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Port Orchard, WA 98366
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Work Study Session of Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Roll Call was taken by the City Clerk as follows:
Present: Scott Diener, Mayor Pro-Tempore, Position No. 3
Fred Chang, Councilmember Position No. 6
John Morrissey, Councilmember, Position At -Large
Heidi Fenton, Councilmember, Position No. 5
Robert Putaansuu, Mayor
Eric Worden, Councilmember, Position No. 4
Jay Rosapepe, Councilmember, Position No. 2
Absent: Mark Trenary, Councilmember, Position No. 1
Staff present: Community Development Director Bond, Public Works Director Ryan, and City
Clerk Wallace.
Staff present via Zoom: Finance Director Crocker, and City Attorney Archer
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Putaansuu called the meeting to order at 6:30pm.
A. Pledge of Allegiance
Mayor Putaansuu led the audience and Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Community Event Center Presentation
Dean Kelly, Laurie Cook, and Leah Swobda with Rice Fergus Miller provided a presentation
'Port Orchard Community Event Center' which included:
• Master Plan Schedule
• Orchard Plaza
o Site Plan,
o Schematic Design
• Shoreline
o Habitat Improvement Plan,
• Community Events Center
o Floor Plan Level 01
o Floor Plan Level 02
o Feature Wall Graphic
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Additional conversation included landscaping, lighting, streetlights, solar power, retaining
wall, sharing space with Kitsap Regional Library, office space, event space capacity,
bathrooms, glass doors, adding more space to conference rooms, kitchen, shared working
spaces, and parking.
B. Post Legislative Session Update
Shelly Helder with Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs, provided a presentation
'Legislative Update' which included:
• Purpose
• Overview of 2025 Legislative Session
o Operating, Capital, and Transportation
• Port Orchard's 2025 Legislative Priorities
o Port Orchard Downtown Reconstruction Project
o Municipal Water Supply -Foster Pilot Program
o Sedgwick Roundabouts at SR16/SR160 Intersections
• Other Important Topics
Public Safety
o Housing & Homelessness Mandates
o Infrastructure Funding
• Expectations for the 2026 Legislative Session
Supplemental Budget Year
o Policy Issues
• AWC Legislative Priorities Development
• Approach to Legislative Agenda Development
• Next Steps.
Additional discussion was held on water rights, how to get Port Orchard noticed by the state,
and priorities for the City.
C. Multi Family Tax Exemption
Community Development Director Bond provided a presentation ' MFTE (Multi -Family
Tax Exemption) Review' which included:
• MFTE Types
o 8 -Year Property Tax Exemption
o 12 -Year Property Tax Exemption
• 20 -Year Property Tax Exemption
All MFTE projects must in in urban center (to be defined by City)
• MFTE Basics,
• Previous MFTE Approvals
o Overlook Apartments (The Charleston)
o Sedgwick Apartments (Pottery Creek Phase 2)
Salmonberry Apartments
o Plisko Apartments
Sedgwick Multifamily (Pottery Creek Phase 1)
o The Ramsey
o Blueberry Apartments
• Case Study
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o Overlook Apartments (The Charleston) vs. Peyseno Apartments
• Is Port Orchard Meetings Its Housing Targets
• Has Increasing Housing Supply Stabilized Housing Prices/Rents,
• Which Building Types Are Not Being Developed
o Middle Housing (except McCormick Village
Mixed Use Shopfront Buildings
o Affordable Ownership Units
o Apartments with Underground Parking
o Apartments taller than 3 -stories
o Downdown/Redevelopment
• Which Building Types Are Being Developed
Detached Houses
o Garden Apartments
o McCormick Village Mixed Housing Rentals
• Pros and Cons of METE
• Are Existing Affordable METE Units Worth the Tax Shift
• Recommendations 8 -Year METE
• Recommendations for 12 and 20 -Year MFTE
• Staff Recommendation
o Recommend bringing back a targeted 8 -year METE Program
Additional discussion was held regarding tax shifts, population growth, stabilized vacancy, tax
exemptions, and continuing this discussion at another work study meeting.
D. Downtown Revitalization Grant Program
This discussion was not held.
E. Public Comment Interactions
This discussion was not held.
3. GOOD OF THE ORDER
Good of the Order not held.
Mayor Putaansuu briefly reported on the bid opening for the Sidney Non -Motorized
Improvements Projects, paving within the City, out to bid on removal of the overwater
houses, ribbon cutting on new pickleball courts near the end of August, and concerns
with placing a locker at the new pickleball court as a lot of the players are not City
residents.
4. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m
Brandy Wallace, MMC, City Clerk
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