HomeMy WebLinkAboutAttachment 4.3.2 Land OwershipSTATE OF ALASKA
3700 Airport Way
Fairbanks,AK 99709
phone:907.451.2740
fax:907.451.2751
DIVISION OF MINING,LAND AND WATER
Northern Regional Office
The Delta/Greely School District (DGSD)has had legal authorization to use and develop the land the
main high school and associated facilities are located on for a considerable time.The original school site
was granted an Interagency Land Management Assignment (ILMA)under ADL 32814 on March 1,1974.
As the originallLMA grant w~s being final,ized,more state-owned land was requested under ADL 62151,
on August 8,1973 for an approximate 26 acre addition for further facilities.
The adjudication process for the proposed addition took some time to accomplish,mostly due to the need
for a survey,which was only recently completed.In the interim the Final Finding and Decision(which is
the State's best interest finding,and is the 'final word'on an authorization)was accomplished on March
11,1991.This Decision amended the originallLMA request to include present day Tracts B &C of ASLS
2005-12,and to include the originallLMA (ADL 32814).Tracts A &D of ASLS 2005-12 were dropped
from the original request so they could be conveyed to the City of Delta Junction for pUblic purposes.This
Detision also constitutes the State's mechanism for conveying interest in the land to the DGSD
(Department of Education through the 10caIREAA),and for issuing the finallLMA.I expect the ILMA to be
issued shortly,once we receive and approve a current Development Plan.
Since that time we have all waited on the appropriate survey to be accomplished for the site,which was
finally finished in July of 2007.In the meantime our statute for Public and Charitable Sales has changed •
(AS 38.05.810(a)),allowing an eligible entity like the DGSD to apply-for and own the land their public
facility is located upon.It is the intention of the DGSD to request the ILMA (when issued)to be converted
into a sale under the aforementioned statute,and to,therefore,own the property the school is located
upon.This too would have necessitated a survey of the exact kind to be accomplished in order to
adequately describe the property for conveyance to the DGSD.
I hope this explanation of their current and future authorization to use and occupy these lands for school
purposes is adequate.Please feel free to contact me at (907)451-2735,or the above address should you
have any questions regarding the status of the DGSD as it pertains to the lands they currently occupy and
intend to use in the near future..
Robert Layne
Natural Resource Specialist