MEMORANDUM

TO: Pete Sprague, Assembly President

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Members

THRU: Dale L. Bagley, Mayor

THRU: Max Best, Planning Director

Paul Ostrander, Land Management Officer

FROM: Roy E. Dudley, Land Management Agent

DATE: September 9, 2004

SUBJECT: Ordinance 2004-19-13 an ordinance authorizing the acquisition of Lots 5, 6 & 7, Block 3, Hillcrest Subdivision, Plat No. KN 1514, Kenai Recording District for an addition to the Central Emergency Services facility and appropriating $75,500.00 from the Land Trust Fund to acquire the property

Ordinance 2002-19-35 authorized the acquisition of Lots 3, 4, 5, & 6, Block 2, Airport Subdivision for a future site for a new administrative building for Central Emergency Services. The lots to be acquired if this ordinance is enacted are adjacent to Lots 3, 4, 5 & 6, Block 2, Airport Subdivision and will provide needed site area and alternative access for a new administrative building for Central Emergency Services.

The owners have signed an Earnest Money Receipt and Purchase Agreement to sell subject lots for $73,500.00. This ordinance appropriates funds from the Land Trust Fund for this acquisition to include closing costs and prorated 2004 taxes. It is expected that when a facility is constructed on this site, the facility owner and/or occupants will reimburse the Land Management Trust Fund for the full cost of this property pursuant to Section 6 of the subject ordinance. The KPB Planning Commission will consider this ordinance at its regularly scheduled meeting of September 27, 2004, and the action taken will be reported to the assembly