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Approval of Recommendation to City Council to Establish a 60 Foot Wide Public Access Easement Off the West and Northern Boundary of privately owned Parcel A-1 of Tract A, ASLS 79-116.
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SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nylund Senior Planner/GIS Technician
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Expenditure Required: N/A
Unencumbered Balance: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
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In order to approve a recommendation to City Council to dedicate this easement, the Planning & Zoning Commission should determine whether or not dedicating public land for this purpose is in the public interest. If the Commission decides that this public access easement is in the public interest, they should approve a recommendation to Council to approve the dedication of this access easement. Otherwise, no such approval is advised.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The City of Valdez Planning Department received an application for an access easement from Brandon Reese (applicant).
The requested easement would be 60 feet wide and runs along the West and Northern Boundary of privately owned Parcel A-1 of Tract A, ASLS 79-116, on City of Valdez owned Tract A of ASLS 79-116, Within T8S R5W Sections 29 and 32 C.R.M. as shown in Exhibit 1. This easement will serve to extend legal access from the section line easement which currently provides legal access to the parcels, to the northern end of parcel A-1, which will allow it to be subdivided. (See attached photos)
The applicant has included a narrative description of why he is requesting this easement, and specifically why the City of Valdez should dedicate public land for this purpose (attached). He is working in coordination with Rydor Enterprises, who is the only property owner in the area, other than the City of Valdez and the State of Alaska. The City of Valdez sold Rydor Enterprises 100 acres of City-owned land in 2007, and another 100 acres in 2019, for the purposes of developing a mountain recreation based development.
The dedication of this a...
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