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Boat sinks in Sinclair Inlet while owner is in county jail By KEVAN MOORE kmoore@soundpublishing.com
Dennis Box/Staff Photo
Another boater passes a derelict and sinking cabin cruiser in Sinclair Inlet Tuesday.
Gorst environmental planning, annexation topics of upcoming public meetings By KEVAN MOORE kmoore@soundpublishing.com
Citizens will get their first real chance to weigh in on long-range environmental planning for Gorst and the possible annexation of the area by the city of Bremerton at a public workshop Monday, Oct. 29. Andrea Spencer, the city’s director of community development, said that the workshop and subsequent public planning efforts will determine “what the future of Gorst is going to look like.” The Gorst Creek Watershed and Gorst UGA together comprise the planning boundaries, and encompass over 6,000 acres. Several jurisdictional boundaries cross into the watershed: about 3,600 acres encompass Bremerton city limits, most of which is zoned as utility lands, about
335 acres are in the Gorst UGA, nearly 180 acres are in the McCormick Woods area of the city of Port Orchard and the balance of about 1,940 acres are rural, unincorporated lands. The open house and workshop will afford a chance to talk about the Gorst Creek Watershed Plan, Gorst Urban Growth Area Subarea Plan, and Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement under development by the city of Bremerton, together with Kitsap County and other state, federal, and tribal agencies. Those who attend the upcoming meeting can review available information, participate in a visioning exercise, ask questions and provide comments on the future of the watershed and UGA. See ANNEXATION, A15
A 1964 32-foot Owens cabin cruiser sank off the shore of Port Orchard over the weekend and officials were hoping to haul it out of the water sometime Wednesday or Thursday. Port Orchard Police Department Commander Geoffrey Marti said Tuesday that the boat’s owner, Steven Holt, is currently incarcerated at the Kitsap County Jail. Marti also said that city officials have had problems with the boat in the past. “I’d like to have the boat destroyed, but the owner is not cooperating in waiving his right
to the boat so we’re gonna have to go through a process to seize the boat,” Marti said. Port Orchard police and the Department of Natural Resources were working together to find a contractor to pull the boat out of Sinclair Inlet. “It’s one of those things where there’s a lot of paperwork involved, but we’re working as fast as we can to get the boat out of the water because it is a priority,” Marti said. Marti said that there is a sort of silver lining in this case in knowing where the registered owner is, even if he is in county lock-up. “We do have access to the owner,” Marti said. “A lot of times the
boats are abandoned. For financial reasons they just abandoned them and rely on local governments to deal with the aftermath and it’s a problem.” Marti also said that Port Orchard police will be diligent. “Fortunately we don’t have a lot of these because we try and stay on top of boats illegally anchoring in the city,” he said. “There are some laws to enforce that type of thing but we do run into issues if its’ a vessel that’s owned by somebody that’s Native American. “The main thing here is the boat is sunk and it’s a priority for us and DNR to take action and we do have the authority to do that under (state laws dealing with) derelict vessels.”
Silverdale cityhood set for the ballot By Dennis Box
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Residents of Silverdale will decide next February whether to set up a city. An incorporation measure is planned for the Feb. 12 special election, according Marcus Hoffman, a spokesman for Citizens United for Silverdale. Hoffman said during a phone interview Wednesday the issue was held up by urban growth boundary
changes caused by remand from the state Growth Management Hearing Board, but it is now headed for the ballot. According to documents from Citizens Untied, if the incorporation is approved by voters, the county will call for an election for city officials. Hoffman said the plan is for a council-manager form of government, with seven council members. A city manager would be hired by the council to run the executive
Clearing a trail
Dennis Box/staff photos
Char Cerda, right, and her daughter, Jaedyn Cerda, a fourth-grade student at Woodlands Elementary, participated in a Clear Creek trail planting party. Danielle Acedo, a ninth-grade student at Fairview Junior High pulls out some roots, before planting. The volunteers are planting hundreds of plants each Sunday during the fall.
branch. Finding the right city manager would be the first critical task for the newly formed city, Hoffman said. Public safety would be a top issue to work out if the measure passes. If a city is formed, residents could vote to annex into the Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue district and the county library district. Hoffman said he supports annexation into both junior taxing disSee INCORPORATION, A3