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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION 2010 -02
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL AND KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH
APPROVAL OF THE TWO LAKES PARK PRELIMINARY REPLAT
WHICH ESTABLISHES THE OUTER BOUNDARIES OF THE TWO LAKES
PARK, INCLUDES THE VACATION OF ALL INTERIOR UNDEVELOPED
RIGHTS -OF -WAY, EASEMENTS AND INTERIOR PLATTED LOT LINES;
AND DEDICATES ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS AND EXTENDS THE
VISTA AVENUE RIGHT -OF -WAY NORTH PROVIDING LEGAL ACCESS
TO USS 1931, LOCATED PREDOMINATELY WITHIN THE PARK
ZONING DISTRICT
WHEREAS, administration hired Cline and Associates Land Surveyors to prepare a
preliminary plat of the City owned lands, establishing the perimeter boundary of the historical area
commonly known as Two Lakes Park; and
WHEREAS, Cline and Associates has submitted the preliminary plat to be known as Federal
Addition — Two Lakes Park Replat; and
WHEREAS, this platting action will vacate all interior lot lines, undeveloped Rights -of-
Way, and undeveloped utility easements creating three (3) parcels totaling 28.392 acres; and
WHEREAS, the parcel known as Two Lakes Park contains 25.014 acres having a legal
description of Block 15B; the parcel known as Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC),
located at the Southeast edge of Two Lakes Park having a legal description of Block 6B contains
3.058 acres; and the third parcel included in this platting action is privately owned having a legal
description of Lot 1A, Block 16 Federal Addition contains 8,295 square feet; and
WHEREAS, this platting action will provide access to adjoining parcel USS 1931 by the
dedication of a 60 foot Right -of Way extension of Vista Avenue as requested by the private owners
of USS 1931; and
WHEREAS, the State has agreed to convey title o the western portion of the First Avenue
Right -of -Way, which contains the main entrance into Two Lakes Park, back to the City; and
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WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission held several public work sessions during
which the Public and the Commission expressed strong requests that the Two Lakes Park be held in
perpetuity as a Park; and
WHEREAS, Harriman Lake (later known as First Lake) was proposed as a Park by Mrs.
Hazel. Ray of the Seward Women's Club in 1937 and with the financial support and dedication of
the City Council and the American Legion the area was developed into the beginnings of what has
become known as Two Lakes Park; and
WHEREAS, local historian and author, Mary J Barry, noted on page 42 in Volume I of her
book Seward Alaska A History of the Gateway City, that the original homestead of D. C. Brownell
Sr., which included the First Lake area, was purchased by the City of Seward for a subdivision and a
park in 1950; and
WHEREAS, Two Lakes Park was recommended to the Seward Register of Historic Places
by the Historic Preservation Commission Resolution 99 -04 and accepted to the Register by Seward
City Council Resolution 1999 -055; and
WHEREAS, the areas included within this replat are currently zoned Park (P), Single Family
(R1), Urban Residential (UR), Resource Management (RM) and Institutional (INS); this replat does
not create any non - conforming structures or lots within any of the current zoning districts; and
WHEREAS, no subdivision installation agreement is necessary because all parcels are
currently serviced by municipal roads, water, sewer, electric and other utilities; and
WHEREAS, either by the proposed platting action or by separate written agreements the
current and proposed utilities and accesses have been provided for and/or protected, and
WHEREAS, the Emergency Access Escape Route used during the 1964 Earthquake is
shown on the plat and shall be protected by a Reciprocal Access Permit and Easement Agreement
between the owners of USS 1931 and the City which shall be recorded as a separate document prior
to recording of the final plat; and
WHEREAS, the Reciprocal Access Permit and Parking Agreement between the State
(AVTEC) owners of Lot 6B and the City shall be signed and recorded before the final plat is
recorded; and
WHEREAS, it is the Planning and Zoning Commission's responsibility to act in an advisory
capacity to the Seward City Council and the Kenai Peninsula Borough regarding subdivision plat
proposals; and
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WHEREAS, as required by Seward City Code §16.01.015, Conditions to plat approval,
property owners within 300 feet of the requested replat were notified of the proposed subdivision,
and the property was posted with a public notice sign.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Seward Planning and Zoning
Commission that:
Section 1. The Commission recommends that, in accordance with Seward City Code Section
16.01.015 (B), the City Council approve the submittal of the Two Lakes Park Replat to the Kenai
Peninsula Borough for approval subject to the following conditions:
1. The Reciprocal Access Permit and Easement Agreement between the owners of
USS 1931 and the City shall be signed and recorded before the final plat is recorded.
2. The Reciprocal Access Permit and Parking Agreement between the State
(AVTEC) owners of Lot 6B and the City shall be signed and recorded before the final plat is
recorded.
3. The title transfer for the western half of the vacated First Avenue Right -of -Way
shall be signed before the final plat is recorded.
4. Change note of access to the unsubdivided remainder of USS 703 to read:
"existing access via Lowell Canyon Road" (not Jefferson).
5. Add a note stating public access to Block 15B is provided by the public Rights -of-
Way of Second Avenue, Hulm Lane and Vista Avenue.
6. Request the surveyor remove the documentation of the existing historical
evacuation trail depicted on Lot 1, Callahan Replat.
Section 2. The Commission further recommends the City Council approve the vacation of all
undeveloped interior Rights -of -Way as proposed by the replat.
Section 3. The Commission further recommends the City Council approve the acquisition of
the western 40 feet of the vacated First Avenue Right -of -Way.
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Section 4. The Commission further recommends Kenai Peninsula Borough approval of the
Two Lakes Park Replat subject to the above conditions.
Section 5. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Seward Planning and Zoning Commission this 2 day
of February 2010.
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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Sandie Roach', Chair
AYES: Ecklund, Stauffer, DeMarco, Heinrich, Roach'
NOES: None
ABSENT: Morgan
ABSTAIN: None
VACANT: One
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