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Assembly authorizes manager to negotiate direct sale of Hagen Drive parcel for communications tower
Summary
The Petersburg Borough Assembly voted 4-0 on Sept. 2, 2025, to authorize the borough manager to negotiate a direct sale of borough-owned land on Hagen Drive to the Tlingit Haida Central Council for a communications tower that would house Title Network equipment and provide space for public-safety antennas and commercial carriers.
The Petersburg Borough Assembly on Sept. 2 authorized the borough manager to negotiate a direct sale of a borough-owned parcel on Hagen Drive to the Tlingit Haida Central Council for use as a communications-tower site.
The move followed a presentation by Trevor Newton of Title Network, who said the project would support Title Network equipment and space for public-safety operations and additional commercial carriers. "We show 4 [tenants]. That's pretty standard in industry for towers to support 4. We could push that up to 5," Newton said, describing a roughly 60-by-60-foot compound and saying the limiting factor would be ground space rather than tower capacity.
Assembly members said the tower serves a public-use interest. Vice Mayor Marsh, who proposed an amendment to authorize a direct sale and to have the manager negotiate terms, said the public-benefit rationale was the reason for favoring direct negotiation. The motion passed on a 4-0 roll call.
Why it matters: Borough officials said the tower would provide infrastructure for emergency communications and allow other carriers — including local providers — to place equipment on the structure. Newton told the assembly the Petersburg Fire Department had expressed interest in co-locating equipment on the tower.
Details presented: Newton said engineers working with a tower manufacturer would specify structural steel and foundation design based on the intended number of tenants and equipment loads. He said the plan shows a compound size roughly 60 by 60 feet to accommodate equipment shelters and that, given that footprint, a fifth tenant "would not be a problem," but anything substantially beyond that would be constrained by ground space.
Next steps: The assembly's authorization directs the borough manager to negotiate terms with the Tlingit Haida Central Council and return any negotiated sale agreement to the assembly for approval.
Quotes and attributions are drawn from the assembly meeting transcript and attributed to the speakers listed below.
