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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes1993-123 . . . Sponsored by: Tones CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 93-123 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, PROVIDING POLICY DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER REGARDING EXPANSION OF THE AREA LEASED BY SEWARD SHIP'S DRYDOCK, INC. AT THE SEWARD MARINE INDUSTRIAL CENTER WHEREAS, James T. Pruitt, dba Seward Ship's Drydock, Inc. (SSD), has made a request to lease additional land adjoining its current leased land; and WHEREAS, SSD was required to compensate the city for property occupancy and use outside its lease boundaries prior to beginning further negotiations; and WHEREAS, SSD has compensated the city for land outside the lease boundaries occupied between February 1, 1990 and August 1, 1993; and WHEREAS, the recent arbitration between the City of Seward and SSD established that the City has no obligations to SSD prior to the effective end of its lease on January 4, 1995; and WHEREAS, the arbitration further established a land lease rate per square foot and determined that SSD must complete construction of a 300 foot building prior to January 4, 1995; and WHEREAS, the administration is requesting policy direction regarding further lease negotiations with SSD for additional land adjacent to the current leased land; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, that: Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into negotiations with SSD for expansion of its lease at the Seward Marine Industrial Center. Section 2. The City Council reaffirms the established policy that the shiplift is intended to be a multiple user facility. Section 3. SSD shall be offered property to the north, south and east of its current leased land at the rate of $0.16 per square foot. Section 4. None of the actions authorized in this resolution modify in any way the results of the arbitration. . . . CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA RESOLUTION NO. 93-123 Section 5. The set of lease amendments envisioned by this resolution is contingent on a finding that the amendments are critical to the continuation of SSD at SMIC. SSD shall make available to an impartial third party designated by the city information sufficient to enable that third party to determine the economic feasibility of SSD building the 300' building with the firewall required by state fire code on the existing lease. The impartial third party shall also identify SSD's financing capability. Section 6. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the city of Seward, Alaska, this 13th day of September, 1993. THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA ~S11),;(- \ )SJ . C I\("~ Dave W. Crane, Mayor AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Bencardino, Crane, Darling, Krasnansky, Sieminski, Swartz, White None None None A TIEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Wohlforth, Argetsinger, Johnson & Brecht, Attorneys for the city of Seward, Alaska ~~f~, City Atto ey (City Seal)