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#22-34 - Authorizing a Lease with Harris Sand & Gravel for 4380 McKinley Street, Parcel B, ATS 10
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SUBMITTED BY: Nicole LeRoy, Planner
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Approve Resolution #22-34 authorizing a lease with Harris Sand & Gravel for 4380 McKinley Street, Parcel B, ATS 10 owned by the City of Valdez with conditions.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Planning Department staff received a lease application from Bill Harris of Harris Sand & Gravel for use of 4380 McKinley Street, Parcel B ATS 10 (plat 98-35) for a barge loading and unloading facility. Harris Sand & Gravel has installed a dock, and stores a barge at this location.
Harris Sand & Gravel has leased this property for over twenty years. The first agreement spanned from June 1, 1998-May 31, 2003 with two five-year options to renew. The agreement was in holdover subject to month to month tenancy for several years until 2016 when Harris Sand & Gravel received approval from City Council for an additional four-year lease at this location. This lease was never executed, and was approved on the condition that any material moved through the location should be in association with construction of the new harbor only. Staff at the time had significant reservations about the safety of the long-term use of the location, and emphasized the temporary nature of the new harbor construction as justification of their recommendation of approval for the lease at the time. Since the 2016 lease agreement was never executed, Harris Sand & Gravel has continued to use the site under the 1998 lease on a month to month tenancy.
Harris Sand & Gravel is now pursuing a new lease agreement for a barge loading and unloading facility (see attached lease application narrative.) The approval of this lease would allow Harris Sand & Gravel to use the site as a barge loading and unloading facility, and allow them to move commercial fr...
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