2024/02/28 Council Agenda Packet

From:Deckhand Todd To:DL-Council Subject:[EXTERNAL] Re: Port of Everett concern Date:Wednesday, February 28, 2024 4:13:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Oh and one more thing I deeply apologize but even though my boat is in their dry storage area I still keep getting a bill in the mail for late charges that keep racking up causing the entire bill to be more than it has to be. I can't afford this bill unless I do it in small payments every month which I did present that to the Port but again refused. On Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 4:10 PM Deckhand Todd <toddherman63@gmail.com> wrote: Good afternoon Council Members my name is Todd Herman and I'm emailing you folks a big concern I have regarding the Port of Everett and how they been handling my situation regarding my previous vessel and my current one. I'll do my best to make this short but I wanted to address as much detail as I can without taking up too much time. I'm going to begin with my previous vessel which was a sailboat that I had and one weekend my two daughters and I made plans for a Saturday to sail from Shilshol Bay Marina motor on over to Kingston so we could have lunch at their favorite pizza place then sail up and around Hat Islandd and back to Shilshol. We didn't quite make it to Hat Island because the engine had failed and the wind was blowing in a direction that would have put us in the Mukilteo Ferry lane so I radioed the CG for help and they came and tied us up to them but CG policy states that if my vessel is not within the vicinity of its home Port policy states they have to tow you to the nearest port and the Port of Everett was the nearest port. They towed us in and tied us up at,at the time I wasn't aware it was the Ports guest dock. Several days had passed till I finally found out why my engine failed due to overheating. My raw water intake system was clogged but by the time I found this out there were two envelopes attached to my boat telling me I owe the Port for guest moorage fees. I had explained to the Port that my vessel broke down and the Coast Guard tied me up here I didn't come here as a guest I was towed here per CG policy. So since I was unable to pay the now past due fee they chained my boat up and said if you leave Port we'll unchained your boat. I told them I haven't fixed the problem yet and next thing I k ow I'm being issued a no trespassing order from the Port. So they threatened to call Everett PD if I didn't leave so without the repairs done I left and broke down again and once again the CG had to tow me in but this time they boarded my vessel and inspected it and they ordered what's called a COTP (Captain of the Port) order meaning my vessel cannot leave this Port until the necessary repairs and the other discrepancies were corrected. The following day I was approached by Port security telling me I'm trespassing and they will notify Everett PD if im not gone in 10 minutes. I told them I'm under Port order and can't leave and they said that's doesn't matter your trespassing and this no trespass order trumps that Port order. The CG told me if my boat leaves this Port without the corrections made I am now a safety hazard not only to myself but the environment and other boaters and can be arrested and my vessel impounded yet the Port of Everett is telling me if I don't leave in ten minutes I'll be arrested so either way no matter which choice I made I risk going to jail. So now I'm caught in the middle of a huge dispute between the Ports trespass order and the CGs Port order and who has authority over who. So I wound up leaving Port because they were already on the phone with Everett PD letting them know im trespassing so I took a huge chance and left Port. I got down just a tad passed the Port of Edmonds before my motor couldn't take it any longer so I anchored it 50 yards