Remarks by John Morrissey
251 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 11
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“Mr. Mayor, I move to approve the amended consent agenda.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, I move that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute the development agreement between the City of Port Orchard and McCormick Communities LLC for park and open space mitigation within the McCormick Urban Village as presented.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO READ A STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN WHO PROVIDED ME ONE AHEAD OF TIME KNOWING HE WASN'T GOING TO BE HERE. HE HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. as he had a procedure this week. So thank you for allowing me to share my comments while I'm unable to attend tonight's business meeting. Currently, city code requires small active open space tracks in each new housing development. I have often compared pocket parks to bus stops. When they are being used, they are highly valuable. When they are not, they can become expensive assets that still require maintenance,…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Does the current code allow for say a brick veneer?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I know the Mayor and I talked about this at one point. My thoughts are, if it improves the aesthetic of what's currently there, I'm in favor of it. I would like to see, especially if we're helping to fund some of this, that maybe we'll encourage future applicants, can we get something more stone-like in some capacity? But I'm not opposed to saying no. Hardy plank board works for me is what I'm trying to say. It's not my preferred alternative, but I think it can be acceptable.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah, Mr. Mayor, I move to approve the City Council work-study meeting minutes of July 21st as presented.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. A couple of quick things. In the name, it's a stormwater park. We didn't talk about where's all the stormwater coming from? How much stormwater are we saving? Do we get mitigation credits for building this park? I'll start there.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So this is the ideation phase. We don't know what type of capacity yet then we need to hold for that.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I think we all know what Councilmember Warden's day job is. So I call about these things because when I regularly walk around, say, even my neighborhood, there are many water detention facilities that have zero water in them. And even year-round, the minimal amounts. How can we make sure that if we're going to set up a park to have these nice water amenities part of it that we're getting to that point that we can be accurate in knowing what type what quantities of water will be there, because I would think that we would have a conservative approach on some of the ones that exist today, but…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Good. One of my largest concerns there is that we're going to have a stormwater park that doesn't actually have stormwater in it.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I hear you. I think I'm trying to draw out that I know that especially Where I'm driving or walking by these in my neighborhood, it's fairly new. I would guess they're with the new standards, which I think are over-engineered. That's a personal thought, but that's my concern for this park. I know you have one more.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Perfect. Thank you. And I think my last comments are around just kind of our presentation tonight. I don't want to go against what the folks of Port Orchard are asking for. I will say this feels very zen garden in its appearance tonight. I don't know. that will take that feeling once developed. Being adjacent to Highway 16, I don't think I'm gonna get a ton of zen with all that traffic noise in the background, but I don't know if there's any type of design that can help mitigate that as we move forward. I would bring that up. And I wanna leave with, I very desperately would love to see, and I…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I don't know that I would have one. I would also advocate now realizing, well I think I knew it, but now realizing, we don't have another meeting before then. I think it would be easiest and I would throw out there, unless somebody really has opinions otherwise, that we kind of keep the look and feel the same as it was with same topics. I would say that if we needed to, that does feel very transitory and maybe we could find a way to do that outside of here.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I had one more thing. If that's the way you're gonna go, and there is somebody- We'll start there. No, but if somebody has consternation and wants off their topic, to keep things easier, I would horse trade just to keep things easy. All right.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. All right. Did you have a comment, Council Member Devin?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I'M FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVEN A VOTE OF PEOPLE. IT'S THE VOTE OF THE THREE COMMISSIONERS THAT ENACT THIS TAX. SO IT'S A COUNCILMATIC TAX. IT IS NOT A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE FOR THIS. IN FACT WE AS A BODY OF SEVEN COULD IMPLEMENT THAT HERE FROM THIS DIAS TODAY. I won't get into that today but I will say I also would concur that I'm in favor of that and I would ask that maybe you ask this body to come lobby with you when they take said motion up the hill.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I'm going to take the opportunity to double down and thank you and your team for being there, leading the charge with our partners. I know I saw Pulsebow, Bainbridge Island. I was working with the South Kitsap Fire. They were our pancake flippers for the Rotary as well. But it was a great event, very well maintained. Thank you to Director Ryan and your staff as well. They were there all day. They even beat me down there and I was there not long after 5.30 a.m. And so it was a long day, appreciative. I do know preliminary reports said it was the most cars they've ever had. I have no idea about…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“While we're going back there, are we good? I could have done that.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“I think the only question I have is coming out of that. If we are going to make that motion, I assume it needs to be in some form of authorizing a resolution to a point.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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City Council · Aug 6, 2026