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Approval of Preliminary Plat of Alaska State Land Survey No. 2021-07. A Municipal Entitlement Selection - ADL 58905.
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SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nylund, Senior Planner/GIS Technician
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Approve Preliminary Plat for Alaska State Land Survey No. 2021-07, ADL 58905.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The purpose of the Municipal Entitlement Act is to provide lands that would: create or expand a tax base, generate revenue through land sales and leases, and/or provide a land base that could be reserved for public areas or facilities as well as provide a land base for community expansion. Alaska Statutes Sec 29.65.070. The land that is the subject of this survey was selected by the City of Valdez along with many other parcels that have become of significant importance to the city. These include the hospital and senior center, the Goldfields, Dock Point, and Cottonwood and Corbin Creek subdivisions.
On February 8th, 2022, the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources issued Survey Instructions to transfer state land ADL 58905, ASLS 2021-07 to the City of Valdez. A survey of municipal entitlement land must be prepared by the City and accepted by the State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in order to complete the conveyance procedures. Currently, Valdez has interim management authority for these lands, but cannot subdivide, sell, or develop them until formal conveyance occurs.
In July 2022, Professional and Technical Services Inc. was awarded contract #1942 and given notice to proceed to survey ASLS 2021-07. The scope of the work included survey, monumentation and platting of ASLS 2021-07 / ADL 58905, the Municipal Entitlement tracts of approximately 160 acres of land, less navigable waters of Mineral Creek, approved for conveyance to the City of Valdez.
This preliminary plat was reviewed by the State of Alaska DNR Surveying Department, and...
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