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City of Port Orchard
Council Meeting Minutes
Work Study Session Meeting of June 20, 2023
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Mayor Pro-Tem Tern Lucarelli called the meeting to order at 6:31 p.m.
Roll call was taken by the City Clerk as follows:
Mayor Pro-Tem Trenary
Absent
Councilmember Chang
Present
Councilmember Clauson
Absent
Councilmember Cucciardi
Present
Councilmember Diener
Present
Councilmember Lucarelli
Present
Councilmember Rosapepe
Present
Mayor Putaansuu
Absent
Staff present: Utilities Manager J. Brown, City Clerk Wallace, and Deputy City Clerk Floyd.
Staff present via Zoom: Community Development Director Bond
The meeting also streamed live on YouTube.
Pledge of Allegiance (Time Stamp 01:13)
Mayor Pro-Tem Tern Lucarelli led the audience and Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
1. Kitsap County Housing Grants (Time Stamp 01:35)
Joel Warren and Bonnie Tufts with the Kitsap County Department of Human Resources provided a
presentation on the Kitsap County 2024 Coordinated Grant Application Process which included an
overview, CIAH funding, Block Grant funding, key dates, process flow, review committees, Capital
Grant Review Committee, and website content.
Additional discussion was held regarding rental assistance, federal funds, opioid settlement,
application review process, and the City's application for funding to purchase a lot through Housing
Kitsap.
Council Direction: No direction was given.
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2. Kitsap Transit Port Orchard Transit Center Presentation (Time Stamp 21:30)
Zach Gray with KPFF and Ed Coviello and Christopher Browning with Kitsap Transit provided a
presentation which included the project purpose and need, key considerations relative to transit
center siting study, downtown Port Orchard study area, downtown Port Orchard subarea plan, and
current site options.
Additional discussion was held regarding population and growth, looking at different sites, having a
pedestrian friendly waterfront, park and ride lots, downtown transfer station, providing other
potential transfer station locations and conversations with the Port of Bremerton.
Council Direction: No direction was given.
3. Community Needs Assessment (Time Stamp 46:32)
Tony Ivers with Kitsap Community Resources provided a presentation on results from the KCR
Community Survey & Focus Group Discussions which included who participated in the survey and
focus groups, what did they hear, challenges meeting basic needs, disconnect between services and
the people they serve, barriers to accessing healthcare, what can be done, outreach strategy, Kitsap
County Affordable Housing Task Force, and what's next strategic plan.
Additional discussion was held regarding how the pandemic affected services, shortage of doctors
and affordable housing.
Council Direction: No direction given.
4. Cross Connection Control and Fats, Oils and Grease Plan (Time Stamp 1:16:18)
Utilities Manger J. Brown explained the City is in compliance with the Department of Ecology. This
program is to help businesses, and some residences, get in compliance with the City's regulations.
The utilities perspective of cross connection is once water goes through a meter, we do not want it
back as we don't know what happens to it on the other side. The Department of Community
Development's perspective is once water goes out of the fixture, they don't want it back as there
could be contamination.
Additionally, there is FOG (fats, oils, and grease) which is specifically directed at food service
establishments as they create this which can clog or damage collection systems.
Additional discussion was held regarding enforcement, the City's Utility Compliance staff member
who is developing materials to help with this program, education, cross connection risk survey,
tracking cross connection control assembly's, fees, McCormick Woods residents, contamination
issues, and how the City is monitoring the program.
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Council Direction: No direction given to staff.
GOOD OF THE ORDER (Time Stamp 1:33:23)
In response to Councilmember Diener's question about non -political signs, Community Development
Director Bond said there was a decision back in 2014 that said sign regulations had to be content
neutral, however, there was a separate case that said you can't regulate speech within a traditional
public forum. The City's conclusion is the lowest risk path, which is to allow temporary signs and not
differentiate between political and non -political speech. Since then, the 91" Circuit has issued a
decision that stated there is some ability to distinguish between commercial and non-commercial
speech. This has been brought to the attention of the Planning Commission, and the
recommendation from the City Attorney is to document the problem over a period of time. We
started this in the fall and have been gathering documentation with the hope of bringing this back
to the Planning Commission for review. The Council may then see an ordinance restricting temporary
signage only to non-commercial speech.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:06 p.m. No other action was taken. Audio/Visual was successful.
DocuSigned by:
Brandy Wallace, MMC, City Clerk Cindy Careffl, CDunCilmember