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Port Orchard committee backs negotiating park-credit deal with McCormick Communities, drops push to force public trail easement
Summary
City staff and the land use committee agreed to negotiate a development‑agreement amendment allowing McCormick Communities credit for prior park dedications in exchange for targeted park improvements (tree canopy, a small pocket park) but committee members said securing a public easement for HOA trails is a 'nonstarter.'
The Port Orchard Land Use Committee agreed Nov. 19 to allow city staff to begin negotiating an amendment that could let McCormick Communities count past park and trail dedications against future active‑recreation requirements, provided the developer commits to additional on‑site improvements.
Nick Bond, the city’s community development director, told the committee that McCormick’s entitlements date back roughly 30 years and that the current agreement does not permit the developer to receive credit for ‘‘previous dedications and the things that they’ve agreed to do that still have not been completed.’’ Bond said the developer has already set aside large park areas—McCormick Village Park…
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