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Continued from page A16 attract people,” Wold said. “A lot of people don’t know [Wilderness Park] is there and it’s still a problem.” The petitioners also alleged the City of Poulsbo failed to appropriately consider private property rights when enacting the trails plan, made changes to the trails plan without public notification, and failed to give special consideration to conservation or protection measures necessary to preserve or enhance fish and wildlife as required by state law. The Urban Paths of Poulsbo Plan is a network of pedestrian ways that connects to a regional network of trails. That regional network, in turn, connects to a network of trails that stretches across the state. The West Poulsbo portion is within the city’s Urban Growth Area, so development of a trail there would require annexation as well as permission from property owners. But petitioners said the city was arbitrary in how it came up with trail sites — a proposed trail on Bjorgen Creek was removed, yet a proposed trail along Johnson Creek, a salmonbearing stream and citydesignated wildlife corridor, remains on the plan. City officials said they hope a Johnson Creek-area trail would someday connect to the Clear Creek trail, which winds south to Dyes Inlet. “I am quite concerned about the terrible and unnecessary impact to fish, wildlife and the environment if Poulsbo follows through with the trails the city is proposing next to creeks and on the water's edge around all of Liberty Bay,” Wold said before the Jan. 28 hearing. “I think trails are a great idea and I have decades of experience planning, working on and using thousands of miles of trails in the Forest Service. Trails need to be sited in an intelligent fashion and many of these proposed Poulsbo trails aren’t.” Mayor Becky Erickson said later that the city was responsive to petitioners’ concerns for the creek, and broadened the buffer between trail and creek to 300 feet. The petitioners also questioned the legality of Poulsbo City Councilwoman Linda Berr y-Maraist’s advocacy for the Johnson Creek-area trail; the trail
“Trails need to be sited in an intelligent fashion and many of these aren’t.” — Jan Wold, critic of the Urban Paths of Poulsbo
would go through a portion of property she owns and wants to develop, and she is also president of the North Kitsap Trails Association. The trails association has long worked to develop a network of land and water trails in North Kitsap. “There is no evidence of any wrongdoing on her part,” City Attorney James Haney said at the hearing. In an email Tuesday, Erickson said she was “relieved and pleased” by the board’s decision and that the board “understood the intent of the trail plan and public outreach process.” She wrote, “The Urban Paths of Poulsbo is a great plan that was crafted over a three-year period with hours of citizens’ guidance and influence. One of the things that makes a city a great place to live is the ability of its citizens to enjoy open spaces and public recreation. The trail plan was designed for this purpose: so the citizens of Poulsbo could enjoy their community while not harming the private property rights of their neighbors. It is a great plan.” Wold said she didn’t know if she and her co-petitioners would appeal the board’s decision; they have 10 days from the date the order was mailed to do so. But she’s convinced that trails will not be good to salmon habitat and the shoreline. “It really is harmful to the bay, to the waterfowl and the public,” she said. “We tried to get [the city] to negotiate, but the city wasn’t willing to change anything.”
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