Assembly approves 35-year agreement with Yukon for Marine Services Platform

By Melinda Munson

On Feb. 2, with the assembly chambers full of an unusual amount of suit jackets worn by visitors from the north, the Skagway Borough Assembly voted to approve “general terms for an export cooperation agreement with the Yukon Government for construction of a Marine Services Platform (MSP).”

Resolution 23-08R states that the muni would provide three to four acres of land adjacent to the MSP, with a total of six acres of land within the borough, “for designated export users.” The use is preferential, but not exclusive, meaning the municipality could use the acreage for other purposes when not needed by export users. In exchange, the Yukon Government would fund (see page 13- Muni )

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