Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Monday, July 20, 2026Official site

The Bremerton Planning Commission held a public workshop to review a zoning code amendment application from the Bremerton Housing Authority (BHA). The BHA proposes to amend BMC 20.46.090 to allow a three-year temporary encampment permit at 1231 Sheridan Road. No formal decisions were made at this workshop, but public testimony was heard, and the Planning Commission provided feedback to staff for a public hearing in August.

About this meeting

Government Body
Planning Commission
Meeting Type
Planning Commission
Location
Bremerton, WA
Meeting Date
July 20, 2026

Published excerpts

Only published remarks appear here. The full transcript is not published.

11 sections

1:28•Dr. Tara Kirk-Sell

I move to approve the minutes from June.

2:47:47 – 2:48:40•Dr. Tara Kirk-Sell

well i really appreciate everyone coming in and providing their opinions and their public comment i think public comment is a really important part of the civil process so thank you i also appreciate the city staff for the incredibly informative packet and i think it really shows how much work has gone into this i did have a follow-up question based on mr coughlin's uh comment um it seemed to suggest that if we if only option one or two would go to the city council and i believe that it's ever either any of those options are recommendation to the city council which then makes its final decisio

2:48:45 – 2:49:14•Nick Wofford

I also want to thank everybody for coming tonight. Appreciate your comments. And I would really like you all to go home and vote. This is kind of off topic, but this primary is what selects what's going to be in the final. So if you don't vote, you're stuck with whatever comes out. So keep those comments coming. Appreciate them. Thank you.

2:52:55•Dr. Tara Kirk-Sell

He has some comment. No, Garrett was going to talk.

2:53:29 – 2:53:40•Dr. Tara Kirk-Sell

Thank you. I did think of another question brought on by that. So the three-year permit, is that renewable and is the 183-day permit renewable?

2:56:39 – 2:57:05•Nick Wofford

Okay. Mr. Gert, what we're really here for is a zoning code. And if that is passed and the BHA wants to go to three year, they have to go through another series of applications, etc. Is that correct?

2:57:12•Nick Wofford

AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF PUBLIC HEARING, ET CETERA, BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL?

2:57:31•Nick Wofford

SO THE FIRST APPLICATION IS STRICTLY STAFF?

2:59:50 – 3:00:37•Dr. Tara Kirk-Sell

So I think that the scope of the decision here is something that's very important for us to consider. I think that it's very important for us to understand more about how it complies or does not comply with the comprehensive plan I think we've heard arguments both ways the moral imperative I think is very clear but I think that we need to think about what is within the scope of this decision which is is it aligned with the comprehensive plan so I think if I were to direct staff and I think others can sort of chime in is. The next packet, if it included more clear information on, and I think yo

3:02:47•Dr. Tara Kirk-Sell

I think that we have to limit the scope of this decision to the key parameters that are shaping it.

3:04:19 – 3:04:34•Dr. Tara Kirk-Sell

I also have a question about the timeline. You showed a slide, and I am not sure I remember it correctly. Between now and the hearing, does it go through? I believe there was an additional review by outside agencies. Is that correct?

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