LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Assembly To Take Up Sale of Utility Dock
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
At its regular meeting next week the Assembly will once again take up the thorny issues surrounding the proposed sale of the old pulp mill utility dock at Gary Paxton Industrial Park to Hanson Maritime LLC.
The Assembly also will consider revising the ordinance related to the administration of the industrial park, to clarify management responsibility and liability at the park.
The meeting starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Harrigan Centennial Hall.
Attorneys have been working since late February to hammer out an agreement with Hanson Maritime. The local company wants to develop several maritime-related businesses at the industrial park, using the old Alaska Pulp Corp. dock and tidelands.
The dock is 200 feet long and 85 feet wide, supported by five rows of pilings. The city said the dock has had little maintenance or use in the 19 years that the city has owned the property. “The overall condition of the dock seems poor,” said a memo from GPIP director Garry White to Interim Administrator Hugh Bevan. The city building official has declared it condemned and unsafe for any use.
Hanson Maritime is offering no cash for the dock, “but is offering to remove the Utility Dock and tidelands from the CBS Inventory due to the associated liability to the CBS,” White said.
The company is offering to cover the $90,000 cost of demolishing the dock, the company said, “to be reconciled through disposal of tidelands valued at $67,280.00 to Hanson Maritime. The difference of $22,720.00 will remain un-disbursed to Hanson Maritime but will instead be credited as paid to the City and Borough of Sitka by Hanson Maritime. The difference of $22,720.00 shall be considered our bid for the property.”
GPIP and Other Business
The Assembly will take up an ordinance to specify that duties not specified as those of the GPIP board or director are the responsibility of the city administrator or designee.
“This modification formalizes past practices necessitated by insufficient funding and staffing for the Gary Paxton Industrial Park,” says the ordinance, which will be up for first reading Tuesday.
The Assembly will take up a number of proposed appointments to the Parks and Recreation Board, the Investment Committee, Tree and Landscape and Police and Fire Commission.
Also on the agenda are discussion of a closed captioning system on the real time video of Assembly meetings, rescheduling the December 24 Assembly meeting to another day, promoting Amy Ainslie to the position of planning director, and addressing action plans related to the city’s lobbying efforts.
Marine Service Center
The city has been considering options for selling or keeping the Marine Service Center on Katlian Street. The main issue is the deteriorated condition of the seawall fronting the building. The cost of refurbishing and stabilizing the sea wall has been estimated at $2.8 million.
Bevan has suggested a work session to decide whether to keep or sell the facility and whether to include the failing wall in the sale.
“After considering the action plan and reading previous engineering reports on the condition of the sea wall, I have concerns that the plan is not a viable solution,” Bevan told the Assembly in his memo. “$2.8 million is insufficient to make significant improvements to the seawall. This opinion is shared by other engineers on your staff and by our marine engineering consultant.”
The $2.8 million budget would drain the reserves in the fund, and would use a significant portion of the remaining reserves in the Economic Development Fund, he added.
If the city decides to keep the center, the Assembly needs a plan that would provide “significantly more” than $2.8 million.
Executive Sessions
Two items may be discussed in executive session. One is the proposed assignment agreement for Alaska Public Entity Insurance, and the issue of debt collection for Baranof Island Brewing Company. The company, which closed its doors last month, owes money to the city after borrowing under the Southeast Alaska Economic Development Fund.
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Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.