Port Orchard, Washington

8 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 10 have a lot of,” Bond explains. “Our goal has been to shift the focus to establishing a long-term tree canopy. We are really focused on making sure that we have great landscaping plans and tree canopy plans to ensure that 10 or 20 years after housing developments go in we have a very thick tree canopy established in the city.” Port Orchard has also instituted a ‘transfer of development rights’ program, which allows developers to earn height bonuses in certain areas of the city in exchange for acquiring rural areas outside of the city for conservation easements. “That’s one way we are trying to protect our rural areas from urban sprawl and outward development and really trying to ensure that the growth happens inside of our city,” Bond explains. Port Orchard has also mandated EV chargers in new developments and has been investing in shoreline restoration as a way to enhance natural habitat. The city itself is taking on its own environmental responsibility through plans to replace City Hall’s gas-fired boilers with an electric heating system powered by a solar canopy that will be erected over the police parking lot. “We’ll be able to produce 70 percent of our peak-demand electricity needs through that solar canopy,” Putaansuu says. “On a typically sunny day, we’re going to be able to produce all of our electricity needs.” As development continues and Port Orchard continues its growth into the future, Putaansuu plans to continue making the city’s growth work for its citizens. “To make this growth ours, we need to make the community the way our residents and our leaders want it to be,” he states. “Developers will build things as inexpensively as you let them, so we need to make sure that the development that we are getting is quality and meets the needs and standards of our community. It’s important to me that we have jobs, growth and a vibrant community.” PORT ORCHARD , WASHINGTON Invested Here Kitsap Bank is a multi-generational family and women-owned community bank born in Port Orchard over 100 years ago at the corner of Bay and Sidney Streets. We are proud to say that Port Orchard is our home, and we are here for our neighbors — both now and in the future. 619 Bay Street, Port Orchard, WA 98366 | 360.876.7800 3324 Bethel Rd SE, Port Orchard, WA 98366 | 360.874.1063 1700 Village Ln SE, Port Orchard, WA 98366 | 360.876.7822 Serving Generations of Families Since 1908 Engineering, Planning & Land Surveying N.L. Olson & Associates, Inc. is an established multi-disciplinary engineering, planning and land surveying firm offering comprehensive civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering along with a complete range of land surveying services. 2453 Bethel Avenue Port Orchard, WA   98366 360-876-2284 www.nlolson .com N.L.Olson&Assocprovidedprofessionalcivil,geotechnicaland surveying services for thenewSt.MichaelHospital recentlyconstructed inSilverdale.