Public Notice and Best Interest Decision to Issue Alaska Power & Telephone – High Mountain Electrical Cable MHT #9100898 (Term Easement) & 9100921 (Perpetual Easement)

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the provisions of AS 38.05.801 and 11 AAC 99, the Executive Director of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office (TLO) has determined that it is in the best interest of the Alaska Mental Health Trust and its beneficiaries to complete Easement Agreements upon certain Trust land to the Alaska Power & Telephone. The basis for this determination is explained in a written best interest decision prepared by the Executive Director pursuant to 11 AAC 99.040.

The Trust land affected by the decision is near to Ketchikan on Gravina Island, and is more particularly described as:  A strip of land 20 feet wide and 7,582 feet long within Sections 7 & 18, Township 75 South, Range 90 East, Copper River Meridian, totaling 3.5 acres more or less; located on Trust Parcel CRM-3129-03.

Persons who believe that the written decision should be altered because it is not in the best interests of the Trust or its beneficiaries, or because the decision is inconsistent with Trust management principles set out in 11 AAC 99.020, or any other provision of 11 AAC 99, must provide written comments on or before 4:30 PM, December 26, 2019. Comments should be submitted to the TLO at 2600 Cordova Street, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK  99503, or by fax (907) 269-8905 or email mhtlo@alaska.gov. Following the comment deadline, the Executive Director will consider timely comments that question the decision on the basis of the best interest of the Alaska Mental Health Trust and its beneficiaries or inconsistency with 11 AAC 99, and the best interest decision may be changed in response to such written comments or other information. Commenting parties will be provided a copy of the final best interest decision after the end of the notice period.

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PN and BID to Issue Alaska Power & Telephone – High Mountain Electrical Cable MHT #9100898 (Term Easement) & 9100921 (Perpetual Easement)