ITEM TITLE:
Approval of Final Plat of Alaska State Land Survey No. 2021-07. A Municipal Entitlement Selection - ADL 58905.
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nylund - Senior Planner / GIS Technician
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: N/A
Unencumbered Balance: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve final plat for Alaska State Land Survey No. 2021-07, ADL 58905.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
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 this 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.
The preliminary plat for this survey was reviewed by the State of Alaska DNR Surveying Department and then approved by the City of Valdez Planning and Zoning Commission at their public meeting on May 9th, 2024. All requested changes to the preliminary plat have been made by the surveyor on this project and are reflected on this final version of the plat. AK DNR awaits the approval from the Valdez platting authority before issuing their final approval.
Community Development staff recommends that the Planning and Zoning Commission approve the final plat of ASLS 2021-07, and authorize the DNR to accept this version and move towards conveyance of this land to the City of Valdez.