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Approval of Preliminary Plat, Second Submittal, of Robe Lake Municipal Entitlement Survey ADL-225451. Terry Gilmore Surveyor.
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SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nylund - Senior Planner/GIS Technician
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: $40,000
Unencumbered Balance: $0
Funding Source: 350-8000-55000.583
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Approve Second Submittal of the Preliminary Plat of Robe Lake Municipal Entitlement Survey ADL-225451.
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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.
In July 2004, the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources issued the Survey Instructions to transfer state land ADL 225451, Robe Lake, ASLS 2004-6 to the City of Valdez (see attached map). 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 2006, Terri Gilmore of Gilmore and Associates was awarded contract #762 and given the notice to proceed to survey ADL 225451. The scope of the work included survey and monumentation for the property boundaries of Tract A-1 and Tract A-2. In addition to the challenges of an extreme terrain over a large amount of land, the survey was delayed due to the placement of monumentation in areas of extreme slope.
In June 2016 Gilmore and Associates sent the preliminary plat to City Staff for review. This preliminary plat was reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission on June 22nd, 2017 and was unanimously approved. The State of Alaska DNR Surveying Department reviewed t...
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