08/18/2015 - Work Study - MinutesCity of Port Orchard
Council Meeting Minutes
Work Study Session Meeting of August 18, 2015
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Mayor Tim Matthes called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Roll call was taken by the City Clerk as follows:
Councilmember Cartwright
Councilmember Chang
Councilmember Childs
Councilmember Clauson
Councilmember Lucarelli
Councilmember Putaansuu
Mayor Pro-Tern Ashby
Mayor Matthes
Present
Present
Present
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Staff present: Public Works Director Dorsey, City Treasurer Martin, Development Director Bond, City Clerk
Rinearson, Office Assistant Floyd, and City Attorney Morris, were also present.
Pledge of Allegiance
Mayor Matthes led the audience and Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
1. West Central LIO Overview
Clair Chase presented an overview of the West Central LIO, mentioning the following:
• What is the West Central LIO
LIO= Local Integrating Organization
Collaboration among jurisdictions to identify, prioritize, and implement ecosystem recovery
actions by seeking federal funding together
1 of 9 LIO's around Puget Sound
• Who is the West Central LIO
Executive Committee -Elected officials from: tribes, cities, and counties
Working Group -Staff from 9 jurisdictions, NGO's, Naval Base Kitsap, Kitsap Conservation
District, and ECO-Net
• What are NTA's
Near-Term Actions
Time-bound (2 years)
Prioritized by the region {LIO}
Examples = capital projects, programmatic changes, trainings, etc.
Approved by each LIO, then approved by the Puget Sound Partnership's Leadership Council, and
then incorporated into the Puget Sound Action Agenda
• What is the Action Agenda
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A federally approved regional plan to restore the health of the Puget Sound
The Action Agenda is approved by EPA headquarters every 2 years
Includes local NTA's from each LIO plus regional NTA's from state agencies
• Current NTA's
The West Central LIO currently has 24 NTA's in the 2014-2016 Action Agenda
Each NTA has one 'owner', who is responsible for quarterly reporting
NTA's can have more leverage for funding opportunities, particularly federal funding through
the EPA
• What's Coming Next
The EPA and Puget Sound Partnership are asking LIO's to standardize our work through LIO
Strategic Recovery Plan/New NTA's for 2016-2018 Action Agenda
• How to be Involved
In response to Councilmember Putaansuu, Development Director Dorsey noted we have not had enough
staff members to attend the meetings and review projects that would quality to be on the list.
Council Direction: No direction was given to staff.
2. Governmental Relations Report
Briahna Taylor with Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs, provided a legislative session report
mentioning the following:
• The City was awarded $500,00 for the DeKalb Pier Project
• The transportation revenue package included $3.5 million allocated to the Bay Street Pedestrian
Path
• Liquor Revenue Sharing funding
• West Sound Alliance
• Public Works Assistant account
• Marijuana Revenues and Taxation
• Operating and Capital Budget updates
• Public Records Requests
• Public Works Reform
In addition, Ms. Taylor urged the Council to thank our three local Legislative Delegations for their continued
support of City projects, and noted she will be coming back in October, and asked the Council to think about
their goals for 2016.
Councilmember Clauson thanked Ms. Taylor for her efforts in securing funding and representing the City in
Olympia.
Council Direction: No direction was given to staff.
3. Tremont Overlay District
Development Director Bond noted Council voted 3-3 on a proposed 2015 Comprehensive Plan amendment
agenda to remove references to the Tremont Overlay District from the Comp Plan. Mayor Matthes broke
the tie voting in favor of approval of the agenda. Councilmember Cartwright was absent from the meeting,
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and staff wanted to discuss the issue with him before initiating the amendment process . After discussing
this with Councilmember Cartwright, staff decided to bring this back to work study for more discussion. At
this time, if a majority of the Council does not want to repeal the Tremont Overlay regulations, then a
public hearing will be scheduled in September, then adopt these regulations as permanent development
regulations. If a majority of the Council does want to have the Planning Commission continue review of the
proposal to remove the Tremont Overlay District from the Comp Plan, the process will begin immediately.
Council and staff briefly discussed the alternatives, and how they would like to move forward.
Council Direction: Council directed staff to schedule a public hearing in September on adopting the
Tremont Overlay District regulations as permanent development regulations and place the rescinding of the
action taken at the July's Council meeting on the next agenda.
4. Zoning Code and Development Regulation Updates
Development Director Bond reported the development code is in need of significant updates. The City
attorney in working with the Association of Washington Cities and has developed a model code which is
available for use, free of charge .
Council Direction: Council requested to hear the City 's deficiencies in the development code in executive
session at the next council meeting and for staff to provide a draft ordinance for their review .
5. Transportation
This is a continuation of transportation discussions. City Treasurer Martin provided a handout which
reflected the current transportation impact fee project list, totaling $85 ,767 ,298 .
Council and staff discussed the project list, and said they would like to reduce the total impact fee project
list to around $55 ,000,000 -$60,000,000 . A majority of council would like the impact fees to be near
$2,500.
In addition, Council would like to have the report show examples of what development would cost,
depending on which type of project they have.
Council Direction: Council directed staff to remove the following projects from the Project list: $10 million
for the SR 160 Corridor; $500,000 for the SR 160 Corridor Final Design ; and to scale back the Bethel Corridor
from $36,468,208 to $20,000,000, which would run from Lund to Sedgwick.
ADJOURNMENT