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City of Port Orchard
Council Meeting Minutes
Work Study Session Meeting of February 15, 2022
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Mayor Putaansuu called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Roll call was taken by the City Clerk as follows:
Mayor Pro-Tem Lucarelli
Councilmember Chang
Councilmember Clauson
Councilmember Cucciardi
Councilmember Diener
Councilmember Trenary
Councilmember Rosapepe
Mayor Putaansuu
Present via Remote Access
Present via Remote Access
Absent
Present via Remote Access
Present via Remote Access
Present via Remote Access
Present via Remote Access
Present via Remote Access
Staff present via remote access: Community Development Director Bond, Finance Director Crocker,
HR Manager Lund, Police Chief Brown, City Clerk Wallace, and Deputy City Clerk Floyd.
The meeting also streamed live on YouTube.
Pledge of Allegiance
Mayor Putaansuu led the audience and Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
Mayor Putaansuu gave a brief summary of current COVID-19 numbers and office staff.
1. Proposed 2022 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket
Community Development Director Bond said every year the City advertises that the window for
submitting an application to amend the comprehensive plan is open. This year, we received no
applications from the public, but we did file City initiated amendments that are relatively
straightforward.
The first item is amending the capital facilities element to adopt the 2020 amendment to the Water
System Plan. We are also going to adopt the parks plan by reference into the comprehensive plan.
That will allow us to adjust our park impact fees in accordance with the recommendations of the
Parks Plan. Finally, every year we adjust our transportation improvement program [TIP]. There is a
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6- and 20-year TIP that highlight's the items that are proposed for revision. This is still a preliminary
6- and 20-year TIP and may still need to be refined. The intent is to bring forward this docket so the
Council can adopt the Comprehensive Plan Docket which then refers these items to the Planning
Commission for their study, review, public hearing and recommendation. It would then come back
before Council likely in May or June.
Additional discussion was held regarding posting to website, next steps, and end date of the TIP.
Council Direction: No direction given to staff.
2. KRCC CPP Population Growth Targets
Community Development Director Bond said it is time in our eight -year comprehensive plan update
cycle where the Kitsap Regional Coordinating [KRCC] is meeting and we are starting to set population
targets for all the cities and counties as we move forward with our 2024 comprehensive plan
updates. Previously, he presented information on the PSRC [Puget Sound Regional Council] Vision
2050 to the Council, as well as information on the county -wide planning policies, which we ratified
last year. Once again, we are going to be amending the county -wide planning policies to adopt the
new 2020 to 2044 population and employment growth targets. There are a couple things guiding the
target setting process, most importantly Vision 2050 which includes a regional growth strategy. All
the cities in the unincorporated urban counties as well as rural areas, are all broken down into
regional geography categories as well as by county.
For Kitsap County, 34% of growth is being directed to Bremerton, which is our metro city, as well as
Bremerton's urban growth area. 16% is being directed to core cities, which in Kitsap County is only
the Silverdale area. High -capacity transit communities are supposed to plan for 36% of the County's
project growth for 34,000 people. There are no cities and towns categories in Kitsap County and
urban unincorporated which is just the central Kitsap urban growth area. 6%, and 8% growth is
supposed to go to these rural areas. There are four different areas that make up the regional
geography for high -capacity transit communities and negotiations on how to divide up our share of
our growth is underway.
We are anticipating on making a recommendation to the KRCC board in March or April. Once
adoption occurs, then ratification of those targets has to take place. We will then know what amount
of growth we are required to plan for under the PSRC framework. There is still the issue of forecasting
through the Office of Financial Management which is a separate process.
Additional discussion was held regarding the high -capacity transit communities and suggestion of an
allocation of around 10,000 people for the City of Port Orchard, concerns related to population
forecasting, ability to apply for transportation funding, comprehensive plan requirements,
Bainbridge Island concerns, ratification involving 3 or 4 cities, not having all cities represented, city
capacities, and penalties.
Council Direction: Staff to move forward with the numbers as presented.
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3. McCormick Water CFC Credit Agreement
Community Development Director Bond explained there will be a total of three agreements, but only
one of the agreements is drafted in a presentable form. McCormick Communities has approached
the City seeking a water CFC credit agreement. They are proposing to build five water system
improvements for the City, at a total cost of around 11.8 million, based on our adopted cost
estimates. They would like a credit against their CFC, which would amount to around six -thousand
dollars per home that they build. They have agreed to build within a five-year timeframe.
McCormick Communities is also looking to amend two existing development agreements to extend
the term of their entitlements at McCormick West and McCormick Woods. We are also cleaning up
some of the vesting language.
We are looking at April as possible adoption of the credit and development agreements.
Additional discussion was held regarding water reservoirs, infrastructure costs, support of the
agreement, staff capacity, timeframe of the agreement, and more options for bringing water to the
City.
Council Direction: No direction was given to staff.
4. 2021-2022 Budget Amendment
Finance Director Crocker noted the budget amendments that are being proposed consist of
increasing, reducing, and eliminating transfers within the City's Current Expense Fund, City Street
Fund, Criminal Justice Fund, Real Estate Excise Tax Fund, Street Capital Projects, Water Capital Fund,
Storm Drainage Capital Fund and Sewer Capital Fund. Also, adding two full-time Patrol Officer
positions.
Mayor Putaansuu said the public works department is at capacity, so they are proposing to hire an
an inspector. This will allow the current employees to focus back on their main job duties.
Additional discussion was held regarding ballistic helmets for the police department, Bay Street
Pedestrian Pathway project and right-of-way services, and growth trends.
Council Direction: No direction was given to staff.
S. Hiring Incentives Discussion
HR Manager Lund reported there were two proposals brought before the Finance Committee
regarding hiring incentives for lateral police officers and current employees.
The first proposal is a hiring rate incentive for lateral police officers. A cash payment upon hire; half
upon hire, and the other half upon completion of probation. The police chief initially proposed a
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$5,000 cash payment and the Finance Committee discussed a $10,000 cash payment to match
Bremerton. In addition, authority to credit lateral police officers with a balance of vacation and sick
leave upon hire.
The second proposal is regarding current employees with a cash incentive to help bring qualified
applicants to the City as an applicant that potentially becomes hired. This is proposed as a $1,000
cash payment: $500 upon hire, and $500 upon completion of probation.
Additional discussion was held regarding who would not be eligible, low applicant pool, discussion
during the Finance Committee, incentive amounts, what incentives other jurisdictions are utilizing,
staffing levels, hard to fill positions and timeframe of the incentives.
Council Direction: Staff to move forward with $15,000 lateral police officer and $1,000 current
employee incentives. The lateral police officer incentive will be $5,000 upon hire and $10,000 upon
completion of probation. The current employee incentive will be $500 upon hire, and $500 upon
completion of probation.
6. Retreat Topics
Mayor Putaansuu noted some of the retreat topic suggestions include police staffing needs, growth
and staff, homelessness, and paving.
Discussions were held regarding utility taxes as a revenue source, sales tax measure, parks and
recreation levy, setting priorities to drive the next budget process, event obstacles and city event
priorities, communications, and meeting in -person for Council meetings and meeting attendance.
Council Direction: No direction was given to staff.
GOOD OF THE ORDER
There was no good of the order.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 7:53 p.m. No other action was taken. Audio/Visual was successful.
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