The Haines Borough Planning Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 7, to consider two requests to buy the borough-owned lot at the corner of Main Street and Third Avenue, land that some residents want for a public park.

Resident Terry Pardee submitted a brief request to the borough on May 25 stating he and his wife were interested in buying the 32,600-square-foot, or .75-acre, spot for “future commercial development.”

Pardee, who has worked…