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Nick Bond, the city’s community development director, presented a series of project updates and maps and said much of the remaining work in Port Orchard will be a long‑term buildout of McCormick Woods. “We have 597 lots among all phases remaining,” Bond said when describing the McCormick area, and he noted McCormick construction will continue for years. Bond listed major projects moving through permitting or construction including: 429 Bay Street (39 units, three over one framing in place), Forest Song on Melcher (192 apartments on a site rezoned in 2010), McCormick Village (400 middle‑housing units plus 20,000 square feet of commercial), Bridgeview (136 units under a new owner pulling permits), Salmonberry Apartments (28 units, clearing begun) and several smaller multifamily and mixed‑use projects around Sedgwick and Bethel.

Bond said the overall multifamily pipeline is “waning” compared with previous years: several projects are completing construction and fewer new multifamily proposals are entering the permit pipeline. He cited Office of Financial Management population updates and local vacancy data and said vacancy rates are now “up above 10” percent. “We are building houses faster than they are being absorbed into the market,” Bond said, adding he expects McCormick will continue but at a somewhat lower annual pace.

Infrastructure and traffic mitigation were recurring themes. Staff briefed the committee on planned frontage improvements for Melcher (sidewalks and frontage work as part of large developments), a sewer lift station design near Sydney Road Southwest, and a Kitsap Transit Park & Ride project expected to seek construction in 2026. Staff also described planned access extensions associated with the Home Depot site and the Salmonberry Apartments that are intended to reduce pressure on the congested Bethel‑Lund intersection.

Home Depot’s proposal remains under review after Ecology’s site visit identified additional wetlands; Bond said the applicant is revising critical‑areas mapping and that the developer has applied for permits under the existing regulations. “They can still get their permit issued this year,” Bond said, noting the company does not necessarily need to start clearing immediately after permit issuance.

Committee members raised public‑service and school capacity concerns. Monica Adams, representing the Port Orchard Waterfront Alliance, asked directly: “Who plans for schools? Because we’re gonna need them with that kind of growth,” and said local schools are already overcrowded. Bond responded that school districts are responsible for building and siting schools and that state statutes authorize school impact fees that can be collected from new development; he noted, however, that bonds and levies remain the districts’ primary tools for paying for new school construction.

Bond closed by saying he will bring the material to the full city council and land‑use committee for further review. No regulatory approvals or council votes occurred at the committee meeting; projects described are at various stages (recorded plats, pending permits, clearing and construction).

What this means: Port Orchard’s pipeline will continue to supply housing units through single‑family lots in McCormick for many years while the recent flux of multifamily building slows. That shift has implications for local infrastructure, traffic planning and school capacity funding; council members and community representatives asked staff to keep coordinated planning with the school district, Kitsap Transit and other partners on their agenda.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","July 14, 2025 Economic Development and Tourism Committee","oneSentenceSummary","City community development staff updated the Economic Development and Tourism Committee on active and proposed housing and commercial projects, saying McCormick Woods will continue to be built out while multifamily permit activity is tapering and vacancy rates have risen.","taxTitle","Port Orchard, Kitsap County, Washington","taxId",54315,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6166377,"Port Orchard committee begins planning for visitor surge tied to 2026 FIFA World Cup, warns on trademark limits",2681,143000,2824000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5415673-f8f6d6e739c41b122e05aef2573a6b92&start=143&end=2824","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5415673-f8f6d6e739c41b122e05aef2573a6b92/thumbnail_143000.jpg","/articles/6166377/Port-Orchard/Kitsap-County/Washington/Port-Orchard-committee-begins-planning-for-visitor-surge-tied-to-2026-FIFA-World-Cup-warns-on-trademark-limits","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6166377-d7c4b3c4a2d2a8f22f8b462a7272cc1f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771089966&Signature=LzoPIFtTHR2KwQ87EWzcaa5Ahoh1a8xgxqTcSVCpJsxWqx7Y4AJb-Wl3fYIFEGVEawA7BWW~XJ30HjjQnYwr-fpYBXUlYq1kXM9Ac38eRfJ4eYecXr7azSAxNrsD~Zf3iwp9vIcKl2QnwRqp5dSLNLkw~O9aonclVwIOU~Ipk-TMkrb5eaDqeuVndtl7huPLT32BgdSKD9i1pnoE8zQLj3rcqL4RyhXy-YZSgvBXnWA7rA3lbJUN9bMkgsb2b3qDKHMChlrlcQQvbYClTJJheghdQF5O5XpG2zEbQxsFivY6ML-nR9~8Hu1wN5sWEx0NSEoOszVSREYFDF~SeHoSsQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Port Orchard’s Economic Development and Tourism Committee heard a planning briefing on visitor impacts from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Seattle and discussed branding, marketing and event ideas to attract day-trip and overnight visitors while remaining within FIFA’s trademark restrictions.

The committee’s contracted public-information officer, Josh Johnson of Love Kitsap, told the group the figures presented are estimates intended to help the city plan. “A lot of this—all of this—is projections, assumptions, estimations,” Johnson said, summarizing an early modelling exercise and third‑party data sources.

Why this matters: Seattle will host six matches at Lumen Field (to be renamed for the event), producing a concentrated surge of visitors in June–July 2026. Johnson presented an illustrative scenario that used historical lodging and market data and produced three headline estimates: roughly 750,000 additional visitors to Seattle during the event window; Kitsap County capturing about 7–10% of that visitorship (roughly 52,000–75,000 people in the presenters’ model); and Port Orchard potentially capturing about 6% of Kitsap’s share (on the order of 3,200–4,500 visitors under that projection). Johnson emphasized those are preliminary estimates and that actual numbers will depend on which national teams play in Seattle.

The committee discussed how to convert an influx of visitors into longer‑term tourism benefits. Johnson outlined three planning “pillars”: (1) destination and community brand identity (a brand guide with tagline, iconography and wayfinding), (2) a marketing strategy that mixes digital, social and traditional channels, and (3) events and temporary activations such as a Bay Street block party, pop‑up fan‑fest areas, a Port Orchard “passport” for visitor experiences, and temporary public art and wayfinding improvements.

Johnson also provided example spending assumptions used in the model: a roughly two‑to‑three night average stay for many overnight visitors, an illustrative lodging spend between $250 and $1,500 per night depending on product, and a conservative average total spend per overnight guest of about $1,200. Using those inputs the model produced placeholder totals for Port Orchard visitor spending during the June–July window—day‑tripper spending in the low hundreds of thousands of dollars and overnight‑visitor spend measured in the low millions—but Johnson repeatedly framed those as “best AI guesses” and subject to change.

Transportation and coordination were named as key dependencies. Committee members and guests raised the role of additional ferry sailings and the need to monitor state funding decisions for passenger ferry service; Washington State Department of Transportation and the state legislature were identified as external decision points for added service. Committee members said early coordination with Kitsap Transit, the Port of Bremerton and Visit Seattle will be essential.

Legal and brand limits were a recurring theme. Johnson warned that FIFA tightly protects trademarks and licensing: “FIFA World Cup is trademarked. We’re not gonna be able to put those things in social media posts and things like that,” he said, and clarified the distinction between factual statements and promotional uses: “We can say FIFA World Cup will be in Seattle June, July 2026. You see the difference? We cannot say, ‘Come celebrate FIFA World Cup in Port Orchard.’” The committee was told a Seattle Sports Commission watch‑party playbook, a VISIT Seattle branding playbook and a state small‑business mega‑event playbook will be released in the coming months and will contain the specific co‑branding and licensing rules.

Committee directions and next steps included: Johnson will produce a draft brand guide and a longer planning document to share with the committee and local stakeholders; the city and local merchant representatives agreed to update the waterfront walking map and add a QR code so the map can be kept current; staff will investigate costs for a meaningful Port Orchard presence in ferry and airport channels; and the committee discussed forming a broader coalition of downtown merchants, chambers and event partners to coordinate programming and budgets.

Members flagged the calendar: the identity of teams playing in Seattle will be finalized at the tournament draw (expected in December), which committee members said will be the point at which country‑specific outreach and targeted marketing should ramp up.

The committee repeatedly emphasized that the projections and ideas presented are planning inputs, not decisions. No formal votes or budget commitments were taken at the meeting.

What comes next: Johnson will circulate a draft brand guide and a longer marketing and events plan for committee review; the city expects additional technical guidance and licensing rules from Seattle and state partners in the fall and December, when teams are assigned to host cities.","The Economic Development and Tourism Committee heard a planning briefing on expected visitor impacts from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Seattle, preliminary spending and visitor estimates, marketing and event ideas for downtown Port Orchard, and legal limits on using FIFA trademarks for promotional campaigns.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6166367,"Port Orchard schedules after‑hours work at marina pump station after contractor activity caused odor",44,4048000,4092000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5415673-f8f6d6e739c41b122e05aef2573a6b92&start=4048&end=4092","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5415673-f8f6d6e739c41b122e05aef2573a6b92/thumbnail_4048000.jpg","/articles/6166367/Port-Orchard/Kitsap-County/Washington/Port-Orchard-schedules-afterhours-work-at-marina-pump-station-after-contractor-activity-caused-odor","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6166367-d8e1fd0f47d90ede9904858147672292/orig.mp4?Expires=1771089966&Signature=jaCBMxInJPApN2f5ko8UUytD7BQt0aHbXu0s~Z-ukxxKVDeZ9njPPzSngz5AKP9iYlaPruIu0XCJFvZlUtABybICn0dlF7AzPn0Z2KFBFCnzPhfm~E6GkAJEe09XAnthIqXI~CfjqUMkLsSbLUxP7C2~iBglo6ml7GP9YbcXPq3clK-9h71UM5-VQLsivyKhDGFXBeRDZ-UxV5GYltEQ4MZKDO4zs0J3cy0aGLRsIY7W0UEiW~7EwyFKNICNOjrcvmLLS~cHIiK7K0g1tWJ0cXyTuj3V6oxYDvZ1PnefHJ0kPz5JHwCzcQX15ZwRFEcWhVFa5tj77qw3u9-7UW~a6Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City staff told the Economic Development and Tourism Committee that work on the Marina pump station produced a strong odor when bypass pumps were being disassembled and that the contractor paused daytime activity and will perform the work after hours to reduce public nuisance.

A staff member reported the incident during the committee’s final agenda item and said crews had been disassembling bypass pumps; staff stopped the daytime operation and arranged to do the work in the evening. The staff member said the issue was not a sewer spill. “They're going to do that work after hours tonight. It'll be one evening, but it'will smell,” the staff member said.

Staff told the committee they had notified city leadership and would issue a social‑media notice to alert nearby residents and businesses about the evening work; Josh Johnson was identified as the staff person who would post the advisory. No public‑health incident or regulatory enforcement was reported at the meeting.

The committee did not take formal action; staff said they would continue to monitor the contractor work and would notify the public about timing and duration of the after‑hours activity.","City staff said a contractor disassembled bypass pumps at the Marina pump station and the operation produced a strong odor; the contractor paused daytime work and will perform the task after hours to avoid public exposure; the city will notify residents via social media.","actionData","errors"]

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Port Orchard schedules after‑hours work at marina pump station after contractor activity caused odor