02/09/2015 - MinutesCity of Port Orchard
Economic Development Tourism Committee
Meeting Minutes
Monday February 9, 2015
Council Members present: Council members Bek Ashby, Fred Chang & Jeff Cartwright
City Staff present: Development Director Nick Bond, City Clerk Brandy Rinearson and DCD Front
Counter Clerk Lisa Stone
Guests: Mayor Tim Matthes and Port of Bremerton Commissioner Larry Stokes
The meeting was called to order by Councilmember Bek Ashby at 10:10 a.m.
1. Discussion: Foot Ferry. City Clerk Brandy Rinearson contacted Harbor Tours about the
increased hours for the foot ferry. Rinearson stated the rates would go up to $161 per hour.
Kitsap County wants to see if Harbor Tours could track rider’s zip codes to see where
people are traveling to and from. Councilmember Bek Ashby doesn’t see the benefit of
tracking zip codes. The committee held a discussion about raising fee to $3. Committee
decided to study last year’s numbers and bring back for discussion at March meeting.
2. Discussion: Special Events Ordinance. Rinearson handed out maps of locations for public
events. The committee held a discussion about the special events ordinance and application
fees. The committee decided to bring back to future meeting.
3. Discussion: Tremont Overlay District. Development Director Nick Bond stated the
Tremont Overlay District regulations are very confusing. Bond suggests withdrawing these
regulations completely or doing an interim change. Councilmember Jeff Cartwright
suggested updating this code. Mayor agreed. Bond will bring forward an interim ordinance
to next Council Meeting.
4. Discussion: Sign Code. Bond stated DCD has received complaints from citizens about the
sign code needing to be updated. Bond plans to try and update it later this year. Ashby
stated there was a sign committee about three years ago and wanted to know came of their
suggestions. Bond said the sign committees update was just a light update and just as
problematic as the current code.
5. Discussion: Fee Resolution. Bond stated about 10 new fees were added to the resolution.
Bond said he is going to send a new fee resolution to Council for approval.
With that discussion, Ashby closed the meeting.
Meeting Adjourned: 11:40 a.m.
Next Meeting/Location: March 9, 2015, 10:00 a.m. Council Chambers