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Welcome to our web page!  I'm Bill Mehner, the Executive Director for the Heritage Land Bank (HLB) and Real Estate Services (RES).  We hope that you will find the information contained on these pages useful in your research and in learning about us.  Feel free to contact me with any questions. My e-mail address is: WWWHLB@muni.org The Heritage Land Bank Mission  The mission of the Heritage Land Bank is to manage uncommitted municipal land and the Heritage Land Bank Fund in a manner designed to benefit the present and future citizens of Anchorage, promote orderly development, and achieve the goals of the Comprehensive Plan.  The HLB achieves this mission by inventorying and managing HLB land and resources to benefit a variety of municipal purposes. The HLB does not manage all municipal land; only parcels that it has management authority over, and that which is in the HLB inventory. The Heritage Land Bank' s land base currently consists of approximately 8,000 acres distributed between Chugiak and Girdwood, with most of its acreage (approximately 5,000) in the Girdwood Valley. The inventory includes residential, commercial, industrial, open space and recreational areas. The Heritage Land Bank Advisory Commission oversees the operation of the Heritage Land Bank and the HLB Fund. - Hot Topics - The Draft Heritage Land Bank 2008 Work Program and Five-Year Plan is still available for review and public comment.  On June 12th, the Commission revised and approved the document, and it is slated for Assembly review in July and proposed action in August 2008. Please click on the following links to view each chapter and appendix of the 2008 HLB Work Plan: Draft 2008 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 charts Draft 2008 Chapter 2 Draft 2008 Chapter 3 Draft 2008 Chapter 4 Appendix A           Appendix B Appendix C           Appendix D Send your comments to either William Mehner, HLB Director at: mehnerwm@muni.org, or to: wwwhlb@muni.org New EPA Brownfields grant awarded! The MOA's Real Estate Services Division received notification in July that it is the recipient of a clean-up grant that will help support efforts to remediate municipally owned contaminated property.  For more information, click on the Real Estate Services link in the right margin, under Related Links.  - New HLB policies! -   The Municipal Assembly just approved the first updated policies in over ten years!  Click on the link here to view it: 2008 HLB Policies Main office number: 343-4333       Fax number: 343-4526               We look forward to serving you    The Heritage Land Bank Mapping Application The application below should provide you with the locations of HLB properties, their HLB Inventory numbers, and basic information such as size and zoning. Click on the link immediately below for information on the HLB inventory: http://munimaps.muni.org/mox52/hlb.cfm ___________________________      Note: the Real Estate Services Office is           located on the first floor of the Municipality's Permit Center at:     4700 Elmore Road (formerly Bragaw Street)       Our Real Estate Services Division handles tax delinquent properties and the sale of tax-foreclosed properties. A link to the Real Estate Services web page is located in the upper right-hand margin of this page. What We Do...  Land and Resource Inventory All land and resources managed by the HLB are included in the HLB Land and Resource Inventory. Lands transferred to the Municipality from the State of Alaska (under the Municipal Entitlement Act) are added to the inventory. This inventory is updated and a report published every 3 years. The majority of HLB land and resources are held for future use. Land Management HLB land management seeks to preserve and enhance the value of its invent-ory. The HLB does not manage all municipal land but oversees only parcels that it has management authority over and those which are in the HLB invent-ory. HLB management practices are governed by the Anchorage Municipal Code (AMC 25.40). The code requires the adoption by the Anchorage Assem-bly of an Annual Work Plan, a Five-Year Management Plan, and policies and procedures which cover the management of the HLB land and the HLB Fund. Land Disposals and Transfer If HLB land is determined excess to specific public facilities or purposes it may be subject to land disposal. Land disposal activities include: land sales, land exchanges, leases or easements. The HLB also issues permits for a variety of temporary activities on HLB land. Land may be withdrawn from the Inventory and transferred to other municipal agencies or the Anchorage School District if the land is needed for the loca-tion of public facilities or purposes (schools, dedicated and designated parks, and open space).    Heritage Land Bank Information For general information on current HLB activities, please contact the director, Bill Mehner, at: WWWHLB@muni.org , or you may call the Heritage Land Bank office at 343-4333. - DOCUMENTS - The following Heritage Land Bank documents are available as email   attachments by contacting the office manager at:  wwwhlb@muni.org. Our standard documents (underlined) are available as .pdf files below for those with Adobe Acrobat Reader. A guide  for those interested in acquiring HLB land is now available: Heritage Land Bank Property Disposal Guide     HLB Advisory Commission  Meeting Minutes (please specify month and year) HLB Advisory Commission agenda (check our commission meeting information page in "Quick Reference" above, for agendas) HLB Policies Application to Acquire Land in the HLB Inventory (For PERMITS -use of HLB land for less than One Year- please call the HLB office at 343-4334.) Draft Girdwood Industrial Park Feasibility Study by Northern Economics, Inc. Please specify if you would like to receive the HLBAC Agenda on a monthly basis.  All other documents are available on an as-requested basis.

Related Links

Links to other HLB web pages: HLB Commission and Meeting Information HLB and Real Estate Services Staff HLB Public Notice and Hearing Procedures Real Estate Services - General and Foreclosure Information 2005-06 Work Program & Five-Year Plan (Old plan) Land Use Studies!

Related Agencies

Links to other Municipal Agencies: Planning Department Real Property Information(Treasury Dept. website) Community Development Mapping Girdwood Board of Supervisors

External Links

HLB-related Projects: Crow Creek Land Use Study (Girdwood) Bragaw-Abbott Road Extension Study HLB Inventory MapBook State and other agencies: State of Alaska - Dept. of Natural Resources State of Alaska - Mental Health Trust Lands Great Land Trust Anchorage Community Dev. Authority Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services Cook Inlet Housing Authority Other Southcentral Alaska Regions: Matanuska-Susitna Borough Kenai Peninsula Borough Related Professional Organizations: American Planning Association Urban Lands Institute International Right of Way Association National Development Council Due to, among other things, the possibility of human and/or mechanical error, the Heritage Land Bank shall not be responsible for any errors or omissions on the Heritage Land Bank website. Heritage Land Bank makes no representations as to the accuracy or integrity of the information contained therein, including, without limitation, the Heritage Land Bank Content. Heritage Land Bank shall not be liable for any damages of any kind incurred as a result of the information posted on the Heritage Land Bank Site including, without limitation, the Heritage Land Bank Content.

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