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2012 Draft HLB Work Program and Five-Year Plan
Annual review of the new draft work plan.
The Heritage Land Bank Advisory Commission held a public hearing in January to review and consider Assembly approval of the draft plan. Public testimony was taken at this meeting, and a resolution requesting Assembly approval of the plan was passed.
Click on the following chapters and appendices to download this document:
Draft 2012 Chapter 1
Draft 2012 Chapter 2
Draft 2012 Chapter 3
Draft 2012 Chapter 4
Appendix A: HLB Inventory Maps
Appendix B: HLB Policies
Appendix C: HLB Fund Activities by Year
Appendix D: Draft Commission Resolution
To obtain a hard copy of this document, contact the HLB offices on the 2nd floor of the Permit & Development Center @ 4700 Elmore Road.
Questions: Call us at (907) 343-7536 or 343-7986
CLEANING UP CONTAMINATION ON FORMER DRY CLEANERS SITE
The Municipality is cleaning up environmental contamination on the former site of a dry cleaning business (Peacock Cleaners) that was located at 4501 Lake Otis Parkway.
The MOA foreclosed and took title to the property for nonpayment of taxes some years ago, and a cleanup project is underway to remediate contamination on the property. The lot has been cleared of structures and several levels of contamination assessment have been completed.
An Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) has been developed for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and went through a 30-day public review period that expired June 30, 2011. The ABCA document is now available to the public for review as a downloadable PDF document.To access this document, click here: Peacock Cleaners ABCA
Project files for cleanup of the former Peacock Cleaners site are also available for review by going to the Real Estate Department offices located on the 2nd floor of the Permit & Development Center at 4700 Elmore Road, Anchorage AK., and are available online by clicking on the "Municipal Cleanup Projects on Contaminated Properties" link in the left column.
DEVELOPING AN ANCHORAGE MITIGATION BANK
The Municipality intends, with guidance from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to set up a mitigation bank in Anchorage for the preservation of watershed basins in the Municipality. It consists of four sites: 1) Alpine View Estates, in Girdwood; 2) Connors Bog, located in West Anchorage; 3) Southwest School Site, located between W. 92nd and W 96th Avenues; and 4) Campbell Tract, located off Elmore Road.
Approved 2011 Work Program and Five-Year Plan
The 2011 Heritage Land Bank Work Program and 2012-2016 Five-Year Plan received commission approval in April 2011 and Assembly approval July 12, 2011.You can access the chapters and appendices by going to the HLB's main web page (just click on "Heritage Land Bank" in the left margin), where they're available for download. Hard copies of the draft are also available by mail by calling: 343-7534.
EPA Brownfields grant awarded
The MOA's Real Estate Services Division received notification in July 2008 that it is the recipient of a clean-up grant that will help support efforts to remediate municipally owned contaminated property. The grant began April 1, 2009 and runs for three years.