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DISPOSAL OF AN INTEREST IN MUNICIPAL TRUST LAND IN SOUTH NAKNEK, ALASKA PUBLIC NOTICEREGARDING DISPOSAL OF AN INTEREST IN MUNICIPAL TRUST LAND INSOUTH NAKNEK, ALASKA BY THE[...]

DISPOSAL OF AN INTEREST IN MUNICIPAL TRUST LAND IN SOUTH NAKNEK, ALASKA

PUBLIC NOTICE

REGARDING DISPOSAL OF AN INTEREST IN MUNICIPAL TRUST LAND IN
SOUTH NAKNEK, ALASKA BY THE MUNICIPAL LANDS TRUSTEE

In accordance with A.S. 44.33.755 and 3 AAC 190.460(1) the Municipal Lands Trust Officer, acting on behalf of the Commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, approved the issuance of a 30-year land lease to Bristol Bay Telephone Cooperative for a proposed Telecommunications Facility, to include a communications hut, tower facilities, and other ancillary improvements, on the following described parcel of Municipal Trust Land:

That surface estate located within Section 15, Township 17 South, Range 47 West, Seward Meridian, Alaska, being situated in the Native Village of South Naknek, more particularly described as within the unsurveyed remainder of Gov. Lot 5 of U.S. Rectangular Survey of Tracts 37 and 38 and the Subdivision of Sections 12, 14, 15, 16 and 23, officially filed December 17, 1993, containing 0.25 acres more or less, as identified in Appendix A.

The South Naknek Village Council, the recognized appropriate village entity for the Native Village of South Naknek, adopted a resolution on October 11, 2025, approving the granting of the lease and the waiver of the fair market value requirement.

The public is invited to comment on the proposed action.

Please submit comments to:
Municipal Lands Trustee Program
Attn: Chris Grundman
550 W 7thAve, Ste 1650 Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-269-4548 Fax: 907-269-4539 Email: [email protected]

Comments are due no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2025.

Following the comment deadline, all responses will be reviewed and the Commissioner's decision on this matter may be modified as a result of information received.

Attachments:

1) DRAFT Land Lease for Telecommunications Site, MLT File No. 38-0338
2) South Naknek Village Council Resolution No. 2025-19, dated Oct. 11, 2025

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