Action: Adopt the Best Interest Decision dated May 29, 2025, regarding the above referenced
disposal as final, without modification. This decision document, combined with the Best Interest Decision dated May 29, 2025, constitutes the final decision on this matter, in accordance with 11 AAC 99.040.
Notice under 11 AAC 99.050. The Trust Land Office published the public notice of the decision to
dispose of Trust parcels through the Trust Land Office Statewide Land Sale Program in the Juneau
Empire, Ketchikan Daily News, Kenai Peninsula Clarion, and the Island Post, on the State of
Alaska’s online public notice website, and distributed the notice to the Ketchikan Gateway Borough,
the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Cook Inlet Region, INC., and Sealaska Corporation, the Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority, and other interested public and private parties on June 18, 2025, and July
17, 2025.
Summary of Comments: No public or agency comments were received.
Trust Authority Consultation: The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority was consulted on this matter
on May 21, 2025.
Modifications: As no comments were received suggesting that the Best Interest Decision dated May
29, 2025, should be substantively modified in any way to better serve the interest of the Trust and
its beneficiaries, the Executive Director has determined that no change shall be made to that
document.
Final Decision of the Executive Director: Considering all of the above, the Executive Director of
the Trust Land Office hereby adopts the Best Interest Decision dated May 29, 2025, as final.
Reconsideration: Persons who submitted timely written comments during the notice period that ended
July 21, 2025, are eligible to request reconsideration of this final best interest decision under
11 AAC 99.060(b) within 20 calendar days after publication of the notice or receipt of the final
decision, whichever is earlier. A request for reconsideration must be submitted in writing to the
Executive Director. This request must be accompanied by the fee established by the Executive
Director under 11 AAC 99.130, which has been set at $500, to be eligible for reconsideration.
Before filing an appeal to the Superior Court under AS 44.62.560, a person must be eligible to
request and must actually request reconsideration within the time specified above.
The Executive Director shall order or deny reconsideration within 20 calendar days after receiving
the written request for reconsideration. If the Executive Director takes no action during the
20-day period following the request, the request is considered denied. Denial of a request for
reconsideration is the final administrative decision for purposes of appeal to the superior court
under AS 44.62.560.
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