Council approves intergovernmental property and use agreement with Port of Anacortes

The Anacortes City Council voted on June 2 to authorize the mayor to execute an intergovernmental disposition of property and property-use agreement with the Port of Anacortes. The agreement implements the post-vacation transactions necessary to realign Market Street, transfer a small triangular city parcel to the port, and perform a boundary-line adjustment.

City staff outlined the agreement’s main elements: a boundary-line adjustment, right-of-way dedication tied to the earlier vacation ordinance, an amendment and replacement of the existing Market Street easement, a city license allowing port construction work in the Newmarket Street area, and the sale of the small triangle parcel to the port. City staff noted the sale price for the triangle parcel is $15,246 and that the port will also make a mitigation payment of $20,190 to compensate the city for converting part of park property to right-of-way and will pay $2,000 to allow the city to relocate two driftwood giraffe sculptures.

City staff described the gray/teal/pink triangles on the illustrative exhibit to show which parcels move into port ownership, which will be dedicated to the public, and which represent the value calculations underlying compensation. Staff said the dedication and cash payments roughly reflect values in the port’s appraisal for the vacated and impacted parcels.

The port described the agreement as a milestone in implementing its waterfront plan and thanked city staff for a longstanding effort. Councilmember McDougal moved to authorize the mayor to execute the agreement; Councilmember Walters seconded. The council’s roll call vote was unanimous: all members present voted yes and the motion passed.

Record of roll call (as read by the clerk) shows unanimous support; staff said no further action was required at this meeting beyond executing the agreement and implementing the boundary-line adjustments and easement amendments.