The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday is set to have further discussion on proposed exponential rate increases for using Lutak Dock. “I think it’s moving in a very positive direction,” borough manager Mark Earnest said at the assembly’s March 8 meeting. “The whole idea is to secure a stable revenue stream for existing dock operation and maintenance costs, as well as […]
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Skagway, Haines mull joint projects
Hydropower and transportation were two items on what Mayor Jan Hill called a “limitless” list of potential areas for collaboration between the Haines Borough and Municipality of Skagway. “There’s so many things we could be doing together, but in order to do something well, we need to have a focus,” Hill said. She was in Juneau for a Southeast Conference […]
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Denker, HAL to discuss settlement on variance
Calling for new permitting requirements to stem “after-the-fact” variance requests, Haines Borough Assembly members Tuesday hammered out a possible resolution to a dispute between Haines Assisted Living and neighboring landowner Mike Denker. On a motion by member Joanne Waterman, the assembly confirmed a contested variance granted to HAL on the condition that Denker get “reasonable and usable access […]
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Assembly OKs land sale talks
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 Tuesday to authorize manager Mark Earnest to negotiate with an upper valley church that wants to buy a two-acre parcel of borough land at the intersection of Haines Highway and Mosquito Lake Road. Members Joanne Waterman and Greg Goodman were opposed. The church’s lot would come from a five-acre piece the borough purchased there last […]
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More skier days, 3rd operator proposed; Plan would up skier days to 2,600, incorporate ‘photographer days’
Resident Rob Goldberg said he stopped answering his phone following a proposal to more than double the Haines Borough’s heli-skiing skier-day limit to 2,600. Goldberg, a member of a mayor-appointed heli-skiing work group, has worked on a revised helicopter skiing ordinance with borough manager Mark Earnest and borough attorney Brooks Chandler. At Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting, Goldberg explained […]
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Borough offered terms for Point
Owner Roger Beasley has offered the Haines Borough up to three acres at “Picture Point” and is willing to carry a note for the purchase price up to five years or until alternative funding is secured. The borough recently released an analysis of purchase options for the site, ranging from 1.4 to 3 acres. Three acres would […]
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Assembly adopts rogue tour rule
The Haines Borough Assembly on Dec. 28 approved an ordinance that creates a waiting period for tour applicants with dodgy histories and rejected a tax- exempt request for a piece of land near Chilkoot Lake held by the American Bald Eagle Foundation. Mayor Jan Hill cast the tie-breaking vote to reject the exemption request, joining assembly members Greg Goodman, Steve Vick and Daymond Hoffman. […]
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Assembly ranks project priorities, delays heli-ski permit
The Haines Borough Assembly Dec. 14 approved resolutions that ranked 2011 federal and state legislative priorities. The capital budget priorities for the Legislature, in order, were road upgrades, boat harbor improvements and the Lutak port facility master plan. “I always remember this list being way longer than this,” said member Scott Rossman. Borough manager Mark Earnest said he had consulted State […]
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Helicopter-ski committee takes up map, GPS issues
Mayor Jan Hill appointed two members of the Haines Borough’s heli-skiing work group to a map subcommittee at a Nov. 23 meeting, after discussion had shifted to global positioning system technology for monitoring helicopter flight paths. Hill instructed Sean Brownell of Alaska Heliskiing and resident Rob Goldberg to “try to incorporate some of the suggested new areas […]
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Heli-skiing meeting set for Tuesday
The Haines Borough’s heli-skiing work group will have its second meeting Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 3:30 p.m. in the assembly chambers. The nine-member committee includes Mayor Jan Hill, Haines Borough Assembly members Daymond Hoffman and Joanne Waterman, residents Rob Goldberg, Joe Ordonez and Carolyn Weishahn, Sean Brownell of Alaska Heliskiing, Sean Gaffney of Alaska Mountain Guides and Scott Sundberg of Southeast Alaska […]