has served a growing and diverse number of users, many of whom did not exist when the facility was built. The current population of users includes visiting ‘overnight boaters, kayakers, rowers, car-top boaters, the Bainbridge Island High School Sailing Team, the Bainbridge Island High Schoo! Rowing Team, the Park Districts sailing, kayak, and diving programs, a kayak concessionaire, several private tour businesses, several scuba-diving outfits, and visits from Argosy boats, the Adventuress, and other educational and historic vessels. The dock at Waterfront Park is not only woefully unable to serve this growing and diverse group of Users; it also badly needs to be rebuilt. The dock was constructed with creosote pilings and floats made of concrete and foam. These materials chemically impact harbor waters, block sunlight from reaching underwater life, and do not comply with current environmental regulations. The narrow floats no longer safely accommodate their many and diverse users. The pilings are located inside the perimeter of the floats and therefore inhibit access to the water by those who are mobility challenged. The barge used by the kayak concessionaire sits on the bottom at low tide. 3 | Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 THE VISION Bainbridge Island’s Waterfront Park is a much-loved and much-used public space. Now, imagine the Park with a Waterfront Recreation Center that serves an increasingly diverse set of local boaters, encourages overnight stays by visiting boaters, allows users of the Park better access to the water, and provides links to Winslow businesses, Capable of being completed within the $2 million offered by the Washington State Ferries, the Waterfront Recreation Center described in the following pages would rebuild the aging dock and floats at Waterfront Park and make them handicapped accessible and at the same time accommodate potential future expansion. ‘This Waterfront Recreation Center will: © Serve the local boating community, including © Trailer boaters © Car-top boaters ‘© Sailors associated with the Park District (high school and adult recreation and competitive programs) ‘© Rowers associated with Bainbridge Island Rowing (high school and adult recreation and competitive programs) © Kayakers associated with the Park District (recreation programs), local tour companies, and a private concessionaire ‘* Serve and attract visiting boaters ‘+ Serve and attract an increasing number of visits by tour boats and historical vessels (eg,, “Tall Ships”) ‘¢ Provide increased revenue to COBI (from overnight boat slip rentals) to help the City perform its harbor management function ‘* Improve our local economy. float/dock would: ‘A new information kiosk at the entry to the m: * Improve non-boater access to water viewpoints * Accommodate visiting boater registration in a highly visible location ‘List other overnight moorage locations on Eagle Harbor List local attractions and eateries © Describe rules and regulations governing dock use ‘© Separate gathering and viewing activities from the dock users Educate visitors about local history, including Native Americans, early European explorers, ship- building, and other topics. Z| Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 PND WXEES Proposed new design for Waterfront Recreation Center ‘Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 SPECIFIC PROJECT COMPONENTS ‘The Friends of Waterfront Park recommend these five specific components. New Main Float ‘The project will replace all the current floats and pilings. The current main float is concrete, fails to provide light transmission, and is pierced by a remarkably high number of pilings that disrupt passage ‘along the float. The current pilings are creosote-impregnated wood that visibly leach creosote into the ‘water. The project will replace the concrete floats with new floats that will provide light transmission and with new steel pilings that will not disrupt passage along the float. The project will also dramatically increase the spacing between pilings and move them outboard of the float itself. Increasing the spacing between piles allows the project to increase the amount of float space without adding additional pilings. Increased spacing also allows dinghies and shorter boats to tie along the east side of the main float, between the well-spaced pilings. New Moorage Floats The current floats provide 260 feet of usable moorage space outside the lower low tide line. About 25 percent of this total cannot be used by boats with significant draft. The new float arrangement moves all of the floats for visiting boaters into deeper water. The project will increase the linear moorage space from 260 feet to approximately 500 linear feet, which will accommodate some half dozen additional visiting boaters, or even more if boats are rafted together. The additional moorage space will also allow larger visiting boats, such as the Adventuress or ‘an Argosy tour boat, to visit Bainbridge Island without displacing half the visiting boaters, which often happens today. New Low-Level Float Anew float at the end of the main float will allow hand-carried boats to be launched off a low-level float just 4 to 6 inches off the water. Most marinas use floats with a foot or more of freeboard, which makes it easy to get on and off a large powerboat or sailboat but difficult if not dangerous to launch a hand. carried boat such as a kayak. ‘The low-level float is approximately seventy (70) feet long. While itis meant to serve all hand-carried boats, itis designed to accommodate the high school rowing team, the Park District “Learn-to-Row” programs, and activities that originate at Bainbridge Island Rowing’s facility behind the restrooms. The surface of the float will be 4 to 6 inches off the water and, to discourage boat tie-up and avoid damaging fragile hand-carried boats, will have no cleats of any kind Information Kiosk ‘The information kiosk will serve many functions. Since it will be located at the head of the dock, it will be the first thing seen by visiting boaters as they come ashore. The self-serve moorage registration center will be relocated from the middle of the trailer ramp island, where it is often overlooked, to the kiosk. ‘The kiosk will also contain information about Bainbridge Island—its history, its shops, and its eateries. For visiting boaters who may be interested in staying elsewhere in Eagle Harbor, the kiosk will also list local marinas that may offer overnight moorage. 6 [Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 The information kiosk will also function as a gathering place for passengers waiting for a tour boat, a dive boat, a friend’s boat, etc. Currently these people gather either at the top of the trailer ramp or on one of the narrow floats adjacent to the launching ramp. Either situation is potentially dangerous. Finally, the information kiosk will serve as a viewing platform. Many people are innately attracted to the water, and to water viewpoints. These people often stand in the trailer traffic areas or wander down the dock. The kiosk will provide a safe and accessible place for anyone who wants to watch the activity in Eagle Harbor. Short-term parking stalls Last but not least, the project will include four short-term parking stalls for those who wish to unload car-topped boats or who need to move supplies from their car to a boat. Because Waterfront Park currently provides just one short-term parking stall, up near the restroom facility, those unloading, kayaks from a car top (for example) frequently park at the bottom of the trailer turnaround area. And those who are moving supplies from their car to a boat often park in an unpaved area east of the launching ramp. One of the four new short-term parking stalls will be designated for handicapped access. Waterfront Park has one parking stall designated for handicapped access, but it too is located next up by the restroom. Someone who wishes to access the dock in a wheelchair should not be forced to park next to the restroom, which necessarily forces the wheelchair user to share the approach to the dock with trailer boaters. The new parking stall designated for handicapped use will allow access directly to the dock without interfering with trailer ramp users. 7 [ Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 USER GROUPS AND PROJECT SPECIFICS ‘The project specifics are designed to improve conditions for non-motorized boaters ( including kayakers, rowers and small boat sailors), visiting boaters, trailer-launched boats , and general visitors to Waterfront Park. Non-Motorized Boat Users In 2008, the City of Bainbridge Island conducted a survey of boaters who use Waterfront Park. That survey showed that 88 percent of those who responded to the survey use non-motorized craft at Waterfront Park. ‘Annual dock usage by the Bainbridge Island Parks District alone includes: ‘© Kidsin the sailing program: 300 ~ 350 * Youth and adults in kayak classes and tours: 275 ~ 350, ‘Scuba classes and open water dives: 25 ~ 50 ‘© Harbor tours on the My Giri, Kitsap Harbor Tours, or the Adventuress: 50 ~ 200 Senior program outings to Blake Island: 75 ~ 100 © Learn-to-row classes: 100-150 Rowers from Bainbridge Island Rowing currently launch off the beach beneath the trailer launch turn- around, These numbers (spring through fall) are approximately as follows: + High school rowing team members: 85 per day (average spring season turnout) ‘© Early morning women rowers: 20 per day # Mid-morning adult rowers: 15 per day ‘Early evening adult rowers: 20 per day ‘The project would help the growing number of non-motorized boaters by adding a low-level float for launching boats and a new float for the Park District sailing program and the high school sailing team. ‘These sailing programs currently use an off-shore set of floats that makes access difficult and may present legal difficulties if allowed to remain in its current location. At the request of the Park District, a lockable gate would discourage access to the sailing program's facilities. One of the challenges is the potential conflict between rowers and other non-motorized boaters and those launching trailerable boats. The project addresses this concern in several ways. First, the main ficat alongside the trailer ramp is eight (8) feet wide, and replaces the current float, which is not only narrower but pierced by pilings that further minimize its usable width. The project allows someone to carry a kayak, push a dock cart, or propel a wheelchair down the float while someone else is loading their boat on or off its trailer. The additional width of the main float is probably not sufficient to allow for comfortable simultaneous use by a trailer boater and a group carrying a rowing shell. This concern can be addressed by extending the current City restrictions that apply to rowers at Waterfront Park, one of which stipulates that rowing shells cannot interfere with the trailer ramp in any way. By extending this stipulation so that trailer boat users have an explicit right of way over other users of the facility, conflicts will, as they are now, be 8 T Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 prevented. Other options for separating access may be available and will be explored in depth if the project moves forward, time limitations have prevented that in this first draft. Eagle Harbor has very few shore locations that allow access to the water. Relocating the launching ramp, ‘moving the high school rowing and sailing teams, discouraging kayakers from launching at Waterfront Park, and/or building a distinct set of floats for hand-corried boats, are all theoretically possible but increasingly impractical. Boaters are by nature considerate and used to sharing limited resources, The project design as presented is an example of one option that will serve all the diverse boating interests of Bainbridge Istand. ‘The project also includes four (4) additional short-term parking spaces which will help kayakers and small boat sailors unload their boats, Trailerable Boats People launching their boats using the trailer ramp will benefit from the separation of the ramp from pedestrians and hand-carried boaters. Pedestrians will now use the kiosks for viewing and access to the water, and the number of boats launched from the waters adjacent to the boat ramp will be reduced by the availability of the low-level float. Visiting Boats There are two problems faced by visiting boaters: 1) there is, at times, a shortage of visitor mooring space, particular if larger tour or historical vessels are visiting, and 2) the floats are not easy to na with dock carts and are not handicapped accessible. This project will address these problems by increasing the amount of linear moorage space for visiting boats from the current 260 feet to approximately 500 linear feet; by moving all visiting boat moorage to deeper water so that boats with significant draft can use the space; by providing wider walkway space that is more stable and handicapped accessible; and by providing walkway space that is clear of, intruding pilings, Visiting boaters will also be served by the four (4) short-term parking spaces . One (1) of the proposed spots would be for handicapped parking, allowing handicapped boaters access to the dock separate from the trailer ramp. Park Users ‘The waterfront would be more accessible for park users. The proposed information kiosk would serve as. a viewing platform, which separates people who want to see the water from trailer ramp activity. Park users will also have more use of the beach and the beach picnic table, which are currently often, occupied by rowers and others launching boats. Designed for Expansion The sum total of the project elements encourage and allow for future expansion. The east/west floats can easily be extended to accommodate another north/south float. Should financing and need be apparent at some time in the future, the project provides the basic infrastructure upon which to further develop space for visiting boaters 9g | Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 BUDGET ‘The total cost of this project is estimated to be $ $1,866,000, well within the $2,000,000 the November 15, 2010 letter from Washington State Ferries indicates is available to the City. The budget consists of three components: City project administration and oversight, direct construction costs, and other costs. ‘Summary Project Costs City Administration $100,000 Direct Construction Costs $880,000 Other Costs $886,000 Total $1,866,000 State Funds ‘$2,000,000 City Administration ‘The Request for Project Description states that 5 percent is to be allowed for city project management, oversight, and management of the relationship with Washington State Ferries. We propose that 5 percent of the entire $2,000,000 available or $100,000 be reserved for city administration Direct Construction Direct construction costs were developed by PND Engineers Inc., a civil engineering firm with extensive experience in dock and marina design. The costs, detailed below, assume that the project will be bid in accordance with normal public works projects and will be subject to prevailing wage requirements. Direct Construction Demoiion '$50,000 Estimate tee days at $7,000 pe dy pls hazardous teil dispose fees Ramp Reps $50,000 -Approvimae costo enhance cunt arp at lw ide, repair ap and replace rumers under oats Slope improvements $50,000 Exporso elated 1 wok round atonal short tam parking, information kiosk, and the shore immediatly weet of te ramp Piles $180,000 Tweny-fve 70 fat lengths of 12% inch iter ty inch wal ckness gavarized pie weighing $8000 nd costing S tipound plus $2200 per pie fr diving annstaaton Flats ‘$400,000 Approximately 6,500 square feet at SOM Pum out $360,000 Expense to repiceand instal at new locaton Paring Stas $10,000 Four 20 10 sal wih whodchar acess oa 1,000 square feat at Ot Information Kiosk $50,000 Simpl refed open-ided t2e12stucre Species $50,000 iscollaneous Neat connectors & morals Tota Dect Construction Costs ‘$880,000 0 | Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 Other Costs The other cost allowances are based on estimates provided by Robert L. Collier, a project manager with 30 years of experience in estimating projects for private and public sector clients, and by PND. Engineering. The allowances include: general conditions (8 percent) and overhead and fee (10 percent) ‘that would be applied by a contractor bidding on the project; contingency (15 percent); sales tax (8.8 percent); and soft costs (35 percent). Soft costs include engineering design (10 percent), geotechnical and biological services (10 percent), construction inspection and administration (8 percent), and permitting (7 percent) Other Costs Direct Construction $880,000 General Conditions 8% $70,400 Subtotal $950,400 Overnead and Fee 10% $95,040 Subtotal $1,045,440 Estimating Contingency 15% $156,816 Subtotal $1,202,256 Seles tax 8.80% $105,799 Subtotal $1,308,055 Soft Coss Engineering Design 40% $130,805 Geotechnical & Biological 40% $130,805 Construction Administration 8% $104,644 Permiting Th 981,564 Total Sof Costs $457,819 Total Other Costs $885,874 11 | Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 TIMELINE Total project time, including permitting and construction, is estimated to be 18 to 24 months, with a greater portion of the time spent on permitting and significantly less time on construction. The largest variables in the schedule are permitting and how project permitting relates to the construction window that the permitting agencies might allow for the project, Permitting ‘The information on permitting was provided by Davis, Wright, Tremaine, a Seattle-based law firm with an extensive land use practice, and by PND Engineering. ‘The Waterfront Park Recreation Center will require city, state, and federal permits. Application for many of these permits can be made using a Joint Aquatic Resource Permit Application (JARPA). Pursuant to the City's shoreline regulations, the proposal is a permitted use in the urban shoreline environment under BIMC 16.12.180 (boating facilities/marinas) and BIMC 16.12.340 (piers and docks) and can be designed to be consistent with shoreline policies and regulations. City approvals, which depend on the scope and particular features of a project, are assumed to include a shoreline substantial development permit under BIMC 16.12.360 and environmental review under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). The estimated timeline for City approvals is 6-12 months, longer if appealed to the State Shoreline Hearings Board State and federal approvals, which also depend on the scope and particular features of a project, are assumed to include a Hydraulic Project Approval from the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Section 10 (of the Rivers and Harbors Act) and Section 404 (Clean Water Act) permits from the Army Corps of Engineers, and a Section 401 Water Quality Certification and Coastal Zone Management Certification from the Department of Ecology. ‘The federal permits may also require consultation under the Endangered Species Act. The State Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Corps will not issue permits until City shoreline permits and SEPA review are completed. The estimated timeline for state and federal permits is 12-18 months, longer if there are appeals. Once these approvals are obtained, a building permit will be required before construction can commence. Construction Project construction is estimated by PND Engineering, based on their experience with other projects, at three to four months. The State Department of Fish and Wildlife may limit construction to certain ‘timeframes or work windows Mitigation State and federal agency review will focus on protection of fish and shellfish and their habitats and on water quality. The project offers mitigation that will help ensure such protection, including replacement of creosote pilings and replacement of concrete docks. ‘The following project specifics will address fish and wildlife projection: ‘© Twenty-three (23) creosote pilings will be removed from Eagle Harbor. "12 | Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/2220. ——~SSOSOSOSCS~S~S ‘© Although the total square feet of float surface is increased by 73 percent, modem floats allow for a minimum of 60 percent light transmission. As a result the amount of total over the water coverage is essentially unchanged. © Although the linear feet of float surface is increased by 62 percent, the number of pilings is held constant at twenty-three (23). ©The beach areas in the immediate vicinity of the current launching ramp will be improved by returning “rip-rap” to its initial locations, immediately adjacent to the launch ramp. ‘The general area of Waterfront Park is known to contain cultural resources that must be protected during project construction. At the request of the City of Bainbridge Island, Western Shore Heritage Services completed a report in January 2005 that documented the location and appropriate buffer of culturally important sites. The project involves two upland improvements: the construction of an information kiosk and viewing platform (about twelve feet square) and the addition of four short-term parking stalls, one of which will be handicapped accessible. The Western Shore Heritage Report shows that the project's upland developments are not anticipated to encroach on any culturally sensitive areas. 3 | Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 ONGOING OVERSIGHT AND MAINTENANCE Since the facility replaces all of the aging structures and floats, maintenance in the foreseeable future will be minimal. The regular tasks of cleaning the floats, tasks that are largely ignored today, could be assigned to regular users of the facility. For example, the high school rowing and sailing teams could be responsible for cleaning the dock surfaces and trained to watch for potential problems with the float connections, cleats, and pilings. ‘The pump-out facility will be relocated to the end of the eastern-most float. Since much of the electrical and plumbing connections will be replaced when the floats are replaced, the pump-out facility should require less maintenance that it currently does. However, maintaining this equipment is not a task for high school students or even for a well-meaning adult. A small portion of additional revenue from visiting boaters (explained later in this proposal) will be sufficient to maintain this equipment. The information kiosk, which serves a number of functions, could be maintained by several different groups. For example, the Bainbridge Island Historical Society may be interested in improving the current (and aging) information boards at Waterfront Park. The Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce may be interested in maintaining up-to-date information about Island attractions. The City’s Harbor Master has recently implemented a “dock host” program at the Park. This person is a volunteer who helps visiting boaters tie up and provides information about the Island. This person currently sits on a folding chair, out in the weather, at the top of the launching ramp. Since the information kiosk will be a much ‘more comfortable location, interest in being a dock host is expected to increase. For major maintenance, the replacement of wood piling with steel is a major advantage of the project. Steel piling have an estimated 50 year life, with very little, if any, maintenance required during the life of the piling. Depending on the material selected, the new docks will have a life span of 25 to 50 years. 7a | Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 — FINANCIAL PLAN ‘The City of Bainbridge Island currently charges $0.50 per linear foot for overnight moorage at Waterfront Park. This rate is low compared to other local and regional moorages, although understandable given the condition of the dock. The table below shows the rates at the city dock and at other area marinas." 2010 Regional Overnight Moorage Rates/Linear Foot Location Winter Rate Summer Rate City Dock (current) $0.50 $0.50 Bainbridge island Winslow Wharf $1.00 $1.00 Eagle Harbor Marina $1.00 $1.00 Gig Harbor Arabellas $075 $0.75 Kitsap County Bremerton $0.54 $0.70 Port Orchard sas $0.70 Brownsville $0.80 $0.50 Poulsbo $0.0 $0.90 Kingston $0.75 $085 Edmonds $1.00 $100 Tacoma Dock street $1.00 $1.00 Foss $085 $085) es Moines: City Marina $0.62 sosz seattle Bell Harbor $1.00 $125 Elliott Bay $125 $125 Shilshole $0.85 $2.25 After the upgrade of the floats at Waterfront Park, the facility should be able to support an overnight fee of $1.00 per foot in 2010 dollars. It certainly makes little sense for the City to underprice private facilities in Eagle Harbor. The City Harbormaster reported that the City recieved$19,037 in moorage fees in 2009. OF this total, approximately 10 percent is payment for parking (based on a sample month from 2020). This financial analysis assumes that all the remaining revenue of $17,133 is due to hourly or overnight moorage fees. The following table shows a forecast of future revenue after the remodeled facility has been in operation for a full year ("stabilized revenue”). The calculations assume that the overnight rate will increase from $0.50/ft. to $1.00/ft. in 2010 dollars; that the project will increase the amount of linear * Many of the facilities offer water and electricity; these services typically come at an added cost and are not included in the table. 15 [ Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 13/22/2010 feet available for overnight moorage by 42 percent; and that the remodeled facility will support a further increase in occupancy by 50 percent, in part because the facilities will be better and in part, because boats with deeper drafts will be able to be accommodated. In other words, the projection anticipates that the number of visiting boats would increase by a total factor of just less than three, Total revenue is projected to grow to approximately $72,000 per year in 2020 dollars. Calculation of Stabilized Revenue 2009 Revenue $17,133 Increase in linear feet 42% Increase in rate 100% Increase in visitors 50% Stabilized Revenue $71,960 Itis also important to note that the relocation of the kiosk will enhance enforcement of moorage fee collection. The City's Harbormaster currently works part-time. The additional revenue from Waterfront Park should be sufficient to return the position to full-time and to fund a long-long-term repair and replacement account. Note that these calculations do not anticipate any revenue from the sailing program or the rowing, program, both of which would occupy a substantial part of the new development. This assumption is based on the expectation that these programs will effectively pay their own way through volunteer efforts to maintain the floats and coordinate the Harbormaster’s Dock Host program. Although the economic impact of increased visitors to any community is difficult to measure, a reasonable estimation of the impact of visiting boaters is possible by using a January 2010 State of Washington Department of Commerce study, conducted by Dean Runyan Associates, Inc. ‘The Runyan Study estimated trip spending by overnight and day visitors. if one assumes that visiting boaters spend the night on their own boats and do not stay in local overnight facilities, an approximation of the economic impact of visiting boaters based on the “Day Trip” spending of visitors is reasonable. The Runyan Study concluded that the average day visitor spends $86 per day. Of this total, 45 percent is spent at restaurants, 24 percent for retail sales, 22 percent for arts and entertainment, and 9 percent at food stores. Based on this analysis, the direct economic impact of the proposed expansion in overnight stay capacity at Waterfront Park has an economic impact potential of $475,000 dollars and a total economic impact (direct plus indirect) of approximately $1.2 million per year. 16 | Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 SUPPORT FROM ORGANIZATIONS & YACHT CLUBS This proposal is whole-heartedly supported by Bainbridge Island Rowing. The Board approved a resolution on November 10, 2010 which not only supports this proposal, but also pledges the support of Bainbridge Istand Rowing in three important ways: 1. Bainbridge Island Rowing commits to work with the City of Bainbridge Isiand, the Bainbridge Island Parks and Recreation District, the Harbor Commission and current and potential users of ‘the project in the final design and construction of the project. 2. Bainbridge Island Rowing commits to raise any funds necessary to complete the project, should total project costs exceed funds available from the State, up to a total of $50,000. 3. Bainbridge Island Rowing commits to support the improvements to Waterfront Park after those improvements are made. Such support shall be dependent upon an agreement with the City of Bainbridge Island, and could include the dedication of volunteers to clean the docks, volunteer oversight of a formal dock host program, and/or other on-going support of the project as determined by Bainbridge Island Rowing and the City of Bainbridge Island. ‘The following yacht clubs also support improvements to the Waterfront Park moorage: ‘©The Bainbridge Island Yacht Club ‘The Eagle Harbor Yacht Club ‘©The Kingston Cove Yacht Club © Tacoma Yacht Club ‘+ Port Townsend Yacht Club ‘+ CAST for Kids ‘The Bainbridge Island Parks District, which offers a variety of programs at Waterfront Park, has only begun to discuss its potential support for improvements at the park. At a recent meeting of the District Commissioners, the Board appointed John DeMeyer, the District's Recreation Services Director, to represent the District's interests in this matter. Mr. DeMeyer’s descriptions of Park District activity at Waterfront Park and his assistance in project design have been very helpful. [7 | Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ‘This submittal would not have been possible without the assistance of a number of people, including: ‘David Pierce, President, PND Engineers ‘© John Owen, Partner, Makers Architecture and Urban Design ‘© Kathy Scanlan, Managing Partner, Cedar River Group Robert. Collier, Consulting Engineer ‘© Charles €. (Chuck) Maduell, , Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine 18 | Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 ATTACHMENTS ‘* BIR Board resolution © Letters of support 19 I Waterfront Recreation Center Proposal, 11/22/2010 Bainbridge Island Rowing P.O. Box 11168 Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Bainbridge Island Rowing Kitsap County, Washington Resolution No. 10-01 A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Bainbridge Island Rowing, Kitsap County, Washington, authorizing support for improvements to the dock, floats and moorage facilities at Waterfront Park. WHEREAS: ‘A. _ Bainbridge Island Rowing is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of recreational and competitive rowing programs for the citizens of Bainbridge Island, ‘Washington, regardless of age or income. B. More than one hundred fifty families participate in Bainbridge Island Rowing, with rowers ranging in age from from 8" grade to senior citizens C. Bainbridge Island Rowing offers a youth rowing program that provides local students the opportunity to develop athletic and leadership skills, and to participate in local, regional and national competitions; as of February, 2011, rowing will be a formal high school club sport and currently has 90 high school age rowers and has represented the community at the Tunior National Rowing Regatta for the last five years. D. The Ferries Division of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has offered to resolve a long-standing dispute involving a December 3, 1995 Memorandum of Agreement between WSDOT and the City of Bainbridge Island (COBD. The WSDOT settlement offer presents two possible paths to resolution: a WSDOT lease of approximately one acre of the current Washington State Ferries Eagle Harbor facility property or a financial settlement package of up two million dollars ($2,000,000) to fund a water-based project. E, _ Bainbridge Island Rowing wishes to support improvements to Waterfront Park, and finds that a settlement package of up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) will be sufficient to provide those improvements, F, Bainbridge Island Rowing believes that improvements to Waterfront Park would enable Bainbridge Island Rowing to better support its high school rowing program and the greater Bainbridge Island community. G. Bainbridge Island Rowing wishes to coordinate said improvements with the greater Bainbridge Island community, the Bainbridge Island Parks District, the Bainbridge Island ‘Harbor Commission, and the Bainbridge Island City Council, Bainbridge sland Rowing is « non-profit, 501(¢)3 organization www bainbridgerowing org NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND ROWING, KITSAP COUNTY, WASHINGTON, as follows: Section 1. Findings. The forgoing recitals are hereby adopted by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) as its findings. to Section 2. Commitment to Project Oversight. Bainbridge Island Rowing hereby commits to work with the Bainbridge Island Parks District, the Harbor Commission and current and potential users of the Project in the final design and construction of the Project. Section 3. Commitment to Assist With Project Costs. Bainbridge Island Rowing hereby commits to raise any funds necessary to complete the Project, should total project costs exceed funds available from the State, up to a total of $50,000. Section 4. Commitment to Project Maintenance. Bainbridge Island Rowing hereby ‘commits to support WSDOT funded improvements to Waterfront Park, Such support shall be ‘dependent upon an agreement with COBI, and could include the dedication of volunteers to clean the docks, volunteer oversight of a formal dock host program, and/or other on-going support of the Project as determined by Bainbridge Island Rowing and COBL. ADOPTED, by the Board of Directors of Bainbridge Island Rowing, at a meeting attended by the members of the Board on the 10" day of November, 2010. isenman, Board Member Dee McCohhb, Board Member Callie Sheehan, Treasurer Regan Powers, Board Member pA Py 1, Board Member fathy Scanlan, BSard Member Peggie Dickens, Board Member i 6 fess: Board Member sland Rowing is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization ny bainbridgerowing.org November 19, 2010 City Manager, Brenda Bauer Dear Brenda and Council Members As the Commodore of the Bainbridge Island Yacht Club, I'm writing to express my support for the Eagle Harbor City Dock re-development, leveraging the WSF offer of up to $2 million to be used for water dependent activities. BIYC organizes a number of activities in Eagle Harbor including the Bainbridge Island Independence Day Fireworks show, and Friday Night races in the harbor. Our Club is growing quickly and we're anxious to sponsor more events that draw more sailors and Bainbridge residents to the Harbor. Eagle Harbor is the ideal spot for many marine activities. If you come down to the harbor on a sunny day you'll see a large variety of boats enjoying the harbor and residents and tourists enjoying waterfront businesses. The problem is that there is no public marina or appropriate public dock for these marine events. What's lacking is a safe, secure, modern facility to serve as the focal point and showcase Bainbridge's maritime heritage and connection to sailing and marine activities. The current city dock is perfectly located for community marine events but it's old, and insufficient to accommodate the many types of Bainbridge activities. I'm sure that Eagle Harbor would become a destination for other yacht clubs and visiting boaters if the City Dock was upgraded. Thank you for your consideration. Feel free to call me if you have any questions or require my support for this offer from the WSF. Sincerely, Steve Sargent Commodore Bainbridge Island Yacht Club (208) 383-8670 www.the-biyc.us EAGLE HARBOR YACHT CLUB P.O. Box 10905 + Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 November 11, 2010 All Council Members City of Bainbridge Island 280 Madison Ave N Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Dear Council Members, ‘As Commodore of the Eagle Harbor Yacht Club | am writing to support the re-development of the City Dock in Eagle Harbor that could, | understand, be accomplished by acceptance of the WSF offer of up to $2 million to be used for water dependent activities. (Our yacht club organizes cruises each year to various ports and marinas in the Puget Sound in Which 12 to 24 vessels participate in each event. This is typical of many yacht clubs in the area and benefits the ports visited by money spent in local restaurants and shops. Eagle Harbor, despite its enviable maritime heritage, has no such facility for visiting yacht clubs where a small fleet of vessels can be accommodated, unless of course the members belong to the Queen City Yacht Club. We presently have reciprocal agreements with thirty-three other yacht clubs in the Puget Sound region, and while our own members regularly utilize marina and port facilities offered by those yacht clubs and their respective communities, we have often heard back that there is insufficient moorage and anchoring space in Eagle Harbor for reciprocating vessels. The City Dock, which is so conveniently located to our downtown is old, unsafe, inadequate and not at all environmentally friendly. We are sure that Eagle Harbor would become a desired destination for yacht clubs and more Visiting boaters if the City Dock was upgraded. Not only would transient yachts and other vessels benefit, but also very many Bainbridge Island rowers, sailors, and kayakers, by having a safe and secure (ADA compliant) facility of which the residents of our Island could be proud. ‘Thank you for your consideration of this letter of support for the money offer by the WSF. We will continue to follow your deliberations in hopes of reaching an agreement in time that will benefit the Bainbridge Island community-at-large. Sincerely, Cindy Robinson ‘Commodore Eagle Harbor Yacht Club (208) 842-3873 On Nov 18, 2010, at 8:39 AM, “Jim Simpson" wrote: Dear Council Members, Thave attached a letter of support for the WSF offer for redevelopment of the City Dock. Thanks for your consideration Jim Simpson Commodore Kingston Cove Yacht Club Dear Council members, DAs frequent visitors to Eagle Harbor, Tacoma Yacht Club would like to offer our support for the redevelopment of the city dock in Eagle Harbor, Additional and improved dock space will encourage boaters from various yacht clubs and others in the boating conmittee to visit your harbor and your city. For those boaters from the South and North, Fagle Harbor is a convenient port of call. > Thank you for your consideration in this letter of support for the redevelopment of the city docks. > > Sincerely, > Roger Williams, Commodore > Tacoma Yacht Club ‘On Nov 15, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Carlyn Stark wrote: ‘Asa member of the Port Townsend Yacht Club, I would really like to see City Dock in Bainbridge upgraded. We love to stop there to shop and go out for meals. It is one of our favorite places to visit and we spend money!

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