The ordinance would prohibit vaping in any interior space
available to the public in Kitsap County, including
workplaces, bars, restaurants, stores, buses and elevators.
The ordinance wouldn’t affect vaping in vape stores.
Plans filed with the city
show preliminary designs for the future Virginia Mason clinic on
Bainbridge Island.
The 30,000-square-foot medical center will be built at
Wintergreen Walk, a High School Road shopping center being
developed by Visconsi Companies of Ohio.
Visconsi proposed a site plan amendment for Wintergreen Walk to
accommodate the clinic. A required
public participation meeting was scheduled for
Monday evening.
Revised site plan. Click to
enlarge.
The proposed revision would replace a 20,000-square-foot medical
building in the original plan with the
30,000-square-foot clinic.
The footprint of another building planned on the site will
shrink from 7,200 square feet to 4,800 square feet to allow for
more clinic parking.
The architectural design will be similar to other buildings
approved for the development, according to a project
description submitted by Wenzlau Architects of
Bainbridge:
“The main façade which faces
south is visually split into two masses with a large central glass
area. The building design incorporates pitched roofs and a covered
entry roof. Building materials are consistent with other buildings
in the project site.
“The exterior materials include;
concrete masonry units, vertical metal siding, cement board infill
panels, asphalt at pitched roofs, storefront windows, exposed wood
braces, sunscreens soffits to maintain a rural utilitarian
spirit.”
A total of seven buildings are planned for the development.
A Key Bank branch and Walgreens pharmacy
opened there in November.
See more Wintergreen Walk clinic plans below (images above are
from plans submitted to city and posted online):
A glitch in the Washington Health Benefit Exchange’s
Healthplanfinder website cancelled enrollment and payments
for 6,000 customers who’d bought qualified health
plans for 2015.
Those customers are being asked to reconfirm their plan
selection and resubmit payments (see the statement below for
details). The Exchange board has ordered a full review of the
website, according to a Tuesday statement.
The enrollment error is the latest in a
series of glitches identified in the online
insurance marketplace this fall, including a tax credit
miscalculation error discovered
on the first day of open enrollment. The Exchange is in
the midst of its second enrollment period, after debuting in
2013.
Here is the full statement from Exchange
CEO Richard Onizuka regarding the enrollment error discovered
today. Continue reading →
UPDATE: The Health
Board unanimously approved the indoor vaping ban Tuesday afternoon.
No comments were given during the formal public
hearing. 
Plans filed with the city
show preliminary designs for the future 
