Thanks to Drew Degen for his commentary. No one makes compliments regarding Mr. Floreske and his business dealings with those unfortunate residents who were forced to participate in his water system, or his illegal filling of wetland/salmon habitat. My concerns have to do with the safety of his helicopter landing zone proposal. Over many years […]
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Floreske to seek heliport permit Sept.11
A local developer last week submitted a conditional use permit application to build three helipads at 10 Mile Haines Highway. The Haines Borough Planning Commission will consider John Floreske’s permit application at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. Floreske’s application shows plans for three 59-foot helipads 250 feet apart, each connected to an existing 1,100-foot gravel roadway by a […]
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Resident files court appeal of 26 Mile heliport decision
A resident of a neighboring subdivision filed an appeal in Juneau Superior Court last week challenging the Haines Borough’s decision to issue a permit for development of a heliport near 26 Mile Haines Highway. Jessica Plachta claimed the assembly erred when it voted in March to overturn the Planning Commission’s decision to deny the conditional use permit […]
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Corps OKs heliport fill at 10 Mile
The Army Corps of Engineers recently approved a Haines developer’s request to fill more than 1,400 cubic yards of wetlands to build three helipads near 10 Mile Haines Highway. John Floreske applied in October for the permit to fill .34 acres of wetlands. His permit application show plans for three 59-foot helipads 250 feet apart, […]
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Assembly OKs 26 Mile heliport
A Haines Borough Assembly meeting that lasted nearly nine hours this week after it was continued to a second night resulted in a split decision for the heli-skiing industry. On a 4-3 vote Tuesday tipped by Mayor Stephanie Scott breaking a tie, the assembly rejected a special event allowance for two heli-ski firms that sought to open nearly 10,000 acres […]
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Assembly to revisit heliport issue
The Haines Borough Assembly agreed last week to hear an appeal of a Feb. 13 planning commission decision denying a conditional use permit for a heliport at .6 Mile Chilkat Lake Road. The assembly will hear the appeal by Scott Sundberg Tuesday, co-owner of Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures. SEABA has sought a heliport at the site since 2008. The idea was most […]
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Heliport try denied; SEABA to appeal
Scott Sundberg, co-owner of Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures, is appealing a Feb. 13 Haines Borough Planning Commission decision denying his application for a heliport at .6 Mile Chilkat Lake Road. The commission voted 4-3 to reject the application, but subsequently recommended that interim manager Julie Cozzi approve the permit with conditions including a one-year trial period, borough monitoring of […]
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SEABA resumes push for heliport
Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures co-owner Scott Sundberg once again is applying for a permit to establish a heliport near Chilkat Lake Road. Sundberg said in an interview Tuesday that the heliport is integral to plans for a $5.5 million “eco-lodge” recreation village that would offer guided fishing trips, mountain biking trails, Nordic skiing and other activities in addition to […]
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Floreske plans heliport at 10 Mile
A Haines developer is moving forward with plans to build a heliport at 10 Mile Haines Highway. John Floreske applied Oct. 25 to the Army Corps of Engineers for a permit to use nearly 1,500 cubic yards of fill to create three 59-foot helipads in wetlands along the Haines Highway. The permit application shows plans for three […]
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Rather heliport than rules
We are property owners in the Eagle Vista subdivision. We just returned from a wonderful trip north for a family Thanksgiving. While we were gone the Nov. 15 Chilkat Valley News article, “Neighbors critical of rezone plan,” came out. My neighbors are livid and so am I, but for different reasons. The article reads, “Of the 60 […]