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#20-02 - Authorizing a Lease with Valdez Motor Sports Club, Inc. for a 10-Acre Portion of USS 439 (Pipeyard)
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SUBMITTED BY: Nicole LeRoy, Planning Technician
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Approve resolution #20-02 authorizing a lease with Valdez Motor Sports Club, Inc. for a 10-acre portion of USS 439 (Pipeyard) with the following conditions:
1. The new lease agreement contain a non-exclusive use clause allowing for similar compatible uses in the lease area and unrestricted access to other recreational users of the area.
2. The agreement states that the City has the right to use any portion of this 10-acre portion of USS 439 for Port Operations, or other uses as necessary.
3. The lease agreement prohibits the Motor Sports Club from enclosing or blocking off the area, moving any earth so as to create ramps, etc., or constructing or placing any structures on their lease site without written permission from the City.
4. The lease can be terminated within 30-days written notice to the lessee, with or without cause.
5. Access to Port storage buildings and facilities remain unrestricted and the area unenclosed.
6. Per VMC 17.08.170, no subleasing or assignment of the lease shall be permitted.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
On December 10, 2019, the Planning Department received an application from the Valdez Motor Sports Club to lease a 10-acre portion of the Pipeyard at USS 439, Valdez Townsite for staging of motor sports activities.
The Valdez Motor Sports Club has leased a 10-acre portion of USS 439 for winter motor sports activities since an agreement was approved and executed in 2000. This original agreement was amended four times to extend the term through July 14, 2018 when the agreement expired. The Valdez Motor Sports Club has now applied to again lease this portion of USS 439 for five years, with two five-year extensions. The Valdez...
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