Laura Melrose

							                                GREEN JOBS PARTNERSHIP
                                  Green Building Sector
                                  May 19, 2009 Meeting Notes

Commissioner Charlotte Garrido opened the meeting. Those in attendance introduced
themselves and affiliations. The remainder of the meeting dealt with the proposed projects for
ARRA funding.


Potential Green Building Projects – Art Castle proposed that the Home Builders Association
annually construct a Built Green home for skills training, public tours and eventual sale (see
attached handout). The target market would be for moderate income families. A key
component is partnering with educators (high schools/skills centers, Olympic College, technical
centers) to provide hands-on training and apprenticeships and provide students a “living
classroom” for field trips. This house would show energy efficiency concepts, which is
advantageous for driving the market. A checklist of eight topic areas shows points that can be
demonstrated. The site may work best within an existing Built Green development. Dilemma:
Building may be too “exotic” for most buyers.
KEDA has an up-to-date list of Built Green companies to use if someone wants it. Do we have
resource for folks that are trying to build green?
Brian Lyman suggests exploring a potential partnership with his Rotary club. The Rotary works
with South Kitsap High School students where they build one home a year. They are now
closing on three lots in Port Orchard, which could possibly be used for this project. SKHS
students help draft, design and build. They are also involved with marketing and landscaping,
so the training could focus on LID features. This effort would require a LEED architect and
subcontractors for many key phases of the project. The goal is to have the site permit ready in
fall, construct throughout the school year, and sell it at the end of the year. Students could also
have access to existing pre-apprentice programs with the unions. All of the mechanisms are in
place from an educational standpoint with SKHS, and they have funding.
Partners: Home Builders Association (Art Castle), Workforce Development Council (Steve
Frazier/Leif Bentson), Kitsap Central Labor Council (Bob Grady), Port Orchard Rotary (Brian
Lyman) [and others?]

Low Impact Development (LID) – Arno Bergstrom reported that Curtis Hinman, of WSU Pierce
County, wrote handbooks on LID and rain gardens. There is a lot of public demand for help to
make bioswales or rain gardens. Discussions have been ongoing with Olympic College, NK
High School and SK High School to their horticulture students can do demonstration gardens.
Art mentioned that if all jurisdictions (cities, tribes and county) encourage homeowners to install
rain gardens, the impacts for decreasing storm water runoff would be significant. One action
this project could take is to reprint Hinman’s manual. To do: Arno will provide project details
and funding information before the June 9 meeting.
Partners: WSU Extension Master Gardeners (Peg Tillery), Washington SeaGrant (Jeff Adams),
SSWM (Jayna Erickson), Home Builders Assn (Art Castle), Olympic College (Amy Hatfield),
NKHS (?), SKHS (Thomas Mosby), Western Washington University (Nancy Bluestein Johnson)

Weatherization – two proposals for weatherization were introduced:
1. Mike Botkin from Kitsap Community Resources (KCR) presented a proposal to train and
employ three weatherization technicians for three years, with the expectation that they would
become certified as weatherization auditors during that time (see attachment). The technicians
would focus on “Tier 1” services, such as energy conservation outreach and education, and
replacing light bulbs and appliances such as energy efficient refrigerators. They would also
oversee teams of energy conservation outreach/education trainees from KCR Employment and
Training Services. KCR has started community organizing to create that educational piece here
in Kitsap County. The training would be 20-40 hours, including a field apprenticeship before
working independently.
Partners: Kitsap Community Resources (Mike Botkin), Workforce Development Council (Steve
Frazier/Leif Bentson), Olympic College (Amy Hatfield/Wendy Miles), Community Energy
Solutions (Tammy & Joe Deets).

2. Tammy Deets, Community Energy Solutions (CES) presented Kitsap Save, a project that
would create jobs and save energy. There would be two tiers of service. Tier 1 volunteers
receive eight hours of training and work in community outreach and campaigning. Tier 2
auditors would give free energy audits and analyze power bills. Their efforts would help identify
good candidates for full scale energy audits. Rebates can be built in.
CES is organizing a New Energy Summit for Kitsap County on May 26, 2009, from 9:30 a.m.-
1:30 p.m., in the Silverdale Community Center (see attachment). The purpose is to draw
interested people in the county together to participate in weatherization. This will be a great
place to ask questions, then come back and regroup. Jake Fey from the WSU Energy Center
will be a speaker and so will Commissioner Garrido.
This project is designed to compete for $14.5 million that CTED will distribute to three
Washington state communities. Union participation would be a great show of support and help
secure funding. CES has also thought about seed money to have available when the stimulus
capital runs out. There are two ways to think about financing: a) subsidizing lower income, or b)
creating a loan loss reserve from stimulus funding. “Clean energy CDs” below market rate is
another idea.
Partners: Community Energy Solutions (Tammy & Joe Deets), Kitsap Community Resources
(Mike Botkin), banks, power companies, unions, educators

Education & Workforce Development -- Amy Hatfield reports there is a sense of urgency with
developing curriculum to fit this new demand. OC is looking at online options to get a better
understanding of the current demands for a curriculum. She offers to be a point person to collect
existing curricula, and is compiling a list of programs that Olympic College may want to offer.
Task: Amy will distribute a compilation list of educational programs to the group.
Generally, a discussion is needed to specify the preferred skills and traits for construction, as
well as gaps. Could this build on prior Workforce-Education-Economic Development work?
Workforce Development received $2,000,000 stimulus funding for Kitsap, Clallam and Jefferson
counties. Of that, $900,000 is dedicated to youth summer employment program. As long as it
does not supplant a person laid off, a person can be employed for two months at minimum
wage. Supplanted adult workers can get retraining money, and the emphasis is for low-income,
veterans, and green jobs. Please contact WorkSource if you are interested.
Partners: Workforce Development Council (Steve Frazier/Leif Bentsen), Bainbridge Graduate
Institute (Jim Poss), IslandWood (?), Olympic College (Amy Hatfield/Wendy Miles), WSU Kitsap
Extension (Arno Bergstrom/Peg Tillery), Western Washington University (Sandra Cross/Nancy
Bluestein-Johnson), unions (?), school districts and Westsound Skills Center (Kathrin Carr).

5) Other Items
a. Green Unbuild – SEED needs to demolish a former skydivers’ building and has someone on
staff for an asbestos check. They will connect with Kurt Weist at Bremerton Housing Authority,
who mentioned lots of demolition materials leave the County. Kitsap Solid Waste Division is
currently updating their Comprehensive Plan, and the new plan (due later this year) will address
methods for capturing wood waste to ensure local reuse/recycling.
b. Seattle Steam Company has relied on wood waste for many years. Due to the downturn in
construction, they are struggling to get enough wood. This model could be a viable energy
concept, especially in downtown Bremerton.
c. Biomass - although it seems like we produce enough green waste, there is not enough to
make biomass feasible in Kitsap County. Aberdeen attempted a biomass facility but ran into
problems with feedstock quantities.


TO DO:
    Compile a list of each agency’s previous successes to be part of application package.
    Amy can collect curriculum that is currently being used.
    Develop performance measures – when we write the proposals, we need to know how
     we will measure our success.
    Identify relevant skills and trades that already exist.


Next Meeting Times & Locations:
Future meetings will be at the Public Works Building, 3rd floor conference room, from 1-3 p.m.
    June 9th
    July 2nd
    July 23rd
    August 11th

Anyone else we need to invite? Bob will work on getting more labor reps next time to our
meetings. HVAC, Carpenters, and IBEW should be at the table. John will email Dean contact
information for Larry Matel (sp?), the City of Bremerton engineer working with Sustainable
Bremerton.
Charlotte suggests Dave Peters


Attendees:
John Ales, Sustainable Bremerton
Cindy Alexander, Sustainable Building Stewardship student
Arno Bergstrom, WSU Kitsap County Extension
Mike Botkin, Kitsap Community Resources
Art Castle, Home Builders of Kitsap County
Joe Deets, Community Energy Solutions
Tammy Deets, Community Energy Solutions
Bob Grady, Kitsap County Central Labor Council
Amy Hatfield, Olympic College
Laura Melrose, Kitsap SEED
Kitsap County:
Erik Baker
Leif Bentsen
Dean Boening
Rhiannon Fernandez
Charlotte Garrido
Brian Lyman
Carolyn Siems
Angie Silva