05/18/2021 - Work Study - MinutesCity of Port Orchard
Council Meeting Minutes
Work Study Session Meeting of May 18, 2021
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 -Tern Ashby
Councilmember Chang
Councilmember Clauson
Councilmember Cucciardi
Councilmember Diener
Councilmember Lucarelli
Councilmember Rosapepe
Mayor Putaansuu
Present via Remote Access
Present via Remote Access
Present via Remote Access
Absent via Remote Access
Present via Remote Access
Present via Remote Access
Present via Remote Access
Present via Remote Access
Staff present via Remote Access: Public Works Director Dorsey, Community Development Director
Bond, Deputy Police Chief Main, Finance Director Crocker, City Attorney Archer, City Clerk Rinearson,
and Deputy City Clerk Floyd.
Mayor Putaansuu said Pursuant to the Governor's "Stay Home - Stay Safe" Order, the City will
conduct the meeting through Zoom.
Pledge of Allegiance
Mayor Putaansuu led the audience and Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
1. Final Draft Downtown Subarea Plan & Proposed Amendments to Comprehensive Plan and
Development Regulations
Development Director Bond explained this is the last opportunity to review the plan before bringing
it forward for adoption. A presentation was brought before Council in March which was in advance
of it going before the Planning Commission. A few changes have been made in response to comments
from the Council. Since then, the SEPA process has concluded and issued the Environmental Impact
Statement on this plan. The Planning Commission held a public hearing about two weeks ago with
no opposition testimony heard, and the Planning Commission recommended the document for City
Council approval.
Additionally, he spoke to piped streams, reconfiguration of the west downtown area due to the
project location, intersection improvements, road elevation due to flooding and future development,
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open spaces and parks along the waterfront, redevelopment of the site at Frederick and Bay Street,
shared street and on -street parking, expanding Marina park, structured parking, downtown height
overlay district changes, county campus provisions, existing and proposed zoning changes, changes
to the land use element of the comprehensive plan due to implementation of the subarea plan,
amendments to the downtown mixed use district, downtown redevelopment, view protection
overlay district, changes to use tables for the zones, parking zoning change, and sidewalks and
frontage improvements.
Additional discussion was held regarding preserving historical Port Orchard, public noticing, possible
road closures, height increases and clock tower height, grocery store, parking stalls, single bedroom
apartments, comments received during a Planning Commission meeting, and next steps.
Council Direction: No direction to staff.
2. WASPC Grant -Mental Health Field Response Team
Deputy Police Chief Main noted the Kitsap County Sherriff s office reached out to us, asking if we
could partner with them to be a part of this grant they want to apply for. It is a grant that would
allow the hiring of two new designated crisis responders and allow them to come out to the field and
provide their expertise when facing someone in a crisis, hopefully 24-hours a day they could be on -
call. This would be a pilot program for the south end. This gives our officers another de-escalation
tool in our toolbox.
After a brief discussion, Council had no concerns with the Police department partnering with Kitsap
County on this grant.
Council Direction: No direction was given to staff.
3. Water System Capital Facility Charge
Finance Director Crocker provided a presentation which included discussion timeline, Port Orchard
Municipal Code related chapters, extension of water, water system capital improvement plan,
alternatives and staff recommendation of alternative D, water capital facilities charge proposal,
credits and exemptions, policy direction of the Council, and next steps.
Community Development Director Bond spoke to implementation and impacts to his department.
Additional discussion was held regarding historical usage, credits, code revisions, redevelopment
opportunities, and fee charges.
Council Direction: No direction was given to staff.
4. Council Meetings Structure
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Mayor Putaansuu said based upon the Governor's reopening plan and if everything continues to go
well, we could have our first Council meeting in -person, in July. We are planning a soft opening of
City Hall on June 7th. We would like to still limit the number of people and vendors who visit City Hall
and will also not have facility rentals at this time due to the cleaning requirements. Staff is working
on a new policy related to allowing a vaccinated employee to not wear a mask in the workplace.
Discussion was held regarding allowing some remote access for Councilmembers during Council
meetings and having meetings held in -person while allowing some remote capabilities, and
continuation of remote committee meetings.
Council Direction: No direction was given to staff.
GOOD OF THE ORDER
Mayor Putaansuu said next week, we plan to ask Council to repeal the resolution related to festivals
so we can start processing event applications. Also, the park survey will be up and running soon.
Community Development Director Bond noted we are waiting for responses from Land Use
Committee members regarding scheduling a meeting, and the McCormick Urban Village survey is
now live on the website and Facebook.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. No other action was taken. Audio/Visual was successful.
Bra n, MMC, City Clerk
Robert Putaansuu, Mayor