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Boathouse move creates havoc Progress
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in settling port issue Port of Poulsbo’s liveaboard application will go to planning, hearing examiner
SPORTS 30-7 win for the North Kitsap Vikings
By RICHARD D. OXLEY
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KITH & KIN Newsmakers and In Uniform — Pages A14-15
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Port of Poulsbo employee Richard Stice, in skiff, works to keep John Zetty’s boathouse clear of other vessels after it struck the Neper while being towed out of the Poulsbo Marina, Oct. 20. The boathouse later broke free from its towlines, drifting in Liberty Bay until Poulsbo Police helped secure it. See photos by Kipp Robertson on North KitsapHerald.com.
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Bay. The port argues differently. “There’s some misconception about why he moved out on [Oct. 20], because it wasn’t a nice day to be moving the boathouse out of here,” Port Manager Brad Miller said three days later. “There’s some perception that the port gave him that deadline and forced him to move it on that day.” “We don’t have the power to force
POULSBO — Poulsbo’s Economic Development Committee took on the anticipated issue of allowing more liveaboards at the Port of Poulsbo Marina on Oct. 22, and handed the matter to the city planning department. The matter will ultimately be decided by the hearing examiner. “I’m very encouraged that we are talking about a pathway forward, both in terms of liveaboards and in terms of joint city projects,” Port Commissioner Jim Rutledge said. “The port will be delivering an application to the city rapidly.” The port commission was expecting a slightly different conversation at the meeting, Rutledge said. The meeting began rehashing past discussions about the environment and parking, but quickly turned to the planning department’s land use application process. “We were prepared to talk about more substantive issues than just the general process,”
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POULSBO — The boathouse that drifted through Liberty Bay Oct. 20 may have been the talk of local marinas that day, but the incident is the latest in a saga involving the Port of Poulsbo and its attempt to evict a tenant. John Zetty’s boat and boathouse were evicted from the port marina in 2012 for repeated late moorage pay-
ments. On Oct. 16, after nearly two years of legal battles over the matter, he moved his boat out of the marina. On Oct. 20, he moved the boathouse but, eventually, the boathouse was moving on its own. “We had to get out,” Zetty said. “The port was forcing us.” Zetty argues the port forced him to move the boathouse that day, when the winds were gusting at around 13 miles per hour in Liberty
Q&A: Candidates for Kitsap County assessor T Paul Andrews
Phil Cook
his is part of a series of Q&As with candidates for local office in the Nov. 4 general election. This Q&A: Paul Andrews and Phil Cook, candidates for Kitsap County assessor. The assessor is elected for a four-year term and
receives an annual salary of $112,216 and benefits. According to the assessor’s website: “The primary role of the Assessor’s Office is to establish an assessed valuation of all real and personal property for tax purposes. The assessor
is required by law to assess all taxable property at 100 percent of market value. These values are used to calculate and set levy rates for the various taxing districts in the county, and to equitably distribute tax responsibility among taxpayers.
mandates that property must be physically inspected at least once every six years, with annual review and update based on sales analysis.”
2014 ELECTION “The Assessor’s Office appraises property both by physical inspection and by market activity. Washington State Law
PAUL ANDREWS Residence: Port Orchard. Occupation: Data analyst. Education: Degree See ASSESSOR, Page A10
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