02/22/2022 - Minutes City of Port Orchard
Transportation Committee
Meeting Minutes
February 22, 2022 at 5:00 PM
Utility Committee Members; Chair Fred Chang and Mark Trenary met on May 25, 2021 via Zoom Meeting. Scott Diener notified in advance that he was unable to attend and excused by the
Chair. Also present: Public Works Director/City Engineer Mark Dorsey, Assistant City Engineer Chris Hammer, Finance Director Noah Crocker, DCD Director Nick Bond, and Mayor Rob Putaansuu.
Updates: Mark Dorsey and Chris Hammer provided Committee members with the following project funding updates;
KRCC – Dorsey provided an update on the Countywide call for projects timeline and a new task for the design consultant to help develop the application.
Lippert Project – Dorsey noted that the project is to be advertised a week from this coming Friday
Grant Applications – Hammer informed that the City would pursue a State RCO grant for the Old Clifton NM project and was also now considering applying for a State Ped Bike program grant.
ADA Transition Plan: Chris provided an overview of the final draft of the ADA transition plan and presented maps showing work performed since the original draft in 2016. The Committee
was asked for any ideas for the upcoming City Council Study Session presentation. The following was discussed:
Provide photos illustrating work performed (Chang)
Provide a lists of intersections addressed (Trenary)
Provide background on the original plan for context (Hammer)
Present information on what additional work is planned (Chang, Trenary)
Notification of Residents: Chair Fred Chang led a discussion of how to improve noticing for residents.
There was a discussion about how see click fix works with piggybacking on the County’s service. Council was assured that Staff respond to all requests. It was discussed that the
See Click fix inquiries where reviewed and assigned daily by Admin/ front desk, less than half where actionable, and that many led to work request of Operations and Maintenance. Of
the unactionable items consisted of issues that could not be addressed by the city or complaints to general or not specific. Some were opportunities to educate the public.
Staff provided an overview of what Council should expect under current practices for utility and transportation project noticing. Mayor Putaansuu and Director Dorsey provided examples
where the public was often misinformed and of limitations for
outreach/ priorities with current staffing levels. Council members expressed an interest in improving the City’s use of project pages on the website and providing regular updates/
keeping the content current.
Statement added by the note taker - The public should be encouraged to refer to the City’s website, when applicable, and reach out to the Staff assigned to the project, as noted on
the webpage or by calling the public works front desk.
Transportation Improvement Plan Update: Chris Hammer reviewed staff proposed changes to update the Tier 1 (1- 6 year) and Tier 2 (7-20 year) TIP. One error regarding Pottery was
noted by Director Bond and will be corrected. Nick Bond provided an overview of the TIP update process through the Comp Plan process starting in February and hopefully wrapping up
in May.
Future Meetings:
Chair Chang requested moving up the meeting time from 5pm to 4:30pm. All present can accommodate. Fred will follow up with Committee Member Deiner and confirm.
Committee members interested in more detailed update for all phases of the Corridor at next meeting.
Next UAC Meeting(s): March 22, 2022 (via Zoom)
Meeting adjourned at 6:10 PM
Meeting successfully recorded via Zoom
Cc: Council, City Attorney, Mayor and Department Heads